KAMALA Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9617

   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 national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for 
              permanent residence, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2024

Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Crane, Mr. Rosendale, 
 Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Harris, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Clyde, 
  Mr. Burchett, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for 
              permanent residence, 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 ``Keeping Aid for Municipalities And 
Localities Accountable Act'' or the ``KAMALA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 105 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(i) Prohibition on Use of Assistance for Persons Not Lawfully 
Present.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amount from a 
grant under section 106 made in fiscal year 2024 or any succeeding 
fiscal year may be used to assist persons who are neither a national of 
the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence under 
section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 
              PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT.

    Section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5303) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary is authorized to'' and 
        inserting:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not make a grant to any State, 
unit of general local government, or Indian tribe to carry out 
activities in accordance with the provisions of this title if such 
State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe carries out 
any housing or community development related program that provides 
assistance to persons who are neither a national of the United States 
nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 101(a)(20) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act.''.
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