HR 1485
Alien Removal Not Resort Stays Act
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Bill overview
This bill aims to end the Shelter and Services Program run by FEMA, which provides temporary housing and support to individuals awaiting immigration proceedings. It redirects funds previously allocated to this program to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be used for immigration enforcement, detention, and removal operations. The bill effectively shifts resources away from providing shelter to asylum seekers and towards immigration enforcement activities.
Key provisions
- Terminates the FEMA Shelter and Services Program.
- Prohibits future funding for the program.
- Transfers existing unobligated funds to ICE.
- Directs funds to ICE for enforcement, detention, and removal operations.
Who is affected
- Asylum seekers
- Individuals awaiting immigration proceedings
- FEMA
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Notable changes
- Shifts funding from FEMA’s shelter program to ICE’s enforcement and detention activities.
Fiscal impact
The bill redirects existing FEMA funds to ICE, impacting the federal budget allocation between disaster relief and immigration enforcement.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1485
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To terminate the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Alien Removal Not Resort Stays Act
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Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as in effect on the day before such date of enactment, or to any successor or similar program.
The unobligated balances of all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall be transferred to and merged with amounts otherwise made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—operations and support
account for necessary expenses for enforcement, detention, and removal operations.