HR 38 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015

Introduced Jan 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Ted S. Yoho R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 6, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015

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;
  • upon the request of federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of maintaining aliens in the United States to be tried for crimes or to be trial witnesses; or
  • for humanitarian purposes where the aliens are at imminent risk of serious bodily harm or death.

Declares that any executive branch action intending to circumvent the objectives of this Act shall be null and void and without legal effect.

States that this Act shall take effect as if enacted on November 20, 2014, and shall apply to requests submitted on or after that date for: (1) work authorization; or (2) exemption from, or deferral of, removal.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to May 12, 2016, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-FLDavid W. JollyOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.OriginalJan 6, 2015
R-KSKevin YoderOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-PALou BarlettaOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-CAPaul CookOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-FLRichard B. NugentOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-NCRobert PittengerOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoOriginalJan 6, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jan 6, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House

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