,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjae,mr4 ,johnson introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,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 ,american ,security ,against    
,foreign ,enemies ,act of #bjae or the  
,american ,,safe ,act of #bjae4  #b4    
,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 
,iraq or of ,syria2  7,b7 has no        
nationality and whose last habitual     
residence was in ,iraq or in ,syria2 or 
7,c7 has been present in ,iraq or in    
,syria at any time on or after ,march   

#a1 #bjaa4  7#b7 ,appropriate           
congressional committees ,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 ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,l7   
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the

 ,house of ,representatives4  #c4       
,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-- 7#a7 conduct a        
risk-based review of all certifications 
made under subsection 7b7 each year2 and
  7#b7 provide an annual report to the  
appropriate congressional committees    
that details the findings of each review
 conducted under paragraph 7#a74  7d7   
,monthly report ,the ,secretary of      
,homeland ,security shall submit a      
monthly report to the appropriate       
congressional committees that--  7#a7   
describes 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     
report2 and  7#b7 includes1 for each    
covered alien with regard to whom a     
certification was not made1 the         
concurrence or nonconcurrence of each   
person whose concurrence was required   
under subsection 7b74