Congress 114 - HR 31 - Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

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Appropriations Arizona Border security and unlawful immigration California Citizenship and naturalization Congressional-executive branch relations Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Executive agency funding and structure Foreign labor Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Homeland security Immigration Immigration status and procedures Law enforcement administration and funding Military personnel and dependents New Mexico Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Texas Visas and passports

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Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

This bill prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including any otherwise available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for any fiscal year from being used to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in:

the memoranda issued by the Secretary 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 President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century; and
any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

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Jan 28, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Jan 22, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan 6, 2015

Referred 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.
Jan 6, 2015

Introduced in House

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