PAYBACK Act

Preventing All Your Bucks from Aiding non-Citizens is Key Act or PAYBACK Act - Withholds from assistance to a foreign country 110% of the costs incurred by U.S. hospitals and other medical facilities for the long-term care of aliens unlawfully present in the United States from such country until the President certifies to Congress that such costs are fully paid.

Authorizes: (1) a national security waiver of such requirement; and (2) withheld funds to be used for border protection and prevention of illegal immigration.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4026 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4026

To provide for the withholding of United States assistance to a foreign 
country in an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of costs 
 incurred by United States hospitals and other medical facilities for 
 the long-term care of aliens unlawfully present in the United States 
   from that country during the preceding fiscal year, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2009

  Mr. Space introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the withholding of United States assistance to a foreign 
country in an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of costs 
 incurred by United States hospitals and other medical facilities for 
 the long-term care of aliens unlawfully present in the United States 
   from that country during the preceding fiscal year, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Preventing All Your Bucks from 
Aiding non-Citizens is Key Act'' or ``PAYBACK Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI by an Act making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs that are made available for assistance for a foreign 
country for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 110 percent of the total 
amount of costs incurred by United States hospitals and other medical 
facilities for the long-term care of aliens unlawfully present in the 
United States from that country during the preceding fiscal year shall 
be withheld from obligation for assistance for the central government 
of such country until the President submits a certification to Congress 
stating that such costs are fully paid.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds withheld from obligation pursuant to subsection (a) may be 
made available to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to be 
used for the protection of the border and prevention of illegal 
immigration.
    (c) Limitation.--Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 
been withheld under any other provision of law.
    (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements set forth in 
subsection (a) with respect to a particular country if the President 
determines that it is in the national interests of the United States to 
do so.
    (e) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that with 
respect to a foreign country for which the United States--
            (1) does not provide assistance under the provisions of law 
        described in subsection (a) for a fiscal year, and
            (2) owes amounts as a result of loans, credits, or other 
        financial obligations for the fiscal year,
the President should seek to obtain from that country a reduction in 
such United States debt in an amount equal to 110 percent of the total 
amount of costs incurred by United States hospitals and other medical 
facilities for the long-term care of aliens unlawfully present in the 
United States from that country during the preceding fiscal year.
    (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to change any provision of law in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act regarding the long-term care of individuals lawfully 
present in the United States.
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