,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,tillis 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 and ,mr4        
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act to clarify the meaning
 of the term frivolous application with 
respect to asylum claims1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,asylum ,integrity  
,act4  #b4 ,clarification with respect  
to frivolous asylum applications        
,section #bjh7;d7 of the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aaeh7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#d71 in the matter preceding 
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security or    
before the ,attorney ,general2 and  7#b7
 by amending paragraph 7#f7-- 7,a7 by   
striking ,if the ,attorney ,general     

determines that an alien has knowingly  
and inserting the following3  7,a7 ,in  
general ,if the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security or the ,attorney ,general     
determines that an alien has  2 and     
7,b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,b7 ,determination  7i7 ,in general  
,for purposes of this paragraph1 a      
frivolous application is an application 
for asylum that the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security or the ,attorney    
,general determines-- 7,i7 has been made
 knowingly by the applicant2 and  7,,ii7
 7aa7 includes a fabricated material    
element2  7bb7 is premised on false or  
fabricated evidence2  7cc7 was filed    
without regard to the merits of the     
claim2 or  7dd7 is clearly foreclosed by
 applicable law4  7ii7 ,effect of       
finding ,for purposes of this section1 a
 finding that an alien has filed a      
frivolous asylum application shall not  
preclude the alien from seeking         
withholding of removal under section    
#bda7;b77#c7 of protection pursuant to  

the ,convention ,against ,torture and   
,other ,cruel1 ,inhuman or ,degrading   
,treatment or ,punishment1 done at ,new 
,york ,december #aj1 #aihd4  7iii7      
,findings by asylum officers ,in        
adjudicating an affirmative asylum      
application1 if an asylum officer       
determines that the application is      
described in subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,ii7 
of clause 7i71 the asylum officer may-- 
7,i7 make a finding that the application
 is a frivolous application2 and  7,,ii7
 7aa7 in the case of an applicant who is
 not in lawful status1 refer the        
application to an immigration judge2 or 
7bb7 in the case of an applicant who is 
in lawful status1 deny the application4 
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