SENATE 549115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to block implementation of the Executive Order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.
- Last Action
- 3/7/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-03-07Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-07 (00)
This bill prohibits any federal agency funds, resources, or fees from being used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13780, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of nationals from six countries (Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States.
Cosponsors (17)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
Subjects
- Africa
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Immigration status and procedures
- Iran
- 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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