No Amnesty Act

I 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. 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 Secu- rity, 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Amnesty Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2004.IH H2004 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2004 IH SEC. 2. ENDING AMNESTY POLICIES. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds, resources, or fees made 2 available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any 3 other official of a Federal agency, including any deposits 4 into the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’ estab- 5 lished under section 286(m) of the Immigration and Na- 6 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to imple- 7 ment, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through 8 the issuance of any regulations), any of the following: 9 (1) The memorandum from the Acting Director 10 of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti- 11 tled ‘‘Interim Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforce- 12 ment and Removal Priorities’’ dated February 18, 13 2021. 14 (2) The executive order from the President en- 15 titled ‘‘Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Re- 16 settle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Cli- 17 mate Change on Migration’’ dated February 9, 18 2021. 19 (3) The executive order from the President en- 20 titled ‘‘Creating a Comprehensive Regional Frame- 21 work to Address the Causes of Immigration, to Man- 22 age Migration Throughout North and Central Amer- 23 ica, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of 24 Asylum Seekers at the United States Border’’ dated 25 February 5, 2021. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2004.IH H2004 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2004 IH (4) The executive order from the President en- 1 titled ‘‘Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement 2 Policies and Priorities’’ dated January 25, 2021. 3 (5) The executive order from the President en- 4 titled ‘‘Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration 5 Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclu- 6 sion Efforts for New Americans’’ dated February 5, 7 2021. 8 (6) The memorandum from the President enti- 9 tled, ‘‘Preserving and Fortifying Deferred Action for 10 Childhood Arrivals (DACA)’’ dated January 25, 11 2021. 12 (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of 13 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Policies for the Appre- 14 hension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented 15 Immigrants’’ dated November 20, 2014. 16 (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of 17 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Secure Communities’’ 18 dated November 20, 2014. 19 (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of 20 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu- 21 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 22 Came to the United States as Children and with Re- 23 spect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2004.IH H2004 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2004 IH U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents’’ dated No- 1 vember 20, 2014. 2 (10) The memorandum from the Secretary of 3 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Expansion of the Pro- 4 visional Waiver Program’’ dated November 20, 5 2014. 6 (11) The memorandum from the Secretary of 7 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Directive to Provide 8 Consistency Regarding Advance Parole’’ dated No- 9 vember 20, 2014. 10 (12) The memorandum from the Secretary of 11 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecu- 12 torial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 13 Came to the United States as Children’’ dated June 14 15, 2012. 15 (13) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 16 policy memorandum entitled ‘‘Revised Guidance for 17 the Referral of Cases and Issuance of Notices to Ap- 18 pear (NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and 19 Removable Aliens’’ dated November 17, 2011. 20 (14) The memorandum from the Director of 21 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti- 22 tled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent 23 with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2004.IH H2004 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2004 IH the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and 1 Removal of Aliens’’ dated June 17, 2011. 2 (15) The memorandum from the Director of 3 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enti- 4 tled ‘‘Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for 5 the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of 6 Aliens’’ dated March 2, 2011. 7 (16) Any policy issued or taken on or after the 8 date of approval, whether set forth in memorandum, 9 Executive order, regulation, directive, or by other ac- 10 tion, that is substantially similar to a policy in a 11 memorandum or executive order described in any of 12 paragraphs (1) through (15). 13 (b) MEMORANDA TO HAVE NO FORCE OR EFFECT.— 14 The memoranda and executive orders described in para- 15 graphs (1) through (16) of subsection (a) shall have no 16 force or effect. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2004.IH H2004 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS