,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bihc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 and  
,mr4 ,braun7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of the     
facilities of a public elementary       
school1 a public secondary school1 or an
 institution of higher education        
receiving funding from the ,department  
of ,education to provide shelter for    
aliens who have not been admitted into  
the ,united ,states4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,schools 
,not ,shelters ,act4  #b4 ,definitions  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,applicable program 
,the term applicable program has the    
meaning given such term in section      
#djj7;c7 of the ,general ,education     
,provisions ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4         

#abba7;c774  7#b7 ,elementary school2   
secondary school ,the terms elementary  
school and secondary school have the    
meanings given such terms in section    
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#c7 ,federal financial        
assistance ,the term ,federal financial 
assistance has the meaning given such   
term in section #geja7;a7 of title #ca1 
,united ,states ,code4  7#d7            
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education--  
7,a7 has the meaning given such term in 
section #ajb7;a7 of the ,higher         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjb72 and  7,b7 does not include an   
institution that is not located in a    
,state4  7#e7 ,shelter or housing ,the  
term shelter or housing-- 7,a7 means    
emergency shelter or housing provided   
exclusively to specified aliens under   
order of the ,federal ,government1 a    
,state1 or a unit of local government2  
and  7,b7 does not include short-term   

emergency shelter made necessary by a   
specified disaster4  7#f7 ,short-term   
,the term short-term means a duration of
 not more than #gb hours4  7#g7         
,specified alien ,the term specified    
alien-- 7,a7 has the meaning given the  
term alien in section #aja7;a7 of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a772 and  7,b7 does not
 include any alien who has been admitted
 to the ,united ,states4  7#h7          
,specified disaster ,the term specified 
disaster means-- 7,a7 a fire on public  
or private forest land or grassland     
described in section #dbj7;a7 of the    
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eahg7;a772 and  7,b7 any     
fire1 flood1 explosion1 hurricane1      
tornado1 storm1 high water1 wind-driven 
water1 tidal wave1 tsunami1 earthquake1 
volcanic eruption1 landslide1 mudslide1 
snowstorm1 or drought for which a       
disaster declaration is made by the     
,federal ,government or by a ,state4    

7#i7 ,state ,the term ,state means any  
,state of the ,united ,states1 the      
,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 ,american  
,samoa1 and the ,commonwealth of the    
,northern ,mariana ,islands4  #c4       
,prohibition on use of school or        
institution facilities to shelter       
specified aliens ,notwithstanding       
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,d7 of section  
#dja7;b77#a7 of the ,personal           
,responsibility and ,work ,opportunity  
,reconciliation ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afaa7;b77#a77 and paragraphs 
7#b7 and 7#d7 of section #daa7;b7 of    
such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #afba7;b771 a   
public elementary school1 a public      
secondary school1 or an institution of  
higher education may not receive        
,federal financial assistance under any 
applicable program if the facilities of 
such school or institution are used to  
provide shelter or housing for specified
 aliens4