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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6122
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 2, 2021
Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Hern, Ms. Mace, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Norman, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Owens, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Steube, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Cline) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the payment of certain legal settlements to individuals who unlawfully entered the United States.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protect American Taxpayer Dollars from Illegal Immigration Act
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Limitation on legal settlements for individuals who unlawfully entered the united states
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds, including amounts deposited into the Judgment Fund established under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, may be expended for any legal settlement to any individual who violated section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)) if the claims giving rise to such settlement are based solely on the lawful detention of such individual as part of a family unit after entry at a port of entry or between ports of entry along the southern border of the United States after January 20, 2017.