I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 
To prohibit the use of funds to carry out certain immigration-related 
memoranda, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. WALKER, Mr. PALMER, 
Mr. BABIN, and Mr. BRAT) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to carry out certain 
immigration-related memoranda, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Amnesty 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds, resources, or fees made 
available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 
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other official of a Federal agency, by any Act for any fiscal 
year, including any deposits into the ‘‘Immigration Exami-
nations 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 regula-
tions) any of the policy changes set forth in the following 
memoranda (or any substantially similar policy changes 
issued or taken on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, 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 enti-
tled ‘‘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 enti-
tled ‘‘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 Enforce-
ment entitled ‘‘Case-by-Case Review of Incoming 
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and Certain Pending Cases’’ dated November 17, 
2011. 
(4) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu-
torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 
Came to the United States as Children’’ dated June 
15, 2012. 
(5) The memorandum from the Director of 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti-
tled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on 
the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, 
and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems’’ dated Decem-
ber 21, 2012. 
(6) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Southern Border and 
Approaches Campaign’’ dated November 20, 2014. 
(7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Appre-
hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 
Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 
(8) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 
dated November 20, 2014. 
(9) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu-
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torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 
Came to the United States as Children and with Re-
spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 
U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(10) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro-
visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 
2014. 
(11) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies Supporting 
U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers’’ dated 
November 20, 2014. 
(12) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Families of U.S. 
Armed Forces Members and Enlistees’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(13) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 
Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
(14) The memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies to Promote 
and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship’’ dated No-
vember 20, 2014. 
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(15) The memorandum from the President enti-
tled ‘‘Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immi-
grant Visa System for the 21st Century’’ dated No-
vember 21, 2014. 
(16) The memorandum from the President enti-
tled ‘‘Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully 
Integrating Immigrants and Refugees’’ dated No-
vember 21, 2014. 
(b) NO LEGAL EFFECT.—The memoranda referred 
to in subsection (a) (or any substantially similar policy 
changes issued or taken on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, whether set forth in memorandum, Exec-
utive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) have 
no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore have no 
legal effect. 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON
FEDERAL
BENEFITS.—No 
funds or fees made available to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by 
any 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 Fed-
eral benefit to any alien pursuant to any of the policy 
changes set forth in the memoranda referred to in sub-
section (a) (or any substantially similar policy changes 
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issued or taken on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive 
order, regulation, directive, or by other action). 
SEC. 3. ADMISSION AND LAWFUL PRESENCE REQUIRED 
FOR EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘authorized to be so em-
ployed by this Act’’ the following: ‘‘an alien other-
wise admitted to and lawfully present in the United 
States, and’’; and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘An 
alien without lawful status shall be considered to be 
an unauthorized alien for purposes of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 286(n) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(n) All’’ and inserting ‘‘(n)(1) 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), all’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) No deposit in the ‘Immigration Examinations 
Fee Account’ may be used to implement, administer, carry 
out, or enforce the policies in any of the memoranda re-
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ferred to in section 2(a) of the Executive Amnesty Preven-
tion Act.’’. 
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