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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 12 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal |
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| 6 | 6 | | funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States |
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| 7 | 7 | | to vote in any election, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY23 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | RUZ(for himself, Mr. DAINES, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. VANCE, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | K |
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| 13 | 13 | | ENNEDY, and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 14 | 14 | | read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Governmental Affairs |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from |
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| 18 | 18 | | using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not |
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| 19 | 19 | | citizens of the United States to vote in any election, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | sion of law, no Federal funds made available to the Dis-5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | trict of Columbia may be used to allow individuals who 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | are not citizens of the United States to vote in any elec-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) C |
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| 34 | 34 | | ERTIFICATION.—Upon application for, approval 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | for, or receipt of any Federal funds, the government of 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the District of Columbia shall certify that the government 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | does not permit individuals who are not citizens of the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | United States to vote in any election. 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) A |
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| 40 | 40 | | PPLICATION.—The requirements under this sec-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tion shall apply with respect to any Federal funds applied 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | for, approved for, received by, or made available to the 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | District of Columbia on or after the date on which this 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | bill is introduced in the Senate. 12 |
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