No Bailouts for Illegal Aliens Act

Bill: 117-s-1075
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-04-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Economic performance and conditions

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Immigration status and procedures

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Bailouts for Illegal Aliens Act</b></p> <p>This bill withholds funding authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 from any state or unit of local government that fails to certify that it is not providing relief funds or monetary payments that are targeted exclusively to individuals who are believed to be unlawfully present in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1075 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 12, 2021 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To withhold funding authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act from any State or unit of local government that provides relief funds or monetary payments through a program exclusively targeting illegal immigrants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Bailouts for Illegal Aliens Act . 2. Prohibition of the use of funds to offset payments to illegal aliens (a) In general Title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9913. Prohibition of use of funds to offset payments to illegal aliens Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act, no funds made available under this Act, or by any amendment made by this Act, may be made available to a State or a unit of local government unless the State or local government certifies that it is not providing relief funds or monetary payments that are targeted exclusively to individuals who are believed to be unlawfully present in the United States. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any funds made available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ) on or after the date of the enactment of such Act.