S 2363
114th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations
State Refugee Security Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 8, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
State Refugee Security Act of 2015
This bill directs the Office of Refugee Resettlement to notify the state agency responsible for coordinating the placement or resettlement of an alien refugee not later than 21 days before the alien's arrival in the state.
No alien refugee shall be placed or resettled in a state if the governor certifies to the Office of Refugee Resettlement that it has failed, in the sole determination of the governor, to provide adequate assurance that such person does not present a security risk to the state.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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