S 274 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Introduced Feb 1, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Dianne Feinstein D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalFeb 1, 2017
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalFeb 1, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-RIJack ReedOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-VATim KaineOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-NMTom UdallOriginalFeb 1, 2017
D-FLBill NelsonFeb 2, 2017
D-NDHeidi HeitkampFeb 2, 2017
D-INJoe DonnellyFeb 2, 2017
D-MTJon TesterFeb 2, 2017
D-MOClaire McCaskillFeb 6, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 2, 2017Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
  2. Feb 1, 2017Introduced in Senate
  3. 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S609Mitch McConnell R-KYFeb 2, 2017
SenateDebate and remarks S604, S605Cory Gardner R-COFeb 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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 115-747ENDING MODERN SLAVERY: BUILDING ON SUCCESS58 pagesForeign Relations CommitteeFeb 15, 2017

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 240A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.Related billJan 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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 2, 2017Placed on Calendar Senate

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