Transfers unobligated funds from the Shelter and Services Program to ICE's operations and support account specifically for enforcement, detention, and removal operations, increasing resources available for immigration detention and removal.
The unobligated balances of all amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall be transferred to and merged with amounts otherwise made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--operations and support'' account for necessary expenses for enforcement, detention, and removal operations.
Terminates the Shelter and Services Program and bars any future federal funding for it or similar programs, reducing federal support for shelter and services that aid migrants and thereby facilitating greater focus on enforcement.
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as in effect on the day before such date of enactment, or to any successor or similar program.
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2025-02-21: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill terminates federal funding for FEMA's Shelter and Services Program (which provided aid to migrants) and redirects unobligated balances to ICE specifically for enforcement, detention, and removal, expanding the scope of immigration enforcement by state and local governments' federal partners.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-21
House
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.