Congressional-executive Branch Relations
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Debt Ceiling Alternative Act [HB-5083]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Social Security ]
Establishes requirements and authorities for notifying Congress, issuing bonds, proposing rescissions, and selling assets if the debt limit will be reached. The Department of the Treasury must notify Congress if it estimates that the U.S. debt will reach the statutory debt limit during a quarter. After Congress is notified, Treasury must issue bonds that (1) have an interest rate linked to the nominal gross domestic product of the United States, (2) may only be used to pay the principal and interest on obligations of the United States held by the
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Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes. [HR-660]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This resolution directs the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Trump. The resolution authorizes (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct investigative proceedings, and (2) the chair of any committee having custody of materials relating
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the House of Representatives should, consistent with long-standing practice and precedent, prior to proceeding any further with its impeachment investigation into President Donald J. Trump, vote to open a formal impeachment inquiry and provide President Trump with fundamental constitutional protections. [SR-378]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
This resolution urges the House of Representatives (1) before proceeding any further with its impeachment investigation into President Trump, to vote to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry; (2) to provide President Trump with due process, including the ability to confront his accusers, call witnesses on his behalf, and have a basic understanding of the accusations against him that would form any basis for impeachment; and (3) to provide members of the minority with the ability to participate fully in all proceedings and have equal authority to
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A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria and Afghanistan, and Turkey's unprovoked incursion into Syria. [SJR-59]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
This joint resolution condemns Turkey's hostilities against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria and expresses support for a continued U.S. military presence in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Specifically, the joint resolution (1) calls on the U.S. government to pressure Turkey to curtail its hostilities against U.S. partner forces in Syria; (2) calls on the U.S. government and other nations to continue supporting, or to increase support for, stabilization efforts in northeastern Syria; (3) warns that a precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from
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Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2019 [HB-3732]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishes certain rules that apply in a civil action by the Senate, House of Representatives, or a congressional committee or subcommittee against an individual who receives, but fails to comply with, a congressional subpoena. Additionally, the bill establishes requirements for the recipient of a subpoena from a congressional committee or subcommittee.
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HOMESTEAD Act of 2019 Help Oversee, Manage, and Evaluate Safe Treatment and Ensure Access without Delay Act of 2019 [HB-3868]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Prohibits a detention facility from (1) preventing a Member of Congress from entering for the purpose of conducting oversight, or (2) making any temporary modification that alters what a visiting Member may observe. Further, a Member is not required to provide notice of intent to enter a detention facility for the purpose of conducting oversight. A detention facility is any facility used to detain or house aliens and operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Affirming the validity of subpoenas duly issued and investigations undertaken by any standing or permanent select committee of the House of Representatives pursuant to authorities delegated by the Constitution and the Rules of the House of Representatives. [HR-507]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
This resolution ratifies and affirms current and future House investigations and subpoenas related to the President.
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Accountability for Migrant Deaths Act of 2019 [HB-3660]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress within 24 hours of a death of a foreign national while in the respective department's custody. The House of Representatives shall hold a hearing within a week of receiving such a report. Executive privilege may not be asserted with respect to testimony before Congress about such a death.
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FISA Reform Act of 2019 [HB-4046]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires periodic reports to Congress about surveillance conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to include the identity of any individual targeted for surveillance who is associated with a candidate for President of a major party.
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POISE Act Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act [HB-3476]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Expresses the sense of Congress that elements of the intelligence community are obligated to notify Congress upon discovering that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed, outside established intelligence channels, certain classified information to specified adversary foreign governments (North Korea, Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba).
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Reclaiming Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019 [HB-3477]
[Trade ]
[National Security ]
Requires the President, when modifying duty rates for national security reasons, to obtain congressional approval through a joint resolution for these modifications. The bill also gives Congress the authority to disapprove through a joint resolution certain duties or other import restrictions imposed by the U.S. Trade Representative.
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [HJR-68]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total expenditures from exceeding total receipts for a fiscal year. The prohibition excludes expenditures for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. For a national emergency, two-thirds of each chamber of Congress may authorize expenditures that exceed receipts for limited times. Debts incurred from the expenditures must be paid as soon as practicable. The amendment requires a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber of Congress to increase the public
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Alternatives to Detention Act of 2019 [S.1894]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use alternatives to detention for certain vulnerable immigrant populations, and for other purposes.
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War Powers Amendments of 2019 [HJR-66]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This joint resolution revises the War Powers Resolution, a law designed to limit the President's power to introduce Armed Forces into hostilities. Changes include shortening the time that Armed Forces may be involved in hostilities without congressional action and providing for judicial enforcement. The President shall remove any Armed Forces introduced into hostilities without congressional approval within 30 days unless Congress (1) declares war, (2) enacts a joint resolution specifically authorizing such use of the Armed Forces, (3) extends this
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Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes. [HR-430]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
This resolution authorizes the House Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in federal judicial proceedings to enforce compliance with certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Donald McGahn. Additionally, the resolution provides explicit authority for each congressional committee, if authorized by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, to initiate or intervene in federal judicial proceedings to enforce compliance with congressional subpoenas.
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Take Care Act [S.1753]
[Ethics ]
Removes restrictions on the President's power to remove upper-level executive branch officers. Specifically, the bill (1) eliminates existing for-cause removal protections for principal officers (officers required to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), and (2) limits the creation of future removal restrictions by requiring Congress to expressly establish such restrictions by statute. The bill provides that a federal statute that vests discretionary decision-making authority in an executive branch officer
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Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise the power vested by article 1, section 2, clause 5 of the Constitution in respect to acts of misconduct by Donald John Trump, President of the United States. [HR-396]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
This resolution directs the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to impeach the President.
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POD Act of 2019 Public Oversight of Detention Centers Act of 2019 [HB-2842]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Prohibits certain limitations on the ability of a Member of Congress to access any facility for detaining aliens operated by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, or affiliated private contractors. Specifically, the Member must be allowed to enter such a facility within 48 hours of a request to do so, and the facility may not be temporarily modified in a way that alters what the Member would otherwise observe.
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An executive resolution to return to the President of the United States the Arms Trade Treaty. [SR-204]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
[Military ]
This executive resolution returns the Arms Trade Treaty to the President. The President requested such a return after concluding that the United States shall not become a party to the treaty. The United States had previously signed the treaty, but it had not been ratified by the Senate.
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Raising a question of the privileges of the House. [HR-304]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
This resolution directs the House Oversight and Reform Committee to submit to the Department of Justice an official copy of the transcript of the February 27, 2019, hearing during which Michael Cohen, former attorney of Donald Trump, testified under oath.