US Congress House Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To prohibit the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, including executive orders or any other executive policy issued after March 11, 2011, that provides for parole, employment authorization, deferred action, or any other immigration benefit or relief for individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States (with exceptions for asylum, temporary protected status, or cancellation of removal by an immigration judge). The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.

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

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-01-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-01-08	House	Introduced in House

HB32 (Related) 2015-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/227/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr227/BILLS-114hr227ih.pdf