,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,barletta introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide protection for      
certain ,federal employees with respect 
to implementation of the ,june #ae1     
#bjab1 memorandum from ,janet           
,napolitano1 ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security1 regarding the exercise of    
prosecutorial discretion with respect to
 individuals who came to the ,united    
,states as children4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,department of ,homeland    
,security ,personnel ,act of #bjac4  #b4
 ,protection for individuals who refuse 
to carry out unlawful provisions of the 
memorandum  7a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no adverse personnel action1       
including employee termination1 may be  
taken against a protected individual    

which is based1 in whole or in part1 on 
the refusal of such individual to carry 
out a provision of the memorandum       
described in subsection 7b7 that has    
been determined by the ,congress to be  
in violation of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et
 seq474  7b7 ,memorandum described ,this
 ,act applies with respect to the ,june 
#ae1 #bjab1 memorandum from ,janet      
,napolitano1 ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security1 regarding the exercise of    
prosecutorial discretion with respect to
 individuals who came to the ,united    
,states as children4  7c7 ,protected    
individuals ,for purposes of this ,act1 
the term protected individual means an  
individual employed in or under any of  
the following3  7#a7 ,u4,s4 ,immigration
 and ,customs ,enforcement4  7#b7 ,u4,s4
 ,customs and ,border ,protection4  7#c7
 ,u4,s4 ,citizenship and ,immigration   
,services4  7d7 ,adverse actions include
 denial of benefits ,the personnel      
actions prohibited by this ,act include 

the withholding or denial of a          
promotion1 an increase in pay1 or other 
similar benefit4