IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5283 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 4, 2023 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing 
to specified aliens on any land under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting our Com-
munities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECI-
FIED ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used 
to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land man-
agement agencies, including through leases, contracts, or 
agreements. 
(b) REVOCATION OF LEASE.—The lease between the 
United States of America/United States Department of 
the Interior/National Park Service and the City of New 
York for the Premises known as Portions of Floyd Ben-
nett Field, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National 
Recreation Area (NPS Lease# L–GATE912–2023, Com-
mencement Date - September 15, 2023) is hereby revoked. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.— 
The term ‘‘Federal land management agencies’’ 
means the National Park Service, the Bureau of 
Land Management, the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service. 
(2) HOUSING.—The term ‘‘housing’’ means a 
temporary or permanent encampment used for the 
primary purpose of sheltering specified aliens. 
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(3) SPECIFIED
ALIEN.—The term ‘‘specified 
alien’’ means an alien who has not been admitted, 
as such terms are defined in section 101(a) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)). 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an annual report that 
includes— 
(1) the number of specified aliens that have 
been provided housing on any land under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Federal land manage-
ment agencies; and 
(2) information regarding the countries of ori-
gin of such specified aliens. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Natural Resources and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 
2023. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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