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HR 4244 114th Congress House

Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015

Official title: To prohibit the admission of certain aliens as refugees until the costs of admission and resettlement of such refugees have been addressed, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2015 Introduced by: Perry, Scott Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Immigration Government trust fundsImmigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced personsState and local finance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 15, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Dec 11, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 11, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015

This bill permits an alien applying for U.S. refugee admission who is referred for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) to be admitted only after the Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the revenue agency of the state in which the alien is to be resettled and a representative of the local government where the alien is to be resettled, determines that any admission and resettlement cost incurred by the federal, state, or local government is financed by a Refugee Resettlement Fund payment.

The bill establishes the Refugee Resettlement Fund in the Treasury, for deposit of only those amounts received from the UNHCR for refugee resettlement purposes.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4244: Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4244/
MLA
"H.R. 4244: Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4244/.
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H.R. 4244, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4244/.
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