II 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5576 

To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain immigrants, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Mr. LEE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To limit eligibility for Federal benefits for certain 

immigrants, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘America First Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Adjusting eligibility of certain non-citizens for Federal public benefits 

under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. 

Sec. 3. Verification of citizenship by Head Start agencies. 

Sec. 4. Eligibility for certain Federal health care benefits. 

Sec. 5. Housing. 


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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 Haitian immigrants. 

Sec. 11. Prohibiting participation in Federal benefit programs until a satisfactory 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. 

1 SEC. 2. ADJUSTING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NON-CITI2 ZENS FOR FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS 

3 UNDER THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 

4 WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT. 

5 (a) NARROWING SCOPE OF FEDERAL PUBLIC BENE6 FITS FOR WHICH NON-QUALIFIED ALIENS ARE ELIGIBLE

7 UNDER PRWORA.—Section 401(b)(1) of the Personal 

8 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 

9 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b)(1)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subparagraphs (B), (D), and 

11 (E); and 

12 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub13 paragraph (B). 

14 (b) NARROWING THE DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED

15 ALIEN UNDER PRWORA.— 

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1 onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is 

2 amended— 

3 (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), and 

4 (5); and 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (6), 

6 (7), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 

7 (5), respectively. 

8 (2) EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS PAROLED INTO

9 THE UNITED STATES FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR.—Sec10 tion 411(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 

11 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

12 1621(a)) is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the 

14 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

16 the end; and 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (3). 

18 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (A) Section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal 

20 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili21 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)) is 

22 amended— 

23 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

24 striking ‘‘AND ASYLEES’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); 

2 and 

3 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iv) and 

4 (v) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively. 

5 (B) Section 403(b)(1) of the Personal Re6 sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili7 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(1)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik10 ing ‘‘AND ASYLEES’’; 

11 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 

12 (C); and 

13 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

14 (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and 

15 (C), respectively. 

16 (C) Section 412 of the Personal Responsi17 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 

18 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1622) is amended— 

19 (i) in subsection (a)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘, a non21 immigrant’’ and inserting ‘‘or a non22 immigrant’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘, or an alien 

24 who is paroled into the United States 


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1 under section 212(d)(5) of such Act 

2 for less than one year’’; and 

3 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)— 

4 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

5 striking ‘‘AND ASYLEES’’; 

6 (II) by striking subparagraphs 

7 (B) and (C); and 

8 (III) by redesignating subpara9 graphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs 

10 (B) and (C), respectively. 

11 SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP BY HEAD START 

12 AGENCIES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 645 of the Head Start 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended by adding at the end 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(e) A child shall be considered ineligible for a Head 

17 Start program if— 

18 ‘‘(1) the child is not— 

19 ‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 

20 ‘‘(B) an alien who is admitted to the 

21 United States as a refugee under section 207 of 

22 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1157); and 

24 ‘‘(2) a parent (including a guardian) of the 

25 child is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 

2 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

3 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully present in 

4 the United States; 

5 ‘‘(B) an alien granted parole under section 

6 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 

7 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 

8 1126(a)(2)(B)); 

9 ‘‘(C) an alien granted temporary protected 

10 status under section 244 of the Immigration 

11 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 

12 ‘‘(D) an alien granted asylum under sec13 tion 208 of the Immigration and Nationality 

14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 

15 ‘‘(E) an alien granted deferred action or 

16 deferred enforced departure, including pursuant 

17 to the memorandum of the Department of 

18 Homeland Security entitled ‘Exercising Pros19 ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 

20 Who Came to the United States as Children’ 

21 issued on June 15, 2012; or 

22 ‘‘(F) an alien granted withholding of re23 moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra24 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

25 1231(b)(3)).’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 640(a)(5)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(5)(B)(i)) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘immigrant, refugee,’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘refugee’’. 

5 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL HEALTH CARE 

6 BENEFITS. 

7 (a) LIMITING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF PAROLEES

8 AND TPS AND DACA RECIPIENTS.—Section 1903(v) of 

9 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (1), an alien shall 

12 not be considered to be lawfully admitted for permanent 

13 residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United 

14 States under color of law if the alien is— 

15 ‘‘(A) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 

16 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

17 Act; 

18 ‘‘(B) granted deferred action or deferred en19 forced departure, including pursuant to the memo20 randum of the Department of Homeland Security 

21 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 

22 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 

23 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 

24 ‘‘(C) granted asylum under section 208 of the 

25 Immigration and Nationality Act; 


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1 ‘‘(D) granted temporary protected status under 

2 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(E) granted withholding of removal under sec5 tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act.’’. 

7 (b) LIMITING MEDICARE COVERAGE OF PAROLEES

8 AND TPS AND DACA RECIPIENTS.—Title XVIII of the 

9 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1899C. LIMITING MEDICARE COVERAGE OF PAROL12 EES AND TPS AND DACA RECIPIENTS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 226, 

14 section 226A, section 1818(a), section 1836(a), or any 

15 other provision of this title, in no case may an applicable 

16 individual (as defined in subsection (b)) be entitled to, or 

17 enrolled for, benefits under this title. 

18 ‘‘(b) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this 

19 section, the term ‘applicable individual’ means an alien— 

20 ‘‘(1) granted parole under section 212(d)(5) or 

21 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

22 Act; 

23 ‘‘(2) granted deferred action or deferred en24 forced departure, including pursuant to the memo25 randum of the Department of Homeland Security 


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1 entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 

2 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 

3 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; 

4 ‘‘(3) granted asylum under section 208 of the 

5 Immigration and Nationality Act; 

6 ‘‘(4) granted temporary protected status under 

7 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(5) granted withholding of removal under sec10 tion 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act.’’. 

12 (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR CREDIT FOR COVERAGE UNDER

13 A QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

15 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 

17 provided in subparagraph (F), if’’. 

18 (2) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph 

19 (1) of section 36B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 

20 of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(F) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—The 

23 following shall not be treated as an applicable 

24 taxpayer: 


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1 ‘‘(i) Any alien granted asylum under 

2 section 208 of the Immigration and Na3 tionality Act. 

4 ‘‘(ii) Any alien granted parole under 

5 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act. 

7 ‘‘(iii) Any alien granted temporary 

8 protected status under section 244 of the 

9 Immigration and Nationality Act. 

10 ‘‘(iv) Any alien granted deferred ac11 tion or deferred enforced departure, includ12 ing pursuant to the memorandum of the 

13 Department of Homeland Security entitled 

14 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 

15 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

16 United States as Children’ issued on June 

17 15, 2012. 

18 ‘‘(v) Any alien granted withholding of 

19 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im20 migration and Nationality Act.’’. 

21 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection 

22 (e) of section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 

23 1986 is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 

2 heading and inserting ‘‘DISQUALIFIED INDIVID3 UALS AND INDIVIDUALS’’, and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘are individuals who are 

5 not lawfully present’’ in paragraph (1) and in6 serting ‘‘are individuals described in subsection 

7 (c)(1)(F) or are not lawfully present’’. 

8 (4) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ES9 SENTIAL COVERAGE.—Paragraph (3) of section 

10 5000A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 

13 heading and inserting ‘‘DISQUALIFIED INDIVID14 UALS AND INDIVIDUALS’’, and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de16 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F)’’ before the pe17 riod at the end. 

18 (5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

19 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin20 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (d) ELIGIBILITY FOR COST-SHARING REDUCTIONS

22 AND SUBSIDIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 

24 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 


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1 and not described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such 

2 Code’’ after ‘‘the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection 

4 (e) of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Af5 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 

7 heading and inserting ‘‘DISQUALIFIED INDIVID8 UALS AND INDIVIDUALS’’, and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘is not lawfully present’’ in 

10 paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘is an individual 

11 described in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986 or is not lawfully 

13 present’’. 

14 (3) PROCEDURES.—Paragraph (1) of section 

15 1411(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

16 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18081(a)) is amended by in17 serting ‘‘, and is not a disqualified individual under 

18 section 36B(c)(1)(F) of such Code’’ before the semi19 colon at the end. 

20 (4) FEDERAL PAYMENTS.—Subsection (d) of 

21 section 1412 of the Patient Protection and Afford22 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18082) is amended— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘INDIVIDUALS’’ in the 

24 heading and inserting ‘‘DISQUALIFIED INDIVID25 UALS OR INDIVIDUALS’’, and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘are not lawfully present’’ 

2 in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘are described 

3 in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue 

4 Code of 1986 or are not lawfully present’’. 

5 (5) STATE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAMS.—Para6 graph (1) of section 1331(e) of the Patient Protec7 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051) is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘, or any individual who is de9 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal Rev10 enue Code of 1986’’ before the period at the end. 

11 (6) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph (3) 

12 of section 1312(f) of the Patient Protection and Af13 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(f)) is amend14 ed— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘LAWFUL’’ in the heading 

16 and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN LAWFUL’’, and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or is an individual de18 scribed in section 36B(c)(1)(F) of the Internal 

19 Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘lawfully present 

20 in the United States’’. 

21 (7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

22 by this subsection shall apply to years, plan years, 

23 and taxable years, as applicable, beginning after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (e) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FED2 ERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS THAT PROVIDE

3 SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT LAWFULLY

4 PRESENT IN UNITED STATES.—A Federally qualified 

5 health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))) that provides services 

7 (other than services to treat an emergency medical condi8 tion, as defined in section 1903(v)(3) of the Social Secu9 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(3))) to individuals who are 

10 not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligi11 ble for— 

12 (1) payment under— 

13 (A) the Medicare program under title 

14 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 1395 et seq.); 

16 (B) the Medicaid program under title XIX 

17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or 

18 (C) the Children’s Health Insurance Pro19 gram under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1397aa et seq.); 

21 (2) grant or any other funding under the Public 

22 Health Service Act, including a grant under section 

23 330 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254b); or 

24 (3) any other Federal funding. 


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1 SEC. 5. HOUSING. 

2 (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF ASSISTED HOUS3 ING.—Section 214 of the Housing and Community Devel4 opment Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or pur7 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 assist17 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 fol22 lowing actions’’ and all that follows through 

23 ‘‘Defer the termination’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

24 defer the termination’’; 

25 (B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘If, fol26 lowing completion’’; 


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1 (C) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 

2 as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and 

3 moving the margins 2 ems to the left; 

4 (D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig5 nated, by striking ‘‘clause (iii), any deferral 

6 under this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘sub7 paragraph (C), any deferral under this para8 graph’’; and 

9 (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig10 nated— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘or an individual seek14 ing asylum under section 208 of that Act’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (i)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at least 

17 the individual or one family member’’ and in18 serting ‘‘the individual or each family member’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘United States Hous21 ing Act of 1937)—’’ and all that follows 

22 through ‘‘in carrying out subsection (d)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘United States Housing Act 

24 of 1937), in carrying out subsection (d)’’; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 

2 and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

3 (C), respectively, and adjusting the mar4 gins accordingly; and 

5 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(j) PROHIBITION ON ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.— 

7 The applicable Secretary shall not issue any guidelines re8 lating to eligibility for financial assistance under this sec9 tion.’’. 

10 (b) SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING GUARANTEED LOAN

11 PROGRAM.—Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

12 U.S.C. 1472) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(j) ELIGIBILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make a 

16 loan under this section only to— 

17 ‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; or 

18 ‘‘(B) an occupant or resident of a housing 

19 unit that does not include— 

20 ‘‘(i) any alien (as defined in section 

21 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

22 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully 

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1 ‘‘(ii) any alien granted asylum under 

2 section 208 of the Immigration and Na3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 

4 ‘‘(iii) any alien granted parole under 

5 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 

8 ‘‘(iv) any alien granted temporary 

9 protected status under section 244 of the 

10 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

11 1254a); 

12 ‘‘(v) any alien granted deferred action 

13 or deferred enforced departure, including 

14 pursuant to the memorandum of the De15 partment 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; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) any alien granted withholding of 

21 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im22 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1231(b)(3)). 

24 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON ELIGIBILITY GUIDE25 LINES.—The Secretary shall not issue any guidelines 


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1 relating to eligibility under paragraph (1) for a loan 

2 under this section.’’. 

3 (c) REMOVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETION

4 TO EXEMPT HOUSING PROGRAMS FROM PRWORA.— 

5 Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor6 tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in section 401(b)(1)(D) (8 U.S.C. 

9 1611(b)(1)(D)), by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and 

10 intervention, and short-term shelter)’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘and crisis counseling and intervention), excluding 

12 housing programs, services, or assistance,’’; and 

13 (2) in section 411(b)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1621(b)(4)), 

14 by striking ‘‘, crisis counseling and intervention, and 

15 short-term shelter)’’ and inserting ‘‘and crisis coun16 seling and intervention), excluding housing pro17 grams, services, or assistance,’’ 

18 (d) LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT ELIGIBILITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 

20 42(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following new 

22 subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(E) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A unit shall not 

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1 unit is occupied by any disqualified indi2 vidual. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.— 

4 The term ‘disqualified individual’ means— 

5 ‘‘(I) any alien (as defined in sec6 tion 101(a) of the Immigration and 

7 Nationality Act) who is unlawfully 

8 present in the United States, 

9 ‘‘(II) any alien granted asylum 

10 under section 208 of the Immigration 

11 and Nationality Act, 

12 ‘‘(III) any alien granted parole 

13 under section 212(d)(5) or 

14 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 

15 Nationality Act, 

16 ‘‘(IV) any alien granted tem17 porary protected status under section 

18 244 of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act, 

20 ‘‘(V) any alien granted deferred 

21 action or deferred enforced departure, 

22 including pursuant to the memo23 randum of the Department of Home24 land Security entitled ‘Exercising 

25 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 


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1 to Individuals Who Came to the 

2 United States as Children’ issued on 

3 June 15, 2012, and 

4 ‘‘(VI) any alien granted with5 holding of removal under section 

6 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na7 tionality Act.’’. 

8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

9 by this subsection shall apply to all determinations 

10 made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 6. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD TAX 

12 CREDIT AND EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT; 

13 PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEM14 PORARY RULES FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. 

15 (a) CHILD TAX CREDIT.—Section 24 of the Internal 

16 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘$2,000’’, 

19 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subpara20 graphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) $400,000 in the case of a joint re22 turn, and 

23 ‘‘(B) $200,000 in any other case.’’, 

24 (3) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 

2 ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’, and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REFUNDABLE

5 CREDIT.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount deter7 mined under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 

8 any qualifying child shall not exceed $1,700, 

9 and such paragraph shall be applied without re10 gard to subsection (h). 

11 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

13 taxable year beginning after 2024, the 

14 $1,700 amount in subparagraph (A) shall 

15 be increased by an amount equal to— 

16 ‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi17 plied by 

18 ‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust19 ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 

20 for the calendar year in which the tax21 able year begins, determined by sub22 stituting ‘2023’ for ‘2016’ in subpara23 graph (A)(ii) thereof. 

24 ‘‘(ii) ROUNDING.—If any increase 

25 under this subparagraph is not a multiple 


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1 of $100, such increase shall be rounded to 

2 the next lowest multiple of $100.’’, 

3 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—No 

7 credit shall be allowed under this section to a tax8 payer who does not include on the return of tax for 

9 the taxable year— 

10 ‘‘(A) the social security number of the tax11 payer (and, in the case of a joint return, the so12 cial security number of the taxpayer’s spouse), 

13 ‘‘(B) with respect to any qualifying child, 

14 the name and the social security number of 

15 such qualifying child, and 

16 ‘‘(C) for purposes of subsection (h), with 

17 respect to any dependent of the taxpayer, the 

18 name and the social security number of such 

19 dependent. 

20 ‘‘(2) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED.— 

21 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se22 curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 

23 tax, a social security number issued to an individual 

24 by the Social Security Administration, but only if 

25 the social security number is issued— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 

2 pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 

3 subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 

4 section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 

5 Act, and 

6 ‘‘(B) before the due date for filing such re7 turn for the taxable year. 

8 ‘‘(3) CITIZENSHIP AND LAWFUL PRESENCE RE9 QUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No credit shall be al11 lowed under this section to a taxpayer unless— 

12 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer (and, in the case of 

13 a joint return, the taxpayer’s spouse) sat14 isfy the requirements under subparagraph 

15 (B), 

16 ‘‘(ii) with respect to any qualifying 

17 child, such child satisfies the requirements 

18 under subparagraph (B), and 

19 ‘‘(iii) with respect to any dependent 

20 described in subsection (h), such dependent 

21 satisfies the requirements under subpara22 graph (B). 

23 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 

24 described in this subparagraph are that the in25 dividual— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall be a citizen of the United 

2 States or an alien lawfully present in the 

3 United States, and 

4 ‘‘(ii) may not be— 

5 ‘‘(I) an alien granted asylum 

6 under section 208 of the Immigration 

7 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), 

8 ‘‘(II) an alien granted parole 

9 under section 212(d)(5) or 

10 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 

11 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 

12 1126(a)(2)(B)), 

13 ‘‘(III) an alien granted tem14 porary protected status under section 

15 244 of the Immigration and Nation16 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), 

17 ‘‘(IV) an alien granted with18 holding of removal under section 

19 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na20 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)), 

21 ‘‘(V) any nonimmigrant described 

22 in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

24 1101(a)(15)), 


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1 ‘‘(VI) any alien granted deferred 

2 action or deferred enforced departure, 

3 including pursuant to the memo4 randum of the Department of Home5 land Security entitled ‘Exercising 

6 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect 

7 to Individuals Who Came to the 

8 United States as Children’ issued on 

9 June 15, 2012, or 

10 ‘‘(VII) an alien who has been 

11 issued an employment-based immi12 grant visa described in section 203(b) 

13 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)).’’, and 

14 (5) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(h) PARTIAL CREDIT ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN

17 OTHER DEPENDENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The credit determined 

19 under subsection (a) shall be increased by $500 for 

20 each dependent of the taxpayer (as defined in sec21 tion 152) other than a qualifying child described in 

22 subsection (c). 

23 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN NONCITIZENS.— 

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1 graph (A) of section 152(b)(3) were applied without 

2 regard to all that follows ‘resident of the United 

3 States’.’’. 

4 (b) EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.—Section 32 of 

5 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by insert6 ing after subsection (f) the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(g) CITIZENSHIP AND LAWFUL PRESENCE RE8 QUIREMENTS.—No credit shall be allowed under this sec9 tion to an eligible individual unless— 

10 ‘‘(1) the individual (and, in the case of a joint 

11 return, the individual’s spouse) satisfy the require12 ments described in section 24(e)(3)(B), and 

13 ‘‘(2) with respect to any qualifying child, such 

14 child satisfies the requirements under such section.’’. 

15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

16 6213(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘TIN’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘social security number’’, and 

20 (2) by striking subparagraph (L) and inserting 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(L) the inclusion on a return of a TIN re23 quired to be included on the return under sec24 tion 21, 6428, or 6428A, or the inclusion on a 

25 return of a social security number required to 


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1 be included on the return under section 24 or 

2 32, if— 

3 ‘‘(i) such TIN or social security num4 ber, as applicable, is of an individual whose 

5 age affects the amount of the credit under 

6 such section, and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the computation of the credit on 

8 the return reflects the treatment of such 

9 individual as being of an age different 

10 from the individual’s age based on such 

11 TIN or social security number, as applica12 ble,’’. 

13 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

15 December 31, 2024. 

16 SEC. 7. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PRO17 HIBITIONS. 

18 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man19 agement Agency shall not use amounts available to the 

20 Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose 

21 of— 

22 (1) sheltering and related activities provided by 

23 non-Federal entities, including facility improvements 

24 and construction, in support of relieving over25 crowding in short-term holding facilities of U.S. 


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1 Customs and Border Protection, including the Shel2 ter and Services Program and any other substan3 tially similar program; 

4 (2) the emergency food and shelter program 

5 under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As6 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) for the pur7 poses of providing shelter and other services to fami8 lies and individuals encountered by the Department 

9 of Homeland Security, including humanitarian relief 

10 awards under the emergency food and shelter pro11 gram and any other substantially similar program; 

12 or 

13 (3) carrying out any program of the Federal 

14 Emergency Management Agency that provides as15 sistance to— 

16 (A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 

17 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

18 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in 

19 the United States; 

20 (B) an alien granted parole under section 

21 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 

22 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 

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1 (C) an alien granted asylum under section 

2 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

3 U.S.C. 1158); 

4 (D) an alien granted temporary protected 

5 status under section 244 of the Immigration 

6 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 

7 (E) an alien granted deferred action or de8 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant 

9 to the memorandum of the Department of 

10 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Pros11 ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 

12 Who Came to the United States as Children’’ 

13 issued on June 15, 2012; or 

14 (F) an alien granted withholding of re15 moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)). 

17 SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSECONDARY FINANCIAL AS18 SISTANCE BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. 

19 Section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 

20 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5)) is amended to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(5) be a citizen, national, or permanent resi23 dent of the United States; and’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. REDUCING ESEA FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY JURIS2 DICTIONS. 

3 Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 

4 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 

5 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JU7 RISDICTIONS. 

8 ‘‘(a) FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JURIS9 DICTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 

12 a fiscal year that a State or political subdivision of 

13 a State is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the Secretary 

14 shall reduce the allotment or grant that is otherwise 

15 authorized under any provision of this Act for the 

16 State educational agency of such State or for the eli17 gible entity of such political subdivision, as applica18 ble, by 50 percent for such fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(2) REALLOTMENT.—In any case in which the 

20 Secretary reduces an allotment or grant to a State 

21 educational agency or eligible entity under para22 graph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

23 reallot an amount for such fiscal year equal to such 

24 reduction to the remaining State educational agen25 cies of States that are not sanctuary jurisdictions or 

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1 sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance with the appli2 cable requirements of that allotment or grant. 

3 ‘‘(b) SUBGRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 

6 a fiscal year that a political subdivision of a State 

7 is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the State educational 

8 agency shall reduce the subgrant amount otherwise 

9 authorized under this Act for an eligible entity of 

10 such sanctuary jurisdiction by 50 percent for such 

11 fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(2) REALLOTMENT.—In any case in which a 

13 State educational agency reduces a subgrant to an 

14 eligible entity under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 

15 the State educational agency shall reallocate an 

16 amount for such fiscal year equal to such reduction 

17 to eligible entities of the State that are not eligible 

18 entities of sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance 

19 with the applicable requirements of that subgrant. 

20 ‘‘(c) SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.—The term ‘sanc21 tuary jurisdiction’ means a State or a political subdivision 

22 of a State, including a city, county, township, school dis23 trict, or other political subdivision, with laws, ordinances, 

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1 Federal and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing 

2 Federal immigration law, including— 

3 ‘‘(1) prohibiting employees from sending, receiv4 ing, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, 

5 State, or local government entity, information re6 garding the citizenship or the lawful or unlawful im7 migration status of any individual; or 

8 ‘‘(2) denying a request lawfully made by the 

9 Department of Homeland Security under section 

10 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

11 16 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a de12 tainer for, or notify about the release of, an indi13 vidual.’’. 

14 SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND 

15 OTHER SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HAITIAN IM16 MIGRANTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Refugee Edu18 cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ 

21 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Cuban 

22 entrants’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Cuban or 

24 Haitian entrants’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrants’’; 

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1 (A) in the matter preceeding paragraph 

2 (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrant’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrant’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban/ 

5 Haitian Entrant’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban En6 trant’’; 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘or Haiti’’ each place such 

8 term appears. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

10 (1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Op11 portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 

12 104–193) is amended by striking ‘‘Cuban and Hai13 tian entrant’’ each place it appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘Cuban entrant’’. 

15 (2) Section 1611(c)(5) of the Social Security 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(5)) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Cuban entrants’’. 

19 SEC. 11. PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL BEN20 EFIT PROGRAMS UNTIL A SATISFACTORY IM21 MIGRATION STATUS IS VERIFIED. 

22 Section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1320b–7(d)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the Immi25 gration and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘the Department of Homeland Security or the De2 partment of Justice, as applicable,’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 

4 subparagraph (A)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat6 uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart7 ment of Homeland Security’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, not to 

13 exceed 30 days,’’ after ‘‘reasonable oppor14 tunity’’; 

15 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘may 

16 not’’ and all that follows through the pe17 riod and inserting the following: ‘‘shall not 

18 provide benefits under the program to the 

19 individual until the State is provided evi20 dence indicating the individual’s satisfac21 tory immigration status and the State has 

22 received information from the Secretary of 

23 Homeland Security verifying the individ24 ual’s legal immigration status pursuant to 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (i) in clause (i)— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘the Immigration 

4 and Naturalization Service’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 

6 Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 

7 (II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (ii) by striking clause (ii); 

10 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

11 clause (ii); and 

12 (iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 

13 by striking ‘‘the Service’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 

15 and 

16 (4) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘or termi17 nate’’. 

18 SEC. 12. VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR WIC AND 

19 SCHOOL MEALS. 

20 (a) WIC.—Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act 

21 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following: 

23 ‘‘(4) CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—An infant 

24 or a child shall be considered ineligible for the pro25 gram under this section if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the infant or child is not— 

2 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 

4 United States as a refugee under section 

5 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 

7 ‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 

8 the infant or child is— 

9 ‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 

10 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 

12 present in the United States; 

13 ‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 

14 section 208 of the Immigration and Na15 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 

16 ‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 

17 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 

18 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

19 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 

20 ‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro21 tected status under section 244 of the Im22 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1254a); 

24 ‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 

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1 pursuant to the memorandum of the De2 partment of Homeland Security entitled 

3 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 

4 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

5 United States as Children’ issued on June 

6 15, 2012; or 

7 ‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 

8 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im9 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

10 1231(b)(3)).’’. 

11 (b) SCHOOL MEALS.—Section 9(b) of the Richard B. 

12 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) 

13 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(16) CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—A child 

15 shall be considered ineligible for free or reduced 

16 price lunch under this Act and free or reduced price 

17 breakfast under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 

18 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) if— 

19 ‘‘(A) the child is not— 

20 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) an alien who is admitted to the 

22 United States as a refugee under section 

23 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 

24 Act (8 U.S.C. 1157); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) a parent (including a guardian) of 

2 the child is— 

3 ‘‘(i) an alien (as defined in section 

4 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) who is unlawfully 

6 present in the United States; 

7 ‘‘(ii) an alien granted asylum under 

8 section 208 of the Immigration and Na9 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 

10 ‘‘(iii) an alien granted parole under 

11 section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the 

12 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1182(d)(5), 1126(a)(2)(B)); 

14 ‘‘(iv) an alien granted temporary pro15 tected status under section 244 of the Im16 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

17 1254a); 

18 ‘‘(v) an alien granted deferred action 

19 or deferred enforced departure, including 

20 pursuant to the memorandum of the De21 partment of Homeland Security entitled 

22 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 

23 Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

24 United States as Children’ issued on June 

25 15, 2012; or 


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1 ‘‘(vi) an alien granted withholding of 

2 removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Im3 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

4 1231(b)(3)).’’. 

5 SEC. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOP6 MENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND FEDERAL 

7 FUNDING BY TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. 

8 (a) RESTRICTION ON CDBG FUNDING.—Section 105 

9 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

10 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS

13 OR IN-KIND GOODS OR SERVICES FOR NON-CITIZENS.— 

14 A recipient of a grant under this title may not use any 

15 grant funds to provide monetary contributions or in-kind 

16 goods or services to— 

17 ‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 

18 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

19 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in the United 

20 States; 

21 ‘‘(2) any alien paroled into the United States 

22 under section 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Im23 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 

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1 ‘‘(3) any alien granted asylum under section 

2 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

3 U.S.C. 1158); 

4 ‘‘(4) any alien granted temporary protected sta5 tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na6 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 

7 ‘‘(5) any alien granted deferred action or de8 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 

9 memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu10 rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

11 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 

12 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012; or 

13 ‘‘(6) any alien granted withholding of removal 

14 under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na15 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)).’’. 

16 (b) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDING BY

17 TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal 

19 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(s) PROHIBITION OF SUPPORT TO CERTAIN NON22 CITIZENS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), an organiza23 tion which is described in subsection (c)(3) shall not be 

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1 zation uses any Federal grant, appropriation, or other 

2 Federal funding to provide monetary support, services, or 

3 in-kind contributions to— 

4 ‘‘(1) any alien (as defined in section 101(a) of 

5 the Immigration and Nationality Act) who is unlaw6 fully present in the United States, 

7 ‘‘(2) any alien granted parole under section 

8 212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and 

9 Nationality Act, 

10 ‘‘(3) any alien granted temporary protected sta11 tus under section 244 of the Immigration and Na12 tionality Act, 

13 ‘‘(4) any alien granted deferred action or de14 ferred enforced departure, including pursuant to the 

15 memorandum of the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

17 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 

18 States as Children’ issued on June 15, 2012, or 

19 ‘‘(5) any alien granted withholding of removal 

20 under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Na21 tionality Act.’’. 

22 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

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1 SEC. 14. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE. 

2 The head of each appropriate agency shall promul3 gate such rulemaking and guidance as may be required 

4 to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 

5 Act. 

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