Additional procedure to authorize admission for each refugee The bill was first introduced in the House on November 17th , 2015 , by Michael McCaul . It was passed by the House , but on January 20th , 2016 it failed cloture in the senate ( also known as a filibuster . ) The SAFE Act was created in response to the November 2015 Paris attacks , out of concern that ISIL terrorists would enter the United States posing as refugees fleeing Syria
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American SAFE Act of 2015