119-hr2374

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2374 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2374

 To amend 

section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
 Responsibility Act of 1996 to prohibit the provision of Federal 
 financial assistance to public institutions of higher education that 
 provide certain higher education benefits to aliens who are not 
 lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 26, 2025

 Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Harris of Maryland, and Ms. Boebert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce, 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 amend 

section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
 Responsibility Act of 1996 to prohibit the provision of Federal 
 financial assistance to public institutions of higher education that 
 provide certain higher education benefits to aliens who are not 
 lawfully present in the United States, 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 ``American Students First Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTING HIGHER EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY 
 PRESENT.

 

Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) , by striking ``This section'' and 
 inserting ``Subsection

    (a) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Prohibition on Federal Financial Assistance.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--A public institution of higher education 
 in a State may not receive any Federal financial assistance for 
 the fiscal year following any fiscal year in which the 
 Secretary of Education determines that the institution is an 
 ineligible institution under paragraph

    (2) .
 ``

    (2) Ineligibility.--A public institution of higher 
 education in a State is an ineligible institution for purposes 
 of this subsection if the institution--
 ``
        (A) charges an alien who is not lawfully present 
 in the United States tuition for attendance at the 
 institution at a rate that is less than or equal to the 
 rate charged for residents of the State who are 
 citizens of the United States; or
 ``
        (B) provides State-based financial aid to an 
 alien who is not lawfully present in the United States.
 ``

    (3) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
 ``
        (A) The term `Federal financial assistance' has 
 the meaning given such term in 

section 7501

    (a)

    (5) of 
 title 31, United States Code.
 ``
        (B) The term `institution of higher education' 
 has the meaning given such term in 

section 101 of the 
 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
 ``
            (C) The term `State' has the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1964 
 (20 U.S.C. 1003).''.
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