A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.
Latest action · Feb 2, 2017 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill rescinds the provisions of Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," effective as of January 27, 2017. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2017 to Feb 6, 2017; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 1, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2017Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 1, 2017Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S609 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Feb 2, 2017 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S604, S605 | Cory Gardner R-CO | Feb 1, 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.
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. 115-747 | ENDING MODERN SLAVERY: BUILDING ON SUCCESS58 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Feb 15, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 240 | A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States. | Related bill | Jan 30, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Africa
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Iran
- Iraq
- Libya
- Middle East
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
- Yemen
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2017Placed on Calendar 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.
