United States · Bill · S
S. 2145 (115th)
No Ban on Refugees Act
Introduced
16 November 2017
Last action
16 November 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Christopher Murphy, Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3], Jeff Merkley, Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Edward Markey, Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Subjects
Asylum, Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
No Ban on Refugees Act This bill prohibits any U.S. government agency from preventing a refugee from entering the United States based on the refugee's country of origin.
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Timeline
16 November 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 November 2017 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 November 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 November 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 November 2017
Sponsors
- Christopher Murphy · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
- Chris Van Hollen · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2145
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2145
- us · 115-s-2145 · source updated 10 August 2026