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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 245 

To require any applicant for a Federal grant to submit a certification that 

such applicant is not in violation of section 274(a) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2025 

Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require any applicant for a Federal grant to submit 

a certification that such applicant is not in violation 

of section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant Integrity and 

5 Border Security Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE 

2 BRINGING IN AND HARBORING OF CERTAIN 

3 ALIENS. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each agency shall 

5 require that any applicant for a Federal grant submit a 

6 certification that such applicant has not violated in the 

7 previous 10 years, is not in violation of, and will not vio8 late during the term of the grant section 274(a) of the 

9 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)). 

10 (b) AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD FUNDS.—The head 

11 of the relevant agency shall withhold any funds from a 

12 grantee determined by the head of an agency to be in vio13 lation of this section for a Federal grant. Such determina14 tion may be made based on the following: 

15 (1) Any information provided by the Secretary 

16 of Homeland Security and the Director to the head 

17 of the agency. 

18 (2) Any employee or former employee of the re19 cipient of a Federal grant who is convicted of or ad20 mits to having committed a violation of section 

21 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

22 U.S.C. 1324(a)) while performing official duties for 

23 that grantee. 

24 (3) Any other credible information received by 

25 the head of the agency. 


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1 (c) INFORMATION ON CONVICTION.—Not later than 

2 90 days after the date of conviction, admission to a viola3 tion, or completion of an investigation under section 

4 274(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

5 1324(a)), the Attorney General shall submit to the Direc6 tor information relating to any individual who was con7 victed or admitted to a violation under such section, or 

8 regarding whom the Attorney General otherwise believes 

9 there to be a reasonable basis to conclude that a violation 

10 of such section occurred. 

11 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

13 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

16 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et. 

18 (3) FEDERAL GRANT.—The term ‘‘Federal 

19 grant’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Federal 

20 award’’ in section 6401 of title 31, United States 

21 Code. 

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