[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 227 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 227

To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2015

Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, 
  Mr. McClintock, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. 
Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Barletta, and Mr. Duncan of 
  Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION 
              INITIATIVES.

    (a) Specified Memoranda.--In fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds made available to, or funds or fees 
collected by, any Executive agency (as that term is defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code) in any fiscal year may be used to 
implement, enforce, or otherwise carry out--
            (1) the immigration policy as authorized by Executive 
        memorandum dated June 15, 2012, and effective on August 15, 
        2012 (or by any other succeeding memorandum or policy of the 
        Executive branch authorizing a similar program);
            (2) the Memorandum of November 17, 2011, from the Principal 
        Legal Advisor of United States Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement pertaining to ``Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and 
        Certain Pending Cases'';
            (3) the Memorandum of December 21, 2012, from the Director 
        of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pertaining 
        to ``Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of 
        Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal 
        Justice Systems'';
            (4) Policy Number 10072.1, published on March 2, 2011;
            (5) Policy Number 10075.1, published on June 17, 2011;
            (6) Policy Number 10076.1, published on June 17, 2011; or
            (7) the policies described in the following memoranda 
        issued on November 20, 2014, by the Secretary:
                    (A) Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and 
                Removal of Undocumented Immigrants.
                    (B) Secure Communities.
                    (C) Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
                Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as 
                Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who 
                Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent 
                Residents.
                    (D) Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program.
                    (E) Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled 
                Businesses and Workers.
                    (F) Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and 
                Enlistees.
                    (G) Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding 
                Advance Parole.
    (b) Generally.--
            (1) Prohibition on use of funds.--In fiscal year 2015 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter, none of the funds made available 
        to, or funds or fees collected by, any Executive agency (as 
        that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
        Code) may be used to implement, administer, carry out, or 
        enforce any Executive orders or rules, regulations, actions, 
        directives, memoranda, or any other policy of the Executive 
        branch that has the effect of providing for parole, employment 
        authorization, deferred action, or any other immigration 
        benefit or form of relief for individuals who are unlawfully 
        present in the United States (as such term is used in the 
        immigration laws), and any benefit or relief so provided shall 
        be deemed not to have effect.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply in the case 
        of any Executive order, action, directive, memorandum, or other 
        executive policy issued on March 1, 2011, or any date 
        thereafter, except in the case of an alien who receives status 
        under the immigration laws including asylum, temporary 
        protected status, or cancellation of removal by an immigration 
        judge.
            (3) Definition.--The term ``immigration laws'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act.
    (c) Admission and Lawful Presence Required for Employment 
Authorization.--Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before ``authorized to be so employed by 
        this Act'' the following: ``an alien otherwise admitted to and 
        lawfully present in the United States, and'''; and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following: ``An alien 
        without lawful status shall be considered to be an unauthorized 
        alien for purposes of this Act.'''.
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