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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 183
To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. M
ANNintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To promote accountability and transparency in future
executive orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION RESPECTING CERTAIN EXECU-3
TIVE ORDERS. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days before 5
issuing a qualifying executive order, the President shall 6
transmit to the Congress, and make publicly available, a 7
notification with respect to such executive order. Such no-8
tification shall contain— 9
(1) the text of the executive order; 10
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(2) the Federal law or laws affected by the ex-1
ecutive order that is the subject of the notification; 2
(3) how the President is working within the pa-3
rameters specified in Federal law and the Constitu-4
tion; 5
(4) the means by which the executive order will 6
be accomplished, including through any related Fed-7
eral agencies or departments; and 8
(5) a comprehensive list of organizations, busi-9
nesses, and other parties or entities the President, 10
or the President’s designee, engaged with prior to 11
the issuance of such executive order. 12
(b) R
EPORTS.—Not later than 6 months after the 13
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months 14
thereafter, the President shall submit to the Congress a 15
report on the outcome of each qualifying executive order 16
issued during the period covered by the report. 17
(c) Q
UALIFYINGEXECUTIVEORDER.—The term 18
‘‘qualifying executive order’’ means any executive order 19
(including an executive order that revokes or nullifies a 20
previous executive order) issued on or after the date of 21
the enactment of this Act, relating to any policy with re-22
spect to immigration into the United States. 23
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