[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 646 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 646

 Expressing the position of the House of Representatives in the matter 
         of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2016

   Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Judy Chu of California, 
 Mr. Crowley, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Honda, Ms. 
    Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Clyburn) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the position of the House of Representatives in the matter 
         of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674.

    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives in the Supreme Court in 
        the matter of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-
        674, supports the position of the petitioners; and
            (2) the House of Representatives supports the position 
        stated in the amicus brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court 
        on March 8, 2016, on behalf of 186 Democratic House Members and 
        39 Democratic Senators in support of the Obama Administration's 
        position in United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674, 
        namely, that the Administration's immigration executive actions 
        are authorized by existing laws enacted by Congress and are 
        consistent with actions taken by both Democratic and Republican 
        presidents since the Eisenhower Administration.
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