A bill to block implementation of the Executive order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 115-s-248
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-01-30
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa

Border security and unlawful immigration

Department of Homeland Security

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
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits any federal agency funds, resources, or fees from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." 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.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 248 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 30, 2017 Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Coons , Mr. Schatz , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Booker , and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To block implementation of the Executive order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Executive order titled Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States violates the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) which states that no person can be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence. (2) That Executive order violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. Prohibition against use of funds No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year, may be used to implement or enforce the Executive order titled Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States signed on January 27, 2017.