[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2004 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2004
To provide that no Federal funds may be used to enforce certain
executive actions related to immigration, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2021
Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Babin, Mr. Brooks, Mrs.
Lesko, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Biggs, Mr.
Gaetz, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on
Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select),
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Homeland Security, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide that no Federal funds may be used to enforce certain
executive actions related to immigration, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Amnesty Act''.
SEC. 2. ENDING AMNESTY POLICIES.
(a) In General.--No funds, resources, or fees made available to the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal
agency, 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 following:
(1) The memorandum from the Acting Director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Interim
Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal
Priorities'' dated February 18, 2021.
(2) The executive order from the President entitled
``Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and
Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration'' dated
February 9, 2021.
(3) The executive order from the President entitled
``Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the
Causes of Immigration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and
Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of
Asylum Seekers at the United States Border'' dated February 5,
2021.
(4) The executive order from the President entitled
``Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and
Priorities'' dated January 25, 2021.
(5) The executive order from the President entitled
``Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and
Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New
Americans'' dated February 5, 2021.
(6) The memorandum from the President entitled,
``Preserving and Fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA)'' dated January 25, 2021.
(7) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security
entitled ``Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal
of Undocumented Immigrants'' dated November 20, 2014.
(8) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security
entitled ``Secure Communities'' dated November 20, 2014.
(9) 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.
(10) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security
entitled ``Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program'' dated
November 20, 2014.
(11) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security
entitled ``Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance
Parole'' dated November 20, 2014.
(12) 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.
(13) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy
memorandum entitled ``Revised Guidance for the Referral of
Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases
Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens'' dated November
17, 2011.
(14) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. 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.
(15) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Civil Immigration
Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention, and
Removal of Aliens'' dated March 2, 2011.
(16) Any policy issued or taken on or after the date of
approval, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order,
regulation, directive, or by other action, that is
substantially similar to a policy in a memorandum or executive
order described in any of paragraphs (1) through (15).
(b) Memoranda to Have No Force or Effect.--The memoranda and
executive orders described in paragraphs (1) through (16) of subsection
(a) shall have no force or effect.
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