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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–2 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 37) TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND 

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF SMALL 

AND EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES TO ACCESS CAPITAL THROUGH 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARKETS, TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDENS, 

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 

BILL (H.R. 185) TO REFORM THE PROCESS BY WHICH FEDERAL AGENCIES ANALYZE AND FORMULATE NEW REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE 

DOCUMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 

240) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JANUARY 12, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 27] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 27, by a record vote of 7 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 37, the Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, 

under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Financial Services. The resolution 

waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 185, 

the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, under a structured rule. 

The resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided 

and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill and provides that it shall be 

considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 

against provisions in the bill. The resolution makes in order only 


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those amendments printed in part A of this report. Each such 

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this report, 

may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall 

be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in 

this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of order 

against the amendments printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 240, 

the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, 

under a structured rule. The resolution provides two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and 

provides that it shall be considered as read. The resolution waives 

all points of order against provisions in the bill. Makes in order 

only those amendments printed in part B of this report. Each such 

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this report, 

may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall 

be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in 

this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of order 

against the amendments in part B of this report. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations may insert in the Congressional Record 

not later than January 14, 2015, such material as he may deem explanatory of H.R. 240. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 37, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 37, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. 

The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 185, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 185, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments to H.R. 185 printed in part A of this report, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the H.R. 

240 includes a waiver of Section 3(d)(5) of H. Res. 5 of the 114th 

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tions bill in the Committee of the Whole unless it includes a spending reduction account. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 240, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points of order against amendments to H.R. 240 

printed in part B of this report includes a waiver of clause 2 of rule 

XXI, which prohibits consideration of an amendment to a general 

appropriation bill if changing existing law. 

Additionally, the waiver for amendments #1 (Aderholt) and #2 

(Blackburn) includes a waiver of section 311 of the Congressional 

Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of any amendment that 

would cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues for 

the first fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year and the 

ensuing fiscal years for which allocations are provided. The amendments by Representatives Aderholt and Blackburn would reduce 

both direct spending and revenues. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 8 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the resolution to remove the 

special waivers of points of order for the amendments to H.R. 240, 

the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. Defeated: 3–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 9 

Motion by Mr. Polis to add a section to the resolution that requires the House to consider a bill consisting of the text of H.R. 15 

from the last Congress, the bipartisan, Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill. Defeated: 3–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 10 

Motion by Mr. Polis to amend the rule to H.R. 37 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #8, ofVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:31 Jan 13, 2015 Jkt 049008 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR002.XXX HR002

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fered by Rep. Ellison (MN), Rep. Issa (CA), and Rep. Polis (CO), 

which strikes Title VII. Defeated: 3–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 11 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... ...................

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 185 IN PART A MADE IN

ORDER

1. McKinley (WV): Ensures that the Agencies, when developing 

regulations, take into consideration and account for low-income 

populations. Furthermore, the Amendment provides that no particular class or race is excluded when it comes to looking at costs 

and benefits of the regulation. (10 minutes) 

2. Johnson, Hank (GA): Exempts from H.R. 185 all rules or guidance that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job creation. (10 minutes) 

3. Jackson Lee (TX): Exempts all rules promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security. (10 minutes) 

4. Connolly (VA): Exempts any rule or guidance pertaining to 

public health or safety. (10 minutes) 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 240 IN PART B MADE IN

ORDER

1. Aderholt (AL), Mulvaney (SC), Barletta (PA): 1) Prevents any 

funds from whatever source to be used to carry-out (1) the Executive actions announced on November 20, 2014 to grant deferred action to certain unlawful aliens and for other purposes, and (2) four 

of the ‘‘Morton Memos’’ on prosecutorial discretion and immigration 

enforcement priorities issued in 2011 and 2012 that effectively prevent certain classes of unlawful aliens from being removed from 

the country. 2) Declares that no funds may be used to carry-out 

any substantially similar policies to those defunded. 3) Declares 

that the policies defunded and any substantially similar policies 

have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore no legal effect. 4) Provides that no funds may be used to grant any Federal 

benefit to any alien as a result of the policies defunded. (20 minutes) 


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2. Blackburn (TN): Provides that no funds may be used to consider new, renewal or previously denied DACA applications. (10 

minutes) 

3. DeSantis (FL), Roby (AL): Requires that DHS treat any alien 

convicted of any offense involving domestic violence, sexual abuse, 

child molestation, or child abuse or exploitation as within the categories of aliens subject to DHS’s highest civil immigration enforcement. (10 minutes) 

4. Salmon (AZ), Thompson, Glenn (PA): Expresses a sense of 

Congress that the Executive Branch should not pursue policies that 

disadvantage the hiring of U.S. citizens and those lawfully present 

in the United States by making it economically advantageous to 

hire workers who came to the country illegally. (10 minutes) 

5. Schock (IL): Sense of Congress that the Administration should 

stop putting the interest of immigrants who worked within the 

legal framework to come to the US behind those who came here illegally. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 185 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCKINLEY

OF WEST VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, line 8, strike ‘‘and economic competitiveness’’ and insert 

the following: ‘‘economic competitiveness, and impacts on low income populations’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON

OF GEORGIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add, at the end of the bill, the following: 

SEC. 10. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN RULES AND GUIDANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by inserting after section 553a (as inserted by section 4 

of this Act) the following new section: 

‘‘§ 553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance 

‘‘Sections 551, 553, 556, 701(b), 704, and 706, as amended by the 

Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, and section 553a shall not 

apply in the case of any rule or guidance proposed, issued, or made 

that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job creation. Sections 551, 553, 556, 

701(b), 704, and 706, as in effect before the enactment of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, shall apply to such proposed 

rules, final rules, or guidance, as appropriate.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 5 of 

title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 

relating to section 553 the following new item: 

‘‘553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance.’ ’’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add, at the end of the bill, the following: 


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SEC. 10. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN RULES AND GUIDANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by inserting after section 553a (as inserted by section 4 

of this Act) the following new section: 

‘‘§ 553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance 

‘‘Sections 551, 553, 556, 701(b), 704, and 706, as amended by the 

Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, and section 553a shall not 

apply in the case of any rule or guidance proposed, issued, or made 

by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Sections 551, 553, 556, 

701(b), 704, and 706, as in effect before the enactment of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, shall apply to such proposed 

rules, final rules, or guidance, as appropriate.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 5 of 

title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 

relating to section 553 the following new item: 

‘‘553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance.’ ’’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add, at the end of the bill, the following: 

SEC. 10. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN RULES AND GUIDANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is 

amended by inserting after section 553a (as inserted by section 4 

of this Act) the following new section: 

‘‘§ 553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance 

‘‘Sections 551, 553, 556, 701(b), 704, and 706, as amended by the 

Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, and section 553a shall not 

apply in the case of a rule or guidance proposed, made, or issued 

which relates to health or public safety. Sections 551, 553, 556, 

701(b), 704, and 706, as in effect before the enactment of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, shall apply to such proposed 

rules, final rules, or guidance, as appropriate.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 5 of 

title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 

relating to section 553 the following new item: 

‘‘553b. Exemption for certain rules and guidance.’ ’’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 240 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ADERHOLT

OF ALABAMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. llll. (a) No funds, resources, or fees made available to 

the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a 

Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established under section 286(m) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of 

any regulations) any of the policy changes set forth in the following 

memoranda (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or 


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taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action): 

(1) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal 

of Aliens’’ dated March 2, 2011. 

(2) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial 

Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement 

Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and 

Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 2011. 

(3) The memorandum from the Principal Legal Advisor of 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled ‘‘Case-byCase Review of Incoming and Certain Pending Cases’’ dated 

November 17, 2011. 

(4) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement entitled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, 

Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems’’ dated December 

21, 2012. 

(5) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Border and Approaches Campaign’’ 

dated November 20, 2014. 

(6) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 

2014. 

(7) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

(8) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 

to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and 

with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 

U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated November 20, 

2014. 

(9) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program’’ 

dated November 20, 2014. 

(10) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

(11) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and 

Enlistees’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

(12) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

(13) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. 

Citizenship’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

(14) The memorandum from the President entitled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for 

the 21st Century’’ dated November 21, 2014. 


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(15) The memorandum from the President entitled ‘‘Creating 

Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants 

and Refugees’’ dated November 21, 2014. 

(b) The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 9, 

2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore have no legal effect. 

(c) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by this Act 

or any other Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 

‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ established under section 

286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), 

may be used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien pursuant to 

any of the policy changes set forth in the memoranda referred to 

in subsection (a) (or any substantially similar policy changes issued 

or taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action). 

(d) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on 

either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(e) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 

of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 

250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACK- BURN OF TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. (a) No funds, resources or fees made available to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ 

established under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1356(m)), may be used to consider or adjudicate 

any new, renewal or previously denied application for any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as 

authorized by the Executive memorandum dated June 15, 2012, 

and effective on August 15, 2012 (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether 

set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or 

by other action). 

(b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on 

either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(c) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 


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of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 

250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DESANTIS

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. (a) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary 

of Homeland Security by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal 

year may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out 

(including through the issuance of any regulations) any policy relating to the apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens that 

does not treat any alien convicted of any offense involving domestic 

violence, sexual abuse, child molestation, or child exploitation as 

within the categories of aliens subject to the Department of Homeland Security’s highest civil immigration enforcement priorities. 

(b) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on 

either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(c) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 

of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 

250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this section shall not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SALMON OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) The Congress finds that— 

(1) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

Law 111-148), many individuals and businesses are required to 

purchase health insurance coverage for themselves and their employees; 

(2) individuals who were unlawfully present in the United States 

who have been granted deferred action under the Deferred Action 

for Childhood Arrivals Program undertaken by the Executive 

Branch and who then receive work authorization are exempt from 

these requirements; 

(3) many United States employers hiring United States citizens 

or individuals legally present in the United States are required to 

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(4) an employer does not have to provide insurance, or in many 

instances pay a penalty, if they hire individuals who were not lawfully present but who have been granted deferred action under the 

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and work authorization. 

(b) It is the sense of the Congress that— 

(1) this disparate treatment has the unacceptable effect of discouraging the hiring of United States citizens and those in a lawful 

immigration status in the United States; and 

(2) the Executive Branch should refrain from pursuing policies, 

such as granting deferred action under the Deferred Action for 

Childhood Arrivals Program and work authorization to unlawfully 

present individuals, that disadvantage the hiring of United States 

citizens and those in a lawful immigration status in the United 

States. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHOCK OF

ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) should— 

(1) stop putting the interests of aliens who are unlawfully 

present in the United States ahead of the interests of aliens 

who are following proper immigration laws and procedures by 

adjudicating petitions and applications for immigration benefits submitted by aliens unlawfully present in the United 

States. When USCIS adjudicators and resources are used to 

adjudicate petitions and applications for aliens who are unlawfully present, the time it takes to process petitions and applications submitted by other aliens is significantly increased and 

a backlog is created. In addition, it is unfair to use the fees 

paid by other aliens to cover the costs of adjudicating petitions 

and applications for aliens unlawfully present in the United 

States; and 

(2) use the funds available under existing law to improve 

services and increase the efficiency of the immigration benefits 

application process for aliens abroad or who are lawfully 

present in the United States. 

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