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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 245 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require any applicant for a Federal grant to submit a certification that |
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| 6 | 6 | | such applicant is not in violation of section 274(a) of the Immigration |
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| 7 | 7 | | and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | OXX(for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. GREENof Ten- |
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| 12 | 12 | | nessee, and Mr. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | CCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To require any applicant for a Federal grant to submit |
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| 17 | 17 | | a certification that such applicant is not in violation |
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| 18 | 18 | | of section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant Integrity and 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Border Security Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 245 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BRINGING IN AND HARBORING OF CERTAIN 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ALIENS. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) R |
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| 32 | 32 | | EQUIREMENT.—The head of each agency shall 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | require that any applicant for a Federal grant submit a 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | certification that such applicant has not violated in the 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | previous 10 years, is not in violation of, and will not vio-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | late during the term of the grant section 274(a) of the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)). 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A |
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| 39 | 39 | | UTHORITYTOWITHHOLDFUNDS.—The head 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of the relevant agency shall withhold any funds from a 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | grantee determined by the head of an agency to be in vio-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | lation of this section for a Federal grant. Such determina-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tion may be made based on the following: 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) Any information provided by the Secretary 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of Homeland Security and the Director to the head 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the agency. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) Any employee or former employee of the re-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | cipient of a Federal grant who is convicted of or ad-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | mits to having committed a violation of section 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | U.S.C. 1324(a)) while performing official duties for 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | that grantee. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) Any other credible information received by 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the head of the agency. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 245 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | (c) INFORMATION ON CONVICTION.—Not later than 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 90 days after the date of conviction, admission to a viola-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tion, or completion of an investigation under section 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1324(a)), the Attorney General shall submit to the Direc-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tor information relating to any individual who was con-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | victed or admitted to a violation under such section, or 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | regarding whom the Attorney General otherwise believes 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | there to be a reasonable basis to conclude that a violation 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of such section occurred. 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (d) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) A |
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| 71 | 71 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | United States Code. 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (2) D |
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| 75 | 75 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | et. 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (3) F |
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| 79 | 79 | | EDERAL GRANT .—The term ‘‘Federal 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | grant’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Federal 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | award’’ in section 6401 of title 31, United States 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Code. 21 |
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