[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5283 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5283

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 25, 2023

Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Donalds, 
   Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Kelly of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting our Communities from 
Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECIFIED 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 management agencies, including through leases, 
contracts, or agreements.
    (b) 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.
            (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)).
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