H.R. 735House115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

USA Values Act of 2017

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The USA Values Act of 2017 aims to stop the enforcement of executive orders that conflict with constitutional protections and civil‑rights laws, specifically targeting the 2017 travel‑ban order. It declares that order invalid and prevents any federal money from being used to carry it out. The bill would apply to all executive actions that infringe on due‑process rights, equal‑protection guarantees, immigration law, or discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics.

Key Provisions

Declares the executive order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” (issued Jan. 26‑27, 2017) null and void, meaning it cannot be carried out.
Prohibits any executive order that would violate the Fourth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, or any law protecting civil liberties, civil rights, or human rights of lawful residents and citizens.
Bars the use of any federal funds—including fees—to the Department of Homeland Security or any other agency for implementing, enforcing, or regulating the specified travel‑ban executive order.

Legislative Activity

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HouseCommittee Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee

February 24, 2017

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

January 30, 2017

HouseIntro Referral

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E104)

January 30, 2017

HouseCommittee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

January 30, 2017

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

Judiciary Committee

January 30, 2017

HouseCommittee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee

February 24, 2017

Floor Debate

1 member

What members said about H.R. 735 on the floor

1 Democrat

Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18 · Jan 31, 2017

Mr. Speaker, the executive order is patently and clearly unconstitutional. An executive order to ban Muslims is unconstitutional. None of us stand against the stringent review of individuals to…

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 30, 2017

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 735

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 30, 2017

Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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

A BILL

To prohibit the enforcement of certain Executive orders.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Universal Security of American Values Act of 2017 or as the USA Values Act of 2017 .

Findings

The Congress finds as follows:

(1)

The Constitution is the document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.

(2)

In a Nation of laws, not of men, no person, including the President of the United States, has the power to violate the Constitution of United States.

(3)

In a Nation whose symbol is the Statute of Liberty, which welcomes the tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the Executive order issued Friday, January 26, 2017, entitled, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an affront to national values and is therefore, null and void, shall have no force and effect, and may not be implemented, administered, enforced, or carried out.

Prohibition

No Executive order may be enforced that would be in direct violation of an existing Executive order, public law, or fully executed regulatory agency process as it relates to—

(1)

Fourth Amendment due process;

(2)

Fourteenth Amendment protections;

(3)

the Immigration and Nationality Act;

(4)

any laws that are intended to protect the civil liberties, civil rights, or human rights of persons lawfully admitted into the United States or natural born or naturalized citizens of the United States; or

(5)

impact on individuals based upon race, religion, ethnicity, place of birth, place of residence, gender, sexual orientation and identity, age, or statuses that pose no undue health threat to the general population.

No funds available

No amounts (including fees) made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal agency, by any Act for any fiscal year, may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of any regulations) any of the policy changes set forth in the Executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (January 27, 2017).