,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjag,mr4 ,rohrabacher 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,king of      
,iowa1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,michigan1 ,mr4  
,webster of ,florida1 and ,mr4          
,grothman7 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 recognize that           
,christians and ,yazidis in ,iraq1      
,syria1 ,pakistan1 ,iran1 and ,libya are
 targets of genocide1 and to provide for
 the expedited processing of immigrant  
and refugee visas for such individuals1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,save ,christians from ,genocide ,act4  

#b4 ,declaration of policy ,congress--  
7#a7 recognizes that ,christians and    
,yazidis in ,iraq1 ,syria1 ,pakistan1   
,iran1 and ,libya are targets of        
genocide and encourages other nations to
 likewise recognize the ongoing genocide
 and the threat of genocide to these    
people2 and  7#b7 further recognizes    
that such targets of genocide who are   
seeking admission to the ,united ,states
 as immigrants or refugees should be    
given priority and expedited processing4
  #c4 ,emergency admission of refugees  
and immigrants  7a7 ,refugees  7#a7     
,emergency refugee situation described  
,the persecution of ,christians and     
,yazidis in ,iraq1 ,syria1 ,pakistan1   
,iran1 and ,libya constitutes an        
unforeseen emergency refugee situation1 
and the admission of such persecuted    
individuals in response to that         
situation is of grave humanitarian      
concern4  7#b7 ,expedited processing    
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
shall provide for the expedited         

processing of the visas for aliens      
described in paragraph 7#c71 and shall  
ensure that such applications receive   
first priority among applications for   
refugee status4  7#c7 ,aliens described 
,an alien is described in this paragraph
 if the alien-- 7,a7 is a citizen or    
national of ,iraq1 ,syria1 ,pakistan1   
,iran1 or ,libya1 or in the case of an  
alien having no nationality1 whose      
country of last habitual residence was  
,iraq1 ,syria1 ,pakistan1 ,iran1 or     
,libya2  7,b7 is a member of the        
,christian or ,yazidi community2 and    
7,c7 is seeking admission to the ,united
 ,states as a refuge under section #bjg 
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg74  7#d7        
,qualification as refugees ,for purposes
 of qualifying as a refugee under       
section #aja of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7--
 7,a7 membership in the ,christian or   
,yazidi community shall qualify an alien
 described in paragraph 7#c7 as a member

 of a persecuted group2 and  7,b7 the   
requirement that an alien be outside any
 country of such person's nationality   
or1 in the case of a person having no   
nationality1 is outside any country in  
which such person last habitually       
resided1 shall not apply to an alien    
described in paragraph 7#c74  7b7       
,immigrants  7#a7 ,expedited processing 
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
shall provide for the expedited         
processing of visas for the aliens      
described in paragraph 7#b71 and shall  
ensure that such applications receive   
first priority among applications for   
immigrant status4  7#b7 ,aliens         
described ,an alien is described in this
 paragraph if the alien-- 7,a7 is a     
citizen or national of ,iraq1 ,syria1   
,pakistan1 ,iran1 ,libya1 or in the case
 of an alien having no nationality1     
whose country of last habitual residence
 was ,iraq1 ,syria1 ,pakistan1 ,iran1 or
 ,libya2  7,b7 is a member of the       
,christian or ,yazidi community2 and    

7,c7 is seeking admission to the ,united
 ,states as an immigrant under          
subsection 7a7 or 7b7 of section #bjc of
 the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaec74