US Congress Senate Bill 608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-2)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017, Executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States. This bill rescinds the provisions of 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.

A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017, Executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1503 (Related) 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/608/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s608/BILLS-115s608is.pdf