[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1748 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1748

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are 
       ineligible for certain assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

     Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Ms. Boebert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are 
       ineligible for certain assistance, and for other purposes.

    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 ``FEMA for America First Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.

    Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 431. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--With respect to an alien otherwise eligible for 
any assistance provided to individuals under this Act, only a qualified 
alien shall be eligible for such assistance.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms 
        used have the same meaning given such terms in section 101(a) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
            ``(2) Qualified alien.--The term `qualified alien' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 431 of the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (8 U.S.C. 1641), except that such term does not include--
                    ``(A) an alien who--
                            ``(i) is granted asylum under section 208 
                        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                        U.S.C. 1158); and
                            ``(ii) has not sought adjustment to the 
                        status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                        residence under section 209(b) of such Act;
                    ``(B) a refugee who--
                            ``(i) is admitted to the United States 
                        under section 207 of such Act; and
                            ``(ii) has not sought adjustment to the 
                        status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                        residence under section 209(a) of such Act; or
                    ``(C) an alien who is paroled into the United 
                States under section 212(d)(5) of such Act.''.
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