Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2023

Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2023

This bill expands the circumstances under which the Department of Justice (DOJ) is required to report to Congress on a policy to refrain from enforcing federal law.

Currently, DOJ is required to report to Congress when the Attorney General or other DOJ officer establishes or implements a non-enforcement policy on the grounds that the relevant provision of law is unconstitutional.

This bill requires DOJ to report to Congress when any federal officer establishes or implements a non-enforcement policy on any grounds. Further, the bill requires the report to state the grounds for the non-enforcement policy.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 264 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 264

         To amend section 530D of title 28, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2023

Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Amodei, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Stewart, 
Mr. Latta, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To amend section 530D of title 28, United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 530D OF TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Section 530D(a)(1)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or any other Federal officer'' before 
        ``establishes or implements a formal or informal policy''; and
            (2) in clause (i), by striking ``on the grounds that such 
        provision is unconstitutional'' and inserting ``and state the 
        grounds for such policy''.
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