[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4630 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4630

    To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the airfare of aliens 
    unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2021

   Mr. Cawthorn (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Steube, Mr. 
Norman, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the airfare of aliens 
    unlawfully 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 ``No Fly for Illegals Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after 
section 273 the following:

``SEC. 273A. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR AIRFARE FOR 
              CERTAIN ALIENS.

    ``(a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to compensate an 
airline for transporting an alien for the purpose of the alien's entry 
into, or relocation within, the United States if the presence of such 
alien in the United States is unlawful.
    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case in 
which an airline transports an alien for the purpose of--
            ``(1) removal of the alien from the United States; or
            ``(2) protecting the alien from an imminent threat to the 
        life or physical safety of the alien, including transportation 
        for the purpose of a medical evacuation.
    ``(c) COVID-19.--For purposes of this section, the Coronavirus 
Disease 2019 pandemic shall not be considered an imminent threat to the 
life or physical safety of an alien.''.
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