Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".
Latest action · Jul 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review titled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways and published on May 16, 2023.
The final rule established a rebuttable presumption that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) entering the United States from Mexico without valid entry documents is ineligible for asylum if that individual had traveled through another country to reach the United States but did not apply for asylum or similar protection in that other country.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-NY | George Santos | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Dec 6, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H4147H.J. Res. 83 | — | Jul 27, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4147.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 41 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways". | Identical bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
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 resolution 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.
