,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,mace 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,harris of    
,maryland1 and ,ms4 ,boebert7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,education and ,workforce1 for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the    
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #eje of the
 ,illegal ,immigration ,reform and      
,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of #aiif
 to prohibit the provision of ,federal  
financial assistance to public          
institutions of higher education that   
provide certain higher education        
benefits to aliens who are not lawfully 
present in the ,united ,states1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,american      
,students ,first ,act4  #b4 ,restricting

 higher education benefits for aliens   
not lawfully present ,section #eje of   
the ,illegal ,immigration ,reform and   
,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of #aiif
 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #afbc7 is amended--  7#a7
 in subsection 7b71 by striking ,this   
section and inserting ,subsection 7a72  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7c7 ,prohibition on ,federal
 financial assistance  7#a7 ,in general 
,a public institution of higher         
education in a ,state may not receive   
any ,federal financial assistance for   
the fiscal year following any fiscal    
year in which the ,secretary of         
,education determines that the          
institution is an ineligible institution
 under paragraph 7#b74  7#b7            
,ineligibility ,a public institution of 
higher education in a ,state is an      
ineligible institution for purposes of  
this subsection if the institution--    
7,a7 charges an alien who is not        
lawfully present in the ,united ,states 
tuition for attendance at the           

institution at a rate that is less than 
or equal to the rate charged for        
residents of the ,state who are citizens
 of the ,united ,states2 or  7,b7       
provides ,state-based financial aid to  
an alien who is not lawfully present in 
the ,united ,states4  7#c7 ,definitions 
,in this subsection3 7,a7 ,the term     
,federal financial assistance has the   
meaning given such term in section      
#geja7;a77#e7 of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7,b7 ,the term          
institution of higher education has the 
meaning given such term in section #aja 
of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja74  7,c7 ,the term  
,state has the meaning given such term  
in section #ajc of the ,higher          
,education ,act of #aifd 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjc74  4