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HR 3711 118th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Detention of persons Educational facilities and institutions Homelessness and emergency shelter Immigration status and procedures

Schools Not Shelters Act

Introduced: May 25, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 25, 2023
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Schools Not Shelters Act

This bill prohibits schools that receive certain federal financial assistance from using their facilities to shelter certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) unless the individual pays for such shelter.

Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to sheltering individuals who are (1) unlawfully present, or (2) subject to removal proceedings or a removal order and are not being detained by the Department of Homeland Security.

Under this bill, if an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education receives financial assistance from a program administered by the Department of Education, that school or institution may not use its facilities to provide shelter to such individuals unless the individual is housed in a dormitory and pays the amount normally assessed to residents of that dormitory.

What's happening now May 25, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
D'Esposito, Anthony
· Jun 7, 2023
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Lawler, Michael
New York · Jun 5, 2023
Williams, Brandon
· May 30, 2023
 R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · May 25, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3711: Schools Not Shelters Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3711/
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"H.R. 3711: Schools Not Shelters Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3711/.
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H.R. 3711, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3711/.
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