Title: SOLVE Act of 2017
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 or the SOLVE Act of 2017
This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 724 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 724

 To provide that the Executive order entitled ``Protecting the Nation 
  from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States'' (January 27, 
 2017), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal 
     funds to enforce the Executive order, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2017

  Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
 Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Nadler, 
  Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Judy Chu of 
California, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
    Bass, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
 California, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. 
Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, 
Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, 
 Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
 York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Courtney, 
Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, 
 Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. 
  Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Esty, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. 
Frankel of Florida, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Al Green 
  of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Michelle Lujan 
 Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Higgins of New 
 York, Mr. Himes, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. 
 Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, 
     Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster of New 
   Hampshire, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Larsen of 
 Washington, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Levin, 
 Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan 
 of New Mexico, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick 
   Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
 McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, 
Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. 
   Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
 Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Miss Rice 
   of New York, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
   Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Scott of 
  Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
 Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Smith of 
 Washington, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Tsongas, 
   Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Walz, Ms. 
    Maxine Waters of California, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Brownley of 
 California, Ms. Adams, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Brady 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Correa, Ms. Blunt Rochester, 
  Mr. Rush, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Peters, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
   Ellison, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Heck, and Mr. Pascrell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
    and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland 
   Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that the Executive order entitled ``Protecting the Nation 
  from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States'' (January 27, 
 2017), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal 
     funds to enforce the Executive order, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Statue of Liberty Values Act of 
2017'' or as the ``SOLVE Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXECUTIVE ORDER TO HAVE NO FORCE OR EFFECT.

    Beginning on January 27, 2017, the Executive order entitled 
``Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United 
States'' (January 27, 2017), is null and void, shall have no force and 
effect, and may not be implemented, administered, enforced, or carried 
out.

SEC. 3. NO FUNDS AVAILABLE.

    No Federal funds (including fees) made available for any fiscal 
year, may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out 
(including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy 
changes set forth in the Executive order entitled ``Protecting the 
Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States'' (January 
27, 2017).
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