,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #haj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #bh1 #bjai,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 and ,mr4 ,lowenthal7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1 ,homeland ,security1 and ,intelligence 7,permanent ,select71 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 block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the ,united ,states4 #a4 ,findings ,congress finds that ,executive ,order #acghj and the presidential proclamation issued on ,september #bd1 #bjag-- 7#a7 contravene the intent of ,congress in enacting section #bjb7;a77#a7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaeb7;a77#a771 which states1 no person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person's race1 sex1 nationality1 place of birth1 or place of residence2 and 7#b7 violate the ,establishment ,clause of the ,first ,amendment to the ,united ,states ,constitution and the equal protection component of the ,due ,process ,clause of the ,fifth ,amendment to the ,united ,states ,constitution4 #b4 ,prohibition against use of funds ,no funds1 resources1 or fees made available to the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 or to any other official of a ,federal agency by any ,act of ,congress for any fiscal year1 may be used to implement or enforce-- 7#a7 ,executive ,order #acghj1 signed on ,march #f1 #bjag2 or 7#b7 ,presidential ,proclamation #ifde1 issued on ,september #bd1 #bjag4