ENFORCE the Law Act of 2015
Latest action · Jan 6, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law Act of 2015 or the ENFORCE the Law Act of 2015
Authorizes either chamber of Congress, upon adoption of a resolution declaring that the President or any officer or employee of the United States has established or implemented a policy, practice, or procedure to refrain from enforcing, applying, following, or administering any federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law in violation of the constitutional requirement that the President faithfully execute the laws of the United States, to bring a civil action for a declaratory judgment to that effect.
Grants jurisdiction to a three-judge panel of a U.S. district court to hear such civil action and provides for an expedited direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Mar 2, 2015; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Daniel Coats | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Jan 6, 2015 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Jan 12, 2015 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Jan 26, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jan 27, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Mar 2, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jan 6, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-156 | PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2016 HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS266 pages | Finance Committee | Feb 4, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect the separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States by ensuring that the President takes care that the laws be faithfully executed, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ENFORCE the Law Act of 2015
- Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Government Operations and Politics
- Judicial review and appeals
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Supreme Court
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
