HR 532 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

DREAMer Information Protection Act

Introduced Jan 13, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Beto O'Rourke D-TX

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 8, 2017 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 13, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

DREAMer Information Protection Act

This bill: (1) prohibits information provided by an applicant for deferred action under the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from being used for the purpose of immigration enforcement proceedings, and (2) shall take effect as if enacted on January 19, 2017.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2017 to Jul 28, 2017; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-COJared PolisOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-NVRuben J. KihuenOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CATed LieuOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJan 13, 2017
D-FLDarren SotoJan 31, 2017
D-CODiana DeGetteFeb 1, 2017
D-OREarl BlumenauerFeb 1, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinFeb 1, 2017
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyFeb 1, 2017
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroFeb 1, 2017
D-AZRuben GallegoFeb 1, 2017
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneFeb 1, 2017
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderMar 2, 2017
D-MANiki TsongasMar 2, 2017
D-HITulsi GabbardMar 2, 2017
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMar 17, 2017
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyJul 28, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 13, 2017
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Feb 8, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Jan 13, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H454Beto O'Rourke D-TXJan 12, 2017

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

Congress has the power to enact thislegislation pursuant to the following: Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitutionin the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H547.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the protection of information submitted to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
DREAMer Information Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House

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