[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5283 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5283

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified 
aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal 
                       land management agencies.

    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 ``Protecting our Communities from 
Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECIFIED ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to provide housing to 
specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Federal land management agencies, including through leases, 
contracts, or agreements.
    (b) Revocation of Lease.--The lease between the United States of 
America/United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service 
and the City of New York for the Premises known as Portions of Floyd 
Bennett Field, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation 
Area (NPS Lease# L-GATE912-2023, Commencement Date - September 15, 
2023) is hereby revoked.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Federal land management agencies.--The term ``Federal 
        land management agencies'' means the National Park Service, the 
        Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
        Service, and the Forest Service.
            (2) Housing.--The term ``housing'' means a temporary or 
        permanent encampment used for the primary purpose of sheltering 
        specified aliens.
            (3) Specified alien.--The term ``specified alien'' means an 
        alien who has not been admitted, as such terms are defined in 
        section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101(a)).

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an annual report that includes--
            (1) the number of specified aliens that have been provided 
        housing on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of 
        the Federal land management agencies; and
            (2) information regarding the countries of origin of such 
        specified aliens.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 
        Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 
        Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
        Senate.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 2023.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 5283

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified 
aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal 
                       land management agencies.