S 1856
112th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Alabama
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Georgia
Immigration status and procedures
Indiana
Intergovernmental relations
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
State and local government operations
Utah
A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.
Introduced: November 10, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 10, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 10, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prohibits federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1