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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2025
Restoring American Sovereignty Act
This bill allows U.S. foreign aid funding paused pursuant to Executive Order 14169 to be used by the President to deport non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who do not have legal standing.
People & committees
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] · R–TN
Legislative record
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Source last updated: Feb 26, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Restoring American Sovereignty Act would let the President use funds paused under a specified executive order to deport people the bill calls “illegal aliens” from the United States. It would authorize, rather than require, that use of funds and would make that authority apply despite other provisions of law.
This Act may be cited as the Restoring American Sovereignty Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds paused pursuant to Executive Order 14169 (January 20, 2025; 90 Fed. Reg. 8619) may be made available and used by the President to deport illegal aliens from the United States.
Section 2 would authorize the President to use funds paused under Executive Order 14169, dated January 20, 2025, for deportations. The permission concerns those paused funds; it does not require the President to spend them.
funds paused pursuant to Executive Order 14169 (January 20, 2025; 90 Fed. Reg. 8619) may be made available and used by the President to deport illegal aliens from the United States.
The proposed funding authority would apply despite other provisions of law. The bill does not identify particular laws that this language would override.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds paused pursuant to Executive Order 14169 (January 20, 2025; 90 Fed. Reg. 8619) may be made available and used by the President to deport illegal aliens from the United States.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated February 26, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees on February 6, 2025. Each committee was to consider provisions within its jurisdiction, for a period to be determined by the Speaker.
Source snapshot updated 2026-02-26T13:38:00Z.
2025-02-06: Introduced in House
2025-02-06: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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