HR 921 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Community Trust Act of 2017

Latest action · Feb 7, 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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. IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community Trust Act of 2017

This bill nullifies Executive Order 13768, entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States," beginning on January 25, 2017, and prohibits the use of any federal funds to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with a federal statute that bars states and localities from restricting sending or receiving information to or from federal immigration authorities (sanctuary jurisdictions).

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2017 to Jun 27, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooFeb 16, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineFeb 16, 2017
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Feb 16, 2017
D-CADoris O. MatsuiFeb 16, 2017
D-NYGrace MengFeb 16, 2017
D-NYGregory W. MeeksFeb 16, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreFeb 16, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernFeb 16, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyFeb 16, 2017
D-NYJerrold NadlerFeb 16, 2017
D-CAJimmy PanettaFeb 16, 2017
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthFeb 16, 2017
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Feb 16, 2017
D-GAJohn LewisFeb 16, 2017
D-NYJose E. SerranoFeb 16, 2017

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2017
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2017
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Feb 7, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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: U.S. Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 4. Congress has the power to ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 21, February 7, 2017, page H1084.

Related bills 1

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

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide that Executive Order 13768 (82 Fed. Reg. 8799; entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States"), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the Executive Order, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Community Trust Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House

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