118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
August 25, 2023
Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Donalds, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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,
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) 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)).