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House Calendar No. 25 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 461 
[Report No. 118–113] 
Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide 
shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2023 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
JUNE 14, 2023 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Ms. MACE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
LANGWORTHY, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 
Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, and 
Mr. CARL 
JUNE 14, 2023 
Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to 
be printed 
[Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic] 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school 
facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admit-
ted to the United States. 
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•HRES 461 RH 
Whereas sheltering aliens who are not admitted to the United 
States in school facilities will divert educational resources 
from children already suffering from historic learning 
loss; 
Whereas, on May 16 and 17, 2023, about 300 such aliens 
were sheltered in current or former public school gym-
nasiums in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams an-
nounced plans to use as many as 20 public school gym-
nasiums as overflow housing for such aliens; 
Whereas turning schools into housing centers for such aliens 
compromises schools’ duty to educate enrolled children 
and keep them safe; 
Whereas hosting such aliens on school campuses poses a sig-
nificant safety risk to school children and compromises 
schools’ ability to secure their own campus; 
Whereas using school gymnasiums as housing for such aliens 
may impede children’s access to safe recreation and phys-
ical education, may force children to spend their entire 
school day with little exercise, and may disrupt the ordi-
nary routines of the school day; 
Whereas the Biden administration has created these problems 
with a failed border security strategy that has encour-
aged illegal aliens to cross the border, tallying more than 
10,000 a day ahead of the May 11, 2023, expiration of 
the public health emergency relating to COVID–19, de-
clared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d), and of the concomitant power of the 
President, under section 362 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
265), to prohibit entries of persons into the United 
States from certain countries or places; and 
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•HRES 461 RH 
Whereas the school children in the United States should not 
pay for the disastrous immigration policies of either the 
Biden administration or local leaders: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Whereas sheltering aliens who are not admitted to the United 
States in school facilities will divert educational resources 
from children already suffering from historic learning loss; 
Whereas, on May 16 and 17, 2023, about 300 such aliens were 
sheltered in current or former public school gymnasiums 
in New York City, and Mayor Eric Adams announced 
plans to use as many as 20 public school gymnasiums as 
overflow housing for such aliens; 
Whereas turning schools into housing centers for such aliens 
compromises schools’ duty to educate enrolled children and 
keep them safe; 
Whereas hosting such aliens on school campuses poses a signifi-
cant safety risk to school children and compromises 
schools’ ability to secure their own campus; 
Whereas using school gymnasiums as housing for such aliens 
may impede children’s access to safe recreation and phys-
ical education, may force children to spend their entire 
school day with little exercise, and may disrupt the ordi-
nary routines of the school day; 
Whereas a public elementary or secondary school should be in-
eligible to receive Federal financial assistance if it is used 
to shelter, house, or otherwise serve as a sanctuary for, 
aliens not admitted to the United States; 
Whereas the Biden administration has created these problems 
with a failed border security strategy that has encouraged 
illegal aliens to cross the border, tallying more than 10,000 
a day ahead of the May 11, 2023, expiration of the public 
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•HRES 461 RH 
health emergency relating to COVID–19, declared under 
section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d), and of the concomitant power of the President, 
under section 362 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 265), to prohibit 
entries of persons into the United States from certain 
countries or places; and 
Whereas the school children in the United States should not 
bear the burden for the disastrous immigration policies of 
either the Biden administration or local leaders: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
demns the use of the facilities of a public elementary or 
secondary school that serves students to provide shelter 
for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. That 
the House of Representatives condemns the use of public ele-
mentary or secondary school facilities that serve students 
to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the 
United States. 
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House Calendar No. 25 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 461 
[Report No. 118–113] 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the use of elementary and secondary 
school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who 
are not admitted to the United States. 
JUNE 14, 2023 
Reported with amendments, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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