US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration, (2) current immigration laws should be enforced to the highest extent of the law, (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ) should not use taxpayer funds to sue states or local jurisdictions that are forced to pass their own immigration legislation due to the federal government's failure to act on the issue, and (4) federal legislation to enhance border security and immigration law enforcement should be passed quickly in order to ease the burden on state and local governments.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jeffrey Landry [R-LA]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-03-09	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2011-03-09	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-03-09	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/29/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hconres29/BILLS-112hconres29ih.pdf