A bill to block the implementation of a recent presidential proclamation restricting individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 116-s-3379
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-03-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa

Asia

Burma

Eritrea

Executive agency funding and structure

Immigration status and procedures

Kyrgyzstan

Nigeria

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits any federal agency from using any funds, resources, or fees made available by Congress to implement or enforce Presidential Proclamation 9983. The proclamation, which came into effect on February 21, 2020, imposes immigration restrictions on the nationals of Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3379 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2020 Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Coons , and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To block the implementation of a recent presidential proclamation restricting individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

1. Funding prohibition No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by any Act of Congress for any fiscal year may be used to implement or enforce Presidential Proclamation 9983 (85 Fed. Reg. 6699 et seq.), dated January 31, 2020, which restricts the entry into the United States of nationals of certain countries.