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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 227 

To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2015 

Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, 

Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. 

DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related 

policies, 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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 

4 IMMIGRATION INITIATIVES. 

5 (a) SPECIFIED MEMORANDA.—In fiscal year 2015 

6 and each fiscal year thereafter, none of the funds made 

7 available to, or funds or fees collected by, any Executive 

8 agency (as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, 


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1 United States Code) in any fiscal year may be used to 

2 implement, enforce, or otherwise carry out— 

3 (1) the immigration policy as authorized by Ex4 ecutive memorandum dated June 15, 2012, and ef5 fective on August 15, 2012 (or by any other suc6 ceeding memorandum or policy of the Executive 

7 branch authorizing a similar program); 

8 (2) the Memorandum of November 17, 2011, 

9 from the Principal Legal Advisor of United States 

10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement pertaining 

11 to ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and Certain 

12 Pending Cases’’; 

13 (3) the Memorandum of December 21, 2012, 

14 from the Director of United States Immigration and 

15 Customs Enforcement pertaining to ‘‘Civil Immigra16 tion Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers 

17 in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal 

18 Justice Systems’’; 

19 (4) Policy Number 10072.1, published on 

20 March 2, 2011; 

21 (5) Policy Number 10075.1, published on June 

22 17, 2011; 

23 (6) Policy Number 10076.1, published on June 

24 17, 2011; or 


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1 (7) the policies described in the following 

2 memoranda issued on November 20, 2014, by the 

3 Secretary: 

4 (A) Policies for the Apprehension, Deten5 tion and Removal of Undocumented Immi6 grants. 

7 (B) Secure Communities. 

8 (C) Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

9 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

10 United States as Children and with Respect to 

11 Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 

12 U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents. 

13 (D) Expansion of the Provisional Waiver 

14 Program. 

15 (E) Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled 

16 Businesses and Workers. 

17 (F) Families of U.S. Armed Forces Mem18 bers and Enlistees. 

19 (G) Directive to Provide Consistency Re20 garding Advance Parole. 

21 (b) GENERALLY.— 

22 (1) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—In fiscal 

23 year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, none of 

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1 fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) 

2 may be used to implement, administer, carry out, or 

3 enforce any Executive orders or rules, regulations, 

4 actions, directives, memoranda, or any other policy 

5 of the Executive branch that has the effect of pro6 viding for parole, employment authorization, de7 ferred action, or any other immigration benefit or 

8 form of relief for individuals who are unlawfully 

9 present in the United States (as such term is used 

10 in the immigration laws), and any benefit or relief 

11 so provided shall be deemed not to have effect. 

12 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 

13 in the case of any Executive order, action, directive, 

14 memorandum, or other executive policy issued on 

15 March 1, 2011, or any date thereafter, except in the 

16 case of an alien who receives status under the immi17 gration laws including asylum, temporary protected 

18 status, or cancellation of removal by an immigration 

19 judge. 

20 (3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘immigration 

21 laws’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

22 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

23 (c) ADMISSION AND LAWFUL PRESENCE REQUIRED

24 FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 


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1 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) is amended— 

3 (1) by inserting before ‘‘authorized to be so em4 ployed by this Act’’ the following: ‘‘an alien other5 wise admitted to and lawfully present in the United 

6 States, and’ ’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘An 

8 alien without lawful status shall be considered to be 

9 an unauthorized alien for purposes of this Act.’ ’’. 

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