House · Roll call 479 · 2nd session · Aug. 1, 2014 A vote to pass H.R. 5272, a bill to prohibit certain actions with respect to deferred action for aliens not lawfully present in the United States.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

The Congressional Research Service says the bill bars a federal agency from using federal funding or resources after July 30, 2014 to consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application for deferred action for childhood arrivals. A Yes vote approves it in the House.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Prohibits a federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources after July 30, 2014, to: consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum dated June 15, 2012, or by any other succeeding Executive memorandum or policy authorizing a similar program; newly authorize deferred action for any class of aliens not lawfully present in the United States; or authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful U.S.