HR 3973 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2014-03-24)
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Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014 - Expands the circumstances under which the Attorney General is required to report to Congress regarding the enforcement of laws to include any instance in which the Attorney General, an officer of the Department of Justice (DOJ), or any other federal officer establishes or implements a policy to refrain from: (1) enforcing, applying, or administering any federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer; or (2) adhering to, enforcing, applying, or complying with, a final decision of any court of jurisdiction respecting the application of the Constitution, any statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer. (Currently, reports are not required with respect to the policies of other federal officers and reports concerning nonenforcement of a law are required only when the Attorney General or a DOJ officer refrains on grounds that the provision is unconstitutional.) Requires such reports to state the grounds for policies of nonenforcement.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3973, Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014
Mar 11, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2014
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Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans