To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 115-hr-4271
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2017-11-07
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa

Asia

Chad

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Immigration status and procedures

Iran

Latin America

Libya

Middle East

North Korea

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Somalia

Sudan

Syria

Travel and tourism

Venezuela

Visas and passports

Yemen
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits any federal agency funds, resources, or fees from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780 and the presidential proclamation of September 24, 2017. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States. The proclamation revised such order to include entry restrictions on nationals from Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela, and remove such restrictions on nationals of Sudan. The proclamation additionally provides for enhanced U.S. vetting capacities.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4271 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2017 Ms. Judy Chu of California (for herself, Mr. Conyers , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Lee , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Meng , Mrs. Napolitano , and Ms. Hanabusa ) 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 A BILL To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

1. Findings Congress finds that Executive Order 13780 and the presidential proclamation issued on September 24, 2017— (1) violate 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; and (2) violate 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 Executive Order 13780, signed on March 6, 2017, or the presidential proclamation issued on September 24, 2017.