Protect American Values Act
Latest action · Sep 17, 2019 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.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect American Values Act
This bill prohibits using federal funds to implement the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds, published August 14, 2019, which expands the definition of a public charge for immigration purposes.
(An alien who is a public charge may be denied certain immigration benefits, such as lawful permanent residence. Currently, a public charge is generally interpreted as an individual who is primarily dependent on the government for subsistence. The DHS rule would define a public charge to mean an individual who receives more than 12 months' worth of designated public benefits in a 36-month period.)
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2019 to Mar 4, 2020; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Sep 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the 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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11467 | Immigration: Public Charge Archived | Resource | Sep 15, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3222 | No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 28, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds".
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect American Values Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2019Introduced 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
