TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House committee has approved a bill addressing concerns about refugees settling in the state.

The bill approved Thursday would allow local governments to seek a one-year moratorium of refugee resettlements if the community doesn’t have the capacity to handle the influx. It also would create a state office for refugees and authorize Gov. Sam Brownback to name a state refugee coordinator.

The Wichita Eagle reports opponents say the bill is unconstitutional, discriminatory and un-Christian.

Supports say the bill would coordinate local and state governments work with federal authorities to resettle refugees, while giving the state a way to oversee the process.

Under the Refugee Act of 1980, only the federal government has authority to manage refugee resettlement.