{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-5283","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 5283","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-08-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-11-30","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h689","question":"On Passage","title":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act","result":"Passed","yea":224,"nay":203,"present":1,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll689.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2023-12-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 812","sponsor":"Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]","purpose":"Amendment sought to allow the Interior Secretary to provide housing for specified aliens when the originating state has failed to meet certain criteria.","result":"Failed","date":"2023-11-30","yea":206,"nay":223,"present":1,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll688.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-11-30","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":206,"nay":223,"present":1,"not_voting":10,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll688.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-11-17","stage":"Reported to House, Part I","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits the federal government from using certain federally administered lands to provide housing to any non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have not been admitted into the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also revokes a 2023 lease between the National Park Service and the City of New York to use portions of the Gateway National Recreation Area to provide housing to migrant persons."}],"words":110},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Prohibits the use of Federal funds to provide housing to aliens who have not been admitted on land administered by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5283/text/eh#H4555C9C1D77745BE9AB2DCFB05A4975A"}]},"core_areas":["Prohibition on Federal funds for housing aliens who have not been admitted on Federal land management agency land","Annual reporting on aliens 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House","date":"2023-11-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5283/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5283","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5283/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-5283.png","v":"9076abce07c3","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5283, 118th Congress: Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023. House: 224 Yea, 203 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Nov 2023."}}