Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015
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.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Jan 30, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | May 12, 2016 |
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 Jan 6, 2015 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jan 22, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 H44.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the executive branch from exempting from removal categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
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.
