SOLVE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-724
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2017-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Border security and unlawful immigration
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 

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 &quot;Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,&quot; 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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 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.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 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.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 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.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 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.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: 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.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Introduced in House