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H.R. 7817119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 5, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act of 2026
Introduced:
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HR 7817 would bar federal ACA waiver money from covering undocumented immigrants and cancel existing state waivers within 30 days.
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HR 7817 would prohibit federal money sent to states through ACA waiver programs from being used to pay for health insurance for people without legal immigration status. The bill would also require the federal government to cancel any existing state waivers that allowed such coverage within 30 days of enactment.
Undocumented immigrants currently receiving health insurance assistance through federally funded state waiver programs would lose access to that coverage. States such as California that built programs using ACA waivers to cover undocumented residents would be affected.
States that currently use federal waiver dollars for this coverage would need to fund it entirely with their own money or stop offering it. No federal tax dollars could flow through ACA waiver programs to subsidize health insurance for people living in the U.S. without legal authorization.
Federal funds that currently flow to states through ACA waivers for undocumented immigrant coverage would be cut off. States choosing to maintain that coverage would bear the full cost themselves.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.