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US Congress 114th Congress

To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, and for other purposes. [HB-227] [Immigration ]
To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, including executive orders or any other executive policy issued after March 11, 2011, that provides for parole, employment authorization, deferred action, or any other immigration benefit or relief for individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States (with exceptions for asylum, temporary protected status, or cancellation of removal by an immigration judge). The Immigration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015

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Immigration Accountability Act [HB-206] [Immigration ]
Immigration Accountability Act This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in: the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program; the memoranda issued by the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015

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Defund Amnesty Act of 2015 [HB-155] [Immigration ] [Budget and Spending ]
Defund Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in: the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015

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To repeal the War Powers Resolution. [HB-120] [Defense ] [International ] [Military ] [National Security ]
To repeal the War Powers Resolution. Repeals the War Powers Resolution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Garrett Introduced In House on 01/06/2015

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Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act [HB-1148] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [National Security ]
Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States. Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/18/2015

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Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act [S.850] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act - Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity that requires a quorum of Board members. Prohibits the Board from appointing any personnel or implementing, administering, or enforcing any decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized on or after January 4, 2012, that requires a quorum of the Board members. Terminates the requirements of this Act upon: (1) confirmation of all Board members constituting a quorum with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/25/2013

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Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 [S.82] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that any executive order, memoranda, proclamation, or signing statement issued by the President that infringes on the powers and duties of Congress under article I, section 8 of the Constitution or the Second Amendment, or that would require the expenditure of federal funds not specifically appropriated for such executive action, is advisory only and has no force or effect unless enacted as law. Nullifies any such executive action and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 4. on 01/28/2013

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Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 [S.3015] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ]
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States; treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status; or treating them other than as unauthorized aliens. States that such prohibition shall not apply: to the extent prohibited by the Constitution; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/12/2014

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ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014 [S.2118] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ]
Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law Act of 2014 or the ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014 - Authorizes either chamber of Congress, upon adoption of a resolution declaring that the President or any officer or employee of the United States has established or implemented a policy, practice, or procedure to refrain from enforcing, applying, following, or administering any federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law in violation of the constitutional requirement that the President faithfully (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/12/2014

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Constitutional Check and Balance Act [S.2062] [Law Enforcement ]
Constitutional Check and Balance Act - Authorizes any Member of Congress who casts a recorded vote on final passage of a version of a bill or joint resolution enacting a provision into law to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel an executive branch official to enforce the provision, if the President or any other executive branch official issues a memorandum or other written statement directing the official to not enforce it.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Blunt Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 310. on 03/03/2014

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Write the Laws Act [S.1663] [Law Enforcement ]
Write the Laws Act - Prohibits an Act of Congress from containing any delegation of legislative powers, whether to: (1) any component within the legislative branch, (2) the President or any other member of the executive branch, (3) the judicial branch, (4) any agency, (5) any quasi-public agency, (6) any state or state instrumentality, or (7) any other organization or individual. Excludes from the meaning of delegation of legislative powers the issuance of presidential proclamations, or issuance of rules or regulations governing the internal operation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 11/07/2013

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To establish prospective standards effective January 20, 2017 defining impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 as applied to the President of the United States to provide fair warning and evenhandedness in the administration of the impeachment power of the House of Representatives. [HR-779] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Military ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Declares that the following presidential actions shall constitute impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors," which will cause the House of Representatives to vote articles of impeachment to send to the Senate for trial: initiating war without express congressional authorization; killing American citizens in the United States or abroad who are not engaged in active hostilities against the United States without due process (unless the citizen was under indictment for a felony and the killing was necessary to prevent imminent serious physical (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kerry Bentivolio Referred To The House Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/11/2014

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Directing the House of Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch relating to immigration. [HR-772] [Immigration ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ]
Directs the House of Representatives to bring a civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy to: exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children, as announced by DHS on June 15, 2012; or exercise further prosecutorial discretion with respect to certain other unlawfully present aliens, as directed in a November 20, 2014, memorandum and related executive branch memoranda. Declares (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice Referred To The Committee On Rules, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 12/08/2014

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Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States with respect to the implementation of the immigration laws. [HR-757] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to initiate or intervene in civil actions on behalf of the House of Representatives in a federal court of competent jurisdiction to seek any appropriate relief regarding the failure of the President, the head of any department or agency, or any other executive branch officer or employee to act in a manner consistent with that official's duties under the Constitution and laws of the United States regarding immigration laws or laws pertaining to illegal aliens, undocumented immigrants, or non-American (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Committee On Rules, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 11/17/2014

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Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States. [HR-676] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to initiate or intervene in one or more civil actions, on behalf of the House, in a federal court of competent jurisdiction to seek any appropriate relief regarding the failure of the President, the head of any department or agency, or any other executive branch officer or employee, to act in a manner consistent with that official's duties under the U.S. Constitution and federal laws with respect to implementation of requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), certain (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Sessions Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 694. (consideration: Cr H7087-7099) on 07/30/2014

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Providing for the arrest of Lois G. Lerner to answer the charge of contempt of Congress. [HR-664] [Crime ] [Ethics ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Calls for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to issue a warrant directing the the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Lois G. Lerner, take her into custody in the District of Columbia jail, and bring her to the bar of the House without delay to answer to the charge of contempt of its authority, breach of its privileges, and insult to the integrity of its proceedings. Prohibits Lerner, while in custody, from having any special privileges beyond those extended to her fellow inmates, from having access to any computer or telephone, or from being visited (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stockman Referred To The House Committee On Rules. on 07/10/2014

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Relating to the application of Article II, section 3, clause 5, of the Constitution of the United States. [HR-656] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ]
Declares that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to meet the specified requirement of the U.S. Constitution to take care that a law be faithfully executed, with respect to the departmental policy to exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children, as announced by DHS on June 15, 2012. Requires the House of Representatives to bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the DHS policy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell Issa Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/02/2014

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Relating to the application of Article II, section 3, clause 5, of the Constitution of the United States. [HR-655] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ]
Declares that the Secretary of the Treasury has failed to meet the specified requirement of the U.S. Constitution to take care that a law be faithfully executed, with respect to the departmental policy provided under the Department of the Treasury Notice 2013-45, as announced by the Department on July 2, 2013, pertaining to the one-year delay in the application of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to reporting requirements by providers of health insurance coverage, certain employers required to report on health insurance coverage, and related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell Issa Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/02/2014

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Relating to the application of Article II, section 3, clause 5, of the Constitution of the United States. [HR-654] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ]
Declares that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has failed to meet the specified requirement of the U.S. Constitution to take care that a law be faithfully executed, with respect to the departmental policy providing for the authorization, approval, renewal, modification, or extension of any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under the Social Security Act (SSA) that waives compliance with a mandatory work requirement by eligible states and state plans for participation in block grants under SSA title IV part A (Temporary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell Issa Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/02/2014

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Condemning the President of the United States and the executive branch of Government for continuous actions that violate the laws and Constitution of the United States. [HR-652] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ]
Condemns the President and the executive branch for actions that are beyond the laws of the United States. Calls on the President and the executive branch to: (1) adhere to the Constitution and halt all unlawful and illegal actions that circumvent Congress and violate the Constitution, and (2) respect the constitutionally defined separation of powers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/21/2014

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