S.Amdt. 2026

SA 2026. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to
unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC
RESOURCES TO UNITED STATES CITIZEN CHILDREN
BORN TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) 88 percent of children with immigrant parents were born
in the United States and are United States citizens.
(2) Children with at least one immigrant parent account for
26 percent of all children in the United States.
(3) 9,100,000 children with immigrant parents live in low-
income families.
(4) Federally funded programs, including Head Start and the
Children's Health Insurance Program, are critical in
delivering quality health care and comprehensive early
childhood education, health, and nutrition to children from
low-income families.
(5) State and local governments have made their own
determinations with respect to what State and local resources
immigrant families can utilize.
(6) The Trump Administration has written a draft rule
regarding the definition of ``public charge'' that would
limit the ability of United States citizen children to access
public resources without threatening the immigration status
of their family members.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) United States citizen children born to immigrant
parents should be entitled to the same access to public
resources as children born to United States citizen parents;
and
(2) any attempt to limit the access of United States
citizens to public benefits and resources based on the
immigration status of their parents would be discriminatory
and create second-class citizens.
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