Sec. 21. Reform of refugee consultation process
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Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: All officers of the Federal Government responsible for refugee admissions or refugee resettlement shall treat the determinations made under this subsection and subsection
(b)as the refugee admissions goal for the fiscal year. ; in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: Not later than 15 days after the last day of each calendar quarter, the President shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that contains— the number of refugees who were admitted during the previous quarter; the percentage of those arrivals against the refugee admissions goal for such quarter; the cumulative number of refugees who were admitted during the fiscal year as of the end of such quarter; the number of refugees to be admitted during the remainder of the fiscal year in order to meet the refugee admissions goal for the fiscal year; and a plan that describes the procedural or personnel changes necessary to achieve the refugee admissions goal for the fiscal year. ; and in subsection (e)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(7)as subparagraphs
(A)through (G), respectively; in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated— by inserting
(1)after
(e); and by inserting , which shall be commenced not later than May 1 of each year and continue periodically throughout the remainder of the year, if necessary, after discussions in person ; by striking To the extent possible, and inserting the following: To the extent possible ; and by adding at the end the following: The plans referred to in paragraph (1)(C) shall include estimates of— the number of refugees the President expects to have ready to travel to the United States at the beginning of the fiscal year; the number of refugees and the stipulated populations the President expects to admit to the United States in each quarter of the fiscal year; and the number of refugees the President expects to have ready to travel to the United States at the end of the fiscal year. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that an adequate number of refugees are processed during the fiscal year to fulfill the refugee admissions goals under subsections
(a)and (b). .
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Sec. 21
Reform of refugee consultation process
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