Defund Amnesty Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 2, 2015 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.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to May 12, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | May 12, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2015 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2015 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2015 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jan 28, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jan 28, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2015Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H48.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 31 | Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that no funds appropriated or otherwise made available may be used to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce certain memoranda related to immigration.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Defund Amnesty Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Appropriations
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign labor
- Homeland security
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced 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.
