[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 34 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1204-S1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 264. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON ISSUING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS 
                   PURSUANT TO DEFERRED ACTION POLICIES.

       Section 205(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting ``, except 
     that the Commissioner of Social Security shall not issue a 
     social security account number to any alien who is authorized 
     to engage in employment in the United States pursuant only to 
     deferred action policies set forth in the memorandum from the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security entitled `Exercising 
     Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came 
     to the United States as Children' dated June 15, 2012, or the 
     memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled 
     `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' dated November 20, 2014 
     (or any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken 
     on or after the date of the enactment of the Department of 
     Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, whether set forth 
     in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, directive, or by 
     other action)'' after ``engage in such employment''.
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  SA 265. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Vitter) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 255 proposed by Mr. McConnell 
(for Mr. Cochran (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Shaheen)) to the 
bill H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) No funds, resources, or fees made available to 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official 
     of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any 
     fiscal year, including any deposits into the Immigration 
     Examinations Fee Account established under section 286(m) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may 
     be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out 
     (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of 
     the policy changes set forth in the following memoranda (or 
     any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on 
     or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
     Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action):
       (1) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Southern Border and Approaches Campaign'' dated 
     November 20, 2014.
       (2) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and 
     Removal of Undocumented Immigrants'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (3) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Secure Communities'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (4) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``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'' dated November 20, 
     2014.
       (5) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program'' 
     dated November 20, 2014.
       (6) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses 
     and Workers'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and 
     Enlistees'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance 
     Parole'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. 
     Citizenship'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (10) The memorandum from the President entitled 
     ``Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System 
     for the 21st Century'' dated November 21, 2014.
       (11) The memorandum from the President entitled ``Creating 
     Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and 
     Refugees'' dated November 21, 2014.
       (b) The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any 
     substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 
     after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
     Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) 
     have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore have 
     no legal effect.
       (c) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, or to any

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     other official of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other 
     Act for any fiscal year, including any deposits into the 
     ``Immigration Examinations Fee Account'' established under 
     section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to grant any Federal benefit to 
     any alien pursuant to any of the policy changes set forth in 
     the memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any 
     substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 
     after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
     Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action).
       (d) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
     entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 
     section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
       (e) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
     Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
     105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects 
     of this section shall not be estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and
       (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
     appropriation Act.
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  SA 266. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 255 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Cochran (for 
himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Shaheen)) to the bill H.R. 240, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) No funds, resources, or fees made available to 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official 
     of a Federal agency, by this Act or any other Act for any 
     fiscal year, including any deposits into the Immigration 
     Examinations Fee Account established under section 286(m) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may 
     be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out 
     (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of 
     the policy changes set forth in the following memoranda (or 
     any substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on 
     or after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
     Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action):
       (1) The memorandum from the Director of United States 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Civil 
     Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, 
     Detention, and Removal of Aliens'' dated March 2, 2011.
       (2) The memorandum from the Director of United States 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Exercising 
     Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil 
     Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the 
     Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens'' dated June 
     17, 2011.
       (3) The memorandum from the Principal Legal Advisor of 
     United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled 
     ``Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and Certain Pending Cases'' 
     dated November 17, 2011.
       (4) The memorandum from the Director of United States 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled Civil 
     Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers in 
     the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice 
     Systems dated December 21, 2012.
       (5) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Southern Border and Approaches Campaign'' dated 
     November 20, 2014.
       (6) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and 
     Removal of Undocumented Immigrants'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Secure Communities'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``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'' dated November 20, 
     2014.
       (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program'' 
     dated November 20, 2014.
       (10) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses 
     and Workers'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (11) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and 
     Enlistees'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (12) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance 
     Parole'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (13) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     entitled ``Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. 
     Citizenship'' dated November 20, 2014.
       (14) The memorandum from the President entitled 
     ``Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System 
     for the 21st Century'' dated November 21, 2014.
       (15) The memorandum from the President entitled ``Creating 
     Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and 
     Refugees'' dated November 21, 2014.
       (b) The memoranda referred to in subsection (a) (or any 
     substantially similar policy changes issued or taken on or 
     after January 9, 2015, whether set forth in memorandum, 
     Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other action) 
     have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore have 
     no legal effect.
       (c) No funds or fees made available to the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal 
     agency, by this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year, 
     including any deposits into the ``Immigration Examinations 
     Fee Account'' established under section 286(m) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be 
     used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien pursuant to 
     any of the policy changes set forth in the memoranda referred 
     to in subsection (a) (or any substantially similar policy 
     changes issued or taken on or after January 9, 2015, whether 
     set forth in memorandum, Executive order, regulation, 
     directive, or by other action).
       (d) The budgetary effects of this section shall not be 
     entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 
     section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
       (e) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
     Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
     105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects 
     of this section shall not be estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; and
       (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
     appropriation Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 267. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS REQUIRED TO CLAIM THE 
                   REFUNDABLE PORTION OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

       (a) Taxpayer Requirement.--Subsection (d) of section 24 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Identification requirement with respect to 
     taxpayer.--
       ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     taxpayer for any taxable year unless the taxpayer includes 
     the taxpayer's Social Security number on the return of tax 
     for such taxable year.
       ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the 
     requirement of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if 
     the Social Security number of either spouse is included on 
     such return.''.
       (b) Child Requirement.--Subsection (e) of section 24 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(e) Identification Requirement With Respect to Qualifying 
     Children.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), no credit 
     shall be allowed under this section to a taxpayer with 
     respect to any qualifying child unless the taxpayer includes 
     the name and taxpayer identification number of such 
     qualifying child on the return of tax for the taxable year.
       ``(2) Refundable portion.--Subsection (d)(1) shall not 
     apply to any taxpayer with respect to any qualifying child 
     unless the taxpayer includes the name and social security 
     number of such qualifying child on the return of tax for the 
     taxable year.''.
       (c) Omission Treated as Mathematical or Clerical Error.--
     Subparagraph (I) of section 6213(g)(2) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(I) an omission of a correct Social Security number 
     required under subsection (d)(5) or (e)(2) of section 24 
     (relating to refundable portion of child tax credit), or a 
     correct TIN under subsection (e)(1) of such section (relating 
     to child tax credit), to be included on a return,''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 268. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 33, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

       The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 (Public Law 
     113-164; 128 Stat. 1867) is amended by striking the date 
     specified in section 106(3) and inserting ``March 6, 2015''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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