2017: Cosponsored legislation to provide oversight of refugee resettlement (Culberson) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 546, the No Resettlement Without Consent Act. This legislation would prevent the resettlement of refugees without locality or state approval. The bills main sponsor is Rep. John Abney Culberson (R-Tex.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to strengthen interior enforcement (King) Rep. Noem has cosponsored H.R. 361, Kates Law. The bill would increase the penalties for repeat illegal border crossers or illegal aliens who pose a serious criminal threat to local communities. The bill was introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

2017: Cosponsoring legislation to require the detention of criminal aliens (King) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 174, Sarahs Law. This legislation would require the detention of illegal aliens who have been charged with a crime resulting in the death or serious bodily injury of another person. The legislation would also call for DHS to notify the victim or victims family of relevant immigration/criminal history of the accused. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

2012: Voted in favor of legislation to end the visa lottery in (Smith) Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act of 2012. This bill cancels the visa lottery program and transfers the visas to STEM categories. The visa lottery prgram grants 55,000 visa annually on a random basis to new immigrants. The bills sponsor is Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.). The legislation passed 245-139. (30 Nov. 2012, 11:39 AM).

2012: Voted in favor of legislation to end the visa lottery (Smith) Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act of 2012. This bill cancels the visa lottery program, and transfers the 55,000 yearly visas that would have been granted through the visa lottery into two new priority categories (doctorate and masters degree) under 203(b). For the first two fiscal years of the program, unused visas for which petitions or applications for labor certification have been filed will be added to the total visas for the next fiscal year. Following the first two years, remaining unused visas do not transfer to the next fiscal year. Further, student visas are reformed by adding a new STEM-based F-Visa subsection. This allows for new F-Visa applicants who are pursuing a degree in a STEM category to apply without the previously necessary intent to retain their residence in their home country. The bill received a vote of 257-158, but failed to pass the House because a 2/3rds vote was required for passage. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce unnecessary foreign workers (Labrador) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. This legislation would empower local law enforcement agents to enforce federal immigration laws. This legislation also requires DHS to create a national immigration violators database. This legislation would help reduce illegal immigration by empowering law enforcement officials and making it more difficult for illegal aliens to live and work in local communities. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2015: Voted for the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase foreign guest workers Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would increase the number of H-2B low-skilled, non-agricultural guest worker visas issued in 2016 from 66,000 to 264,000. The legislation would exempt foreign workers who had received an H-2B visa in any of the past three years from the 2016 cap.

2015: Voted to grant the President authority to expand immigration levels without Congress consent via Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)‚ Rep. Noem voted in favor of final passage of Trade Promotion Authority bill, H.R. 2146‚ (NOTE: in order to pass TPA the House of Representatives split the original bill Senate-passed bill H.R. 1314 into two bills, one dealing with Trade Promotion Authority and one dealing with the TransPacific Partnership. As a result, when the legislation came back to the Senate for a final vote, the Senate had to attach the TPA language to another House-originated bill, H.R. 2146 and vote to pass that legislation). This legislation sets up fast-track procedures for the passage of trade deals negotiated by the president. Although Ambassador Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, repeatedly assured Members of Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not include immigration provisions that require the United States to change its laws, the Living Agreement provision of TPP means by its very terms that President Obama, or his successor, can change the provisions of the agreement however he chooses with no input whatsoever from Congress and regardless of what TPA instructs‚ H.R. 2146 passed the House by a vote of 218-208.

2015: Voted as part of House Ways and Means Committee in favor of Trade Promotion Authority to potentially expand immigration and harm American workers Rep. Noem voted as part of the House Ways and Means Committee in favor of H.R. 1890, the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill. H.R. 1890 would allow the President in trade treaties to commit America to giving guaranteed numbers of U.S. jobs to foreign workers without Congress approval. It would potentially tie the hands of Members of Congress to keep them from changing immigration numbers to best serve American workers. The Obama Administration (or subsequent Administrations) could use the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement to commit America to immigration increases that Congress has neither debated nor approved, thus further reducing the jobs available to U.S. workers and instead reserving certain jobs for foreign workers under the agreement. H.R. 1890 passed the House Ways and Means Committee by a vote of 25-13.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to reform the refugee system (Labrador) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2826, the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act. This legislation would: 1) set refugee cap at 60,000, 2) terminate refugee status for those that return to their countries of origin (absent a change in conditions), 3) remove DHSs ability to waive various grounds of inadmissibility for refugee admissions, 4) allow recurrent security vetting of refugees prior to LPR status adjustment, 5) bump back LPR status for refugees from 1 to 3 years, 6) adjust DHSs authority during LPR adjustment, 7) prohibit resettlement in states/localities that refuse resettlement, 8) adjust screening process to reduce fraud, and 9) clarify that displacement or generalized conflicts alone do not qualify an individual for refugee status under the law.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to reform the refugee system Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2826, the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act. This legislation would: 1) set refugee cap at 60,000, 2) terminate refugee status for those that return to their countries of origin (absent a change in conditions), 3) remove DHSs ability to waive various grounds of inadmissibility for refugee admissions, 4) allow recurrent security vetting of refugees prior to LPR status adjustment, 5) bump back LPR status for refugees from 1 to 3 years, 6) adjust DHSs authority during LPR adjustment, 7) prohibit resettlement in states/localities that refuse resettlement, 8) adjust screening process to reduce fraud, and 9) clarify that displacement or generalized conflicts alone do not qualify an individual for refugee status under the law. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.)

2015: Voted for the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase refugee resettlement Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would fully fund the refugee resettlement program and include increases in funding to accommodate Pres. Obamas proposal to resettle an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States in 2016.

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce amnesties (Labrador) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. This legislation would require Congressional approval to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Through TPS, an estimated 150,000 illegal aliens over 10 years would not receive amnesty under the legislation. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2016: Voted for King amendment to FY17 defense spending bill to block amnesty for DACA recipients Rep. Noem voted in favor of Rep. Steve Kings amendment to the FY17 Defense Appropriations bill. The King amendment would have prohibited funds from being used by the Department of Defense to enlist DACA recipients into the military. The amendment failed 207-214.

2016: Voted in favor of the Gosar amendment to FY17 defense spending bill to block amnesty for DACA recipients Rep. Noem voted for Rep. Paul Gosars amendment to the FY17 Defense Appropriations bill. The Gosar amendment would have prohibited funds from being used by the Department of Defense to enlist DACA recipients into the military through the MAVNI program. The amendment failed 210-211.

2015: Voted in favor of Brooks amendment to remove military amnesty from National Defense Authorization Act Rep. Noem voted in favor of an amendment by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to strip an amnesty provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The provision stripped by the Brooks Amendment would have encouraged the Secretary of Defense to waive military enlistment requirements for illegal aliens who received amnesty through Pres. Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Brooks Amendment passed 221-to-202.

2015: Voted in FAVOR OF funding Executive Amnesties by opposing clean DHS Appropriations bill, H.R. 240 Rep. Noem voted in favor of final passage of H.R. 240, the DHS funding bill passed by the Senate which did not include riders to stop President Obamas unconstitutional Executive Amnesties. Although the House had originally passed H.R. 240 with these riders, the Senate stripped them out, thus fully funding the Executive Amnesties through September 2015. When the House voted on the bill as returned from the Senate, Sen. Noem supported Executive Amnesty by voting in favor of final passage (and consequently for a temporary shut down of DHS). Funding the Presidents illegal amnesties not only made Congress complicit in the Presidents lawless behavior, it also undermined the lawsuit filed by 26 states to stop implementation of the amnesties. If Congress is unwilling to fight to protect its own legislative powers, why should the courts fight on Congresss behalf? The bill passed by a vote of 257-167.

2015: Voted in favor of Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund Pres. Obamas DACA amnesty Rep. Noem voted in favor of the Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Blackburn Amendment would defund the processing of applications and renewals of President Obamas 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus making it impossible for DACA recipients to continue to receive legal status. The Blackburn Amendment passed by a vote of 218-209.

2015: Voted in favor of Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund Pres. Obamas Nov. 2014 amnesty Rep. Noem voted in favor of the Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Aderholt Amendment would defund implementation of all Obama and DHS November 2014 memoranda; defund 4 of the 5 Morton Memos that deal with prosecutorial discretion and detail who ICE agents can and cant deport; and prohibit federal benefits from being given to any illegal alien covered by the November memoranda. The Aderholt Amendment passed by a vote of 237-190.

2014: Voted to lock in President Obamas executive Amnesty Rep. Noem cast a crucial YES vote in helping Pres. Obama and Speaker Boehner pass the CRomnibus that appears to fully fund the Obama amnesty through the Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies through next September, while funding the Department of Homeland Security part of the amnesty for the next couple of months. Most Democrats voted to kill the spending bill (mainly over other issues in the legislation). The net effect, though, was that Pres. Obama got his amnesty affirmed and funded mainly by a Republican Party that made opposition to amnesty one of the three main planks in their campaigns to take over Congress this fall.

2014: Voted in favor of legislation to end DACA (Blackburn) Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 5272, legislation introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackurn to defund DACA. The bill represents a serious effort to address the true cause of the current border crisis: President Obamas contempt for immigration law. The bills language prevents the Obama Administration from expanding the existing illegal DACA amnesty program by using the primary power the Constitution reserves for the House of Representatives, the power of the purse. It prohibits the use of federal funds or resources for any further deferred action or work authorization for illegal aliens. The bill passed 216-192-1 (1 August 2014).

2013: Voted in favor of King Amdt to DHS Appropriations bill to prevent amnesty by prosecutorial discretion Rep. Noem voted in favor of the King amendment to the FY2014 DHS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217). This amendment would have prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from using funds appropriated by Congress to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos. The Morton Memos were a series of three memos issued in 2011 that authorized the use of prosecutorial discretion and/or deferred action to provide amnesty to certain illegal aliens, particularly those brought here as children by their illegal alien parents. The amendment, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), passed by a 224-201 vote (6 June 2013).

2012: Voted in favor of amendment to prevent amnesty by prosecutorial discretion (King) Rep. Noem voted in favor of the King amendment to the FY2013 DHS Appropriations Bill. This amendment would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using funds appropriated by Congress to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos. The Morton Memos were a series of three memos issued in 2011 that authorized the use of prosecutorial discretion and/or deferred action to provide amnesty to illegal aliens. The amendment

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to withhold funds from sanctuary cities Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. This legislation expands the definition of sanctuary cities and withholds DOJ and DHS grants from them, clarifies the authority of ICE detainers and grants State and local law enforcement immunity for complying with detainer requests, and expands the authority of the Secretary of DHS to detain certain criminal aliens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to prevent illegal aliens receiving health insurance subsidies Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act. This legislation would require the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security to verify that every applicant for a healthcare exchange credit is a citizen or eligible alien before the Treasury Department could issue the tax credit. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to prevent illegal aliens receiving health insurance subsidies Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act. This legislation would would require the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security to verify that every applicant for a healthcare exchange credit is a citizen or eligible alien before the Treasury Department could issue the tax credit. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to prevent illegal alien child tax credits (S. Johnson) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2149, the Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act. This legislation would require inclusion of the taxpayers social security number to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit, preventing illegal aliens from claiming the credit. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Sam Johnson (Tex.).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce rewards to illegal aliens (Labrador) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. This legislation would empower local law enforcement agents to enforce federal immigration laws. This legislation also requires DHS to create a national immigration violators database. This legislation would help reduce illegal immigration by empowering law enforcement officials and making it more difficult for illegal aliens to live and work in local communities. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2014: Voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to prevent housing subsides for illegal aliens Rep. Noem voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to H.R. 4745, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, of 2015. The amendment would have reduced funding to HUD for an amount equal to what has been spent in the past on Section 8 housing for illegal aliens. The amendment failed 160-266.

2017: Cosponsored legislation strengthens border security (McSally) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 1741, the Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act. This legislation would levy penalties for spotters along the border and individuals that destroy border security equipment. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.).

2012: Voted against an amendment to hamstring border enforcement in 2012 (Grijalva) Rep. Noem voted against the Grijalva amendment to H.R. 2578, legislation to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. This amendment would have stripped provisions that allow the Border Patrol to bypass regulations put in place by the Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture on federal lands within 100 miles of the border. The amendments sponsor is Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and it failed 177-247 (19 June 2012).

2012: Supported an amendment to place cell towers on the border (Poe) Rep. Noem supported the Poe Amendment to the FY2013 DHS Appropriations Bill. This amendment would allocate funding for the building of cell phone towers along stretches of the U.S. - Mexico border so that Border Patrol agents and others in trouble can call law enforcement for assistance. The amendment passed by a vote of 302-113 (6 June 2012).

2011: Supported an amendment to build cell phone towers along the U.S. - Mexico border (Poe) Rep. Noem supported the Poe Amendment to the FY 2012 DHS Appropriations Bill. This amendment would allocate funding for the building of cell phone towers along stretches of the U.S. - Mexico border so that Border Patrol agents and others in trouble can call law enforcement for assistance. The amendment passed by a vote of 327-93 (1 June 2011).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6417, the AG and Legal Workforce Act, to mandate E-Verify Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 6417 that would require all employers to use E-Verify. The legislation would also reform the H-2A agricultural guestworker program. The bill includes Rep. Lamar Smiths (R-Texas) Legal Workforce Act. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4915, the SLAP Act, introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) to end sanctuary cities Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 4915, the SLAP Act. This legislation would criminalize the release of criminal aliens subject to a detainer and would grant immunity to cooperating officers.

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to withhold funds from sanctuary cities Rep. Noem voted in favor of H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. This legislation expands the definition of sanctuary cities and withholds DOJ and DHS grants from them, clarifies the authority of ICE detainers and grants State and local law enforcement immunity for complying with detainer requests, and expands the authority of the Secretary of DHS to detain certain criminal aliens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to increase interior enforcement (Labrador) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. This legislation would empower local law enforcement agents to enforce federal immigration laws. This legislation also requires DHS to create a national immigration violators database. This legislation would help reduce illegal immigration by empowering law enforcement officials and making it more difficult for illegal aliens to live and work in local communities. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2017: Cosponsored H.R. 82 (Babin) to stop issuance of visas to recalcitrant nations Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 82, the Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act. This legislation would prohibit the issuance of visas to countries that refuse to repatriate deported aliens. Approximately 384,000 foreign nationals enter the country each year from recalcitrant countries. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Brian Babin (R-Tex.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to end sanctuary cities in (Black) Rep. Noem cosponsored H.R. 400, the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill would help end sanctuary policies that aim to protect criminal aliens by defining sanctuary jurisdictions as any state or local jurisdiction that fails to communicate with federal immigration agents and refuses to comply with detainer requests. The bill would also block certain federal funds from sanctuary cities and shield local police from liability when acting on behalf of a federal immigration request.

2015: Weakens interior enforcement by expanding visa waiver program (Heck) Rep. Noem cosponsored Rep. Joe Hecks Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act, H.R.1401, would allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive the maximum refusal rate to allow a certain country to qualify for the visa waiver program. The visa waiver program allows citizens from qualifying countries to legally enter the United States without a visa.

2014: Voted in Favor of Amendment to Investigate Release of Illegal Aliens Rep. Noem voted in favor of the King amendment to H.R. 4660, the Commerce, Science, and Justice Appropriations Bill. This amendment would appropriate $5 million for the Justice Department to investigate the release of 36,007 illegal aliens with criminal convictions by DHS. The amendment passed 218-193.

2014: Voted in favor of amendment to deprive sanctuary cities of funds Rep. Noem voted in favor of the King amendment to H.R. 4460, the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill. This amendment would deprive sanctuary cities of funds due to them from enforcing federal immigration laws. Sanctuary cities are localities that do not notify federal authorities when illegal aliens are arrested, thereby acting as safe harbors for illegal aliens. The amendment passed 214-194.

2012: Voted in favor of an amendment to protect the 287(g) program (Sullivan) Rep. Noem voted in favor of the Sullivan amendment to the FY2013 DHS Appropriations Bill. The amendment would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from terminating 287(g) agreements. The amendment, offered by Rep. John Sullivan (R-Ok.), passed by a 250-164 vote (7 June 2012).

2011: Opposed an amendment to defund the 287(g) program (Polis) Rep. Noem opposed the Polis Amendment to H.R. 2017, the FY2012 DHS Appropriations Bill. Rep. Polis amendment would have removed all funding for the 287(g) program from the bill, thereby preventing DHS from administering the program (effectively killing the 287(g) program). The amendment failed by a vote of 313-107 (2 June 2011).

2011: Supported an amendment to keep violent illegal aliens in custody (Cravaack) Rep. Noem supported the Cravaack Amendment to the FY 2012 DHS Appropriations Bill. Rep. Cravaacks amendment would prevent the government from releasing convicted violent or dangerous illegal aliens while they are awaiting deportation. The amendment passed 289-131 (2 June 2011).

2011: Voted in favor of an amendment to increase 287(g) funding (Royce) Rep. Noem voted in favor of the Royce Amendment to H.R. 2017, the FY2012 DHS Appropriations Bill. This amendment would increase funding for the 287(g) program by $1 million (about 18.5%). The amendment passed by a vote of 268-151 (1 June 2011).