To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States illegally as children, and for other purposes.

Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy set forth in the memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States illegally as children.

Requires the study to examine the impact on: (1) national security, including how much implementing this policy will cost the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in terms of manpower and other costs; (2) fraud, including how impacted federal agencies will address an increase in fraudulent documents; (3) U.S. workers, including the effectiveness of programs under the Social Security Act (such as Medicare), the national unemployment rate and unemployment compensation, and the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and (4) the U.S. economy, including federal Pell grants, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, college admissions and scholarships, and federal work-study programs.

Directs the Secretary to refrain from implementing such policy until after the Comptroller General has reported to Congress on the results of such study.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6070 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6070

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy 
   announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, 
  concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to 
 individuals who came to the United States illegally as children, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2012

Mr. Barletta (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, 
 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Platts, Mr. 
 Ross of Florida, Mr. Lance, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Marino) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy 
   announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, 
  concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to 
 individuals who came to the United States illegally as children, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GAO STUDY ON DHS PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION POLICY.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study to determine the impact the policy described in 
subsection (c) will have on the United States. The study shall examine 
the following 4 areas of potential impact:
            (1) National security.--The national security of the United 
        States, including how much implementing this policy will cost 
        the Department of Homeland Security in terms of manpower and 
        other costs.
            (2) Fraud.--How impacted Federal agencies will address an 
        increase in fraudulent documents.
            (3) United states workers.--United States workers (as 
        defined in section 212(n)(4)(E) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(4)(E))), including--
                    (A) the effectiveness of programs under the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), such as the 
                Medicare Program under title XVIII of such Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1395 et seq.);
                    (B) the national unemployment rate and unemployment 
                compensation; and
                    (C) the implementation of the Patient Protection 
                and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148).
            (4) Competitiveness of united states economy.--The economy 
        of the United States, including--
                    (A) Federal Pell Grants under section 401 of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a);
                    (B) the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
                (SNAP) (formerly known as the food stamp program) under 
                the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
                seq.);
                    (C) college admissions and scholarships; and
                    (D) Federal work-study programs under part C of 
                title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
                2751 et seq.).
    (b) Stay of Implementation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall refrain from implementing the policy described in subsection (c) 
until after the Comptroller General of the United States has completed 
the study described in subsection (a) and submitted a report to the 
Congress containing the results of the study.
    (c) Policy Described.--The policy referred to in subsections (a) 
and (b) is the policy set forth in the memorandum dated June 15, 2012, 
from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding 
exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who 
came to the United States illegally as children.
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