US Congress Senate Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S116-117)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protect American Families Act Protect American Families from Unnecessary Registration and Deportation Act of 2017 This bill prohibits: (1) the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or any other federal department from creating or implementing a law enforcement or national security program that requires or causes people to register or check in on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship; and (2) federal funds from being used to create or implement an immigration registry or check-in program. Such prohibitions shall not apply to any federal program that: (1) merely collects and compiles data about aliens entering or exiting the United States; or (2) issues visas, grants U.S. citizenship, confers an immigration benefit to nationals of a foreign country, or temporarily or permanently protects non-citizens from removal.

Protect American Families Act Protect American Families from Unnecessary Registration and Deportation Act of 2017

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S116-117)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/54/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s54/BILLS-115s54is.pdf