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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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118TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 118-275
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FAILURE TO
SECURE THE BORDER ACT OF 2023
NOVEMBER 17, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5283]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5283) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide
housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure
the Border Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECIFIED ALIENS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-No Federal funds may be used to provide housing to specified
aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land man-
agement agencies, including through leases, contracts, or agreements.
(b) REVOCATION OF LEASE.-The lease between the United States of America/
United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service and the City of New
York for the Premises known as Portions of Floyd Bennett Field, in the Jamaica
Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (NPS Lease# L-GATE912-2023,
Commencement Date - September 15, 2023) is hereby revoked.
(c) DEFINITIONS.-In this section:
(1) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.-The term Federal land manage-
ment agencies means the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service.
(2) HOUSING.-The term housing means a temporary or permanent encamp-
ment used for the primary purpose of sheltering specified aliens.
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