Bill > HR4267

This bill, titled the Resettlement REFORM (Re-Evaluation of Financing Our Refugee Mission) Act, amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a state to refuse, without facing penalties, to provide refugee resettlement assistance funds to certain aliens. Specifically, a state can deny these funds to an alien who is a national of a country designated by the Secretary of State as a "state sponsor of terrorism" (meaning a country that has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism) or a "terrorist sanctuary" (a place offering safe haven to terrorists), or if the alien has no nationality and last lived in such a country. However, this restriction does not apply to Iraqi nationals, their spouses, or children who were employed by or worked for the U.S. government in Iraq and are facing ongoing serious threats due to that employment.