[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9167 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9167

   To impose certain limitations on the use of grants made under the 
                     Shelter and Services Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2024

 Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To impose certain limitations on the use of grants made under the 
                     Shelter and Services Program.

    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 ``Sanctuary City Oversight and 
Responsibility in Enforcement Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Since taking office, there have been over 12,000,000 
        immigrants that have entered our country under President 
        Biden's Administration.
            (2) Under the Biden Administration, more illegal aliens 
        have been allowed into the country than the population of 
        States.
            (3) Under the Biden Administration, fentanyl is the leading 
        cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, as 1,400 pounds of 
        deadly fentanyl were seized at the border in just January of 
        2024.
            (4) Under the Biden Administration, 367 known or suspected 
        terrorists have crossed the border, including eight suspected 
        terrorists with ties to ISIS caught after illegally crossing 
        the southern border using the CBPOne app.
            (5) In August 2023 in Maryland, Rachel Morin, a mother of 
        five was raped and murdered on a running trail by an illegal 
        alien with a criminal history of murdering and assaulting 
        women.
            (6) In February 2024 in Georgia, Laken Riley, a nursing 
        student at Augusta University, was killed by an illegal alien 
        while she was jogging at the University of Georgia.
            (7) In June 2024 in New York, two 13-year-olds, a boy and a 
        girl, were tied in up by a machete-wielding illegal alien, who 
        kidnapped the children in a park and raped the young girl.
            (8) In June 2024 in Texas, a 12-year-old girl was raped and 
        murdered by two illegal aliens who crossed the southern border 
        illegally and were then released into the surrounding 
        community.
            (9) Across the country, self-declared ``Sanctuary Cities'' 
        and ``Sanctuary States'' are using Federal funds to transport 
        migrants, asylees or illegal aliens to municipalities, cities 
        and States that are not designated sanctuary cities or States.

SEC. 3. IN GENERAL.

    In the case of any grant made by Federal Emergency Management 
Agency as part of the Shelter and Services Program, such grant may not 
be used for the transportation of any alien to a jurisdiction unless--
            (1) the appropriate elected or appointed State, local, 
        territorial or tribal official has provided written approval; 
        and
            (2) the grantee reports each fiscal quarter to the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency the destination of each alien who 
        has been transported, which information shall be made available 
        to State, local, territorial, and tribal officials.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.

    Any jurisdiction that violates section 3 shall be ineligible for a 
grant under the Shelter and Services Program.

SEC. 5. CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIMITING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.

    If a grantee uses amounts received under the Shelter and Services 
Program for transportation of a covered individual, the grantee shall 
provide to the Federal Emergency Management Agency documentation 
confirming that the covered individual receiving assistance with 
transportation has a place to continue receiving support in the 
destination jurisdiction, including through another provider 
organization, family, or a sponsor.

SEC. 6. GAO REPORT.

    The Comptroller General of the United States, each quarter of each 
fiscal year, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report setting forth each 
jurisdiction that has received a grant under the Shelter and Services 
Program during the quarter preceding the report, and the amount of that 
grant.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Shelter and Services Program'' means grants 
        made from the amounts transferred to the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency to support sheltering and related activities 
        provided by non-Federal entities, including facility 
        improvements and construction, in support of relieving 
        overcrowding in short-term holding facilities of U.S. Customs 
        and Border Protection pursuant to the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2023, or any other Act.
            (2) The term ``covered individual'' means any individual 
        that has been encountered by the Department of Homeland 
        Security resulting in an individual receiving an Alien 
        Identification Number.
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