119-hr3913

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3913 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3913

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish immigration and 
residency requirements for individuals served by Federal TRIO programs, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 11, 2025

Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Ms. Foxx) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish immigration and 
residency requirements for individuals served by Federal TRIO programs, 
 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 ``Putting American Students First 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS.

    (a) Eligibility.--

Section 402A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a-11) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections

    (f) through

    (h) as 
 subsections

    (g) through
            (i) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection

    (e) the following:
 ``

    (f) Citizenship and Residency Requirements.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--To be eligible to participate in a 
 program that receives assistance under this chapter, an 
 individual shall be--
 ``
        (A) a national of the United States (as defined 
 in paragraph

    (22) of 

section 101

    (a) of the Immigration 
 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a) ));
 ``
        (B) an alien (as defined in paragraph

    (3) of such 
 section) lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as 
 defined in paragraph

    (20) of such section);
 ``
            (C) an alien (as defined in paragraph

    (3) of such 
 section) who is physically present in the United States 
 (as defined in paragraph

    (38) of such section) for 
 other than a temporary purpose and who is able to 
 provide evidence from the Secretary of Homeland 
 Security of the alien's intent to become lawfully 
 admitted for permanent residence (as defined in 
 paragraph

    (20) of such section);
 ``
            (D) a citizen of one of the Freely Associated 
 States lawfully residing in the United States in 
 accordance with the Compact of Free Association set 
 forth in 

section 201 of the Compact of Free Association 
 Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239) or 
 the Compact of Free Association set forth in 

section 201 of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note);
 ``
        (E) an alien having CNMI Resident status under 
 

section 6

    (e)

    (6) of the Joint Resolution entitled `A 
 Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a 
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
 Political Union with the United States of America, and 
 for other purposes', approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 
 1806); or
 ``
        (F) a lawful resident of one of the Freely 
 Associated States.
 ``

    (2) Waiver prohibited.--The requirement under paragraph

    (1) may not be waived under--
 ``
        (A) any provision of 

section 523 of Departments 
 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
 118-47);
 ``
        (B) any of the authorities provided by any of the 
 laws referred to in subsection

    (b) of such 

section 523; 
 or
 ``
            (C) any other authority provided in any law--
 ``
            (i) to carry out, or participate in, a 
 Performance Partnership Pilot (as defined in 
 

section 526

    (1) of the Departments of Labor, 
 Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (42 
 U.S.C. 12301 note)); or
 ``
            (ii) that allows additional time to 
 operate, or participate in, a Performance 
 Partnership Pilot site selected on or before 
 the date of the enactment of such law.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is further amended--

    (1) in 

section 318

    (b) (20 U.S.C. 1059e

    (b) ), by striking 
 ``

section 402A

    (h) '' each place it appears and inserting 
 ``

section 402A
            (i) '';

    (2) in 

section 371
            (c) (20 U.S.C. 1067q
            (c) ), by striking 
 ``

section 402A

    (h) '' each place it appears and inserting 
 ``

section 402A
            (i) '';

    (3) in 

section 402E

    (g) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-15

    (g) ), by striking 
 ``

section 402A

    (g) '' and inserting ``

section 402A

    (h) ''; and

    (4) in 

section 402H (20 U.S.C. 1070a-18), by striking 
 ``

section 402A

    (f)

    (4) '' each place it appears and inserting 
 ``

section 402A

    (g)

    (4) ''.
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