[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 5283 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 220
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5283

                      [Report No. 118-275, Part I]

 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

                           November 17, 2023

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey, Mr. Williams of New York, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Mills, Ms. Boebert, 
    Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Reschenthaler, and Mr. McCaul


                           November 17, 2023

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           November 17, 2023

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 
                               25, 2023]

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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,

SEC. 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) 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 
Bennett Field, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation 
Area (NPS Lease# L-GATE912-2023, Commencement 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.
            (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)).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 220

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 5283

                      [Report No. 118-275, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 17, 2023

   Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment

                           November 17, 2023

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed