HRES 1073
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Presidential Determination of the annual refugee admissions limit in fiscal year 2019 shall be no less than 110,000 and that President Trump and his administration must operate the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in good faith.
Introduced: September 20, 2018
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Sep 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees, including through U.S. resettlement for those who cannot return home.
Urges President Trump and his administration to affirm the importance of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and to make a presidential determination for FY2019 that the admission of at least 110,000 refugees is justified. (Under the program, such determination establishes the overall admissions levels and regional allocations of all refugees for an upcoming fiscal year.)
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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