115 HR 735 IH: Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-01-30
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I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 735IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 30, 2017Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, 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 concernedA BILLTo prohibit the enforcement of certain Executive orders.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 or as the USA Values Act of 2017 . 2.FindingsThe Congress finds as follows:
 (1)The Constitution is the document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
 (2)In a Nation of laws, not of men, no person, including the President of the United States, has the power to violate the Constitution of United States.
 (3)In a Nation whose symbol is the Statute of Liberty, which welcomes the tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the Executive order issued Friday, January 26, 2017, entitled, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an affront to national values and is therefore, null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented, administered, enforced, or carried out.
 3.ProhibitionNo Executive order may be enforced that would be in direct violation of an existing Executive order, public law, or fully executed regulatory agency process as it relates to—
 (1)Fourth Amendment due process; (2)Fourteenth Amendment protections;
 (3)the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4)any laws that are intended to protect the civil liberties, civil rights, or human rights of persons lawfully admitted into the United States or natural born or naturalized citizens of the United States; or
 (5)impact on individuals based upon race, religion, ethnicity, place of birth, place of residence, gender, sexual orientation and identity, age, or statuses that pose no undue health threat to the general population.
 4.No funds availableNo amounts (including fees) made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by any Act for any fiscal year, may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set forth in the Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (January 27, 2017).


113 HR 5298 IH: Student Job Protection Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-07-30
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 5298
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			July 30, 2014
			Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

		A BILL
		To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt student workers for purposes of determining a
			 higher education institution’s employer health care shared responsibility.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Student Job Protection Act of 2014.
		2.Student workers exempted from determination of higher education institution’s employer health care
			 shared responsibility
			(a)In generalSubsection (c) of section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating
			 paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8),
			 respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
			 paragraph:

					(5)Exception for student workers
						(A)In generalServices rendered as a student worker to an eligible educational institution (as defined in section
			 25A(f)(2)) shall not be taken into account under this section as service
			 provided by an employee.
						(B)Student workerFor purposes of this paragraph, the term student worker means, with respect to any eligible educational institution (as so defined), any individual who—
							(i)is employed by such institution, and
							(ii)is a student enrolled at the institution and whose academic activity is consistent with the normal
			 full time work load as determined by the institution for the course of
			 study the individual is pursuing..
			(b)Effective dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.


113 HR 959 IH: Accountability in Grants Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-03-05
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 959
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			March 5, 2013
			Mr. Whitfield (for
			 himself, Mr. Barrow of Georgia,
			 Mr. Griffith of Virginia,
			 Mr. McKinley,
			 Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania,
			 Mrs. Ellmers,
			 Mr. Pompeo,
			 Mr. Burgess,
			 Mr. Terry,
			 Mr. Guthrie, and
			 Mr. Olson) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
			 Science, Space, and
			 Technology, 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 prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental
		  Protection Agency from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or
		  other financial assistance under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for any
		  program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its
		  territories and possessions.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Accountability in Grants Act of
			 2013.
		2.Prohibition
			 against funding certain foreign programs, projects, and
			 activitiesSection 103 of the
			 Clean Air Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

				(l)Prohibition
				against funding foreign programs, projects, and activitiesThe Administrator shall not award any
				grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under
				this section for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United
				States and its territories and
				possessions.
				.