,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,hill introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require that supplemental
 certifications and background          
investigations be completed prior to the
 admission of certain aliens as         
refugees1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,security ,verification for         
,refugees ,act4  #b4 ,review of refugees
 to identify security threats to the    
,united ,states  7a7 ,background        
investigation ,in addition to the       
screening conducted by the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security1 the ,director of  

the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation  
shall take all actions necessary to     
ensure that each covered alien receives 
a thorough background investigation     
prior to admission as a refugee4 ,a     
covered alien may not be admitted as a  
refugee until the ,director of the      
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation      
certifies to the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security and the ,director of         
,national ,intelligence that each       
covered alien has received a background 
investigation that is sufficient to     
determine whether the covered alien is a
 threat to the security of the ,united  
,states4  7b7 ,certification by         
unanimous concurrence ,a covered alien  
may only be admitted to the ,united     
,states after the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security1 with the unanimous 
concurrence of the ,director of the     
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation and  
the ,director of ,national              
,intelligence1 certifies to the         
appropriate ,congressional ,committees  

that the covered alien is not a threat  
to the security of the ,united ,states4 
7c7 ,inspector general review of        
certifications ,the ,inspector ,general 
of the ,department of ,homeland         
,security shall conduct a risk-based    
review of all certifications made under 
subsection 7b7 each year and shall      
provide an annual report detailing the  
findings to the appropriate             
,congressional ,committees4  7d7        
,monthly report ,the ,secretary of      
,homeland ,security shall submit to the 
appropriate ,congressional ,committees a
 monthly report on the total number of  
applications for admission with regard  
to which a certification under          
subsection 7b7 was made and the number  
of covered aliens with regard to whom   
such a certification was not made for   
the month preceding the date of the     
report4 ,the report shall include1 for  
each covered alien with regard to whom a
 certification was not made1 the        
concurrence or nonconcurrence of each   

person whose concurrence was required by
 subsection 7b74  7e7 ,definitions ,in  
this ,act3  7#a7 ,covered alien ,the    
term covered alien means any alien      
applying for admission to the ,united   
,states as a refugee who-- 7,a7 is a    
national or resident of ,iraq1 ,syria1  
or a country designated as a high-risk  
country by the ,secretary of ,state     
under section #c2  7,b7 has no          
nationality and whose last habitual     
residence was in ,iraq1 ,syria1 or a    
country designated as a high-risk       
country by the ,secretary of ,state     
under section #c2 or  7,c7 has been     
present in ,iraq or ,syria at any time  
on or after ,march #a1 #bjaa4  7#b7     
,appropriate ,congressional ,committee  
,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  #c4 ,report
 on risk levels of countries ,not later 
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,state1 in
 consultation with the ,secretary of    
,homeland ,security1 the ,director of   
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 

and the ,director of ,national          
,intelligence1 shall submit to the      
appropriate ,congressional ,committees  
7as such term is defined in section     
#b7;e77 a report1 which shall be        
submitted in unclassified form to the   
maximum extent practicable1 but may     
include a classified annex1 and which   
includes the following3  7#a7 ,a list of
 each country1 a national or resident of
 which submitted an application for     
admission to the ,united ,states as a   
refugee under section #bjg of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg7 during the year        
preceding the report4  7#b7 ,for each   
country listed under paragraph 7#a71 an 
evaluation of the threat to the security
 of the ,united ,states posed by aliens 
who are nationals or residents of each  
such country1 and a designation of each 
such country as high-risk1 medium-risk1 
or low-risk4  7#c7 ,for each country    
listed under paragraph 7#a71 the number 
of applications for admission as a      

refugee to the ,united ,states during   
the year preceding the report4  7#d7    
,for each country listed under paragraph
 7#a71 the number of aliens who were    
admitted to the ,united ,states as      
refugees during the year preceding the  
report4  7#e7 ,beginning with the second
 report submitted under this section1 in
 the case of a country for which the    
designation under paragraph 7#b7 changed
 from the designation of that country in
 the preceding year's report1 an        
explanation of the reason for the       
change4  7#f7 ,to the extent            
practicable1 and without jeopardizing   
intelligence sources or methods1 a      
description of the following3  7,a7 ,any
 presence of terrorism1 hostile actions 
against the ,united ,states or its      
allies1 gross violations of human       
rights1 human trafficking1 drug         
trafficking1 religious persecution1 or  
other violations of international law4  
7,b7 ,any presence of al ,qaeda1 al     
,qaeda affiliates1 ,islamic ,state1 or  

other terrorist groups4  7,c7 ,any      
presence of transnational criminal      
organizations4