Protect American Taxpayer Dollars from Illegal Immigration Act

Bill: 117-s-3453
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-01-10
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protect American Taxpayer Dollars from Illegal Immigration Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits expending federal funds for legal settlements to individuals who violated certain laws relating to the proper time and place to enter the United States, if the settlement pertains to claims based on the lawful detention of such an individual as part of a family unit after the individual's entry into the United States at the southern border after January 20, 2017. </p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 233 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3453 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2022 Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Cotton , and Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To prohibit the payment of certain legal settlements to individuals who unlawfully entered the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect American Taxpayer Dollars from Illegal Immigration Act . 2. Limitation on legal settlements for individuals who unlawfully entered the United States (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds, including amounts deposited into the Judgment Fund established under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, may be expended for any legal settlement to any individual who violated section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1325(a) ) if the claims giving rise to such settlement are based on the lawful detention of such individual as part of a family unit after entry at a port of entry or between ports of entry along the southern border of the United States after January 20, 2017. (b) Effective date This section shall take effect on the date that is 1 day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar