HR 7052 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018

Introduced Oct 9, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Judy Chu D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 15, 2018 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. IntroducedOct 9, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out the proposed rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds." The rule makes aliens who are likely at any time to become a public charge and receive public benefits inadmissible.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 9, 2018 to Dec 6, 2018; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 9, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-TXGene GreenOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalOct 9, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAKaren BassOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-WIMark PocanOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-WARick LarsenOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalOct 9, 2018
D-NCDavid E. PriceOct 12, 2018
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOct 12, 2018
D-NYEliot L. EngelOct 12, 2018
D-VTPeter WelchOct 26, 2018
D-CASusan A. DavisOct 26, 2018
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalNov 13, 2018
D-CAAnna G. EshooNov 13, 2018
D-MIDebbie DingellDec 6, 2018

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 9, 2018
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Nov 15, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Oct 9, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Oct 9, 2018Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 167, October 9, 2018, page H9425.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3222No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2019Reintroduced BillJun 28, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide that no Federal funds may be used to carry out the proposed rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds", and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 9, 2018Introduced in House

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