Bill Details
HR.1984 - 119th Congress
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Latest action
2025-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Introduced Date
2025-03-10
Policy Area
Transportation and Public Works
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This bill would tie some federal transportation and infrastructure money to immigration-related notice rules. It says that certain cities, counties, and other local governments could lose access to federal highway and infrastructure funds unless they have a policy in place to tell the Department of Homeland Security at least 48 hours before releasing from custody a person who is not lawfully in the United States, when federal officials have already told local authorities about that person’s status and the person has been held for at least 48 hours. In plain terms, the bill uses transportation funding as pressure to make local governments share release information with federal immigration officials.
- The rule would apply to local governments, called political subdivisions, not just states themselves.
- To keep the funds, the local government would need a law, policy, or practice requiring notice to Homeland Security before the person is released.
- The notice requirement would only apply if federal officials had already said the person is not lawfully present and had informed local authorities at least 48 hours before the release.
- If a state receives the money and passes it down to a local government that does not meet the rule, that local government would still be blocked from getting the funds.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1984 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1984
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit certain Federal funding
to States that do not have a process to notify the Secretary of
Homeland Security of the release from custody or detainment certain
aliens under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2025
Mr. Crank (for himself and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit certain Federal funding
to States that do not have a process to notify the Secretary of
Homeland Security of the release from custody or detainment certain
aliens under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Blocking Lawless Open Border Cities
and States Act of 2025'' or the ``BLOC Act''.
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL
FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 612. Ineligibility of sanctuary jurisdictions for certain
Federal funds
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall not
obligate or award funds for any infrastructure project, including for
highway construction, to a political subdivision of a State, nor shall
any funds obligated or awarded to a State, go to any political
subdivision of a State that does not have in effect not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of the BLOC Act a statute, ordinance,
policy, or practice requiring an entity or official of such political
subdivision to notify the Secretary of Homeland Security (or designee
thereof) not later than 48 hours before of the release from custody or
detainment of an alien if--
``(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (or designee
thereof) has determined that such alien is not lawfully present
in the United States;
``(2) not later than 48 hours before such release, the
Secretary of Homeland Security (or designee thereof) has
notified the sheriff or detaining entity of such State or
political subdivision of the legal status of such alien; and
``(3) such alien has been in custody or detainment for not
less than 48 hours before such release.
``(b) Definition of Infrastructure Project.--In this section, the
term `infrastructure project' has the meaning given such term in
section 184.3 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on
the date of enactment of the BLOC Act).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 6 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``612. Ineligibility of sanctuary jurisdictions for certain Federal
funds.''.
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