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H.R. 5435 115th Congress House

Funding Americans First Act

Official title: To require Federal agencies to allocate grant funding to States and localities based on the number of United States citizens and legal residents as determined … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require Federal agencies to allocate grant funding to States and localities based on the number of United States citizens and legal residents as determined under the decennial census, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Apr 5, 2018
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 Latest action April 5, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Funding Americans First Act

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to direct each federal agency to use the number of citizens and legal permanent residents residing in a state, as determined under the decennial census (beginning with the 2020 decennial census), when determining funding for grants and other funding measures.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5435: Funding Americans First Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5435/
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"H.R. 5435: Funding Americans First Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5435/.
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H.R. 5435, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5435/.
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