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H.R. 3973: Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014

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H.R. 3973: Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-01-29 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-01-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 127 (2014): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR3973 (2014-03-13), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014

Plain summary

Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014 - Expands the circumstances under which the Attorney General is required to report to Congress regarding the enforcement of laws to include any instance in which the Attorney General, an officer of the Department of Justice (DOJ), or any other federal officer establishes or implements a policy to refrain from: (1) enforcing, applying, or administering any federal statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer; or (2) adhering to, enforcing, applying, or complying with, a final decision of any court of jurisdiction respecting the application of the Constitution, any statute, rule, regulation, program, policy, or other law within the responsibility of the Attorney General or such officer. (Currently, reports are not required with respect to the policies of other federal officers and reports concerning nonenforcement of a law are required only when the Attorney General or a DOJ officer refrains on grounds that the provision is unconstitutional.) Requires such reports to state the grounds for policies of nonenforcement.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · 37 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), David Schweikert (R-AZ), James Lankford (R-OK), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (3)
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3973 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113