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This bill, known as the GRACE Act (Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act), amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees admitted to the United States, which shall be no fewer than 125,000. It also allows for additional refugee admissions through community or private sponsorship, where these groups provide initial reception and placement services. The President must consider the number of refugees in need of resettlement as identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and determine regional allocations for admissions based on projected needs or humanitarian and national interest justifications, with a reserve for emerging needs. Furthermore, the bill mandates quarterly public reports on refugee admissions, including numbers admitted, percentages of goals met, regional breakdowns, and projections for the remainder of the fiscal year, as well as detailed reports on processing times, security checks, and circuit rides for refugee officers, with specific provisions for enhanced security checks defined to include investigations into national security concerns like terrorism and illegal transfers of sensitive information.

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