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Calendar No. 22 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 534 

To prohibit funds from being used to carry out certain Executive actions 

related to immigration and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2015 

Ms. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To prohibit funds from being used to carry out certain Executive actions related to immigration 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 ‘‘Immigration Rule of 

5 Law Act of 2015’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR CERTAIN EXECU2 TIVE ACTIONS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING CERTAIN EXECUTIVE

4 ACTIONS.—No funds, resources, or fees made available to 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other offi6 cial of a Federal agency, including any deposits into the 

7 ‘‘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 in the following memoranda (or any substantially 

13 similar policy changes issued or taken on or after January 

14 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive 

15 order, regulation, directive, or by other action): 

16 (1) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

17 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Border and 

18 Approaches Campaign’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

19 (2) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Appre21 hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 

22 Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 

23 (3) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 

25 dated November 20, 2014. 

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1 (4) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu3 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 

4 Came to the United States as Children and with Re5 spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 

6 U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No7 vember 20, 2014. 

8 (5) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro10 visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 

11 2014. 

12 (6) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting 

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

15 November 20, 2014. 

16 (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

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

18 Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ dated No19 vember 20, 2014. 

20 (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 

22 Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No23 vember 20, 2014. 

24 (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote 

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1 and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship’’ dated No2 vember 20, 2014. 

3 (10) The memorandum from the President enti4 tled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immi5 grant Visa System for the 21st Century’’ dated No6 vember 21, 2014. 

7 (11) The memorandum from the President enti8 tled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully 

9 Integrating Immigrants and Refugees’’ dated No10 vember 21, 2014. 

11 (b) NO LEGAL EFFECT OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.— 

12 The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any sub13 stantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 

14 after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 

15 Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) 

16 have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore 

17 have no legal effect. 

18 (c) PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING IMMIGRATION BEN19 EFITS.—No funds or fees made available to the Secretary 

20 of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal 

21 agency, including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Ex22 aminations Fee Account’’ established under section 

23 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

24 1356(m)), may be used to grant any Federal benefit to 

25 any alien pursuant to any of the policy changes set forth 

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1 in the memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any 

2 substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 

3 after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 

4 Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action). 

5 (d) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The budgetary effects of 

6 this section shall not be entered on either PAYGO score7 card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 

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

9 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING CERTAIN CIVIL IMMI10 GRATION ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES. 

11 No funds or fees made available to the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security may be used to implement, administer, 

13 enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of 

14 any regulations) any policy relating to the apprehension, 

15 detention, or removal of aliens that does not treat any 

16 alien convicted of any offense involving domestic violence, 

17 sexual abuse, child molestation, or child exploitation as 

18 within the categories of aliens subject to the Department 

19 of Homeland Security’s highest civil immigration enforce20 ment priorities. 

21 SEC. 4. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POLICIES 

22 THAT DISADVANTAGE THE HIRING OF 

23 UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFULLY 

24 PRESENT ALIENS. 

25 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

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1 (1) under the Patient Protection and Affordable 

2 Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119), 

3 many individuals and businesses are required to pur4 chase health insurance coverage for themselves and 

5 their employees; 

6 (2) individuals who were unlawfully present in 

7 the United States who have been granted deferred 

8 action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Ar9 rivals Program undertaken by the Executive Branch 

10 and who then receive work authorization are exempt 

11 from these requirements; 

12 (3) many United States employers hiring 

13 United States citizens or individuals legally present 

14 in the United States are required to either offer 

15 those persons affordable health insurance or pay a 

16 penalty of approximately $3,000 per employee per 

17 year; and 

18 (4) an employer does not have to provide insur19 ance, or in many instances pay a penalty, if they 

20 hire individuals who were not lawfully present but 

21 who have been granted deferred action under the 

22 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and 

23 work authorization. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that— 

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1 (1) this disparate treatment has the unaccept2 able effect of discouraging the hiring of United 

3 States citizens and those in a lawful immigration 

4 status in the United States; and 

5 (2) the Executive Branch should refrain from 

6 pursuing policies, such as granting deferred action 

7 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 

8 Program and work authorization to unlawfully 

9 present individuals, that disadvantage the hiring of 

10 United States citizens and those in a lawful immi11 gration status in the United States. 

12 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POLICIES THAT DIS13 ADVANTAGE LAWFULLY PRESENT ALIENS. 

14 It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of 

15 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

16 should— 

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

18 unlawfully present in the United States ahead of the 

19 interests of aliens who are following proper immigra20 tion laws and procedures by adjudicating petitions 

21 and applications for immigration benefits submitted 

22 by aliens unlawfully present in the United States be23 cause when adjudicators and resources of U.S. Citi24 zenship and Immigration Services are used to adju25 dicate petitions and applications for aliens who are 

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1 unlawfully present, the time it takes to process peti2 tions and applications submitted by other aliens is 

3 significantly increased and a backlog is created and 

4 it is unfair to use the fees paid by other aliens to 

5 cover the costs of adjudicating petitions and applica6 tions for aliens unlawfully present in the United 

7 States; and 

8 (2) use the funds available under existing law 

9 to improve services and increase the efficiency of the 

10 immigration benefits application process for aliens 

11 abroad or who are lawfully present in the United 

12 States. 

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Calendar No. 22 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 534 

A BILL 

To prohibit funds from being used to carry out cerfor other purposes. tain Executive actions related to immigration and 

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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