,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #b1  
#bjba,mr4 ,tillis 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1
 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,moran1
 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4  
,hawley1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,graham1    
,mr4 ,daines1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 
,mr4 ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4          
,lankford1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 
,mr4 ,shelby1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,thune1 
,mr4 ,tuberville1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,ms4     
,collins1 ,mr4 ,romney1 ,mr4 ,burr1 ,mr4
 ,paul1 and ,mr4 ,grassley7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
payment of certain legal settlements to 
individuals who unlawfully entered the  
,united ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,protect      
,american ,taxpayer ,dollars from       
,illegal ,immigration ,act4  #b4        

,limitation on legal settlements for    
individuals who unlawfully entered the  
,united ,states ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 no ,federal     
funds1 including amounts deposited into 
the ,judgment ,fund established under   
section #acjd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 may be expended for any  
legal settlement to any individual who  
violated section #bge7;a7 of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #acbe7;a77 if the claims      
giving rise to such settlement are based
 on the lawful detention of such        
individual as part of a family unit     
after entry at a port of entry or       
between ports of entry along the        
southern border of the ,united ,states  
after ,january #bj1 #bjag4