Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

S. 5353

BillFederalSenateIn Committee
Refugee Protection Act of 2022
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · December 21, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
December 21, 2022
Sponsor
Sen. Patrick LeahyD
Cosponsors (0)
None
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Refugee Protection Act of 2022 This bill modifies provisions related to asylum seekers and addresses related issues. For example, the bill (1) eliminates the statutory time limit for applying for asylum (currently one year after arriving in the United States), (2) establishes stateless protected status for individuals who are not considered a national by any country under that country’s law, and (3) requires the goal for refugee admissions for any given fiscal year to be no fewer than 125,000.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.