May 21, 2025
Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to refugee admission and resettlement.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as No Resettlement Without Representation Act
.
Sec. 2. Congressional authority to set refugee cap
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking Except
and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: Before the beginning of a fiscal year and after appropriate consultation (as defined in subsection (e)), the President shall submit to Congress a recommendation on the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in any fiscal year.
;
(B)
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (b), no refugees may be admitted under this section in a fiscal year until such time as a joint resolution is enacted which sets the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in that fiscal year.; and
(C)
in paragraph (4)—
(i)
by striking determination
and inserting recommendation
;
(ii)
by striking (beginning with fiscal year 1992)
and inserting (beginning with fiscal year 2025)
; and
(iii)
by striking determined
and inserting recommended
;
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
by striking fix
and inserting submit to Congress a recommendation for
;
(B)
by striking situation and such
and inserting situation. Any such
;
(C)
by striking determination made by the President
and insert recommendation made by the President
; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following: No refugees may be admitted under this subsection until such time as a joint resolution is enacted which sets the number of refugees who may be admitted under this subsection.
;
(3)
in subsection (c)(1), by striking Subject to the numerical limitations established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b),
and inserting Subject to the enactment of a joint resolution under subsection (a) or (b), and the numerical limitations established pursuant to such a resolution,
; and
(4)
in subsection (d)(3), by striking determination
each place it appears and inserting recommendation
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Sec. 3. States authority to reject refugees
Section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(g) Limitation on resettlement
(1)
Not later than 30 days before the date on which a refugee is to be resettled in a State, the Director or Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) shall submit to the chief executive of the State in which resettlement is to take place a notice of the intention to resettle aliens in such State.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director or the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1) may not resettle any refugee or coordinate placement of any refugee in a State if the chief executive of the State communicates to the Director that the State does not accede to the resettlement or placement of refugees in that State.