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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 62
55 To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain immigrants, and for other
66 purposes.
77 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
88 JANUARY9, 2025
99 Mr. L
1010 EE(for himself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; which
1111 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
1212 A BILL
1313 To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain
1414 immigrants, and for other purposes.
1515 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1616 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1717 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
1818 (a) S
1919 HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
2020 ‘‘America First Act’’. 5
2121 (b) T
2222 ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
2323 this Act is as follows: 7
2424 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
2525 Sec. 2. Adjusting eligibility of certain non-citizens for Federal public benefits
2626 under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
2727 onciliation Act.
2828 Sec. 3. Verification of citizenship by Head Start agencies.
2929 Sec. 4. Eligibility for certain Federal health care benefits.
3030 Sec. 5. Housing.
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3434 Sec. 6. Identification requirements for child tax credit and earned income tax
3535 credit; permanent extension of certain temporary rules for child
3636 tax credit.
3737 Sec. 7. Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibitions.
3838 Sec. 8. Eligibility for postsecondary financial assistance based on immigration
3939 status.
4040 Sec. 9. Reducing ESEA funding for sanctuary jurisdictions.
4141 Sec. 10. Limitation on refugee resettlement and other services for certain Hai-
4242 tian immigrants.
4343 Sec. 11. Prohibiting participation in Federal benefit programs until a satisfac-
4444 tory immigration status is verified.
4545 Sec. 12. Verification of citizenship for WIC and school meals.
4646 Sec. 13. Restrictions on use of Community Development Block Grant funds and
4747 Federal funding by tax-exempt organizations.
4848 Sec. 14. Implementing regulations and guidance.
4949 SEC. 2. ADJUSTING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NON-CITI-
5050 1
5151 ZENS FOR FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS 2
5252 UNDER THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 3
5353 WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT. 4
5454 (a) N
5555 ARROWINGSCOPE OFFEDERALPUBLICBENE-5
5656 FITS FORWHICHNON-QUALIFIEDALIENSAREELIGIBLE 6
5757 U
5858 NDERPRWORA.—Section 401(b)(1) of the Personal 7
5959 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 8
6060 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b)(1)) is amended— 9
6161 (1) by striking subparagraphs (B), (D), and 10
6262 (E); and 11
6363 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-12
6464 paragraph (B). 13
6565 (b) N
6666 ARROWING THE DEFINITION OFQUALIFIED 14
6767 A
6868 LIENUNDERPRWORA.— 15
6969 (1) I
7070 N GENERAL.—Section 431(b) of the Per-16
7171 sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-17
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7575 onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is 1
7676 amended— 2
7777 (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), and 3
7878 (5); and 4
7979 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (6), 5
8080 (7), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 6
8181 (5), respectively. 7
8282 (2) E
8383 XCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS PAROLED INTO 8
8484 THE UNITED STATES FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR .—Sec-9
8585 tion 411(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 10
8686 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 11
8787 1621(a)) is amended— 12
8888 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the 13
8989 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 14
9090 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 15
9191 the end; and 16
9292 (C) by striking paragraph (3). 17
9393 (3) C
9494 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 18
9595 (A) Section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal 19
9696 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-20
9797 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)) is 21
9898 amended— 22
9999 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 23
100100 striking ‘‘
101101 AND ASYLEES’’; 24
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105105 (ii) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); 1
106106 and 2
107107 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iv) and 3
108108 (v) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively. 4
109109 (B) Section 403(b)(1) of the Personal Re-5
110110 sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-6
111111 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(1)) is 7
112112 amended— 8
113113 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-9
114114 ing ‘‘
115115 AND ASYLEES’’; 10
116116 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 11
117117 (C); and 12
118118 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 13
119119 (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and 14
120120 (C), respectively. 15
121121 (C) Section 412 of the Personal Responsi-16
122122 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 17
123123 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1622) is amended— 18
124124 (i) in subsection (a)— 19
125125 (I) by striking ‘‘, a non-20
126126 immigrant’’ and inserting ‘‘or a non-21
127127 immigrant’’; and 22
128128 (II) by striking ‘‘, or an alien 23
129129 who is paroled into the United States 24
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133133 under section 212(d)(5) of such Act 1
134134 for less than one year’’; and 2
135135 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)— 3
136136 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 4
137137 striking ‘‘
138138 AND ASYLEES’’; 5
139139 (II) by striking subparagraphs 6
140140 (B) and (C); and 7
141141 (III) by redesignating subpara-8
142142 graphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs 9
143143 (B) and (C), respectively. 10
144144 SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP BY HEAD START 11
145145 AGENCIES. 12
146146 (a) I
147147 NGENERAL.—Section 645 of the Head Start 13
148148 Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended by adding at the end 14
149149 the following: 15
150150 ‘‘(e) A child shall be considered ineligible for a Head 16
151151 Start program if— 17
152152 ‘‘(1) the child is not— 18
153153 ‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 19
154154 ‘‘(B) an alien who is admitted to the 20
155155 United States as a refugee under section 207 of 21
156156 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
157157 1157); and 23
158158 ‘‘(2) a parent (including a guardian) of the 24
159159 child is— 25
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163163 ‘‘(A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 1
164164 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2
165165 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully present in 3
166166 the United States; 4
167167 ‘‘(B) an alien granted parole under section 5
168168 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 6
169169 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 7
170170 1126(a)(2)(B)); 8
171171 ‘‘(C) an alien granted temporary protected 9
172172 status under section 244 of the Immigration 10
173173 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 11
174174 ‘‘(D) an alien granted asylum under sec-12
175175 tion 208 of the Immigration and Nationality 13
176176 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 14
177177 ‘‘(E) an alien granted deferred action or 15
178178 deferred enforced departure, including pursuant 16
179179 to the memorandum of the Department of 17
180180 Homeland Security entitled ‘Exercising Pros-18
181181 ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 19
182182 Who Came to the United States as Children’ 20
183183 issued on June 15, 2012; or 21
184184 ‘‘(F) an alien granted withholding of re-22
185185 moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-23
186186 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24
187187 1231(b)(3)).’’. 25
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191191 (b) C ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1
192192 640(a)(5)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(5)(B)(i)) 2
193193 is amended by striking ‘‘immigrant, refugee,’’ and insert-3
194194 ing ‘‘refugee’’. 4
195195 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL HEALTH CARE 5
196196 BENEFITS. 6
197197 (a) L
198198 IMITINGMEDICAIDCOVERAGE OFPAROLEES 7
199199 ANDTPS ANDDACA RECIPIENTS.—Section 1903(v) of 8
200200 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended 9
201201 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 10
202202 ‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (1), an alien shall 11
203203 not be considered to be lawfully admitted for permanent 12
204204 residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United 13
205205 States under color of law if the alien is— 14
206206 ‘‘(A) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 15
207207 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
208208 Act; 17
209209 ‘‘(B) granted deferred action or deferred en-18
210210 forced departure, including pursuant to the memo-19
211211 randum of the Department of Homeland Security 20
212212 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 21
213213 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 22
214214 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 23
215215 ‘‘(C) granted asylum under section 208 of the 24
216216 Immigration and Nationality Act; 25
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220220 ‘‘(D) granted temporary protected status under 1
221221 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 2
222222 or 3
223223 ‘‘(E) granted withholding of removal under sec-4
224224 tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 5
225225 Act.’’. 6
226226 (b) L
227227 IMITINGMEDICARECOVERAGE OFPAROLEES 7
228228 ANDTPS ANDDACA RECIPIENTS.—Title XVIII of the 8
229229 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended 9
230230 by adding at the end the following new section: 10
231231 ‘‘SEC. 1899C. LIMITING MEDICARE COVERAGE OF PAROL-11
232232 EES AND TPS AND DACA RECIPIENTS. 12
233233 ‘‘(a) I
234234 NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 226, 13
235235 section 226A, section 1818(a), section 1836(a), or any 14
236236 other provision of this title, in no case may an applicable 15
237237 individual (as defined in subsection (b)) be entitled to, or 16
238238 enrolled for, benefits under this title. 17
239239 ‘‘(b) A
240240 PPLICABLEINDIVIDUALDEFINED.—In this 18
241241 section, the term ‘applicable individual’ means an alien— 19
242242 ‘‘(1) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 20
243243 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 21
244244 Act; 22
245245 ‘‘(2) granted deferred action or deferred en-23
246246 forced departure, including pursuant to the memo-24
247247 randum of the Department of Homeland Security 25
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251251 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 1
252252 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 2
253253 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 3
254254 ‘‘(3) granted asylum under section 208 of the 4
255255 Immigration and Nationality Act; 5
256256 ‘‘(4) granted temporary protected status under 6
257257 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 7
258258 or 8
259259 ‘‘(5) granted withholding of removal under sec-9
260260 tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 10
261261 Act.’’. 11
262262 (c) E
263263 LIGIBILITY FORCREDIT FORCOVERAGEUNDER 12
264264 AQUALIFIEDHEALTHPLAN.— 13
265265 (1) I
266266 N GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 14
267267 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 15
268268 amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 16
269269 provided in subparagraph (F), if’’. 17
270270 (2) D
271271 ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS .—Paragraph 18
272272 (1) of section 36B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 19
273273 of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
274274 lowing new subparagraph: 21
275275 ‘‘(F) D
276276 ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS .—The 22
277277 following shall not be treated as an applicable 23
278278 taxpayer: 24
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282282 ‘‘(i) Any alien granted asylum under 1
283283 section 208 of the Immigration and Na-2
284284 tionality Act. 3
285285 ‘‘(ii) Any alien granted parole under 4
286286 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 5
287287 Immigration and Nationality Act. 6
288288 ‘‘(iii) Any alien granted temporary 7
289289 protected status under section 244 of the 8
290290 Immigration and Nationality Act. 9
291291 ‘‘(iv) Any alien granted deferred ac-10
292292 tion or deferred enforced departure, includ-11
293293 ing pursuant to the memorandum of the 12
294294 Department of Homeland Security entitled 13
295295 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 14
296296 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 15
297297 United States as Children’ issued on June 16
298298 15, 2012. 17
299299 ‘‘(v) Any alien granted withholding of 18
300300 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-19
301301 migration and Nationality Act.’’. 20
302302 (3) C
303303 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subsection 21
304304 (e) of section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 22
305305 1986 is amended— 23
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309309 (A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 1
310310 heading and inserting ‘‘D
311311 ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-2
312312 UALS ANDINDIVIDUALS’’, and 3
313313 (B) by striking ‘‘are individuals who are 4
314314 not lawfully present’’ in paragraph (1) and in-5
315315 serting ‘‘are individuals described in subsection 6
316316 (c)(1)(F) or are not lawfully present’’. 7
317317 (4) R
318318 EQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ES -8
319319 SENTIAL COVERAGE .—Paragraph (3) of section 9
320320 5000A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 10
321321 amended— 11
322322 (A) by striking ‘‘I
323323 NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 12
324324 heading and inserting ‘‘D
325325 ISQUALIFIED INDIVID-13
326326 UALS AND INDIVIDUALS’’, and 14
327327 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de-15
328328 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F)’’ before the pe-16
329329 riod at the end. 17
330330 (5) E
331331 FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 18
332332 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-19
333333 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 20
334334 (d) E
335335 LIGIBILITY FORCOST-SHARINGREDUCTIONS 21
336336 ANDSUBSIDIES.— 22
337337 (1) I
338338 N GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 23
339339 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 24
340340 Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 25
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344344 and not described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such 1
345345 Code’’ after ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 2
346346 (2) C
347347 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Subsection 3
348348 (e) of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Af-4
349349 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended— 5
350350 (A) by striking ‘‘I
351351 NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 6
352352 heading and inserting ‘‘D
353353 ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-7
354354 UALS ANDINDIVIDUALS’’, and 8
355355 (B) by striking ‘‘is not lawfully present’’ in 9
356356 paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘is an individual 10
357357 described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Inter-11
358358 nal Revenue Code of 1986 or is not lawfully 12
359359 present’’. 13
360360 (3) P
361361 ROCEDURES.—Paragraph (1) of section 14
362362 1411(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 15
363363 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18081(a)) is amended by in-16
364364 serting ‘‘, and is not a disqualified individual under 17
365365 section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such Code’’ before the semi-18
366366 colon at the end. 19
367367 (4) F
368368 EDERAL PAYMENTS .—Subsection (d) of 20
369369 section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Afford-21
370370 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18082) is amended— 22
371371 (A) by striking ‘‘I
372372 NDIVIDUALS’’ in the 23
373373 heading and inserting ‘‘D
374374 ISQUALIFIEDINDIVID-24
375375 UALS ORINDIVIDUALS’’, and 25
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379379 (B) by striking ‘‘are not lawfully present’’ 1
380380 in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘are described 2
381381 in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue 3
382382 Code of 1986 or are not lawfully present’’. 4
383383 (5) S
384384 TATE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAMS .—Para-5
385385 graph (1) of section 1331(e) of the Patient Protec-6
386386 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051) is 7
387387 amended by inserting ‘‘, or any individual who is de-8
388388 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Rev-9
389389 enue Code of 1986’’ before the period at the end. 10
390390 (6) Q
391391 UALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph (3) 11
392392 of section 1312(f) of the Patient Protection and Af-12
393393 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(f)) is amend-13
394394 ed— 14
395395 (A) by striking ‘‘
396396 LAWFUL’’ in the heading 15
397397 and inserting ‘‘
398398 CERTAIN LAWFUL’’, and 16
399399 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de-17
400400 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal 18
401401 Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘lawfully present 19
402402 in the United States’’. 20
403403 (7) E
404404 FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 21
405405 by this subsection shall apply to years, plan years, 22
406406 and taxable years, as applicable, beginning after the 23
407407 date of the enactment of this Act. 24
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411411 (e) PROHIBITION ONFEDERALFUNDING FORFED-1
412412 ERALLYQUALIFIEDHEALTHCENTERSTHATPROVIDE 2
413413 S
414414 ERVICES TOINDIVIDUALSWHOARENOTLAWFULLY 3
415415 P
416416 RESENT IN THEUNITEDSTATES.—A Federally qualified 4
417417 health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social 5
418418 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))) that provides services 6
419419 (other than services to treat an emergency medical condi-7
420420 tion, as defined in section 1903(v)(3) of the Social Secu-8
421421 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(3))) to individuals who are 9
422422 not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligi-10
423423 ble for— 11
424424 (1) payment under— 12
425425 (A) the Medicare program under title 13
426426 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 14
427427 1395 et seq.); 15
428428 (B) the Medicaid program under title XIX 16
429429 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or 17
430430 (C) the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-18
431431 gram under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 19
432432 1397aa et seq.); 20
433433 (2) grant or any other funding under the Public 21
434434 Health Service Act, including a grant under section 22
435435 330 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254b); or 23
436436 (3) any other Federal funding. 24
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440440 SEC. 5. HOUSING. 1
441441 (a) R
442442 ESTRICTIONS ON USE OFASSISTEDHOUS-2
443443 ING.—Section 214 of the Housing and Community Devel-3
444444 opment Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended— 4
445445 (1) in subsection (a)— 5
446446 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or pur-6
447447 suant to the granting of asylum (which has not 7
448448 been terminated) under section 208 of such Act 8
449449 (8 U.S.C. 1158)’’; 9
450450 (B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 10
451451 and 11
452452 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 12
453453 (7) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 13
454454 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 14
455455 and inserting the following: 15
456456 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall not provide financial assist-16
457457 ance to a family unless the eligibility of each member of 17
458458 the family has been affirmatively established under the 18
459459 program of financial assistance and under this section.’’; 19
460460 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 20
461461 (A) by striking ‘‘shall take one of the fol-21
462462 lowing actions’’ and all that follows through 22
463463 ‘‘Defer the termination’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 23
464464 defer the termination’’; 24
465465 (B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘If, fol-25
466466 lowing completion’’; 26
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470470 (C) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 1
471471 as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and 2
472472 moving the margins 2 ems to the left; 3
473473 (D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-4
474474 nated, by striking ‘‘clause (iii), any deferral 5
475475 under this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-6
476476 paragraph (C), any deferral under this para-7
477477 graph’’; and 8
478478 (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig-9
479479 nated— 10
480480 (i) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and in-11
481481 serting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 12
482482 (ii) by striking ‘‘or an individual seek-13
483483 ing asylum under section 208 of that Act’’; 14
484484 (4) in subsection (i)— 15
485485 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at least 16
486486 the individual or one family member’’ and in-17
487487 serting ‘‘the individual or each family member’’; 18
488488 (B) in paragraph (2)— 19
489489 (i) by striking ‘‘United States Hous-20
490490 ing Act of 1937)—’’ and all that follows 21
491491 through ‘‘in carrying out subsection (d)’’ 22
492492 and inserting ‘‘United States Housing Act 23
493493 of 1937), in carrying out subsection (d)’’; 24
494494 and 25
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498498 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 1
499499 and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 2
500500 (C), respectively, and adjusting the mar-3
501501 gins accordingly; and 4
502502 (5) by adding at the end the following: 5
503503 ‘‘(j) P
504504 ROHIBITION ONELIGIBILITYGUIDELINES.— 6
505505 The applicable Secretary shall not issue any guidelines re-7
506506 lating to eligibility for financial assistance under this sec-8
507507 tion.’’. 9
508508 (b) S
509509 INGLEFAMILYHOUSINGGUARANTEEDLOAN 10
510510 P
511511 ROGRAM.—Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 11
512512 U.S.C. 1472) is amended by adding at the end the fol-12
513513 lowing: 13
514514 ‘‘(j) E
515515 LIGIBILITY.— 14
516516 ‘‘(1) I
517517 N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a 15
518518 loan under this section only to— 16
519519 ‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 17
520520 ‘‘(B) an occupant or resident of a housing 18
521521 unit that does not include— 19
522522 ‘‘(i) any alien (as defined in section 20
523523 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 21
524524 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully 22
525525 present in the United States; 23
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529529 ‘‘(ii) any alien granted asylum under 1
530530 section 208 of the Immigration and Na-2
531531 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 3
532532 ‘‘(iii) any alien granted parole under 4
533533 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 5
534534 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
535535 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 7
536536 ‘‘(iv) any alien granted temporary 8
537537 protected status under section 244 of the 9
538538 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 10
539539 1254a); 11
540540 ‘‘(v) any alien granted deferred action 12
541541 or deferred enforced departure, including 13
542542 pursuant to the memorandum of the De-14
543543 partment of Homeland Security entitled 15
544544 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 16
545545 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 17
546546 United States as Children’ issued on June 18
547547 15, 2012; and 19
548548 ‘‘(vi) any alien granted withholding of 20
549549 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-21
550550 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
551551 1231(b)(3)). 23
552552 ‘‘(2) P
553553 ROHIBITION ON ELIGIBILITY GUIDE -24
554554 LINES.—The Secretary shall not issue any guidelines 25
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558558 relating to eligibility under paragraph (1) for a loan 1
559559 under this section.’’. 2
560560 (c) R
561561 EMOVAL OFATTORNEYGENERALDISCRETION 3
562562 T
563563 OEXEMPTHOUSINGPROGRAMSFROMPRWORA.— 4
564564 Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-5
565565 tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.) 6
566566 is amended— 7
567567 (1) in section 401(b)(1)(D) (8 U.S.C. 8
568568 1611(b)(1)(D)), by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and 9
569569 intervention, and short-term shelter)’’ and inserting 10
570570 ‘‘and crisis counseling and intervention), excluding 11
571571 housing programs, services, or assistance,’’; and 12
572572 (2) in section 411(b)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1621(b)(4)), 13
573573 by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and intervention, and 14
574574 short-term shelter)’’ and inserting ‘‘and crisis coun-15
575575 seling and intervention), excluding housing pro-16
576576 grams, services, or assistance,’’ 17
577577 (d) L
578578 OW-INCOMEHOUSINGCREDITELIGIBILITY.— 18
579579 (1) I
580580 N GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 19
581581 42(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 20
582582 amended by adding at the end the following new 21
583583 subparagraph: 22
584584 ‘‘(E) D
585585 ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— 23
586586 ‘‘(i) I
587587 N GENERAL.—A unit shall not 24
588588 be treated as a low-income unit if such 25
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592592 unit is occupied by any disqualified indi-1
593593 vidual. 2
594594 ‘‘(ii) D
595595 ISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL .— 3
596596 The term ‘disqualified individual’ means— 4
597597 ‘‘(I) any alien (as defined in sec-5
598598 tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 6
599599 Nationality Act) who is unlawfully 7
600600 present in the United States, 8
601601 ‘‘(II) any alien granted asylum 9
602602 under section 208 of the Immigration 10
603603 and Nationality Act, 11
604604 ‘‘(III) any alien granted parole 12
605605 under section 212(d)(5) or 13
606606 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 14
607607 Nationality Act, 15
608608 ‘‘(IV) any alien granted tem-16
609609 porary protected status under section 17
610610 244 of the Immigration and Nation-18
611611 ality Act, 19
612612 ‘‘(V) any alien granted deferred 20
613613 action or deferred enforced departure, 21
614614 including pursuant to the memo-22
615615 randum of the Department of Home-23
616616 land Security entitled ‘Exercising 24
617617 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 25
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621621 to Individuals Who Came to the 1
622622 United States as Children’ issued on 2
623623 June 15, 2012, and 3
624624 ‘‘(VI) any alien granted with-4
625625 holding of removal under section 5
626626 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-6
627627 tionality Act.’’. 7
628628 (2) E
629629 FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 8
630630 by this subsection shall apply to all determinations 9
631631 made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10
632632 SEC. 6. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD TAX 11
633633 CREDIT AND EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT; 12
634634 PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEM-13
635635 PORARY RULES FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. 14
636636 (a) C
637637 HILDTAXCREDIT.—Section 24 of the Internal 15
638638 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 16
639639 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 17
640640 inserting ‘‘$2,000’’, 18
641641 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subpara-19
642642 graphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following: 20
643643 ‘‘(A) $400,000 in the case of a joint re-21
644644 turn, and 22
645645 ‘‘(B) $200,000 in any other case.’’, 23
646646 (3) in subsection (d)— 24
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650650 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 1
651651 ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’, and 2
652652 (B) by adding at the end the following: 3
653653 ‘‘(4) M
654654 AXIMUM AMOUNT OF REFUNDABLE 4
655655 CREDIT.— 5
656656 ‘‘(A) I
657657 N GENERAL.—The amount deter-6
658658 mined under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 7
659659 any qualifying child shall not exceed $1,700, 8
660660 and such paragraph shall be applied without re-9
661661 gard to subsection (h). 10
662662 ‘‘(B) A
663663 DJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION .— 11
664664 ‘‘(i) I
665665 N GENERAL.—In the case of a 12
666666 taxable year beginning after 2024, the 13
667667 $1,700 amount in subparagraph (A) shall 14
668668 be increased by an amount equal to— 15
669669 ‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-16
670670 plied by 17
671671 ‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-18
672672 ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 19
673673 for the calendar year in which the tax-20
674674 able year begins, determined by sub-21
675675 stituting ‘2023’ for ‘2016’ in subpara-22
676676 graph (A)(ii) thereof. 23
677677 ‘‘(ii) R
678678 OUNDING.—If any increase 24
679679 under this subparagraph is not a multiple 25
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683683 of $100, such increase shall be rounded to 1
684684 the next lowest multiple of $100.’’, 2
685685 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 3
686686 following: 4
687687 ‘‘(e) A
688688 DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.— 5
689689 ‘‘(1) I
690690 DENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS .—No 6
691691 credit shall be allowed under this section to a tax-7
692692 payer who does not include on the return of tax for 8
693693 the taxable year— 9
694694 ‘‘(A) the social security number of the tax-10
695695 payer (and, in the case of a joint return, the so-11
696696 cial security number of the taxpayer’s spouse), 12
697697 ‘‘(B) with respect to any qualifying child, 13
698698 the name and the social security number of 14
699699 such qualifying child, and 15
700700 ‘‘(C) for purposes of subsection (h), with 16
701701 respect to any dependent of the taxpayer, the 17
702702 name and the social security number of such 18
703703 dependent. 19
704704 ‘‘(2) S
705705 OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED .— 20
706706 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se-21
707707 curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 22
708708 tax, a social security number issued to an individual 23
709709 by the Social Security Administration, but only if 24
710710 the social security number is issued— 25
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714714 ‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 1
715715 pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 2
716716 subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 3
717717 section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 4
718718 Act, and 5
719719 ‘‘(B) before the due date for filing such re-6
720720 turn for the taxable year. 7
721721 ‘‘(3) C
722722 ITIZENSHIP AND LAWFUL PRESENCE RE -8
723723 QUIREMENTS.— 9
724724 ‘‘(A) I
725725 N GENERAL.—No credit shall be al-10
726726 lowed under this section to a taxpayer unless— 11
727727 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer (and, in the case of 12
728728 a joint return, the taxpayer’s spouse) sat-13
729729 isfy the requirements under subparagraph 14
730730 (B), 15
731731 ‘‘(ii) with respect to any qualifying 16
732732 child, such child satisfies the requirements 17
733733 under subparagraph (B), and 18
734734 ‘‘(iii) with respect to any dependent 19
735735 described in subsection (h), such dependent 20
736736 satisfies the requirements under subpara-21
737737 graph (B). 22
738738 ‘‘(B) R
739739 EQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 23
740740 described in this subparagraph are that the in-24
741741 dividual— 25
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745745 ‘‘(i) shall be a citizen of the United 1
746746 States or an alien lawfully present in the 2
747747 United States, and 3
748748 ‘‘(ii) may not be— 4
749749 ‘‘(I) an alien granted asylum 5
750750 under section 208 of the Immigration 6
751751 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), 7
752752 ‘‘(II) an alien granted parole 8
753753 under section 212(d)(5) or 9
754754 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 10
755755 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 11
756756 1126(a)(2)(B)), 12
757757 ‘‘(III) an alien granted tem-13
758758 porary protected status under section 14
759759 244 of the Immigration and Nation-15
760760 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), 16
761761 ‘‘(IV) an alien granted with-17
762762 holding of removal under section 18
763763 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-19
764764 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)), 20
765765 ‘‘(V) any nonimmigrant described 21
766766 in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigra-22
767767 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 23
768768 1101(a)(15)), 24
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772772 ‘‘(VI) any alien granted deferred 1
773773 action or deferred enforced departure, 2
774774 including pursuant to the memo-3
775775 randum of the Department of Home-4
776776 land Security entitled ‘Exercising 5
777777 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 6
778778 to Individuals Who Came to the 7
779779 United States as Children’ issued on 8
780780 June 15, 2012, or 9
781781 ‘‘(VII) an alien who has been 10
782782 issued an employment-based immi-11
783783 grant visa described in section 203(b) 12
784784 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)).’’, and 13
785785 (5) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 14
786786 following: 15
787787 ‘‘(h) P
788788 ARTIALCREDITALLOWED FOR CERTAIN 16
789789 O
790790 THERDEPENDENTS.— 17
791791 ‘‘(1) I
792792 N GENERAL.—The credit determined 18
793793 under subsection (a) shall be increased by $500 for 19
794794 each dependent of the taxpayer (as defined in sec-20
795795 tion 152) other than a qualifying child described in 21
796796 subsection (c). 22
797797 ‘‘(2) E
798798 XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN NONCITIZENS .— 23
799799 Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any 24
800800 individual who would not be a dependent if subpara-25
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804804 graph (A) of section 152(b)(3) were applied without 1
805805 regard to all that follows ‘resident of the United 2
806806 States’.’’. 3
807807 (b) E
808808 ARNEDINCOMETAXCREDIT.—Section 32 of 4
809809 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by insert-5
810810 ing after subsection (f) the following new subsection: 6
811811 ‘‘(g) C
812812 ITIZENSHIP AND LAWFULPRESENCERE-7
813813 QUIREMENTS.—No credit shall be allowed under this sec-8
814814 tion to an eligible individual unless— 9
815815 ‘‘(1) the individual (and, in the case of a joint 10
816816 return, the individual’s spouse) satisfy the require-11
817817 ments described in section 24(e)(3)(B), and 12
818818 ‘‘(2) with respect to any qualifying child, such 13
819819 child satisfies the requirements under such section.’’. 14
820820 (c) C
821821 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 15
822822 6213(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 16
823823 amended— 17
824824 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘TIN’’ and 18
825825 inserting ‘‘social security number’’, and 19
826826 (2) by striking subparagraph (L) and inserting 20
827827 the following: 21
828828 ‘‘(L) the inclusion on a return of a TIN re-22
829829 quired to be included on the return under sec-23
830830 tion 21, 6428, or 6428A, or the inclusion on a 24
831831 return of a social security number required to 25
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835835 be included on the return under section 24 or 1
836836 32, if— 2
837837 ‘‘(i) such TIN or social security num-3
838838 ber, as applicable, is of an individual whose 4
839839 age affects the amount of the credit under 5
840840 such section, and 6
841841 ‘‘(ii) the computation of the credit on 7
842842 the return reflects the treatment of such 8
843843 individual as being of an age different 9
844844 from the individual’s age based on such 10
845845 TIN or social security number, as applica-11
846846 ble,’’. 12
847847 (d) E
848848 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13
849849 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 14
850850 December 31, 2024. 15
851851 SEC. 7. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PRO-16
852852 HIBITIONS. 17
853853 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-18
854854 agement Agency shall not use amounts available to the 19
855855 Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose 20
856856 of— 21
857857 (1) sheltering and related activities provided by 22
858858 non-Federal entities, including facility improvements 23
859859 and construction, in support of relieving over-24
860860 crowding in short-term holding facilities of U.S. 25
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864864 Customs and Border Protection, including the Shel-1
865865 ter and Services Program and any other substan-2
866866 tially similar program; 3
867867 (2) the emergency food and shelter program 4
868868 under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-5
869869 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) for the pur-6
870870 poses of providing shelter and other services to fami-7
871871 lies and individuals encountered by the Department 8
872872 of Homeland Security, including humanitarian relief 9
873873 awards under the emergency food and shelter pro-10
874874 gram and any other substantially similar program; 11
875875 or 12
876876 (3) carrying out any program of the Federal 13
877877 Emergency Management Agency that provides as-14
878878 sistance to— 15
879879 (A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 16
880880 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17
881881 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in 18
882882 the United States; 19
883883 (B) an alien granted parole under section 20
884884 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 21
885885 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 22
886886 1226(a)(2)(B)); 23
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890890 (C) an alien granted asylum under section 1
891891 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2
892892 U.S.C. 1158); 3
893893 (D) an alien granted temporary protected 4
894894 status under section 244 of the Immigration 5
895895 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 6
896896 (E) an alien granted deferred action or de-7
897897 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant 8
898898 to the memorandum of the Department of 9
899899 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Pros-10
900900 ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 11
901901 Who Came to the United States as Children’’ 12
902902 issued on June 15, 2012; or 13
903903 (F) an alien granted withholding of re-14
904904 moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-15
905905 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)). 16
906906 SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSECONDARY FINANCIAL AS-17
907907 SISTANCE BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. 18
908908 Section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 19
909909 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5)) is amended to read as fol-20
910910 lows: 21
911911 ‘‘(5) be a citizen, national, or permanent resi-22
912912 dent of the United States; and’’. 23
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916916 SEC. 9. REDUCING ESEA FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY JURIS-1
917917 DICTIONS. 2
918918 Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 3
919919 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 4
920920 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
921921 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JU-6
922922 RISDICTIONS. 7
923923 ‘‘(a) F
924924 UNDINGREDUCTIONS FORSANCTUARYJURIS-8
925925 DICTIONS.— 9
926926 ‘‘(1) I
927927 N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 10
928928 provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 11
929929 a fiscal year that a State or political subdivision of 12
930930 a State is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the Secretary 13
931931 shall reduce the allotment or grant that is otherwise 14
932932 authorized under any provision of this Act for the 15
933933 State educational agency of such State or for the eli-16
934934 gible entity of such political subdivision, as applica-17
935935 ble, by 50 percent for such fiscal year. 18
936936 ‘‘(2) R
937937 EALLOTMENT.—In any case in which the 19
938938 Secretary reduces an allotment or grant to a State 20
939939 educational agency or eligible entity under para-21
940940 graph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 22
941941 reallot an amount for such fiscal year equal to such 23
942942 reduction to the remaining State educational agen-24
943943 cies of States that are not sanctuary jurisdictions or 25
944944 eligible entities of political subdivisions that are not 26
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948948 sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance with the appli-1
949949 cable requirements of that allotment or grant. 2
950950 ‘‘(b) S
951951 UBGRANTS.— 3
952952 ‘‘(1) I
953953 N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 4
954954 provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 5
955955 a fiscal year that a political subdivision of a State 6
956956 is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the State educational 7
957957 agency shall reduce the subgrant amount otherwise 8
958958 authorized under this Act for an eligible entity of 9
959959 such sanctuary jurisdiction by 50 percent for such 10
960960 fiscal year. 11
961961 ‘‘(2) R
962962 EALLOTMENT.—In any case in which a 12
963963 State educational agency reduces a subgrant to an 13
964964 eligible entity under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 14
965965 the State educational agency shall reallocate an 15
966966 amount for such fiscal year equal to such reduction 16
967967 to eligible entities of the State that are not eligible 17
968968 entities of sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance 18
969969 with the applicable requirements of that subgrant. 19
970970 ‘‘(c) S
971971 ANCTUARYJURISDICTION.—The term ‘sanc-20
972972 tuary jurisdiction’ means a State or a political subdivision 21
973973 of a State, including a city, county, township, school dis-22
974974 trict, or other political subdivision, with laws, ordinances, 23
975975 regulations, directives, policies, or practices that obstruct 24
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979979 Federal and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing 1
980980 Federal immigration law, including— 2
981981 ‘‘(1) prohibiting employees from sending, receiv-3
982982 ing, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, 4
983983 State, or local government entity, information re-5
984984 garding the citizenship or the lawful or unlawful im-6
985985 migration status of any individual; or 7
986986 ‘‘(2) denying a request lawfully made by the 8
987987 Department of Homeland Security under section 9
988988 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 10
989989 16 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a de-11
990990 tainer for, or notify about the release of, an indi-12
991991 vidual.’’. 13
992992 SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND 14
993993 OTHER SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HAITIAN IM-15
994994 MIGRANTS. 16
995995 (a) I
996996 NGENERAL.—Section 501 of the Refugee Edu-17
997997 cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is 18
998998 amended— 19
999999 (1) by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ 20
10001000 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Cuban 21
10011001 entrants’’; and 22
10021002 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Cuban or 23
10031003 Haitian entrants’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrants’’; 24
10041004 (3) in subsection (e)— 25
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10081008 (A) in the matter preceeding paragraph 1
10091009 (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrant’’ 2
10101010 and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrant’’; 3
10111011 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban/ 4
10121012 Haitian Entrant’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban En-5
10131013 trant’’; 6
10141014 (C) by striking ‘‘or Haiti’’ each place such 7
10151015 term appears. 8
10161016 (b) C
10171017 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 9
10181018 (1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Op-10
10191019 portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 11
10201020 104–193) is amended by striking ‘‘Cuban and Hai-12
10211021 tian entrant’’ each place it appears and inserting 13
10221022 ‘‘Cuban entrant’’. 14
10231023 (2) Section 1611(c)(5) of the Social Security 15
10241024 Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(5)) is amended by striking 16
10251025 ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ and inserting 17
10261026 ‘‘Cuban entrants’’. 18
10271027 SEC. 11. PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL BEN-19
10281028 EFIT PROGRAMS UNTIL A SATISFACTORY IM-20
10291029 MIGRATION STATUS IS VERIFIED. 21
10301030 Section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22
10311031 1320b–7(d)) is amended— 23
10321032 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the Immi-24
10331033 gration and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting 25
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10371037 ‘‘the Department of Homeland Security or the De-1
10381038 partment of Justice, as applicable,’’; 2
10391039 (2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 3
10401040 subparagraph (A)— 4
10411041 (A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat-5
10421042 uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-6
10431043 ment of Homeland Security’’; and 7
10441044 (B) by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 8
10451045 ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 9
10461046 (3) in paragraph (4)— 10
10471047 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 11
10481048 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, not to 12
10491049 exceed 30 days,’’ after ‘‘reasonable oppor-13
10501050 tunity’’; 14
10511051 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘may 15
10521052 not’’ and all that follows through the pe-16
10531053 riod and inserting the following: ‘‘shall not 17
10541054 provide benefits under the program to the 18
10551055 individual until the State is provided evi-19
10561056 dence indicating the individual’s satisfac-20
10571057 tory immigration status and the State has 21
10581058 received information from the Secretary of 22
10591059 Homeland Security verifying the individ-23
10601060 ual’s legal immigration status pursuant to 24
10611061 subparagraph (B).’’; and 25
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10641064 •S 62 IS
10651065 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 1
10661066 (i) in clause (i)— 2
10671067 (I) by striking ‘‘the Immigration 3
10681068 and Naturalization Service’’ each 4
10691069 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 5
10701070 Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 6
10711071 (II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 7
10721072 end; 8
10731073 (ii) by striking clause (ii); 9
10741074 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 10
10751075 clause (ii); and 11
10761076 (iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 12
10771077 by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 13
10781078 ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 14
10791079 and 15
10801080 (4) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘or termi-16
10811081 nate’’. 17
10821082 SEC. 12. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR WIC AND 18
10831083 SCHOOL MEALS. 19
10841084 (a) WIC.—Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act 20
10851085 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended by adding at the 21
10861086 end the following: 22
10871087 ‘‘(4) C
10881088 ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS .—An infant 23
10891089 or a child shall be considered ineligible for the pro-24
10901090 gram under this section if— 25
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10931093 •S 62 IS
10941094 ‘‘(A) the infant or child is not— 1
10951095 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 2
10961096 ‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 3
10971097 United States as a refugee under section 4
10981098 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 5
10991099 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 6
11001100 ‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 7
11011101 the infant or child is— 8
11021102 ‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 9
11031103 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 10
11041104 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 11
11051105 present in the United States; 12
11061106 ‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 13
11071107 section 208 of the Immigration and Na-14
11081108 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 15
11091109 ‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 16
11101110 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 17
11111111 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18
11121112 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 19
11131113 ‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro-20
11141114 tected status under section 244 of the Im-21
11151115 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
11161116 1254a); 23
11171117 ‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 24
11181118 or deferred enforced departure, including 25
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11221122 pursuant to the memorandum of the De-1
11231123 partment of Homeland Security entitled 2
11241124 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 3
11251125 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 4
11261126 United States as Children’ issued on June 5
11271127 15, 2012; or 6
11281128 ‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 7
11291129 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-8
11301130 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9
11311131 1231(b)(3)).’’. 10
11321132 (b) S
11331133 CHOOLMEALS.—Section 9(b) of the Richard B. 11
11341134 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) 12
11351135 is amended by adding at the end the following: 13
11361136 ‘‘(16) C
11371137 ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS .—A child 14
11381138 shall be considered ineligible for free or reduced 15
11391139 price lunch under this Act and free or reduced price 16
11401140 breakfast under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 17
11411141 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) if— 18
11421142 ‘‘(A) the child is not— 19
11431143 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 20
11441144 ‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 21
11451145 United States as a refugee under section 22
11461146 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 23
11471147 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 24
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11501150 •S 62 IS
11511151 ‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 1
11521152 the child is— 2
11531153 ‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 3
11541154 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 4
11551155 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 5
11561156 present in the United States; 6
11571157 ‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 7
11581158 section 208 of the Immigration and Na-8
11591159 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 9
11601160 ‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 10
11611161 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 11
11621162 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 12
11631163 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 13
11641164 ‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro-14
11651165 tected status under section 244 of the Im-15
11661166 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
11671167 1254a); 17
11681168 ‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 18
11691169 or deferred enforced departure, including 19
11701170 pursuant to the memorandum of the De-20
11711171 partment of Homeland Security entitled 21
11721172 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 22
11731173 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 23
11741174 United States as Children’ issued on June 24
11751175 15, 2012; or 25
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11791179 ‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 1
11801180 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im-2
11811181 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3
11821182 1231(b)(3)).’’. 4
11831183 SEC. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOP-5
11841184 MENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND FEDERAL 6
11851185 FUNDING BY TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. 7
11861186 (a) R
11871187 ESTRICTION ONCDBG FUNDING.—Section 105 8
11881188 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 9
11891189 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the 10
11901190 following: 11
11911191 ‘‘(i) P
11921192 ROHIBITION ON MONETARYCONTRIBUTIONS 12
11931193 ORIN-KINDGOODS ORSERVICES FORNON-CITIZENS.— 13
11941194 A recipient of a grant under this title may not use any 14
11951195 grant funds to provide monetary contributions or in-kind 15
11961196 goods or services to— 16
11971197 ‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 17
11981198 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18
11991199 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in the United 19
12001200 States; 20
12011201 ‘‘(2) any alien paroled into the United States 21
12021202 under section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Im-22
12031203 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 23
12041204 1226(a)(2)(B)); 24
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12081208 ‘‘(3) any alien granted asylum under section 1
12091209 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 2
12101210 U.S.C. 1158); 3
12111211 ‘‘(4) any alien granted temporary protected sta-4
12121212 tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na-5
12131213 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 6
12141214 ‘‘(5) any alien granted deferred action or de-7
12151215 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 8
12161216 memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu-9
12171217 rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 10
12181218 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 11
12191219 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; or 12
12201220 ‘‘(6) any alien granted withholding of removal 13
12211221 under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-14
12221222 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)).’’. 15
12231223 (b) R
12241224 ESTRICTION ONUSE OFFEDERALFUNDING BY 16
12251225 T
12261226 AX-EXEMPTORGANIZATIONS.— 17
12271227 (1) I
12281228 N GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal 18
12291229 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 19
12301230 end the following new subsection: 20
12311231 ‘‘(s) P
12321232 ROHIBITION OFSUPPORT TOCERTAINNON- 21
12331233 CITIZENS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), an organiza-22
12341234 tion which is described in subsection (c)(3) shall not be 23
12351235 exempt from taxation under subsection (a) for any taxable 24
12361236 year if, at any time during such taxable year, such organi-25
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12391239 •S 62 IS
12401240 zation uses any Federal grant, appropriation, or other 1
12411241 Federal funding to provide monetary support, services, or 2
12421242 in-kind contributions to— 3
12431243 ‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 4
12441244 the Immigration and Nationality Act) who is unlaw-5
12451245 fully present in the United States, 6
12461246 ‘‘(2) any alien granted parole under section 7
12471247 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 8
12481248 Nationality Act, 9
12491249 ‘‘(3) any alien granted temporary protected sta-10
12501250 tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na-11
12511251 tionality Act, 12
12521252 ‘‘(4) any alien granted deferred action or de-13
12531253 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 14
12541254 memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu-15
12551255 rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 16
12561256 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 17
12571257 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012, or 18
12581258 ‘‘(5) any alien granted withholding of removal 19
12591259 under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na-20
12601260 tionality Act.’’. 21
12611261 (2) E
12621262 FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 22
12631263 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-23
12641264 ning after December 31, 2024. 24
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12681268 SEC. 14. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE. 1
12691269 The head of each appropriate agency shall promul-2
12701270 gate such rulemaking and guidance as may be required 3
12711271 to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 4
12721272 Act. 5
12731273 Æ
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