Federal

Immigration Authorization Act of 2023

Source: Congress.gov · 431 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to write a report about programs and parts of the Department of Homeland Security that do immigration work but are not specifically allowed by law. The report must identify any immigration program or department section that lacks explicit legal approval for fiscal year 2024.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Homeland Security is required to submit the report. Six congressional committees will receive the report, including the House Committee on Homeland Security, the House Committee on the Judiciary, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and the Homeland Security subcommittees in both the House and Senate appropriations committees.

Key Provisions

* The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the report within 90 days (Sec. 2(a)) * The report must identify every program the Secretary carries out under immigration laws that does not have explicit legal approval for fiscal year 2024 (Sec. 2(a)) * The report must identify every component (department section) of the Department of Homeland Security that handles immigration duties without explicit legal approval for fiscal year 2024 (Sec. 2(a))

What Changes

If this becomes law, the Department of Homeland Security must provide Congress with information about which of its immigration programs and divisions lack explicit legal authorization for fiscal year 2024.

Important Definitions

The bill references "immigration laws" as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act but does not define that term within this bill text itself.

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1285 To require a report from the Secretary of Homeland Security on the existence of programs and components of the Department of Homeland Security that are not explicitly authorized in statute. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 1, 2023 Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require a report from the Secretary of Homeland Security on the existence of programs and components of the Department of Homeland Security that are not explicitly authorized in statute. 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 ‘‘Immigration Author- 4 ization Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Mar 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1285.IH H1285 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1285 IH SEC. 2. REPORT ON UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAMS AND COM- 1 PONENTS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days, the Sec- 3 retary of Homeland Security shall submit a report, to the 4 relevant committees, that identifies each program carried 5 out by the Secretary under the immigration laws (as such 6 term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Na- 7 tionality Act) and each component of the Department of 8 Homeland Security that carries out any duty under the 9 immigration laws if that program or component is not ex- 10 plicitly authorized to be carried out for fiscal year 2024 11 by a statutory provision. 12 (b) RELEVANT COMMITTEES.—For purposes of this 13 section, the term ‘‘relevant commmittees’’ means— 14 (1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 15 House of Representatives; 16 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 17 House of Representatives; 18 (3) the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of 19 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 20 Representatives; 21 (4) the Committee on Homeland Security and 22 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 23 (5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen- 24 ate; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Mar 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1285.IH H1285 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1285 IH (6) the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of 1 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Mar 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1285.IH H1285 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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