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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 5283
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified aliens
on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land
management agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST25, 2023
Ms. M
ALLIOTAKIS(for herself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr.
D
ONALDS, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. STAUBER, and
Mr. K
ELLYof Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing
to specified aliens on any land under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting our Com-4
munities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECI-1
FIED ALIENS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used 3
to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under 4
the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land man-5
agement agencies, including through leases, contracts, or 6
agreements. 7
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) F
EDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES .— 9
The term ‘‘Federal land management agencies’’ 10
means the National Park Service, the Bureau of 11
Land Management, the United States Fish and 12
Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service. 13
(2) H
OUSING.—The term ‘‘housing’’ means a 14
temporary or permanent encampment used for the 15
primary purpose of sheltering specified aliens. 16
(3) S
PECIFIED ALIEN.—The term ‘‘specified 17
alien’’ means an alien who has not been admitted, 18
as such terms are defined in section 101(a) of the 19
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 20
1101(a)). 21
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