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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 32
To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who
are present in the United States without lawful status under the immi-
gration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such
aliens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. L
ALOTA(for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. MCCAUL, and
Mr. N
UNNof Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Bailout for Sanc-4
tuary Cities Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. SANCTUARY JURISDICTION DEFINED. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-2
section (b), for purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘sanctuary 3
jurisdiction’’ means any State or political subdivision of 4
a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or 5
practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity 6
or official from— 7
(1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchang-8
ing with any Federal, State, or local government en-9
tity information regarding the citizenship or immi-10
gration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 11
or 12
(2) complying with a request lawfully made by 13
the Department of Homeland Security under section 14
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 15
(8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer 16
for, or notify about the release of, an individual. 17
(b) E
XCEPTION.—A State or political subdivision of 18
a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based 19
solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not 20
share information regarding, or comply with a request 21
made by the Department of Homeland Security under sec-22
tion 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 23
(8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer re-24
garding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or 25
a witness to a criminal offense. 26
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SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER-1
TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 2
Beginning on the earlier of the date that is 60 days 3
after the date of enactment of this Act or the first day 4
of the fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment 5
of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to receive 6
any Federal funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends 7
to use for the benefit (including the provision of food, shel-8
ter, healthcare services, legal services, and transportation) 9
of aliens who are present in the United States without law-10
ful status under the immigration laws (as such terms are 11
defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 12
Act). 13
SEC. 4. REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE. 14
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 15
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 16
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the 17
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com-18
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that in-19
cludes a list of States, and political subdivisions of States, 20
that have failed to comply with requests described in sec-21
tion 2(a)(2). 22
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