[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5759 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5759

   To establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on 
  executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2014

Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Gohmert, 
  Mr. Long, and Mr. Palazzo) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on 
  executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--No provision of the United States Constitution, 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, or other Federal law shall be 
interpreted or applied to authorize the executive branch of the 
Government to exempt, by Executive order, regulation, or any other 
means, categories of persons unlawfully present in the United States 
from removal under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act). Any action by the 
executive branch with the purpose of circumventing the objectives of 
this statute shall be null and void and without legal effect.
    (b) Effective Date.--This Act shall have effect retroactively, and 
shall apply to any such exemption made at any time.
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