Section 1 Directing civil action by House of Representatives in response to certain executive branch actions relating to immigration
Civil Action— The House of Representatives shall bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge any of the following policies or actions:
The policy of the Department of Homeland Security to exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children, as announced by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012.
The policy of the Department of Homeland Security to exercise further prosecutorial discretion with respect to certain other unlawfully present aliens, as directed in a November 20, 2014, memorandum issued by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson, and related memoranda issued by the executive branch.
No Additional Funds Provided To Bring Actions— Any amounts obligated or expended by the House of Representatives to carry out this resolution during a fiscal year shall be derived from existing appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House for that fiscal year, and nothing in this resolution may be construed as authorizing an increase in the amount of budget authority available to the House for that fiscal year.
No Effect on Existing Authority of Speaker— Nothing in this resolution may be construed to affect the authority of the Speaker to initiate any civil action on behalf of the House of Representatives, or to intervene in any civil action on behalf of the House of Representatives, pursuant to House Resolution 676, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.