To restrict the repatriation of funds by noncitizens receiving Federal benefits, to require verification and certification of compliance, and to establish a centralized database within the Department of the Treasury for monitoring, enforcement, and reporting.

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

2026-04-02

The bill would prevent noncitizens who receive federal benefits like Social Security or unemployment assistance from sending money out of the country, and would require the government to verify that recipients are following this rule. It would also create a new database in the Treasury Department to track and monitor these restrictions across federal benefit programs. The measure aims to ensure that federal assistance stays within the U.S. rather than being transferred abroad by noncitizen recipients.