Separation of Powers Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 9, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Separation of Powers Act of 2014 - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency to:
- parole an alien into the United States or grant deferred action on a final order of removal for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons; or
- issue to an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States any document attesting to such alien's lawful permanent resident status or U.S. employment authorization.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2014 to Dec 8, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Nov 20, 2014 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Steve Stockman | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Dec 2, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Dec 2, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Dec 2, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Dec 3, 2014 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Dec 4, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Dec 4, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Dec 4, 2014 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Dec 8, 2014 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Dec 8, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2014 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Nov 20, 2014Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8262)
- Nov 20, 2014Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8171.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use of funds for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Separation of Powers Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
