Community-based Refugee Reception Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2655 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2655 To establish a community-based refugee reception program to provide initial refugee resettlement services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2025 Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a community-based refugee reception program to provide initial refugee resettlement services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Community-based Refugee Reception Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) community-based refugee reception is not a replacement for resettlement services provided through experienced providers but serves as an effective …