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