3.0.0 54 2023-01-11T13:35:18Z 2023-01-11T13:35:18Z Senate S 2017-01-05 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-05T21:50:23Z 2017-01-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S116-117) IntroReferral 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-01-05 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-01-05 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-01-05 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-01-05 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-01-05 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-01-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-01-05 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-01-05 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-01-05 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-01-24 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2017-02-02 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-02 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-05-25 False Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Criminal justice information and records Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Immigration 00 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-11T19:14:50Z Protect American Families from Unnecessary Registration and Deportation Act of 2017 or the Protect American Families Act

This bill prohibits: (1) the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or any other federal department from creating or implementing a law enforcement or national security program that requires or causes people to register or check in on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship; and (2) federal funds from being used to create or implement an immigration registry or check-in program.

Such prohibitions shall not apply to any federal program that: (1) merely collects and compiles data about aliens entering or exiting the United States; or (2) issues visas, grants U.S. citizenship, confers an immigration benefit to nationals of a foreign country, or temporarily or permanently protects non-citizens from removal.

]]> Protect American Families Act Display Title Protect American Families Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the creation of an immigration-related registry program that classifies people on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protect American Families Act Short Titles as Introduced Protect American Families from Unnecessary Registration and Deportation Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s54is/xml/BILLS-115s54is.xml 2017-01-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S116-117) 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.