Bills About Immigration Sponsored by Ted Poe (R-Tex.)

Rep. Poe sponsored 20 bills about immigration in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Jan. 4, 2017	H.R.241	To provide for sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country, or that have an excessive repatriation failure rate, and for other purposes.	17	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan. 23, 2017	H.R.604	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk, and for other purposes.	14	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Dec. 9, 2015	H.R.4197	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk and for other purposes.	49	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov. 17, 2015	H.R.4032	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a limitation on the resettlement of refugees.	53	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan. 28, 2015	H.R.583	To provide for sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country, or that have an excessive repatriation failure rate, and for other purposes.	22	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan. 6, 2015	H.R.29	To prohibit the use of funds for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the United States.	31	All Republicans	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H95)
Nov. 20, 2014	H.R.5768	To prohibit the use of funds for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the United States.	34	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov. 12, 2014	H.R.5693	To prohibit the issuance of visas to, and the admission into the United States of, an alien during the 30-day period following the presence of the alien in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone.	4	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov. 12, 2014	H.R.5692	To restrict passports for travel to or use in certain countries, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
March 5, 2014	H.R.4154	To deny visas and entry to the United States to officials and employees of the Government of the Russian Federation due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
June 28, 2013	H.R.2602	To provide for sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country, or that have an excessive repatriation failure rate, and for other purposes.	10	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct. 25, 2011	H.R.3256	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the law prohibiting the Secretary of State from issuing certain visas to nationals of countries that refuse or unreasonably delay repatriation, and for other purposes.	11	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
June 15, 2011	H.R.2199	To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of a country that denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national ordered removed from the United States to such country, and for other purposes.	11	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
May 11, 2011	H.R.1853	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for deferred action and parole only in for urgent humanitarian reasons or to gain a significant public benefit, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
March 9, 2011	H.CON.RES.29	Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.	15	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
July 27, 2010	H.R.5870	To restrict passports of certain sex offenders, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan. 9, 2009	H.CON.RES.19	Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.	0	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
March 6, 2007	H.CON.RES.83	Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.	42	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Sept. 29, 2006	H.RES.1074	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.	20	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
Oct. 20, 2005	H.R.4120	To eliminate the Western Hemisphere travel exception by requiring a passport for all travel into and out of the United States and to require the Secretary of State to endeavor to persuade all countries to issue machine-readable passports that comply with a uniform document identifying standard.	4	All Republicans	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5012-5013)

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