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No Welfare for Non-Citizens Act

To prohibit aliens from receiving Federal public benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 18, 2025

Latest action (Dec 18, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary
  • Prohibits all aliens from receiving any Federal public benefit, eliminating current law's distinction that allows certain qualified aliens limited eligibility for some programs.
  • Repeals provisions that define categories of qualified aliens and their limited eligibility for federal benefit programs.
  • Adds cash assistance to the definition of Federal public benefits that aliens are prohibited from receiving.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Dec 18, 2025 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 18, 2025

Mr. Fine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To prohibit aliens from receiving Federal public benefits, 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 “No Welfare for Non-Citizens Act”.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY.

(a) Aliens Who Are Not Qualified Aliens Ineligible for Federal Public Benefits.—Section 401 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) to read as follows:

“(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act), is not eligible for any Federal public benefit (as defined in subsection (c)).”;

(2) by repealing subsection (b); and

(3) in subsection (c), by inserting “cash assistance,” after “unemployment benefit,”.

(b) Definitions.—Section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641) is repealed.

(c) Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens for Certain Federal Programs.—Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612).

(d) Repealing Limited Eligibility of Qualified Aliens.—Section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613) is repealed. <all>

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