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HR 746 · in committee · major

America First Act

What this bill does

  • The bill restricts federal benefits and tax credits for non-citizens, asylees, and certain immigration statuses.
  • Non-U.S. nationals, DACA recipients, parolees, and sanctuary jurisdictions are affected by eligibility and funding changes.
  • The bill makes the expanded child tax credit permanent while creating new documentation requirements for benefit applicants.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would stricter documentation requirements affect low-income citizens who already struggle to navigate federal benefit applications?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that restricting benefits to non-citizens would reduce federal spending, and what are the estimated savings?

  3. 03

    How might making the expanded child tax credit permanent offset the costs of restricting benefits to other populations?

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Sponsor · R-TX-19

Jodey C. Arrington

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House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-01-28

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-28 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  2. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  6. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  7. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  8. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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