,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi 7for     
himself1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,conyers1  
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of       
,california1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4        
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 
and ,mr4 ,schiff7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require that supplemental   
certifications and identity             
verifications be completed prior to the 
admission of refugees1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,secure ,refugee    
,process ,act of #bjae4  #b4            
,supplemental limitations on admission  
of refugees  7a7 ,identity verification 
required ,no alien shall be admitted as 
a refugee1 until the alien has          
satisfactorily established his identity 
pursuant to procedures established by   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1  

which shall address any insufficient1   
conflicting1 or unreliable information1 
including biographic and biometric data 
that has not been resolved at the time  
of admission4  7b7 ,comprehensive review
 of refugees ,to identify security      
threats to the ,united ,states ,no alien
 shall be admitted as a refugee1 if1 by 
the time of admission1 the alien's      
identity has not been checked against   
all relevant records or databases       
maintained by the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security1 the ,attorney      
,general 7including the ,federal ,bureau
 of ,investigation71 the ,secretary of  
,state1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 the 
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
and other ,federal records or databases 
that the ,secretary of ,homeland        
,security considers necessary1 to       
determine any national security1        
criminal1 or other grounds on which the 
alien may be inadmissible to the ,united
 ,states4  7c7 ,certification required  
,an alien may only be admitted to the   

,united ,states as a refugee after the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
certifies that all provisions of this   
,act have been complied with and that   
the alien has not been firmly resettled 
in a safe third country as described in 
section #bjh7;b77#b77;,a77vi7 of the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act4  7d7
 ,monthly report to ,congress ,the      
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
submit to the appropriate ,congressional
 ,committees a monthly report on1 for   
the month preceding the date of the     
report1 the total number of refugee     
applicants of special interest and the  
number of refugee applicants of special 
interest whose applications were denied4
  7e7 ,inspector ,general review ,the   
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,homeland ,security shall conduct an 
annual risk-based review of a           
statistically valid sampling of         
certifications and provide an annual    
report detailing its findings to the    
appropriate ,congressional ,committees4 

7f7 ,definition ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the
 term appropriate ,congressional        
,committees means--  7,a7 the ,committee
 on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2    
7,b7 the ,select ,committee on          
,intelligence of the ,senate2  7,c7 the 
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate2  7,d7 the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate2  7,e7 the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate2  7,f7 the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate2  7,g7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services of   
the ,house of ,representatives2  7,h7   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives2  7,i7 the ,committee  
on the ,judiciary of the ,house of      
,representatives2  7,j7 the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security of the ,house of 
,representatives2  7,k7 the ,committee  
on ,appropriations of the ,house of     
,representatives2 and  7,l7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  

,house of ,representatives4  7#b7 ,the  
term refugee applicant of special       
interest means any alien applying for   
admission to the ,united ,states as a   
refugee who-- 7,a7 is a national or     
resident of ,iraq or ,syria2  7,b7 has  
no nationality and whose last habitual  
residence was in ,iraq or ,syria2  7,c7 
has been present in ,iraq or ,syria at  
any time on or after ,march #a1 #bjaa2  
or  7,d7 meets any other criteria the   
,secretary deems appropriate4