,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #baah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjad ,mr4 ,blunt 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,scott1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 
,paul1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 ,ms4  
,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 ,crapo1    
,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,johanns1 ,mr4     
,coburn1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4
 ,cochran1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4         
,alexander1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,graham1 
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 
,mrs4 ,fischer1 and ,mr4 ,isakson7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and 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  ,authorization  7#a7 ,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 may bring a civil action in 
accordance with subsection 7b7          
7including an action seeking relief     
under sections #bbja and #bbjb of title 

#bh1 ,united ,states ,code74 ,a civil   
action brought under this paragraph may 
be brought by a single ,house of        
,congress or both ,houses of ,congress  
jointly1 if both ,houses have adopted   
such a resolution4  7#b7  ,resolution   
described  ,for the purposes of         
paragraph 7#a71 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 of 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 identity of  
the person acting on behalf of the      
,president1 and the administrative      

action in question described in         
paragraph 7#a71 respectively74  7b7     
,special rules  ,in any civil action    
brought by the ,senate or the ,house of 
,representatives under subsection       
7a77#a7--  7#a7 the civil action-- 7,a7 
may be filed in a ,united ,states       
district court of competent             
jurisdiction2 and  7,b7 shall be heard  
by a #c-;judge court convened in        
accordance with section #bbhd of title  
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 a     
final decision in the civil action shall
 be reviewable only by appeal directly  
to the ,supreme ,court of the ,united   
,states2  7#c7 an appeal described in   
paragraph 7#b7 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 decision2 and  7#d7 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 extent possible the disposition
 of the civil action and appeal4