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H. R. ll
118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
To prohibit grants provided under section 106 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 from being used to assist persons who are
neither a nationals of the United States nor lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
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A BILL
To prohibit grants provided under section 106 of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974 from being
used to assist persons who are neither a nationals of
the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent
residence, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Aid for Mu-
5 nicipalities and Localities Accountable Act’’ or the
6 ‘‘KAMALA Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS NOT
2 LAWFULLY PRESENT.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Housing and
4 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305)
5 is amended by adding at the end the following:
6 ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR PER-
7 SONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT.—Notwithstanding any
8 other provision of law, no amount from a grant under sec-
9 tion 106 made in fiscal year 2024 or any succeeding fiscal
10 year may be used to assist persons who are neither a na-
11 tional of the United States nor lawfully admitted for per-
12 manent residence under section 101(a)(20) of the Immi-
13 gration and Nationality Act.’’.
14 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO ENTITIES THAT PRO-
15 VIDE ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS NOT LAW-
16 FULLY PRESENT.
17 Section 103 of the Housing and Community Develop-
18 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5303) is amended—
19 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to’’
20 and inserting
21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to’’;
22 and
23 (2) by adding at the end the following:
24 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not make a
25 grant to any State, unit of general local government, or
26 Indian tribe to carry out activities in accordance with the
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1 provisions of this title if such State, unit of general local
2 government, or Indian tribe carries out any housing or
3 community development related program that provides as-
4 sistance to persons who are neither nationals of the United
5 States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence
6 under section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nation-
7 ality Act.’’.
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