[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5216-S5217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2265. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DENIAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION ACTIONS.
(a) Federal Highway Fund Suspension Pending Immigration
Statute Compliance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no amounts made available to the Department of
Transportation or to any other Federal agency, or otherwise
deposited into any Federal, State, or local account that
provides funding for interstate or intrastate highway
construction or repair in any State, may be used until the
United States Government ceases to apply or otherwise enforce
the policies set forth in the all of the following memoranda
and any documents related to such memoranda:
(1) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 2, 2011, and
entitled ``Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the
Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens''.
(2) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and
entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent
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with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the
Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of
Aliens''.
(3) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 17, 2011, and
entitled ``Prosecutorial Discretion: Certain Victims,
Witnesses, and Plaintiffs''.
(4) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy
memorandum issued on November 17, 2011, and entitled
``Revised Guidance for the Referral of Cases and Issuance of
Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and
Removable Aliens''.
(5) The memorandum issued by the Principal Legal Advisor of
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 17,
2011, and entitled ``Case-by-Case Review of Incoming and
Certain Pending Cases''.
(6) The recommendations included in the report issued by
the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on
April 27, 2012, and entitled ``ICE Response to the Task Force
on Secure Communities Findings and Recommendations''.
(7) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on June 15, 2012, and entitled ``Exercising
Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came
to the United States as Children''.
(8) The memorandum issued by the Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on December 21, 2012, and
entitled ``Civil Immigration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use
of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal
Criminal Justice Systems''.
(9) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy
memorandum issued on November 14, 2013, and entitled
``Adjudication of Adjustment of Status Applications for
Individuals Admitted to the United States Under the Visa
Waiver Program''.
(10) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Southern Border
and Approaches Campaign''.
(11) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Policies for
the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented
Immigrants''.
(12) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Secure
Communities''.
(13) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and 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''.
(14) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Expansion of
the Provisional Waiver Program''.
(15) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Policies
Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers''.
(16) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Families of
U.S. Armed Forces Members and Enlistees''.
(17) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Directive to
Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Parole''.
(18) The memorandum issued by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on November 20, 2014, and entitled ``Policies to
Promote and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship''.
(19) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21,
2014, and entitled ``Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S.
Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century''.
(20) The memorandum issued by the President on November 21,
2014, and entitled ``Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully
Integrating Immigrants and Refugees''.
(b) Executive Branch Demonstration of Immigration Statute
Compliance.--The amounts described in subsection (a) will not
be available for the uses described in such subsection until
after the President, in conjunction with, and with the
approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General, submits a letter to Congress certifying
that--
(1) the memoranda listed in subsection (a) have been
formally withdrawn;
(2) no other memoranda or documentation with similar
content have been issued; and
(3) the United States Government intends to comply with all
immigration enforcement requirements established by any
Federal statute, including the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law
104-208).
(c) Federal Highway Funds Unavailable for Illegal
Workers.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
amounts made available to the Department of Transportation or
to any other Federal agency, or otherwise deposited into any
Federal, State, or local account that provides funding for
interstate or intrastate highway construction or repair in
any State, may be used to pay the salary, wages, benefits, or
any other compensation of any person who has been directly or
indirectly authorized to work in the United States pursuant
to any of the memoranda listed in subsection (a) or any other
documentation with similar content.
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