Sec. 3. Enhanced screening measures for covered aliens
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law— a covered alien may not be admitted to the United States as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) or under any other provision of law; no Federal funds may be expended to process applications for covered aliens to be admitted as refugees; and no Federal funds may be expended by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Health and Human Services to resettle covered aliens in the United States. Paragraph
(1)shall be in effect until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President submits, to the appropriate congressional committees, a certification that the provisions under subsections
(b)through
(g)have been carried out. In addition to any screenings conducted by the Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall take all actions necessary to ensure that each covered alien receives a thorough background investigation before such alien is admitted to the United States as a refugee. A covered alien may not be admitted to the United States as a refugee until after the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation certifies to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence that such alien has received a background investigation that is sufficient to determine whether such alien— is a threat to the security of the United States; and has provided support to any foreign terrorist organization, which may include publishing or otherwise engaging in social media to promote or otherwise support a foreign terrorist organization. A covered alien may only be admitted to the United States after the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the unanimous concurrence of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of National Intelligence, certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the covered alien— is not a threat to the security of the United States; and has not provided support to any foreign terrorist organization, including by publishing or otherwise engaging in social media to promote or otherwise support a foreign terrorist organization. The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall— conduct a risk-based review of all certifications made under subsection
(c)during each fiscal year; and not later than October 30 of each year, submit a report, in unclassified form with classified annexes, to the appropriate congressional committees that— describes the findings of the review conducted under paragraph (1); includes an assessment of the data sets and vetting procedures used by the Department of Homeland Security; and includes an assessment of the Department of Homeland Security’s access to information and data sets controlled, administered, or maintained by other agencies or departments that are necessary to conduct a thorough screening of covered aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a quarterly report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes, for the quarter immediately preceding the date of the report— the total number of applications for admission with regard to which a certification under subsection
(c)was made; the number of covered aliens with regard to whom such a certification was not made; and for each covered alien with regard to whom a certification under subsection
(c)was not made, the justification for the nonconcurrence of each department or agency. The Comptroller General of the United States shall— annually evaluate all the certifications made under subsections
(b)and (c); and not later than October 30 of each year, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, in unclassified form with classified annexes, that includes— the findings of the evaluations under paragraph (1); an assessment of the data sets and vetting procedures used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security; an assessment of the Federal Government’s access to the information and data sets necessary to conduct a thorough screening of covered aliens; and a detailed list of covered aliens who— were admitted pursuant to this Act; and during the previous fiscal year— were indicted for criminal misconduct and are awaiting trial, with a description of the pending charges; had pending criminal charges against them dismissed, with a description of the charges; were acquitted of criminal misconduct at trial, with a description of the charges; were convicted of, or pled guilty to, criminal misconduct, with a list of the charges and the sentence; were listed on the Terrorist Screening Center’s Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB); or were listed on the National Counterterrorism Center’s Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that— identifies plans for additional enhanced measures for the purposes of improving the screening conducted by the United States Government on any covered alien seeking to be admitted as a refugee to the United States, including any enhanced screening to determine whether such alien— has any links to terrorism-related social media; or has provided support to any foreign terrorist organization; describes the changes made to the refugee program by the Department of Homeland Security in response to the infiltration of 2 Al-Qaeda in Iraq-linked terrorists into the United States and their resettlement in Bowling Green, Kentucky, through the Iraqi refugee program in 2009; and indicates if the Secretary of Homeland Security is aware of any former or current known terrorists who have been admitted to the United States as refugees.
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