119-hr1748

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

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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:

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SEC. 431. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.

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    (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.
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    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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    (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) ).
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    (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--
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        (A) an alien who--
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            (i) is granted asylum under 

section 208 
 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
 U.S.C. 1158); and
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            (ii) has not sought adjustment to the 
 status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
 residence under 

section 209

    (b) of such Act;
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        (B) a refugee who--
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            (i) is admitted to the United States 
 under 

section 207 of such Act; and
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            (ii) has not sought adjustment to the 
 status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
 residence under 

section 209

    (a) of such Act; or
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            (C) an alien who is paroled into the United 
 States under 

section 212
            (d) (5) of such Act.''.
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