Constitutional Check and Balance Act

Bill: 113-s-2062
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2014-02-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-03
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 310.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Constitutional Check and Balance Act - Authorizes any Member of Congress who casts a recorded vote on final passage of a version of a bill or joint resolution enacting a provision into law to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel an executive branch official to enforce the provision, if the President or any other executive branch official issues a memorandum or other written statement directing the official to not enforce it.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 310 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2062 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 27, 2014 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read the first time March 3, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To authorize Members of Congress to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response to a written statement by the President or any other official in the executive branch directing officials of the executive branch to not enforce a provision of law.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Constitutional Check and Balance Act . 2. Authorizing cause of action by Members of Congress in response to written statement by the President or other executive branch official directing executive branch officials to not enforce a law (a) Cause of Action Authorized If the President or any other official in the executive branch of the Federal Government issues a memorandum or other written statement directing any official in the executive branch to not enforce a provision of law, a Member of Congress who meets the requirement described in subsection (b) may bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate United States district court to compel such official to enforce the provision of law. (b) Requirement for Eligibility The requirement described in this subsection with respect to a provision of law is that the Member of Congress cast a recorded vote on final passage of the version of the bill or joint resolution that enacted the provision into law.

March 3, 2014 Read the second time and placed on the calendar