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H.R. 546

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No Resettlement Without Consent Act
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Committee
Latest Action · February 8, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
January 13, 2017
Cosponsors (5)
0D 5R
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No Resettlement Without Consent Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that: (1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall not place or resettle a refugee within a state without the governor's approval; and (2) notwithstanding such approval, the office shall not place or resettle a refugee in any locality within a state if the locality has in effect a law, or a policy with the effect of law, disapproving of refugee resettlement in that locality.

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