3.0.0 464 2023-01-11T13:29:03Z 2023-01-11T13:29:03Z House HR 2015-01-22 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POE of Texas:H.R. 464.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 2, Section 1, Clause 8[Page H532]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-02-19T14:14:27Z Referred to 2015-01-22T14:00:51Z 2015-02-19 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 N F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 2015-01-22 True R000587 Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] Reid Ribble R WI J. 8 2015-01-22 True Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Members of Congress Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-01-22 Introduced in House 2015-01-29T21:58:02Z Constitutional Check and Balance Act

Authorizes any Member of Congress who casts a recorded vote on final passage of a version of a bill or joint resolution enacting a provision into law to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief in an appropriate U.S. district court to compel an executive branch official to enforce the provision, if the President or any other executive branch official issues a memorandum or other written statement directing the official to not enforce it.

]]> Constitutional Check and Balance Act Display Title Constitutional Check and Balance Act Official Title as Introduced To authorize Members of Congress to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response to a written statement by the President or any other official in the executive branch directing officials of the executive branch to not enforce a provision of law. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Constitutional Check and Balance Act Introduced in House 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr464ih/xml/BILLS-114hr464ih.xml 2015-02-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.