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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 746
To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain immigrants, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. A
RRINGTON(for himself and Mr. ROY) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain
immigrants, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘America First Act’’. 5
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
this Act is as follows: 7
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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Sec. 2. Adjusting eligibility of certain non-citizens for Federal public benefits
under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act.
Sec. 3. Verification of citizenship by Head Start agencies.
Sec. 4. Eligibility for certain Federal health care benefits.
Sec. 5. Housing.
Sec. 6. Identification requirements for child tax credit and earned income tax
credit; permanent extension of certain temporary rules for child
tax credit.
Sec. 7. Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibitions.
Sec. 8. Eligibility for postsecondary financial assistance based on immigration
status.
Sec. 9. Reducing ESEA funding for sanctuary jurisdictions.
Sec. 10. Limitation on refugee resettlement and other services for certain Hai-
tian immigrants.
Sec. 11. Prohibiting participation in Federal benefit programs until a satisfac-
tory immigration status is verified.
Sec. 12. Verification of citizenship for WIC and school meals.
Sec. 13. Restrictions on use of Community Development Block Grant funds and
Federal funding by tax-exempt organizations.
Sec. 14. Implementing regulations and guidance.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NON-CITI-
1
ZENS FOR FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS 2
UNDER THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 3
WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT. 4
(a) N
ARROWINGSCOPE OFFEDERALPUBLICBENE-5
FITS FORWHICHNON-QUALIFIEDALIENSAREELIGIBLE 6
U
NDERPRWORA.—Section 401(b)(1) of the Personal 7
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 8
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b)(1)) is amended— 9
(1) by striking subparagraphs (B), (D), and 10
(E); and 11
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-12
paragraph (B). 13
(b) N
ARROWING THE DEFINITION OFQUALIFIED 14
A
LIENUNDERPRWORA.— 15
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 431(b) of the Per-1
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-2
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is 3
amended— 4
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), and 5
(5); and 6
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (6), 7
(7), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 8
(5), respectively. 9
(2) E
XCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS PAROLED INTO 10
THE UNITED STATES FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR .—Sec-11
tion 411(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 12
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 13
1621(a)) is amended— 14
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the 15
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 16
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 17
the end; and 18
(C) by striking paragraph (3). 19
(3) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 20
(A) Section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal 21
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-22
ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)) is 23
amended— 24
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(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 1
striking ‘‘
AND ASYLEES’’; 2
(ii) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); 3
and 4
(iii) by redesignating clauses (iv) and 5
(v) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively. 6
(B) Section 403(b)(1) of the Personal Re-7
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-8
ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(1)) is 9
amended— 10
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-11
ing ‘‘
AND ASYLEES’’; 12
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 13
(C); and 14
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 15
(D) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and 16
(C), respectively. 17
(C) Section 412 of the Personal Responsi-18
bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 19
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1622) is amended— 20
(i) in subsection (a)— 21
(I) by striking ‘‘, a non-22
immigrant’’ and inserting ‘‘or a non-23
immigrant’’; and 24
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(II) by striking ‘‘, or an alien 1
who is paroled into the United States 2
under section 212(d)(5) of such Act 3
for less than one year’’; and 4
(ii) in subsection (b)(1)— 5
(I) in the paragraph heading, by 6
striking ‘‘
AND ASYLEES’’; 7
(II) by striking subparagraphs 8
(B) and (C); and 9
(III) by redesignating subpara-10
graphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs 11
(B) and (C), respectively. 12
SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP BY HEAD START 13
AGENCIES. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 645 of the Head Start 15
Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended by adding at the end 16
the following: 17
‘‘(e) A child shall be considered ineligible for a Head 18
Start program if— 19
‘‘(1) the child is not— 20
‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 21
‘‘(B) an alien who is admitted to the 22
United States as a refugee under section 207 of 23
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24
1157); and 25
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‘‘(2) a parent (including a guardian) of the 1
child is— 2
‘‘(A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 3
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 4
U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully present in 5
the United States; 6
‘‘(B) an alien granted parole under section 7
212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 8
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 9
1126(a)(2)(B)); 10
‘‘(C) an alien granted temporary protected 11
status under section 244 of the Immigration 12
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 13
‘‘(D) an alien granted asylum under sec-14
tion 208 of the Immigration and Nationality 15
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 16
‘‘(E) an alien granted deferred action or 17
deferred enforced departure, including pursuant 18
to the memorandum of the Department of 19
Homeland Security entitled ‘Exercising Pros-20
ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 21
Who Came to the United States as Children’ 22
issued on June 15, 2012; or 23
‘‘(F) an alien granted withholding of re-24
moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-25
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tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1
1231(b)(3)).’’. 2
(b) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3
640(a)(5)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(5)(B)(i)) 4
is amended by striking ‘‘immigrant, refugee,’’ and insert-5
ing ‘‘refugee’’. 6
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL HEALTH CARE 7
BENEFITS. 8
(a) L
IMITINGMEDICAIDCOVERAGE OFPAROLEES 9
ANDTPS ANDDACA RECIPIENTS.—Section 1903(v) of 10
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended 11
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 12
‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (1), an alien shall 13
not be considered to be lawfully admitted for permanent 14
residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United 15
States under color of law if the alien is— 16
‘‘(A) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 17
236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 18
Act; 19
‘‘(B) granted deferred action or deferred en-20
forced departure, including pursuant to the memo-21
randum of the Department of Homeland Security 22
entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 23
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 24
States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 25
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‘‘(C) granted asylum under section 208 of the 1
Immigration and Nationality Act; 2
‘‘(D) granted temporary protected status under 3
section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 4
or 5
‘‘(E) granted withholding of removal under sec-6
tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 7
Act.’’. 8
(b) L
IMITINGMEDICARECOVERAGE OFPAROLEES 9
ANDTPS ANDDACA RECIPIENTS.—Title XVIII of the 10
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended 11
by adding at the end the following new section: 12
‘‘SEC. 1899C. LIMITING MEDICARE COVERAGE OF PAROL-13
EES AND TPS AND DACA RECIPIENTS. 14
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 226, 15
section 226A, section 1818(a), section 1836(a), or any 16
other provision of this title, in no case may an applicable 17
individual (as defined in subsection (b)) be entitled to, or 18
enrolled for, benefits under this title. 19
‘‘(b) A
PPLICABLEINDIVIDUALDEFINED.—In this 20
section, the term ‘applicable individual’ means an alien— 21
‘‘(1) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 22
236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 23
Act; 24
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‘‘(2) granted deferred action or deferred en-1
forced departure, including pursuant to the memo-2
randum of the Department of Homeland Security 3
entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 4
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 5
States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 6
‘‘(3) granted asylum under section 208 of the 7
Immigration and Nationality Act; 8
‘‘(4) granted temporary protected status under 9
section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 10
or 11
‘‘(5) granted withholding of removal under sec-12
tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 13
Act.’’. 14
(c) E
LIGIBILITY FORCREDIT FORCOVERAGEUNDER 15
AQUALIFIEDHEALTHPLAN.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 17
36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 18
amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 19
provided in subparagraph (F), if’’. 20
(2) D
ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS .—Paragraph 21
(1) of section 36B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 22
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-23
lowing new subparagraph: 24
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‘‘(F) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS .—The 1
following shall not be treated as an applicable 2
taxpayer: 3
‘‘(i) Any alien granted asylum under 4
section 208 of the Immigration and Na-5
tionality Act. 6
‘‘(ii) Any alien granted parole under 7
section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 8
Immigration and Nationality Act. 9
‘‘(iii) Any alien granted temporary 10
protected status under section 244 of the 11
Immigration and Nationality Act. 12
‘‘(iv) Any alien granted deferred ac-13
tion or deferred enforced departure, includ-14
ing pursuant to the memorandum of the 15
Department of Homeland Security entitled 16
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 17
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 18
United States as Children’ issued on June 19
15, 2012. 20
‘‘(v) Any alien granted withholding of 21
removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-22
migration and Nationality Act.’’. 23
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subsection 1
(e) of section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 2
1986 is amended— 3
(A) by striking ‘‘I
NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 4
heading and inserting ‘‘D
ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-5
UALS ANDINDIVIDUALS’’, and 6
(B) by striking ‘‘are individuals who are 7
not lawfully present’’ in paragraph (1) and in-8
serting ‘‘are individuals described in subsection 9
(c)(1)(F) or are not lawfully present’’. 10
(4) R
EQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ES -11
SENTIAL COVERAGE .—Paragraph (3) of section 12
5000A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 13
amended— 14
(A) by striking ‘‘I
NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 15
heading and inserting ‘‘D
ISQUALIFIED INDIVID-16
UALS AND INDIVIDUALS’’, and 17
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de-18
scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F)’’ before the pe-19
riod at the end. 20
(5) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 21
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-22
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 23
(d) E
LIGIBILITY FORCOST-SHARINGREDUCTIONS 24
ANDSUBSIDIES.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 1
1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2
Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 3
and not described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such 4
Code’’ after ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 5
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subsection 6
(e) of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Af-7
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended— 8
(A) by striking ‘‘I
NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 9
heading and inserting ‘‘D
ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-10
UALS ANDINDIVIDUALS’’, and 11
(B) by striking ‘‘is not lawfully present’’ in 12
paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘is an individual 13
described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Inter-14
nal Revenue Code of 1986 or is not lawfully 15
present’’. 16
(3) P
ROCEDURES.—Paragraph (1) of section 17
1411(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 18
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18081(a)) is amended by in-19
serting ‘‘, and is not a disqualified individual under 20
section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such Code’’ before the semi-21
colon at the end. 22
(4) F
EDERAL PAYMENTS .—Subsection (d) of 23
section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Afford-24
able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18082) is amended— 25
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(A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 1
heading and inserting ‘‘D
ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-2
UALS ORINDIVIDUALS’’, and 3
(B) by striking ‘‘are not lawfully present’’ 4
in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘are described 5
in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue 6
Code of 1986 or are not lawfully present’’. 7
(5) S
TATE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAMS .—Para-8
graph (1) of section 1331(e) of the Patient Protec-9
tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051) is 10
amended by inserting ‘‘, or any individual who is de-11
scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Rev-12
enue Code of 1986’’ before the period at the end. 13
(6) Q
UALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph (3) 14
of section 1312(f) of the Patient Protection and Af-15
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(f)) is amend-16
ed— 17
(A) by striking ‘‘
LAWFUL’’ in the heading 18
and inserting ‘‘
CERTAIN LAWFUL’’, and 19
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de-20
scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal 21
Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘lawfully present 22
in the United States’’. 23
(7) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 24
by this subsection shall apply to years, plan years, 25
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and taxable years, as applicable, beginning after the 1
date of the enactment of this Act. 2
(e) P
ROHIBITION ONFEDERALFUNDING FORFED-3
ERALLYQUALIFIEDHEALTHCENTERSTHATPROVIDE 4
S
ERVICES TOINDIVIDUALSWHOARENOTLAWFULLY 5
P
RESENT INUNITEDSTATES.—A Federally qualified 6
health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social 7
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))) that provides services 8
(other than services to treat an emergency medical condi-9
tion, as defined in section 1903(v)(3) of the Social Secu-10
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(3))) to individuals who are 11
not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligi-12
ble for— 13
(1) payment under— 14
(A) the Medicare program under title 15
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 16
1395 et seq.); 17
(B) the Medicaid program under title XIX 18
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or 19
(C) the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-20
gram under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 21
1397aa et seq.); 22
(2) grant or any other funding under the Public 23
Health Service Act, including a grant under section 24
330 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254b); or 25
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(3) any other Federal funding. 1
SEC. 5. HOUSING. 2
(a) R
ESTRICTIONS ON USE OFASSISTEDHOUS-3
ING.—Section 214 of the Housing and Community Devel-4
opment Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended— 5
(1) in subsection (a)— 6
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or pur-7
suant to the granting of asylum (which has not 8
been terminated) under section 208 of such Act 9
(8 U.S.C. 1158)’’; 10
(B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 11
and 12
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 13
(7) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 14
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 15
and inserting the following: 16
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall not provide financial assist-17
ance to a family unless the eligibility of each member of 18
the family has been affirmatively established under the 19
program of financial assistance and under this section.’’; 20
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 21
(A) by striking ‘‘shall take one of the fol-22
lowing actions’’ and all that follows through 23
‘‘Defer the termination’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 24
defer the termination’’; 25
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(B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘If, fol-1
lowing completion’’; 2
(C) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 3
as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and 4
moving the margins 2 ems to the left; 5
(D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-6
nated, by striking ‘‘clause (iii), any deferral 7
under this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-8
paragraph (C), any deferral under this para-9
graph’’; and 10
(E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig-11
nated— 12
(i) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and in-13
serting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 14
(ii) by striking ‘‘or an individual seek-15
ing asylum under section 208 of that Act’’; 16
(4) in subsection (i)— 17
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at least 18
the individual or one family member’’ and in-19
serting ‘‘the individual or each family member’’; 20
(B) in paragraph (2)— 21
(i) by striking ‘‘United States Hous-22
ing Act of 1937)—’’ and all that follows 23
through ‘‘in carrying out subsection (d)’’ 24
and inserting ‘‘United States Housing Act 25
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of 1937), in carrying out subsection (d)’’; 1
and 2
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 3
and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 4
(C), respectively, and adjusting the mar-5
gins accordingly; and 6
(5) by adding at the end the following: 7
‘‘(j) P
ROHIBITION ONELIGIBILITYGUIDELINES.— 8
The applicable Secretary shall not issue any guidelines re-9
lating to eligibility for financial assistance under this sec-10
tion.’’. 11
(b) S
INGLEFAMILYHOUSINGGUARANTEEDLOAN 12
P
ROGRAM.—Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 13
U.S.C. 1472) is amended by adding at the end the fol-14
lowing: 15
‘‘(j) E
LIGIBILITY.— 16
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a 17
loan under this section only to— 18
‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 19
‘‘(B) an occupant or resident of a housing 20
unit that does not include— 21
‘‘(i) any alien (as defined in section 22
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 23
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully 24
present in the United States; 25
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‘‘(ii) any alien granted asylum under 1
section 208 of the Immigration and Na-2
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 3
‘‘(iii) any alien granted parole under 4
section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 5
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 7
‘‘(iv) any alien granted temporary 8
protected status under section 244 of the 9
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 10
1254a); 11
‘‘(v) any alien granted deferred action 12
or deferred enforced departure, including 13
pursuant to the memorandum of the De-14
partment of Homeland Security entitled 15
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 16
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 17
United States as Children’ issued on June 18
15, 2012; and 19
‘‘(vi) any alien granted withholding of 20
removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-21
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
1231(b)(3)). 23
‘‘(2) P
ROHIBITION ON ELIGIBILITY GUIDE -24
LINES.—The Secretary shall not issue any guidelines 25
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relating to eligibility under paragraph (1) for a loan 1
under this section.’’. 2
(c) R
EMOVAL OFATTORNEYGENERALDISCRETION 3
TOEXEMPTHOUSINGPROGRAMSFROMPRWORA.— 4
Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-5
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.) 6
is amended— 7
(1) in section 401(b)(1)(D) (8 U.S.C. 8
1611(b)(1)(D)), by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and 9
intervention, and short-term shelter)’’ and inserting 10
‘‘and crisis counseling and intervention), excluding 11
housing programs, services, or assistance,’’; and 12
(2) in section 411(b)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1621(b)(4)), 13
by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and intervention, and 14
short-term shelter)’’ and inserting ‘‘and crisis coun-15
seling and intervention), excluding housing pro-16
grams, services, or assistance,’’ 17
(d) L
OW-INCOMEHOUSINGCREDITELIGIBILITY.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 19
42(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 20
amended by adding at the end the following new 21
subparagraph: 22
‘‘(E) D
ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— 23
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—A unit shall not 24
be treated as a low-income unit if such 25
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unit is occupied by any disqualified indi-1
vidual. 2
‘‘(ii) D
ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL .— 3
The term ‘disqualified individual’ means— 4
‘‘(I) any alien (as defined in sec-5
tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 6
Nationality Act) who is unlawfully 7
present in the United States, 8
‘‘(II) any alien granted asylum 9
under section 208 of the Immigration 10
and Nationality Act, 11
‘‘(III) any alien granted parole 12
under section 212(d)(5) or 13
236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 14
Nationality Act, 15
‘‘(IV) any alien granted tem-16
porary protected status under section 17
244 of the Immigration and Nation-18
ality Act, 19
‘‘(V) any alien granted deferred 20
action or deferred enforced departure, 21
including pursuant to the memo-22
randum of the Department of Home-23
land Security entitled ‘Exercising 24
Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 25
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to Individuals Who Came to the 1
United States as Children’ issued on 2
June 15, 2012, and 3
‘‘(VI) any alien granted with-4
holding of removal under section 5
241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-6
tionality Act.’’. 7
(2) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 8
by this subsection shall apply to all determinations 9
made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10
SEC. 6. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD TAX 11
CREDIT AND EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT; 12
PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEM-13
PORARY RULES FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. 14
(a) C
HILDTAXCREDIT.—Section 24 of the Internal 15
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 16
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 17
inserting ‘‘$2,000’’, 18
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subpara-19
graphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following: 20
‘‘(A) $400,000 in the case of a joint re-21
turn, and 22
‘‘(B) $200,000 in any other case.’’, 23
(3) in subsection (d)— 24
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 1
‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’, and 2
(B) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(4) M
AXIMUM AMOUNT OF REFUNDABLE 4
CREDIT.— 5
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The amount deter-6
mined under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 7
any qualifying child shall not exceed $1,700, 8
and such paragraph shall be applied without re-9
gard to subsection (h). 10
‘‘(B) A
DJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION .— 11
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—In the case of a 12
taxable year beginning after 2026, the 13
$1,700 amount in subparagraph (A) shall 14
be increased by an amount equal to— 15
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-16
plied by 17
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-18
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 19
for the calendar year in which the tax-20
able year begins, determined by sub-21
stituting ‘2023’ for ‘2016’ in subpara-22
graph (A)(ii) thereof. 23
‘‘(ii) R
OUNDING.—If any increase 24
under this subparagraph is not a multiple 25
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of $100, such increase shall be rounded to 1
the next lowest multiple of $100.’’, 2
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 3
following: 4
‘‘(e) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.— 5
‘‘(1) I
DENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS .—No 6
credit shall be allowed under this section to a tax-7
payer who does not include on the return of tax for 8
the taxable year— 9
‘‘(A) the social security number of the tax-10
payer (and, in the case of a joint return, the so-11
cial security number of the taxpayer’s spouse), 12
‘‘(B) with respect to any qualifying child, 13
the name and the social security number of 14
such qualifying child, and 15
‘‘(C) for purposes of subsection (h), with 16
respect to any dependent of the taxpayer, the 17
name and the social security number of such 18
dependent. 19
‘‘(2) S
OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED .— 20
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se-21
curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 22
tax, a social security number issued to an individual 23
by the Social Security Administration, but only if 24
the social security number is issued— 25
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‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 1
pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 2
subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 3
section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 4
Act, and 5
‘‘(B) before the due date for filing such re-6
turn for the taxable year. 7
‘‘(3) C
ITIZENSHIP AND LAWFUL PRESENCE RE -8
QUIREMENTS.— 9
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—No credit shall be al-10
lowed under this section to a taxpayer unless— 11
‘‘(i) the taxpayer (and, in the case of 12
a joint return, the taxpayer’s spouse) sat-13
isfy the requirements under subparagraph 14
(B), 15
‘‘(ii) with respect to any qualifying 16
child, such child satisfies the requirements 17
under subparagraph (B), and 18
‘‘(iii) with respect to any dependent 19
described in subsection (h), such dependent 20
satisfies the requirements under subpara-21
graph (B). 22
‘‘(B) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 23
described in this subparagraph are that the in-24
dividual— 25
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‘‘(i) shall be a citizen of the United 1
States or an alien lawfully present in the 2
United States, and 3
‘‘(ii) may not be— 4
‘‘(I) an alien granted asylum 5
under section 208 of the Immigration 6
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), 7
‘‘(II) an alien granted parole 8
under section 212(d)(5) or 9
236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 10
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 11
1126(a)(2)(B)), 12
‘‘(III) an alien granted tem-13
porary protected status under section 14
244 of the Immigration and Nation-15
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), 16
‘‘(IV) an alien granted with-17
holding of removal under section 18
241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-19
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)), 20
‘‘(V) any nonimmigrant described 21
in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigra-22
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 23
1101(a)(15)), 24
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‘‘(VI) any alien granted deferred 1
action or deferred enforced departure, 2
including pursuant to the memo-3
randum of the Department of Home-4
land Security entitled ‘Exercising 5
Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 6
to Individuals Who Came to the 7
United States as Children’ issued on 8
June 15, 2012, or 9
‘‘(VII) an alien who has been 10
issued an employment-based immi-11
grant visa described in section 203(b) 12
of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)).’’, and 13
(5) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 14
following: 15
‘‘(h) P
ARTIALCREDITALLOWED FOR CERTAIN 16
O
THERDEPENDENTS.— 17
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The credit determined 18
under subsection (a) shall be increased by $500 for 19
each dependent of the taxpayer (as defined in sec-20
tion 152) other than a qualifying child described in 21
subsection (c). 22
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN NONCITIZENS .— 23
Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any 24
individual who would not be a dependent if subpara-25
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graph (A) of section 152(b)(3) were applied without 1
regard to all that follows ‘resident of the United 2
States’.’’. 3
(b) E
ARNEDINCOMETAXCREDIT.—Section 32 of 4
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by insert-5
ing after subsection (f) the following new subsection: 6
‘‘(g) C
ITIZENSHIP AND LAWFULPRESENCERE-7
QUIREMENTS.—No credit shall be allowed under this sec-8
tion to an eligible individual unless— 9
‘‘(1) the individual (and, in the case of a joint 10
return, the individual’s spouse) satisfy the require-11
ments described in section 24(e)(3)(B), and 12
‘‘(2) with respect to any qualifying child, such 13
child satisfies the requirements under such section.’’. 14
(c) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 15
6213(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 16
amended— 17
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘TIN’’ and 18
inserting ‘‘social security number’’, and 19
(2) by striking subparagraph (L) and inserting 20
the following: 21
‘‘(L) the inclusion on a return of a TIN re-22
quired to be included on the return under sec-23
tion 21, 6428, or 6428A, or the inclusion on a 24
return of a social security number required to 25
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be included on the return under section 24 or 1
32, if— 2
‘‘(i) such TIN or social security num-3
ber, as applicable, is of an individual whose 4
age affects the amount of the credit under 5
such section, and 6
‘‘(ii) the computation of the credit on 7
the return reflects the treatment of such 8
individual as being of an age different 9
from the individual’s age based on such 10
TIN or social security number, as applica-11
ble,’’. 12
(d) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 14
December 31, 2025. 15
SEC. 7. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PRO-16
HIBITIONS. 17
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-18
agement Agency shall not use amounts available to the 19
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose 20
of— 21
(1) sheltering and related activities provided by 22
non-Federal entities, including facility improvements 23
and construction, in support of relieving over-24
crowding in short-term holding facilities of U.S. 25
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Customs and Border Protection, including the Shel-1
ter and Services Program and any other substan-2
tially similar program; 3
(2) the emergency food and shelter program 4
under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-5
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) for the pur-6
poses of providing shelter and other services to fami-7
lies and individuals encountered by the Department 8
of Homeland Security, including humanitarian relief 9
awards under the emergency food and shelter pro-10
gram and any other substantially similar program; 11
or 12
(3) carrying out any program of the Federal 13
Emergency Management Agency that provides as-14
sistance to— 15
(A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 16
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17
U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in 18
the United States; 19
(B) an alien granted parole under section 20
212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 21
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 22
1226(a)(2)(B)); 23
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(C) an alien granted asylum under section 1
208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2
U.S.C. 1158); 3
(D) an alien granted temporary protected 4
status under section 244 of the Immigration 5
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 6
(E) an alien granted deferred action or de-7
ferred enforced departure, including pursuant 8
to the memorandum of the Department of 9
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Pros-10
ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 11
Who Came to the United States as Children’’ 12
issued on June 15, 2012; or 13
(F) an alien granted withholding of re-14
moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-15
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)). 16
SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSECONDARY FINANCIAL AS-17
SISTANCE BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. 18
Section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 19
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5)) is amended to read as fol-20
lows: 21
‘‘(5) be a citizen, national, or permanent resi-22
dent of the United States; and’’. 23
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SEC. 9. REDUCING ESEA FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY JURIS-1
DICTIONS. 2
Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 3
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 4
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘SEC. 8549D. FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JU-6
RISDICTIONS. 7
‘‘(a) F
UNDINGREDUCTIONS FORSANCTUARYJURIS-8
DICTIONS.— 9
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 10
provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 11
a fiscal year that a State or political subdivision of 12
a State is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the Secretary 13
shall reduce the allotment or grant that is otherwise 14
authorized under any provision of this Act for the 15
State educational agency of such State or for the eli-16
gible entity of such political subdivision, as applica-17
ble, by 50 percent for such fiscal year. 18
‘‘(2) R
EALLOTMENT.—In any case in which the 19
Secretary reduces an allotment or grant to a State 20
educational agency or eligible entity under para-21
graph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 22
reallot an amount for such fiscal year equal to such 23
reduction to the remaining State educational agen-24
cies of States that are not sanctuary jurisdictions or 25
eligible entities of political subdivisions that are not 26
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sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance with the appli-1
cable requirements of that allotment or grant. 2
‘‘(b) S
UBGRANTS.— 3
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 4
provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 5
a fiscal year that a political subdivision of a State 6
is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the State educational 7
agency shall reduce the subgrant amount otherwise 8
authorized under this Act for an eligible entity of 9
such sanctuary jurisdiction by 50 percent for such 10
fiscal year. 11
‘‘(2) R
EALLOTMENT.—In any case in which a 12
State educational agency reduces a subgrant to an 13
eligible entity under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 14
the State educational agency shall reallocate an 15
amount for such fiscal year equal to such reduction 16
to eligible entities of the State that are not eligible 17
entities of sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance 18
with the applicable requirements of that subgrant. 19
‘‘(c) S
ANCTUARYJURISDICTION.—The term ‘sanc-20
tuary jurisdiction’ means a State or a political subdivision 21
of a State, including a city, county, township, school dis-22
trict, or other political subdivision, with laws, ordinances, 23
regulations, directives, policies, or practices that obstruct 24
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing 1
Federal immigration law, including— 2
‘‘(1) prohibiting employees from sending, receiv-3
ing, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, 4
State, or local government entity, information re-5
garding the citizenship or the lawful or unlawful im-6
migration status of any individual; or 7
‘‘(2) denying a request lawfully made by the 8
Department of Homeland Security under section 9
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 10
16 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a de-11
tainer for, or notify about the release of, an indi-12
vidual.’’. 13
SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND 14
OTHER SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HAITIAN IM-15
MIGRANTS. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 501 of the Refugee Edu-17
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is 18
amended— 19
(1) by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ 20
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Cuban 21
entrants’’; and 22
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Cuban or 23
Haitian entrants’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrants’’; 24
(3) in subsection (e)— 25
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(A) in the matter preceeding paragraph 1
(1), by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrant’’ 2
and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrant’’; 3
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban/ 4
Haitian Entrant’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban En-5
trant’’; 6
(C) by striking ‘‘or Haiti’’ each place such 7
term appears. 8
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 9
(1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Op-10
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 11
104–193) is amended by striking ‘‘Cuban and Hai-12
tian entrant’’ each place it appears and inserting 13
‘‘Cuban entrant’’. 14
(2) Section 1611(c)(5) of the Social Security 15
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(5)) is amended by striking 16
‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ and inserting 17
‘‘Cuban entrants’’. 18
SEC. 11. PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL BEN-19
EFIT PROGRAMS UNTIL A SATISFACTORY IM-20
MIGRATION STATUS IS VERIFIED. 21
Section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22
1320b–7(d)) is amended— 23
(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the Immi-24
gration and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting 25
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‘‘the Department of Homeland Security or the De-1
partment of Justice, as applicable,’’; 2
(2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 3
subparagraph (A)— 4
(A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat-5
uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-6
ment of Homeland Security’’; and 7
(B) by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 8
‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 9
(3) in paragraph (4)— 10
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 11
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, not to 12
exceed 30 days,’’ after ‘‘reasonable oppor-13
tunity’’; 14
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘may 15
not’’ and all that follows through the pe-16
riod and inserting the following: ‘‘shall not 17
provide benefits under the program to the 18
individual until the State is provided evi-19
dence indicating the individual’s satisfac-20
tory immigration status and the State has 21
received information from the Secretary of 22
Homeland Security verifying the individ-23
ual’s legal immigration status pursuant to 24
subparagraph (B).’’; and 25
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(B) in subparagraph (B)— 1
(i) in clause (i)— 2
(I) by striking ‘‘the Immigration 3
and Naturalization Service’’ each 4
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 5
Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 6
(II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 7
end; 8
(ii) by striking clause (ii); 9
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 10
clause (ii); and 11
(iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 12
by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 13
‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 14
and 15
(4) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘or termi-16
nate’’. 17
SEC. 12. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR WIC AND 18
SCHOOL MEALS. 19
(a) WIC.—Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act 20
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended by adding at the 21
end the following: 22
‘‘(4) C
ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS .—An infant 23
or a child shall be considered ineligible for the pro-24
gram under this section if— 25
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‘‘(A) the infant or child is not— 1
‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 2
‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 3
United States as a refugee under section 4
207 of the Immigration and Nationality 5
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 6
‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 7
the infant or child is— 8
‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 9
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 10
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 11
present in the United States; 12
‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 13
section 208 of the Immigration and Na-14
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 15
‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 16
section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 17
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18
1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 19
‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro-20
tected status under section 244 of the Im-21
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
1254a); 23
‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 24
or deferred enforced departure, including 25
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pursuant to the memorandum of the De-1
partment of Homeland Security entitled 2
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 3
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 4
United States as Children’ issued on June 5
15, 2012; or 6
‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 7
removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-8
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9
1231(b)(3)).’’. 10
(b) S
CHOOLMEALS.—Section 9(b) of the Richard B. 11
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) 12
is amended by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(16) C
ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS .—A child 14
shall be considered ineligible for free or reduced 15
price lunch under this Act and free or reduced price 16
breakfast under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 17
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) if— 18
‘‘(A) the child is not— 19
‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 20
‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 21
United States as a refugee under section 22
207 of the Immigration and Nationality 23
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 24
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‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 1
the child is— 2
‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 3
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 4
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 5
present in the United States; 6
‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 7
section 208 of the Immigration and Na-8
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 9
‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 10
section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 11
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 12
1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 13
‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro-14
tected status under section 244 of the Im-15
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
1254a); 17
‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 18
or deferred enforced departure, including 19
pursuant to the memorandum of the De-20
partment of Homeland Security entitled 21
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 22
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 23
United States as Children’ issued on June 24
15, 2012; or 25
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‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 1
removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-2
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3
1231(b)(3)).’’. 4
SEC. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOP-5
MENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND FEDERAL 6
FUNDING BY TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. 7
(a) R
ESTRICTION ONCDBG FUNDING.—Section 105 8
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 9
(42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the 10
following: 11
‘‘(i) P
ROHIBITION ON MONETARYCONTRIBUTIONS 12
ORIN-KINDGOODS ORSERVICES FORNON-CITIZENS.— 13
A recipient of a grant under this title may not use any 14
grant funds to provide monetary contributions or in-kind 15
goods or services to— 16
‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 17
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18
1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in the United 19
States; 20
‘‘(2) any alien paroled into the United States 21
under section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Im-22
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 23
1226(a)(2)(B)); 24
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‘‘(3) any alien granted asylum under section 1
208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2
U.S.C. 1158); 3
‘‘(4) any alien granted temporary protected sta-4
tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na-5
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 6
‘‘(5) any alien granted deferred action or de-7
ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 8
memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu-9
rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 10
with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 11
States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; or 12
‘‘(6) any alien granted withholding of removal 13
under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-14
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)).’’. 15
(b) R
ESTRICTION ONUSE OFFEDERALFUNDING BY 16
T
AX-EXEMPTORGANIZATIONS.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal 18
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 19
end the following new subsection: 20
‘‘(s) P
ROHIBITION OFSUPPORT TOCERTAINNON- 21
CITIZENS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), an organiza-22
tion which is described in subsection (c)(3) shall not be 23
exempt from taxation under subsection (a) for any taxable 24
year if, at any time during such taxable year, such organi-25
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zation uses any Federal grant, appropriation, or other 1
Federal funding to provide monetary support, services, or 2
in-kind contributions to— 3
‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 4
the Immigration and Nationality Act) who is unlaw-5
fully present in the United States, 6
‘‘(2) any alien granted parole under section 7
212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 8
Nationality Act, 9
‘‘(3) any alien granted temporary protected sta-10
tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na-11
tionality Act, 12
‘‘(4) any alien granted deferred action or de-13
ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 14
memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu-15
rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 16
with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 17
States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012, or 18
‘‘(5) any alien granted withholding of removal 19
under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-20
tionality Act.’’. 21
(2) E
FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 22
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-23
ning after December 31, 2025. 24
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SEC. 14. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE. 1
The head of each appropriate agency shall promul-2
gate such rulemaking and guidance as may be required 3
to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 4
Act. 5
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