,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cheg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjad,mr4 ,gerlach 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cramer1 and ,mr4 ,tiberi7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,rules1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,house of ,representatives
 and the ,senate to bring an action     
seeking declaratory and injunctive      
relief in response to the failure of the
 ,president to meet the requirement of  
the ,constitution to faithfully execute 
the law1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,enforce the ,take ,care ,clause    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,authorization of   
,house and ,senate to bring action in   
response to failure of the ,president to

 execute the law  7a7 ,authorization    
7#a7 ,in general ,upon the adoption of a
 resolution declaring that1 on the basis
 of any of the ,presidential actions    
described in subsection 7b71 the        
,president has failed to meet the       
requirement of section #c of article    
,,ii of the ,constitution of the ,united
 ,states to take care that a law be     
faithfully executed1 the ,house of      
,representatives or the ,senate may     
bring an action 7in the name of the     
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate1 as the case may be7 seeking    
declaratory and injunctive relief to    
compel the ,president to faithfully     
execute that law4  7#b7 ,threshold for  
vote on resolution ,the ,house of       
,representatives or the ,senate shall   
not be considered to have adopted a     
resolution under this section unless the
 resolution is approved by not fewer    
than #fj percent of the members present 
and voting4  7b7 ,presidential ,actions 
,described ,the ,presidential actions   

described in this subsection are as     
follows3 7#a7 ,the promulgation of a    
regulation or agency administrative     
guidance4  7#b7 ,the issuance of an     
,executive order1 including an order to 
not defend a challenge to the           
constitutionality of a law and an order 
to not enforce a law4  7#c7 ,the        
issuance of a signing statement with    
respect to the enactment of a law4  7c7 
,exercise of rulemaking authority of    
,senate and ,house ,this section is     
enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7 as an       
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,senate and ,house of ,representatives1 
respectively1 and as such it is deemed a
 part of the rules of each ,house1      
respectively1 but applicable only with  
respect to the procedure to be followed 
in that ,house in the case of a         
resolution described in subsection 7a71 
and it supersedes other rules only to   
the extent that it is inconsistent with 
such rules2 and  7#b7 with full         
recognition of the constitutional right 

of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating to the procedure of    
that ,house7 at any time1 in the same   
manner1 and to the same extent as in the
 case of any other rule of that ,house4 
#c4 ,special rules applicable to actions
 ,the following rules shall apply with  
respect to any action brought by the    
,house of ,representatives or ,senate   
pursuant to the authority of section #b3
 7#a7 ,the action shall be filed in the 
,united ,states ,district ,court for the
 ,district of ,columbia1 and shall be   
heard not later than #cj days after the 
action is filed by a #c-;judge court    
convened pursuant to section #bbhd of   
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,a copy of the complaint shall be       
delivered promptly to the ,clerk of the 
,house of ,representatives 7in the case 
of an action brought by the ,house7 and 
the ,secretary of the ,senate 7in the   
case of an action brought by the        
,senate74  7#c7 ,a final decision in the
 action shall be issued not later than  

#ij days after the action is filed and  
shall be reviewable only by appeal      
directly to the ,supreme ,court of the  
,united ,states4 ,such appeal shall be  
taken by the filing of a notice of      
appeal within #aj days1 and the filing  
of a jurisdictional statement within #cj
 days1 of the entry of the final        
decision4  7#d7 ,it shall be the duty of
 the ,united ,states ,district ,court   
for the ,district of ,columbia and the  
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
to advance on the docket and to expedite
 to the greatest possible extent the    
disposition of the action and appeal4