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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 No. 142 House of Representatives The House met at 2 p.m. and was last day’s proceedings and announces that DACA and other programs that called to order by the Speaker pro tem- to the House her approval thereof. draw those across our borders illegally pore (Ms. FOXX). Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- have contributed to those crises. I sup- f nal stands approved. port the President. We should end DACA. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f f PRO TEMPORE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE DACA The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ´ fore the House the following commu- gentleman from Florida (Mr. GAETZ) (Ms. BARRAGAN asked and was nication from the Speaker: come forward and lead the House in the given permission to address the House WASHINGTON, DC, Pledge of Allegiance. for 1 minute and to revise and extend September 5, 2017. her remarks.) Mr. GAETZ led the Pledge of Alle- ´ I hereby appoint the Honorable VIRGINIA giance as follows: Ms. BARRAGAN. Madam Speaker, I FOXX to act as Speaker pro tempore on this rise today because I am fired up. I am day. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the angry about the decision that the United States of America, and to the Repub- PAUL D. RYAN, President made today on DACA. Speaker of the House of Representatives. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I want to thank the thousands of peo- f ple who have risen up across this coun- f PRAYER try—from Houston, to Philly, to Los DACA Angeles, to Denver—to say that they The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- are going to have their voices heard. J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: They need to continue to sound that Dear Lord, we give You thanks for mission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- voice. giving us another day. What about the promise the govern- marks.) In the wake of a great American holi- ment made to these young people that Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, I take day, we ask Your special blessing on said: If you come forward and come out to the floor of the House today to sup- American workers: those fortunate to of the shadows, we are going to protect port President Trump’s decision as it have jobs during these difficult eco- your information? What about that relates to DACA. nomic times, and those desiring work. promise? May they know and be confident of the America must be a nation of laws, I want every DREAMer to know that nobility and sacredness of their labor. and those laws must be passed by the I stand with them and that I am going Lord, the task facing the Nation’s Congress. This is the promise made in to fight like hell here in Congress to Congress is a difficult one, which will our Constitution and ensured by our make sure that we protect them and to call upon each Member to consider enduring liberty. President Obama was make sure that we honor the promise what is best for American workers incorrect to unilaterally act in this that we made. These people are our first. It is the challenge facing all program; President Trump is correct to doctors, our teachers, our neighbors, Americans. put the power back in the hands of the and, in my case, my cousin. Give the Members wisdom in their people’s representatives. I call on Congress and my colleagues work, that our economy might con- America must also be a nation of bor- across the aisle who have been speak- tinue to rebound, and our countrymen ders, and we erode the virtue and value ing up on this issue in support of DACA and -women throughout these United of those borders when we draw people protections to do more than speak, and States be able to provide for their fam- across those borders illegally. There is to act—to act now and to act fast. nothing compassionate about telling ilies to build lives we have all come to f expect for our citizens. the rest of the world that, so long as a May all that is done this day be for child arrives here, that child will be CONGRESS SHOULD MAKE Your greater honor and glory. treated as if they have the same vir- IMMIGRATION POLICIES Amen. tues and values of American citizens, if (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was f they committed the criminal offense of given permission to address the House unlawful entry into the country. for 1 minute and to revise and extend THE JOURNAL Challenges we have seen with un- his remarks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The documented minors being sent has cre- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speak- Chair has examined the Journal of the ated humanitarian crises, and I believe er, today President Trump delivered on b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H6633 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Sep 06, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A05SE7.000 H05SEPT1 H6634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 5, 2017 his promise to the American people. He ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ‘‘(iv) POST-SEIZURE HEARING.—If a person said he would discontinue the DACA PRO TEMPORE with a property interest in property seized pur- suant to subparagraph (A) by the Internal Rev- immigration program, which allows The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- hundreds of thousands of illegal immi- enue Service requests a hearing by a court of ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair competent jurisdiction within 30 days after the grants to stay in the country and re- will postpone further proceedings date on which notice is provided under sub- ceive work permits. today on motions to suspend the rules clause (ii), such property shall be returned un- By ending the unconstitutional on which a recorded vote or the yeas less the court holds an adversarial hearing and DACA program, he has overturned the and nays are ordered, or on which the finds within 30 days of such request (or such last of President Obama’s amnesty vote incurs objection under clause 6 of longer period as the court may provide, but only agenda and returned to the rule of law. on request of an interested party) that there is rule XX. probable cause to believe that there is a viola- President Obama, a former constitu- The House will resume proceedings tional law professor, said many times tion of section 5324 involving such property and on postponed questions at a later time. probable cause to believe that the property to be that DACA was unconstitutional. f seized was derived from an illegal source or the Congress and the administration funds were structured for the purpose of con- should strengthen our laws against il- RESTRAINING EXCESSIVE SEIZURE cealing the violation of a criminal law or regu- legal immigration and ensure that our OF PROPERTY THROUGH THE lation other than section 5324.’’. immigration policies put unemployed EXPLOITATION OF CIVIL ASSET SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF INTEREST RECEIVED IN Americans first. The U.S. labor partici- FORFEITURE TOOLS ACT ACTION TO RECOVER PROPERTY pation rate is at a 40-year low. SEIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I move SERVICE BASED ON STRUCTURING President Trump is right to dis- to suspend the rules and pass the bill TRANSACTION. continue the DACA program and let (H.R. 1843) to amend title 31, United (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of Congress address immigration policies, States Code, to prohibit the Internal chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 including securing the border. Revenue Service from carrying out sei- is amended by inserting before section 140 the following new section: f zures relating to a structuring trans- ‘‘SEC. 139G. INTEREST RECEIVED IN ACTION TO EDUCATION FUNDING action unless the property to be seized RECOVER PROPERTY SEIZED BY THE derived from an illegal source or the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE BASED (Mr. MARSHALL asked and was funds were structured for the purpose ON STRUCTURING TRANSACTION. given permission to address the House of concealing the violation of another ‘‘Gross income shall not include any interest for 1 minute.) received from the Federal Government in con- criminal law or regulation, to require Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Speaker, I nection with an action to recover property notice and a post-seizure hearing for rise today to discuss education: the seized by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant such seizures, and for other purposes, building block to a successful future. to section 5317(c)(2) of title 31, United States As a father and, now, a grandfather as amended. Code, by reason of a claimed violation of section 5324 of such title.’’. for the second time, I know our edu- The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- cation system is of the utmost impor- tions for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 H.R.