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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1748 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance |
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| 6 | 6 | | Act to provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are ineligible |
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| 7 | 7 | | for certain assistance, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | TEUBE(for himself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Ms. BOEBERT) intro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans- |
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| 13 | 13 | | portation and Infrastructure |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- |
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| 16 | 16 | | gency Assistance Act to provide that aliens who are |
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| 17 | 17 | | not qualified aliens are ineligible for certain assistance, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA for America 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | First Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 1748 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘SEC. 431. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—With respect to an alien other-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | wise eligible for any assistance provided to individuals 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | under this Act, only a qualified alien shall be eligible for 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | such assistance. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 38 | 38 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 40 | 40 | | N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | vided, the terms used have the same meaning given 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(2) Q |
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| 45 | 45 | | UALIFIED ALIEN.—The term ‘qualified 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | alien’ has the meaning given such term in section 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641), 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | except that such term does not include— 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(A) an alien who— 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(i) is granted asylum under section 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 208 of the Immigration and Nationality 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); and 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(ii) has not sought adjustment to the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | status of alien lawfully admitted for per-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 1748 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | manent residence under section 209(b) of 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | such Act; 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(B) a refugee who— 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(i) is admitted to the United States 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | under section 207 of such Act; and 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(ii) has not sought adjustment to the 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | status of alien lawfully admitted for per-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | manent residence under section 209(a) of 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | such Act; or 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(C) an alien who is paroled into the 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | United States under section 212(d)(5) of such 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Act.’’. 12 |
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