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FEMA for America First Act of 2025
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are ineligible for certain assistance, and for other purposes.
Summary
This act amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to restrict eligibility for individual assistance to qualified aliens only. The bill defines qualified aliens using the definition from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, with specific exceptions. The exceptions exclude asylum-granted aliens who have not adjusted to lawful permanent resident status, refugees who have not adjusted to lawful permanent resident status, and aliens paroled into the United States. These restrictions apply to all individual assistance provided under the Stafford Act for disaster relief and emergency assistance.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to W. Gregory Steube’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHENEY BROTHERS $7,800
- NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $6,600
- STEPHENS, INC. $6,600
- NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS $6,600
- COOLTODAY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for W. Gregory Steube → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
- Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide that aliens who are not qualified aliens are ineligible for certain assistance, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “FEMA for America First Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 431. ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR ASSISTANCE.
“(a) In General.—With respect to an alien otherwise eligible for any assistance provided to individuals under this Act, only a qualified alien shall be eligible for such assistance.
“(b) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) In general.—Except as otherwise provided, the terms used have the same meaning given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
“(2) Qualified alien.—The term ‘qualified alien’ has the meaning given such term in section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641), except that such term does not include—
“(A) an alien who—
“(i) is granted asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); and
“(ii) has not sought adjustment to the status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 209(b) of such Act;
“(B) a refugee who—
“(i) is admitted to the United States under section 207 of such Act; and
“(ii) has not sought adjustment to the status of alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 209(a) of such Act; or
“(C) an alien who is paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of such Act.”. <all>
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