[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1285

  To require a report from the Secretary of Homeland Security on the 
  existence of programs and components of the Department of Homeland 
        Security that are not explicitly authorized in statute.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a report from the Secretary of Homeland Security on the 
  existence of programs and components of the Department of Homeland 
        Security that are not explicitly authorized in statute.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Authorization Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAMS AND COMPONENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit a report, to the relevant committees, that 
identifies each program carried out by the Secretary under the 
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act) and each component of the Department 
of Homeland Security that carries out any duty under the immigration 
laws if that program or component is not explicitly authorized to be 
carried out for fiscal year 2024 by a statutory provision.
    (b) Relevant Committees.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``relevant commmittees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (3) the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
            (4) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
            (6) the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the Senate.
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