No Welfare for Non-Citizens Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]
Introduced
Summary
Bar non-qualified aliens from federal public benefits. The bill would make an alien who is not a "qualified alien" ineligible for any Federal public benefit as defined in law, add "cash assistance" to the list of benefits in that definition, and repeal provisions that define or limit eligible aliens.
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- Households with non-qualified aliens: Individuals who are not "qualified aliens" would be barred from federal public benefits, including cash assistance.
- Qualified aliens: The bill would repeal the statutory provision that provides limited eligibility for some qualified aliens, changing which federal programs they may access.
- Federal programs: The definition of Federal public benefit would explicitly include "cash assistance" alongside unemployment benefits, making those programs unavailable to non-qualified aliens.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Ban on federal benefits for immigrants
This bill would bar any person defined as an "alien" under immigration law from receiving any "Federal public benefit" as the bill defines it. It would explicitly add "cash assistance" to the list of federal public benefits. It would repeal several 1996 welfare-law provisions that previously set immigrant eligibility definitions and exceptions. If enacted, immigrant households could lose cash, health, nutrition, or housing help they now get and agencies would have to apply the new ineligibility rule.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]
FL • R
Cosponsors
Luna
FL • R
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Knott
NC • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]
OH • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Donalds
FL • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Moore (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]
AZ • R
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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