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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1821 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To deny Federal funding to any State or political subdivision of a State |
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| 6 | 6 | | that has in effect any law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes |
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| 7 | 7 | | a State or local law enforcement official from maintaining custody of |
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| 8 | 8 | | an alien pursuant to an immigration detainer issued by the Secretary |
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| 9 | 9 | | of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MARCH4, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALVERTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To deny Federal funding to any State or political subdivision |
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| 17 | 17 | | of a State that has in effect any law, policy, or procedure |
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| 18 | 18 | | that prevents or impedes a State or local law enforce- |
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| 19 | 19 | | ment official from maintaining custody of an alien pursu- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ant to an immigration detainer issued by the Secretary |
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| 21 | 21 | | of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the— 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) ‘‘Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act’’; or 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) ‘‘HELD Act’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1821 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. DENIAL OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO STATES AND 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT FAIL 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TO RESPOND TO IMMIGRATION DETAINERS. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—With respect to fiscal years begin-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ning after the date of the enactment of this Act, no Fed-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | eral funds may be used to assist any project or activity 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | carried out by a State, or a political subdivision of a State, 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | described in subsection (b). 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) S |
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| 41 | 41 | | TATES AND POLITICALSUBDIVISIONSDE-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SCRIBED.—A State, or political subdivision of a State, de-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | scribed in this subsection is any State, or political subdivi-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | sion of a State, that has in effect any law, policy, or proce-12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | dure that prevents or impedes State or local law enforce-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ment officials from— 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) timely responding to an immigration notice 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security that 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | requests information about an alien in State or local 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | custody, including the alien’s estimated release date, 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | in order that the Secretary may arrange to assume 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | custody of the alien upon such release; or 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) maintaining custody of an alien for a period 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of up to 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and holidays) pursuant to an immigration detainer 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security in 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | order that the alien can be transferred to the cus-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tody of such Secretary to determine whether the 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 1821 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | alien should be detained, placed in removal pro-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ceedings, released, or removed. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) C |
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| 65 | 65 | | ONSTRUCTION.—A political subdivision of a 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | State that is not ineligible under subsection (a) to receive 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Federal funds, but is part of a State or another unit of 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | government that is so ineligible, may submit, notwith-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | standing any other provision of law, an application for di-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | rect receipt of any funds that the political subdivision oth-8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | erwise only would receive through subgrant, allocation, or 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | allotment made by the ineligible State or government unit. 10 |
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