Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022

Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022

This bill prohibits using federal funds to transport an unlawfully present non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) into a U.S. region that is not within the border jurisdiction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, unless such transportation is for (1) enforcing immigration laws, or (2) bringing an unaccompanied alien child to a Department of Health and Human Services facility.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6522 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6522

 To prohibit Federal funds from being used to transport certain aliens 
               into the interior, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2022

Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Mast, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Burgess, Mr. 
Buchanan, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, and Mr. McKinley) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funds from being used to transport certain aliens 
               into the interior, 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 ``Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used by the Department of 
Homeland Security or any other Federal agency or contractor to 
transport aliens unlawfully present in the United States into the 
interior of the United States for purposes other than enforcement of 
the immigration laws.
    (b) Exemption.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
Federal funds used to transport unaccompanied alien children to 
Department of Health and Human Services facilities.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``immigration laws'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101);
            (2) the term ``interior'' means the region within the 
        United States that is not within the border jurisdiction of 
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and
            (3) the term ``unaccompanied alien child'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 
        2002 (6 U.S.C. 279).
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