To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that refugees may not be resettled in any State where the governor of that State has taken any action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees in that State, and for other...

As the title suggests, this bill would prohibit the resettlement of refugees in any state of the union where the governor had ‘taken action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees.’

After the 11/13/15 ISIS-affiliated attacks in Paris, 31 governors—all Republicans, except for one—pledged to block the resettlement of Syrian or Iraqi refugees in their states.

Last major action: 11/17/15 referred to House Comm. on the Judiciary.