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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3302 

To sunset the authority exercised by the Secretary of Homeland Security 

through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, and Mr. BABIN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To sunset the authority exercised by the Secretary of Homeland Security through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Congres5 sional Oversight of Immigration Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION SUNSET. 

7 The authority exercised by the Secretary of Home8 land Security through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

9 Services on the date of the enactment of this Act shall 


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1 expire on the date that is 2 years after such enactment 

2 date, unless extended by legislation. 

3 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

4 No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Di5 rector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services by 

6 any Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into 

7 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account established 

8 under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, ad10 minister, enforce, or carry out (including through the 

11 issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set 

12 forth or recommended in the following documents (or any 

13 substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, whether set 

15 forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, direc16 tive, or by other action): 

17 (1) The memorandum from the Director of 

18 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti19 tled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for 

20 the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of 

21 Aliens’’ dated March 2, 2011. 

22 (2) The memorandum from the Director of 

23 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti24 tled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent 

25 with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of 


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1 the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and 

2 Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 2011. 

3 (3) The memorandum from the Director of 

4 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti5 tled ‘‘Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims, Wit6 nesses, and Plaintiffs’’ dated June 17, 2011. 

7 (4) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv8 ices policy memorandum entitled ‘‘Revised Guidance 

9 for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to 

10 Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and 

11 Removable Aliens’’ dated November 7, 2011. 

12 (5) The memorandum from the Principal Legal 

13 Advisor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce14 ment entitled ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of Incoming 

15 and Certain Pending Cases’’ dated November 17, 

16 2011. 

17 (6) The recommendations included in the report 

18 from the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

19 Enforcement entitled ‘‘ICE Response to the Task 

20 Force on Secure Communities Findings and Rec21 ommendations’’ dated April 27, 2012. 

22 (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

23 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu24 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 


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1 Came to the United States as Children’’ dated June 

2 15, 2012. 

3 (8) The memorandum from the Director of 

4 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti5 tled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on 

6 the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, 

7 and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems’’ dated Decem8 ber 21, 2012. 

9 (9) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv10 ices policy memorandum entitled ‘‘Adjudication of 

11 Adjustment of Status Applications for Individuals 

12 Admitted to the United States Under the Visa Waiv13 er Program’’ dated November 14, 2013. 

14 (10) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Appre16 hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 

17 Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

18 (11) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 

20 dated November 20, 2014. 

21 (12) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu23 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 

24 Came to the United States as Children and with Re25 spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 


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1 U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No2 vember 20, 2014. 

3 (13) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro5 visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 

6 2014. 

7 (14) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting 

9 U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers’’ dated 

10 November 20, 2014. 

11 (15) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of U.S. 

13 Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ dated No14 vember 20, 2014. 

15 (16) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 

17 Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No18 vember 20, 2014. 

19 (17) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote 

21 and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship’’ dated No22 vember 20, 2014. 

23 (18) The memorandum from the President enti24 tled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. ImmiVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:44 Aug 04, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3302.IH H3302

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1 grant Visa System for the 21st Century’’ dated No2 vember 21, 2014. 

3 (19) The memorandum from the President enti4 tled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully 

5 Integrating Immigrants and Refugees’’ dated No6 vember 21, 2014. 

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