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Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5283

AN ACT

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition on providing housing to specified aliens.

(a) In general.—No Federal funds may be used to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies, including through leases, contracts, or agreements.

(b) Revocation of Lease.—The lease between the United States of America/United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service and the City of New York for the Premises known as Portions of Floyd Bennett Field, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (NPS Lease# L–GATE912–2023, Commencement Date - September 15, 2023) is hereby revoked.

(c) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—The term “Federal land management agencies” means the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service.

(2) HOUSING.—The term “housing” means a temporary or permanent encampment used for the primary purpose of sheltering specified aliens.

(3) SPECIFIED ALIEN.—The term “specified alien” means an alien who has not been admitted, as such terms are defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).

SEC. 3. Report.

(a) In general.—The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report that includes—

(1) the number of specified aliens that have been provided housing on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies; and

(2) information regarding the countries of origin of such specified aliens.

(b) Definition.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1) the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.

Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 2023.

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118th CONGRESS
     1st Session
H. R. 5283
AN ACT
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies.