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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2482 

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the final rule of the 

Department of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Inadmissibility on Public 

Charge Grounds’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BENNET, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

VAN HOLLEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. CASEY, Mr. REED, Mr. UDALL, Mr. KAINE, Ms. CORTEZ

MASTO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. COONS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. HEINRICH, and 

Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the final 

rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled 

‘‘Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds’’. 

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 ‘‘Protect American Val5 ues Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) immigrants and their families are a core 

4 part of our Nation; 

5 (2) the health and safety of immigrants is crit6 ical to the health and safety of our communities; 

7 (3) Federal, State, and local assistance pro8 grams promote self-sufficiency by ensuring that fam9 ilies, including immigrant and mixed-status families, 

10 maintain their health, strength, and stability to en11 able them to continue contributing to the Nation’s 

12 social and economic life; 

13 (4) the final rule of the Department of Home14 land Security entitled ‘‘Inadmissibility on Public 

15 Charge Grounds’’, published August 14, 2019, is a 

16 sweeping and dangerous policy that will impede ac17 cess to essential food, medical care, housing, and 

18 other critical forms of assistance for many families, 

19 including those not directly subject to the rule due 

20 to its widespread chilling effect; 

21 (5) this rule will harm families and children, in22 cluding United States citizens as the Department of 

23 Homeland Security’s own assessment of the impacts 

24 of the rule acknowledge that the rule— 


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1 (A) ‘‘may decrease disposable income and 

2 increase the poverty of certain families and chil3 dren, including U.S. citizen children’’; and 

4 (B) could lead to ‘‘[a]dverse health ef5 fects’’, ‘‘[a]dditional medical expenses due to 

6 delayed health care treatment’’, ‘‘[i]ncreased 

7 disability insurance claims’’, and ‘‘[p]otential 

8 lost productivity’’; 

9 (6) this rule will damage State and local econo10 mies, while burdening health care and other service 

11 providers, as the Department of Homeland Secu12 rity’s own assessment of the impacts of the rule rec13 ognizes that the rule may ‘‘result in reduced reve14 nues for healthcare providers’’, ‘‘companies that 

15 manufacture medical supplies or pharmaceuticals’’, 

16 ‘‘grocery retailers’’, ‘‘agricultural producers’’, and 

17 ‘‘landlords participating in Federally funded housing 

18 programs’’; and 

19 (7) this rule circumvents Congress and reverses 

20 100 years of United States law and policy by re21 stricting immigration and decreasing the diversity of 

22 our Nation through factors such as family size, fi23 nancial status, education and skills, and employ24 ability and chilling access to services for which im25 migrants and their citizen family members are eligiVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:45 Sep 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2482.IS S2482

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1 ble, in a manner not authorized or contemplated by 

2 Congress. 

3 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed5 eral funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 

6 any fiscal year may be used to implement, administer, en7 force, or carry out the final rule of the Department of 

8 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Inadmissibility on Public 

9 Charge Grounds’’, published August 14, 2019. 

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