I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6070 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 
to determine the impact on the United States of the policy announced 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, concerning 
the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who 
came to the United States illegally as children, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2012 
Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. PLATTS, 
Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. LANCE, Mr. KELLY, and Mr. MARINO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to conduct a study to determine the impact on the 
United States of the policy announced by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, concerning 
the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to 
individuals who came to the United States illegally as 
children, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. GAO STUDY ON DHS PROSECUTORIAL DISCRE-
TION POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study to determine the im-
pact the policy described in subsection (c) will have on the 
United States. The study shall examine the following 4 
areas of potential impact: 
(1) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The national secu-
rity of the United States, including how much imple-
menting this policy will cost the Department of 
Homeland Security in terms of manpower and other 
costs. 
(2) FRAUD.—How impacted Federal agencies 
will address an increase in fraudulent documents. 
(3) UNITED STATES WORKERS.—United States 
workers (as defined in section 212(n)(4)(E) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(n)(4)(E))), including— 
(A) the effectiveness of programs under 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), 
such as the Medicare Program under title 
XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); 
(B) the national unemployment rate and 
unemployment compensation; and 
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(C) the implementation of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148). 
(4) COMPETITIVENESS
OF
UNITED
STATES 
ECONOMY.—The economy of the United States, in-
cluding— 
(A) Federal Pell Grants under section 401 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a); 
(B) the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program (SNAP) (formerly known as the food 
stamp program) under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(C) college admissions and scholarships; 
and 
(D) Federal work-study programs under 
part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 
(b) STAY OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall refrain from implementing the 
policy described in subsection (c) until after the Comp-
troller General of the United States has completed the 
study described in subsection (a) and submitted a report 
to the Congress containing the results of the study. 
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(c) POLICY DESCRIBED.—The policy referred to in 
subsections (a) and (b) is the policy set forth in the memo-
randum dated June 15, 2012, from Janet Napolitano, 
Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding exercising 
prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who 
came to the United States illegally as children. 
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