,,iv #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ddb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,december #ab1 #bjac,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,bachmann1 ,mr4 ,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,de,santis1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,marino1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,nunnelee1 ,mr4 ,pittenger1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,price of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 ,mr4 ,sanford1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 and ,mr4 ,yoho7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,rules1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,house ,administration1 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 ,,resolution ,directing the ,house of ,representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch4 ,whereas ,president ,obama and officials in his administration have frequently overstepped the limits placed on executive branch power by the ,constitution2 ,whereas because of ,president ,obama's continuing failure to faithfully execute the laws1 his administration's actions cannot be addressed by the enactment of new laws1 because ,congress cannot assume that the ,president will execute the new laws any more faithfully than the laws he has already ignored1 leaving ,congress with no legislative remedy to prevent the establishment of what is in effect an imperial presidency2 and ,whereas it is therefore necessary and appropriate for ,congress to turn to the courts to ensure the faithful execution of the laws as required by the ,constitution3 ,now1 therefore1 be it #a4 ,directing civil action by ,house of ,representatives in response to certain executive branch actions 7a7 ,civil ,action ,the ,house of ,representatives shall bring a civil action in the ,united ,states ,district ,court for the ,district of ,columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge any of the following policies or actions3 7#a7 ,the policy of the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services that1 with respect to health insurance coverage that is renewed for a policy year during the period beginning ,january #a1 #bjad1 and ending ,october #a1 #bjad1 health insurance issuers may continue to offer coverage that would otherwise be terminated or cancelled for being out of compliance with various requirements of title ,,xxvii of the ,public ,health ,service ,act and corresponding portions of the ,employee ,retirement ,income ,security ,act and the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 as announced by the ,center for ,medicare and ,medicaid ,services on ,november #ad1 #bjac4 7#b7 ,the #a-year delay in the application of the reporting requirements of sections #fjee and #fjef of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf 7and related requirements of section #dihj;,h of such ,code71 as provided under ,department of the ,treasury ,notice #bjac-de1 as announced by the ,department of the ,treasury on ,july #b1 #bjac4 7#c7 ,the policy of the ,department of ,homeland ,security to exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the ,united ,states as children1 as announced by the ,department of ,homeland ,security on ,june #ae1 #bjab4 7#d7 ,the authorization1 approval1 renewal1 modification1 or extension of any experimental1 pilot1 or demonstration project under section #aaae of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acae7 that waives compliance with a requirement of section #djg of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7 through a waiver of section #djb of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjb74 7b7 ,no ,additional ,funds ,provided ,to ,bring ,actions ,any amounts obligated or expended by the ,house of ,representatives to carry out this resolution during a fiscal year shall be derived from existing appropriations for salaries and expenses of the ,house for that fiscal year1 and nothing in this resolution may be construed as authorizing an increase in the amount of budget authority available to the ,house for that fiscal year4