SOLVE Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/2/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- 2017-02-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- 2017-01-30Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- 2017-01-30Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
- 2017-01-30Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-30 (00)
Statue of Liberty Values Act of 2017 or the SOLVE Act of 2017
This bill states that: (1) beginning on January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," is null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented or enforced; and (2) no federal funds may be used to implement or enforce any of the policy changes set forth in such order. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.
Cosponsors (20)
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- NANCY PELOSI (D-CA)
- STENY HOYER (D-MD)
- JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)
- Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Karen Bass (D-CA)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Subjects
- Africa
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Immigration status and procedures
- Iran
- Iraq
- Libya
- Middle East
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
- Yemen
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