To nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.

Bill: 116-hr-7291
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-22
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Citizenship and naturalization

Congressional oversight

Government information and archives

Immigration

Immigration status and procedures

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill nullifies a July 11, 2019, executive order (1) directing all federal agencies to share citizenship information with the Department of Commerce, (2) establishing an interagency working group to improve Commerce's access to citizenship-related records in other agencies, and (3) directing Commerce to strengthen efforts to obtain citizenship-related records from states.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2020 Mr. Horsford (for himself, Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Castro of Texas , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Gallego , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Grijalva , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. McGovern , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Norton , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Soto , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Vela , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.

1. Recession (a) In general The provisions of Executive Order 13880 (84 Fed. Reg. 33821; July 11, 2019), entitled Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census , are rescinded and shall have no force or effect. (b) Effective date This Act shall take effect as if enacted on July 11, 2019.