,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #badf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjai,ms4 
,lofgren 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,neguse1    
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4         
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4          
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,raskin1 and ,ms4 ,shalala7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
require the ,president to set a minimum 
annual goal for the number of refugees  
to be admitted1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,guaranteed ,refugee ,admission 
,ceiling ,enhancement ,act or the       
,,grace ,act4  #b4 ,admission of        
refugees ,section #bjg of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by striking       
paragraph 7#a72  7,b7 by redesignating  

paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#d7 as paragraphs  
7#a7 and 7#f71 respectively2  7,c7 in   
paragraph 7#a71 as redesignated--  7i7  
by striking after fiscal year #aihb2 and
  7ii7 by striking is justified and all 
that follows through interest4 and      
inserting 8is--  7,a7 justified by      
humanitarian concerns or otherwise in   
the national interest2 and  7,b7 not    
less than #ie1jjj4  7#b7 ,each officer  
of the ,federal ,government responsible 
for refugee admissions or refugee       
resettlement shall treat a determination
 under paragraph 7#a7 and subsection 7b7
 as the numerical goals for refugee     
admissions under this section for the   
applicable fiscal year4  2 and  7,d7 by 
inserting after paragraph 7#c7 the      
following3  7#d7 ,in making a           
determination under paragraph 7#a71 the 
,president shall consider the number of 
refugees who1 during the calendar year  
beginning immediately after the         
beginning of the applicable fiscal year1
 are in need of resettlement in a third 

country1 as determined by the ,united   
,nations ,high ,commissioner for        
,refugees in the most recently published
 projected global resettlement needs    
report4  7#e7 ,the ,president shall     
determine regional allocations for      
admissions under this subsection1 which 
shall--  7,a7 consider the projected    
needs identified by the ,united ,nations
 ,high ,commissioner for ,refugees in   
the projected global resettlement needs 
report for the calendar year beginning  
immediately after the beginning of the  
applicable fiscal year2 and  7,b7       
include an unallocated reserve that the 
,secretary of ,state1 after notifying   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,senate and the ,committee on the       
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives1 may use for one or    
more regions in which the need for      
additional refugee admissions arises4  2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7g7 ,quarterly reports on   
admissions ,not later than #ae days     

after the last day of each quarter1 the 
,president shall submit to the          
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate and the ,committee on the       
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives a report that includes 
the following3 7#a7 ,refugees admitted  
7,a7 ,the number of refugees admitted to
 the ,united ,states during the         
preceding quarter4  7,b7 ,the number of 
refugees admitted to the ,united ,states
 during the preceding quarter1 expressed
 as a percentage of the number of       
refugees authorized to be admitted in   
accordance with the determinations under
 subsections 7a7 and 7b7 for the        
applicable fiscal year4  7,c7 ,the      
cumulative number of refugees admitted  
to the ,united ,states during the       
applicable fiscal year1 as of the last  
day of the preceding quarter4  7,d7 ,the
 number of refugees to be admitted to   
the ,united ,states during the remainder
 of the applicable fiscal year so as to 
achieve the numerical goals set forth in

 the determinations under subsections   
7a7 and 7b7 for such fiscal year4  7,e7 
,the number of refugees from each region
 admitted to the ,united ,states during 
the preceding quarter1 expressed as a   
percentage of the allocation for each   
region under subsection 7a77#e7 for the 
applicable fiscal year4  7#b7 ,aliens   
with ,security ,advisory ,opinions  7,a7
 ,the number of aliens1 by nationality1 
for whom a ,security ,advisory ,opinion 
has been requested who were             
security-cleared during the preceding   
quarter1 expressed as a percentage of   
all cases successfully adjudicated by   
the ,director of the ,u4,s4 ,citizenship
 and ,immigration ,services in the      
applicable fiscal year4  7,b7 ,the      
number of aliens1 by nationality1 for   
whom a ,security ,advisory ,opinion has 
been requested who were admitted to the 
,united ,states during the preceding    
quarter4  7#c7 ,circuit rides  7,a7 ,for
 the preceding quarter-- 7i7 the number 
of ,refugee ,corps officers deployed on 

circuit rides1 expressed as a percentage
 of the overall number of ,refugee      
,corps officers2  7ii7 the number of    
individuals interviewed-- 7,i7 on each  
circuit ride2 and  7,,ii7 at each       
circuit ride location2  7iii7 the number
 of circuit rides2 and  7iv7 for each   
circuit ride-- 7,i7 the duration of the 
circuit ride2  7,,ii7 the average number
 of interviews conducted daily on the   
circuit ride2 and  7,,iii7 the          
percentages of interviews conducted     
for--  7aa7 individuals who require     
,security ,advisory ,opinions2 and  7bb7
 individuals who do not require         
,security ,advisory ,opinions4  7,b7    
,for the subsequent quarter-- 7i7 the   
number of circuit rides scheduled2 and  
7ii7 the number of circuit rides        
planned4  7#d7 ,processing ,for the     
preceding quarter--  7,a7 the average   
number of days between-- 7i7 the date on
 which an individual is identified by   
the ,united ,states ,government as a    
refugee2 and  7ii7 the date on which    

such individual is interviewed by the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2  7,b7
 the average number of days between--   
7i7 the date on which an individual     
identified by the ,united ,states       
,government as a refugee is interviewed 
by the ,secretary of ,homeland          
,security2 and  7ii7 the date on which  
such individual is admitted to the      
,united ,states2 and  7,c7 with respect 
to individuals identified by the ,united
 ,states ,government as refugees who    
have been interviewed by the ,secretary 
of ,homeland ,security1 the approval1   
denial1 and hold rates for the          
applications for admission of such      
individuals1 by nationality4  7#e7 ,plan
 and additional information  7,a7 ,a    
plan that describes the procedural or   
personnel changes necessary to ensure   
the admission of the number of refugees 
authorized to be admitted to the ,united
 ,states in accordance with             
determinations under subsections 7a7 and
 7b71 including a projection of the     

number of refugees to be admitted to the
 ,united ,states each month so as to    
achieve the numerical goals set forth in
 such determinations4  7,b7 ,additional 
information relating to the pace of     
refugee admissions1 as determined by the
 ,president4  7h7 ,rule of construction 
,nothing in this section may be         
construed--  7#a7 to inhibit the        
expeditious processing of refugee and   
asylum applications2 or  7#b7 to        
restrict the authority of the ,secretary
 of ,homeland ,security to admit aliens 
to the ,united ,states under any other  
,act4  4