,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dach  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #d1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gowdy 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4  
,goodlatte1 ,mr4 ,gerlach1 ,mr4 ,smith  
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,forbes1 ,mr4 ,franks of
 ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1
 ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,missouri1 ,mrs4 ,black1 ,mr4        
,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4      
,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,duncan of
 ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,labrador1 and  
,mr4 ,bachus7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to protect the separation of powers in 
the ,constitution of the ,united ,states
 by ensuring that the ,president takes  
care that the laws be faithfully        
executed1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,executive ,needs to ,faithfully    
,observe and ,respect ,congressional    
,enactments of the ,law ,act of #bjad or
 the ,,enforce the ,law ,act of #bjad4  

#b4 ,authorization to bring civil action
 for violation of the take care clause  
7a7 ,in general ,upon the adoption of a 
resolution of a ,house of ,congress     
declaring that the ,president1 the head 
of any department or agency of the      
,united ,states1 or any other officer or
 employee of the ,united ,states has    
established or implemented a formal or  
informal policy1 practice1 or procedure 
to refrain from enforcing1 applying1    
following1 or administering any         
provision of a ,federal statute1 rule1  
regulation1 program1 policy1 or other   
law in violation of the requirement that
 the ,president take care that the laws 
be faithfully executed under article    
,,ii1 section #c1 clause #e1 of the     
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
that ,house is authorized to bring a    
civil action in accordance with         
subsection 7c71 and to seek relief      
pursuant to sections #bbja and #bbjb of 
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code4 ,a    
civil action brought pursuant to this   

subsection may be brought by a single   
,house or both ,houses of ,congress     
jointly1 if both ,houses have adopted   
such a resolution4  7b7 ,resolution     
described ,for the purposes of          
subsection 7a71 the term resolution     
means only a resolution--  7#a7 the     
title of which is as follows3 ,relating 
to the application of article ,,ii1     
section #c1 clause #e1 of the           
,constitution of the ,united ,states42  
7#b7 which does not have a preamble2 and
  7#c7 the matter after the resolving   
clause which is as follows3 ,that  has  
failed to meet the requirement of       
article ,,ii1 section #c1 clause #e1 of 
the ,constitution of the ,united ,states
 to take care that a law be faithfully  
executed1 with respect to 4 7the blank  
spaces being appropriately filled in    
with the ,president or the person on    
behalf of the ,president1 and the       
administrative action in question       
described in subsection 7a71            
respectively74  7c7 ,special rules ,if  

the ,house of ,representatives or the   
,senate brings a civil action pursuant  
to subsection 7a71 the following rules  
shall apply3  7#a7 ,the action shall be 
filed in a ,united ,states district     
court of competent jurisdiction and     
shall be heard by a #c-;judge court     
convened pursuant to section #bbhd of   
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,a final decision in the action 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#c7 ,it shall be the duty of
 the ,united ,states district courts and
 the ,supreme ,court of the ,united     
,states to advance on the docket and to 
expedite to the greatest possible extent
 the disposition of any such action and 
appeal4