Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Dec 4, 2023

This bill prohibits the federal government from using federally administered lands under the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or Forest Service to provide housing to non-U.S. nationals who have not been admitted into the United States. The bill also revokes a 2023 lease agreement between the National Park Service and the City of New York that allowed the use of portions of the Gateway National Recreation Area for housing migrant persons.

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Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023 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. 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. 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.