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- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-Idaho]
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-Missouri]
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-Montana]
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-Utah]
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-Montana]
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-Nebraska]
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-Indiana]
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-Wyoming]
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-Florida]
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This bill would stop certain federal money from going to states or local governments that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. It targets places that block sharing immigration status information or refuse to help with federal requests to hold or notify officials about the release of certain people. If a jurisdiction has such a policy, it could lose federal funds meant to provide benefits like food, shelter, health care, legal help, and transportation to people who are in the United States without legal status. The bill also makes an exception for people who come forward as victims of, or witnesses to, a crime.
- It defines a “sanctuary jurisdiction” as a state or local government that restricts information sharing about a person’s immigration status or refuses certain federal immigration requests.
- The funding cut would begin 60 days after the bill becomes law, or at the start of the next fiscal year, whichever comes first.
- Jurisdictions would not be labeled sanctuary jurisdictions just because they protect victims or witnesses of crimes from having their information shared or from being held for immigration purposes.
- The Department of Homeland Security would have to send Congress a yearly report naming states and local governments that did not follow the federal requests covered by the bill.
Official Summaries
No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
This bill makes a state or political subdivision of a state ineligible for any federal funds that the jurisdiction intends to use to benefit non-U.S. nationals (i.e., aliens under federal law) who are unlawfully present if the jurisdiction withholds information about citizenship or immigration status or does not cooperate with immigration detainers.
Specifically, such funds are denied to any jurisdiction that has a law, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity from
- maintaining, sending, or receiving information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual;
- exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with a federal, state, or local government entity;
- complying with a valid immigration detainer from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or
- notifying DHS about an individual's release from custody.
The funding restriction does not apply to a law, policy, or practice that only applies to an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense.
DHS must annually provide to specified congressional committees a list of jurisdictions that have failed to comply with a DHS detainer or have failed to notify DHS of an individual’s release.
The funding restriction begins 60 days after the bill's enactment or on the first day of the fiscal year following the bill's enactment, whichever is earlier.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 707 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 707
To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens
who are present in the United States without lawful status under the
immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit
such aliens.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2025
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lee,
Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Banks, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens
who are present in the United States without lawful status under the
immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit
such aliens.
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 ``No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in this Act,
the term ``sanctuary jurisdiction'' means any State or political
subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy,
or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or
official from--
(1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any
Federal, State, or local government entity information
regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or
unlawful) of any individual; or
(2) complying with a request lawfully made by the Secretary
of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply
with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an
individual.
(b) Exception.--For purposes of this Act, a State or political
subdivision of a State shall not be considered a sanctuary jurisdiction
based solely on the State or political subdivision of a State having a
policy under which officials of the State or political subdivision of a
State will not share information with respect to, or comply with a
request made by the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 236 or
287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to
comply with a detainer for, an individual who comes forward as a victim
of or a witness to a criminal offense.
SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS.
Beginning on the date that is the earlier of the date that is 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act or the first day of
the fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this
Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to receive any Federal
funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends to use for the benefit
(including the provision of food, shelter, healthcare services, legal
services, and transportation) of aliens who are present in the United
States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as defined in
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
SEC. 4. REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report
that identifies each State and political subdivision of a State that
has, within the preceding 1-year period, failed to comply with a
request described in section 2(a)(2).
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