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113TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5014 To suspend foreign assistance to certain countries related to unlawful

migration.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 2014 Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. YOHO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. STOCKMAN,

Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. NEUGEBAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL To suspend foreign assistance to certain countries related

to unlawful migration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal Entry Account-4

ability Act of 2014’’. 5

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6

Congress finds the following: 7

(1) The border between the United States and 8

Mexico is not secure on either side, thereby allowing 9

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hundreds of thousands of individuals annually to 1

enter the United States illegally. 2

(2) The majority of the individuals illegally 3

crossing the United States-Mexico border are from 4

Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. 5

(3) Today, tens of thousands of unaccompanied 6

alien children are crossing the United States-Mexico 7

border sparking a humanitarian crisis and endan-8

gering thousands of children. 9

(4) The Department of Homeland Security is 10

spending millions of Americans’ tax dollars to proc-11

ess and provide housing and healthcare services to 12

unaccompanied alien children. 13

(5) The countries previously listed have failed 14

to secure their borders and have failed to adopt and 15

enforce policies that discourage illegal immigration 16

into the United States. 17

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 18

(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon enactment of this Act, the 19

Secretary of State shall immediately suspend all United 20

States foreign assistance to the countries of Mexico, Hon-21

duras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Such assistance may 22

be reinstated only if Congress determines that Mexico, 23

Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have taken suffi-24

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cient action to mitigate unlawful United States-Mexico 1

border crossings by their respective citizens. 2

(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall annually 3

submit to Congress a report documenting the measures 4

taken by Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador 5

to mitigate unlawful entry into the United States by its 6

citizens. 7

(c) EXCEPTION.—Foreign assistance distributed 8

under the International Narcotic Control Law Enforce-9

ment program shall not be considered under subsection 10

(a). 11

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