Bill Details
HR.1088 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-06 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Introduced Date
2025-02-06
Policy Area
Immigration
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would let the President use certain federal funds, which were previously put on hold, to carry out deportations of people who are in the United States without legal permission. In simple terms, it is meant to make those funds available again so they can be used for removing unauthorized immigrants from the country.
- The bill says that, despite any other law, money paused under a January 20, 2025 executive order could be used for deportation efforts.
- It gives the President authority to use those funds to deport people without legal status.
Official Summaries
Restoring American Sovereignty Act
This bill allows U.S. foreign aid funding paused pursuant to Executive Order 14169 to be used by the President to deport non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who do not have legal standing.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1088 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1088
To provide for the use of funds for deportation purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr.
Moore of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, 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
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A BILL
To provide for the use of funds for deportation purposes.
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 ``Restoring American Sovereignty
Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS FOR DEPORTATION PURPOSES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds paused pursuant
to Executive Order 14169 (January 20, 2025; 90 Fed. Reg. 8619) may be
made available and used by the President to deport illegal aliens from
the United States.
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