Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".

Bill: 117-hjres-82
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2022-04-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Administrative remedies

Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Department of Homeland Security

Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 82 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2022 Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Babin , Mr. Perry , Mr. Budd , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Norman , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Issa , Mr. Brooks , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Long , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Roy , Mr. Rose , Mr. Hudson , Mrs. Harshbarger , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Grothman , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Ellzey , Ms. Mace , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Posey , Mr. Buck , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Murphy of North Carolina , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Estes , Mr. Burgess , and Mr. Gohmert ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers (87 FR 18078), and such rule shall have no force or effect.