{"id":"52d0700a-c290-4017-b520-ca5218501b47","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":771,"title":"End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Act","displayTitle":"End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Act","abstract":"End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Act This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from carrying out the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) and rescinds unobligated funds transferred to FEMA for this purpose for FY2023-FY2024. The SSP provides grants to public and nonprofit entities for temporarily providing shelter and other services (e.g., food, transportation) to noncitizen migrants released from Department of Homeland Security custody and awaiting immigration court proceedings, as well as for increasing grant recipients’ capacity to temporarily shelter such individuals (e.g., modifying existing facilities).","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>FEMA's Shelter and Services Program — which provides grants to cities and nonprofits to shelter migrants released from federal custody — would be permanently shut down. Any unspent money already allocated to the program would be clawed back to the Treasury. The program has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to local organizations in cities like New York, Chicago, and Denver to cover temporary housing, food, and transportation for migrants. Supporters of the bill argue taxpayer-funded disaster relief money shouldn't go toward immigration services; opponents say the program prevents humanitarian crises in communities absorbing large numbers of new arrivals.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["DEFENSE","IMMIGRATION","GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS"],"introducedAt":"2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/771","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Permanently ends FEMA's shelter grants for cities housing migrants released from federal custody and claws back unspent funds to the Treasury.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Emergency Management","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"52d0700a-c290-4017-b520-ca5218501b47","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/771","websiteBillId":"S-771","yourvoiceSummary":"FEMA's Shelter and Services Program — which provides grants to cities and nonprofits to shelter migrants released from federal custody — would be permanently shut down. Any unspent money already allocated to the program would be clawed back to the Treasury. The program has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to local organizations in cities like New York, Chicago, and Denver to cover temporary housing, food, and transportation for migrants. Supporters of the bill argue taxpayer-funded disaster relief money shouldn't go toward immigration services; opponents say the program prevents humanitarian crises in communities absorbing large numbers of new arrivals.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:46:33.399724+00:00"}