A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities.
Latest action · Feb 16, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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 16, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States." 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 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2017 to Mar 27, 2017, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 16, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 921 | Community Trust Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 7, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Organized crime
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2017Introduced in 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.