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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 50 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit grants provided under section 106 of the Housing and Community |
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| 6 | 6 | | Development Act of 1974 from being used to assist persons who are |
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| 7 | 7 | | neither a national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for perma- |
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| 8 | 8 | | nent residence, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Mr. OGLES, Mr. CRANE, and Mrs. LUNA) |
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| 13 | 13 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi- |
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| 14 | 14 | | nancial Services |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To prohibit grants provided under section 106 of the Hous- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ing and Community Development Act of 1974 from being |
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| 18 | 18 | | used to assist persons who are neither a national of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent |
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| 20 | 20 | | residence, 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. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Aid for Mu-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | nicipalities And Localities Accountable Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘KAMALA Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 50 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS NOT 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | LAWFULLY PRESENT. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Section 105 of the Housing and 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) P |
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| 37 | 37 | | ROHIBITION ONUSE OFASSISTANCE FORPER-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SONSNOTLAWFULLYPRESENT.—Notwithstanding any 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | other provision of law, no amount from a grant under sec-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion 106 made in fiscal year 2024 or any succeeding fiscal 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | year may be used to assist persons who are neither a na-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tional of the United States nor lawfully admitted for per-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | manent residence under section 101(a)(20) of the Immi-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | gration and Nationality Act.’’. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO ENTITIES THAT PRO-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | VIDE ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS NOT LAW-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | FULLY PRESENT. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 103 of the Housing and Community Develop-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5303) is amended— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to’’ 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and inserting: 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to’’; 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(b) L |
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| 57 | 57 | | IMITATION.—The Secretary may not make a 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | grant to any State, unit of general local government, or 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Indian tribe to carry out activities in accordance with the 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 50 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | provisions of this title if such State, unit of general local 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | government, or Indian tribe carries out any housing or 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | community development related program that provides as-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | sistance to persons who are neither a national of the 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent resi-5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | dence under section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Nationality Act.’’. 7 |
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