HR 206
114th Congress
House
Immigration
Appropriations
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional-executive branch relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military personnel and dependents
New Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Texas
Visas and passports
Immigration Accountability Act
Introduced: January 8, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan 28, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Jan 8, 2015
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Jan 8, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Immigration Accountability Act
This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in:
- the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program;
- the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century;
- the memorandum issued by the Secretary on June 15, 2012, on exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children; and
- any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.