Immigration Accountability Act

Bill: 114-hr-206
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations

Arizona

Border security and unlawful immigration

California

Citizenship and naturalization

Congressional-executive branch relations

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Detention of persons

Executive agency funding and structure

Foreign labor

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Homeland security

Immigration status and procedures

Law enforcement administration and funding

Military personnel and dependents

New Mexico

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Texas

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Immigration Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in: </p> <ul> <li>the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program; </li> <li>the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century; </li> <li> the memorandum issued by the Secretary on June 15, 2012, on exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children; and </li> <li>any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 206 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2015 Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Salmon , and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee 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 memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the President, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immigration Accountability Act . 2. Prohibition on use of funds None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including any funds or fees collected or otherwise made available for expenditure, by any Act for any fiscal year may be used to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce the policies in any of the following: (1) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, on exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children. (2) The memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, on any of the following subjects: (A) Southern border and approaches campaign. (B) Policies for the apprehension, detention, and removal of undocumented immigrants. (C) Secure Communities. (D) Personnel reform for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. (E) Exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children and with respect to certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents. (F) Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program. (G) Policies supporting U.S. high skilled businesses and workers. (H) Families of U.S. Armed Forces members and enlistees. (I) Directive to provide consistency regarding advanced parole. (J) Policies to promote and increase access to U.S. citizenship. (3) The memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, on any of the following subjects: (A) Creating welcoming communities and fully integrating immigrants and refugees. (B) Modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century. (4) Any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014. 3. 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 referred to in section 2 of the Immigration Accountability Act. .