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S 771 119th Congress Senate Emergency Management

End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Act

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 27, 2025
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Act

This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from carrying out the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) and rescinds unobligated funds transferred to FEMA for this purpose for FY2023-FY2024. 

The SSP provides grants to public and nonprofit entities for temporarily providing shelter and other services (e.g., food, transportation) to noncitizen migrants released from Department of Homeland Security custody and awaiting immigration court proceedings, as well as for increasing grant recipients’ capacity to temporarily shelter such individuals (e.g., modifying existing facilities).

What's happening now February 27, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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