Customs and Border Protection, including the Shel-
ter and Services Program and any other substan-
tially similar program; 
(2) the emergency food and shelter program 
under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) for the pur-
poses of providing shelter and other services to fami-
lies and individuals encountered by the Department 
of Homeland Security, including humanitarian relief 
awards under the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram and any other substantially similar program; 
or 
(3) carrying out any program of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency that provides as-
sistance to— 
(A) an alien (as defined in section 101(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a))) who is unlawfully present in 
the United States; 
(B) an alien granted parole under section 
212(d)(5) or 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5), 
1226(a)(2)(B)); 
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(C) an alien granted asylum under section 
208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1158); 
(D) an alien granted temporary protected 
status under section 244 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 
(E) an alien granted deferred action or de-
ferred enforced departure, including pursuant 
to the memorandum of the Department of 
Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Pros-
ecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 
Who Came to the United States as Children’’ 
issued on June 15, 2012; or 
(F) an alien granted withholding of re-
moval under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)). 
SEC. 8. ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTSECONDARY FINANCIAL AS-
SISTANCE BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. 
Section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(5) be a citizen, national, or permanent resi-
dent of the United States; and’’. 
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SEC. 9. REDUCING ESEA FUNDING FOR SANCTUARY JURIS-
DICTIONS. 
Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8549D. FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JU-
RISDICTIONS. 
‘‘(a) FUNDING REDUCTIONS FOR SANCTUARY JURIS-
DICTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 
a fiscal year that a State or political subdivision of 
a State is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the Secretary 
shall reduce the allotment or grant that is otherwise 
authorized under any provision of this Act for the 
State educational agency of such State or for the eli-
gible entity of such political subdivision, as applica-
ble, by 50 percent for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) REALLOTMENT.—In any case in which the 
Secretary reduces an allotment or grant to a State 
educational agency or eligible entity under para-
graph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reallot an amount for such fiscal year equal to such 
reduction to the remaining State educational agen-
cies of States that are not sanctuary jurisdictions or 
eligible entities of political subdivisions that are not 
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sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance with the appli-
cable requirements of that allotment or grant. 
‘‘(b) SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, if the Secretary determines for 
a fiscal year that a political subdivision of a State 
is a sanctuary jurisdiction, the State educational 
agency shall reduce the subgrant amount otherwise 
authorized under this Act for an eligible entity of 
such sanctuary jurisdiction by 50 percent for such 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) REALLOTMENT.—In any case in which a 
State educational agency reduces a subgrant to an 
eligible entity under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 
the State educational agency shall reallocate an 
amount for such fiscal year equal to such reduction 
to eligible entities of the State that are not eligible 
entities of sanctuary jurisdictions, in accordance 
with the applicable requirements of that subgrant. 
‘‘(c) SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.—The term ‘sanc-
tuary jurisdiction’ means a State or a political subdivision 
of a State, including a city, county, township, school dis-
trict, or other political subdivision, with laws, ordinances, 
regulations, directives, policies, or practices that obstruct 
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing 
Federal immigration law, including— 
‘‘(1) prohibiting employees from sending, receiv-
ing, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, 
State, or local government entity, information re-
garding the citizenship or the lawful or unlawful im-
migration status of any individual; or 
‘‘(2) denying a request lawfully made by the 
Department of Homeland Security under section 
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
16 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a de-
tainer for, or notify about the release of, an indi-
vidual.’’. 
SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND 
OTHER SERVICES FOR CERTAIN HAITIAN IM-
MIGRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Cuban 
entrants’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Cuban or 
Haitian entrants’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrants’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the matter preceeding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Cuban entrant’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Cuban/ 
Haitian Entrant’’ and inserting ‘‘Cuban En-
trant’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘or Haiti’’ each place such 
term appears. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–193) is amended by striking ‘‘Cuban and Hai-
tian entrant’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Cuban entrant’’. 
(2) Section 1611(c)(5) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(5)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Cuban and Haitian entrants’’ and inserting 
‘‘Cuban entrants’’. 
SEC. 11. PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL BEN-
EFIT PROGRAMS UNTIL A SATISFACTORY IM-
MIGRATION STATUS IS VERIFIED. 
Section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b–7(d)) is amended— 
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