| 1 | 1 | | II |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 685 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | To ensure State and local law enforcement officers are permitted to cooperate |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | with Federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States. |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | RUZ(for himself, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | B |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | UDD, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mrs. CAP- |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | ITO, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, and Mrs. |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | H |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | YDE-SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | To ensure State and local law enforcement officers are per- |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | mitted to cooperate with Federal officials to protect our |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | communities from violent criminals and suspected terror- |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | ists who are illegally present in the United States. |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Dangerous Sanc-4 |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | tuary Cities Act’’. 5 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. ENSURING COOPERATION BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW 1 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND STATE AND 2 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 3 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES. 4 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | (a) A |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | UTHORITYTOCOOPERATEWITHFEDERALOF-5 |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | FICIALS.—A State, a political subdivision of a State, or 6 |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 7 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | subdivision that complies with a detainer issued by the De-8 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | partment of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 9 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 10 |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | and 1357)— 11 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | (1) shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of 12 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | the Department of Homeland Security; and 13 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | (2) with regard to actions taken to comply with 14 |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | such detainer, shall have all authority available to 15 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | officers and employees of the Department of Home-16 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | land Security. 17 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | (b) L |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | EGALPROCEEDINGS.—In any legal proceeding 18 |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | brought against a State, a political subdivision of State, 19 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | or an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 20 |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | subdivision, which challenges the legality of the seizure or 21 |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | detention of an individual pursuant to a detainer issued 22 |
|---|
| 55 | 55 | | by the Department of Homeland Security under section 23 |
|---|
| 56 | 56 | | 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 24 |
|---|
| 57 | 57 | | U.S.C. 1226 and 1357)— 25 |
|---|
| 58 | 58 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 59 | 59 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 |
|---|
| 60 | 60 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 61 | 61 | | (1) no liability shall lie against such State or 1 |
|---|
| 62 | 62 | | political subdivision for actions taken in compliance 2 |
|---|
| 63 | 63 | | with such detainer; and 3 |
|---|
| 64 | 64 | | (2) if the actions of the officer, employee, or 4 |
|---|
| 65 | 65 | | agent of the State or political subdivision were taken 5 |
|---|
| 66 | 66 | | in compliance with such detainer— 6 |
|---|
| 67 | 67 | | (A) the officer, employee, or agent shall be 7 |
|---|
| 68 | 68 | | deemed— 8 |
|---|
| 69 | 69 | | (i) to be an employee of the Federal 9 |
|---|
| 70 | 70 | | Government and an investigative or law 10 |
|---|
| 71 | 71 | | enforcement officer; and 11 |
|---|
| 72 | 72 | | (ii) to have been acting within the 12 |
|---|
| 73 | 73 | | scope of his or her employment under sec-13 |
|---|
| 74 | 74 | | tion 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, 14 |
|---|
| 75 | 75 | | United States Code; 15 |
|---|
| 76 | 76 | | (B) section 1346(b) of title 28, United 16 |
|---|
| 77 | 77 | | States Code, shall provide the exclusive remedy 17 |
|---|
| 78 | 78 | | for the plaintiff; and 18 |
|---|
| 79 | 79 | | (C) the United States shall be substituted 19 |
|---|
| 80 | 80 | | as defendant in the proceeding. 20 |
|---|
| 81 | 81 | | (c) R |
|---|
| 82 | 82 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-21 |
|---|
| 83 | 83 | | tion may be construed to provide immunity to any person 22 |
|---|
| 84 | 84 | | who knowingly violates the civil or constitutional rights of 23 |
|---|
| 85 | 85 | | an individual. 24 |
|---|
| 86 | 86 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 87 | 87 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 |
|---|
| 88 | 88 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 89 | 89 | | SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTION DEFINED. 1 |
|---|
| 90 | 90 | | (a) I |
|---|
| 91 | 91 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-2 |
|---|
| 92 | 92 | | section (b), for purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘sanctuary 3 |
|---|
| 93 | 93 | | jurisdiction’’ means any State or political subdivision of 4 |
|---|
| 94 | 94 | | a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or 5 |
|---|
| 95 | 95 | | practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity 6 |
|---|
| 96 | 96 | | or official from— 7 |
|---|
| 97 | 97 | | (1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchang-8 |
|---|
| 98 | 98 | | ing with any Federal, State, or local government en-9 |
|---|
| 99 | 99 | | tity information regarding the citizenship or immi-10 |
|---|
| 100 | 100 | | gration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 11 |
|---|
| 101 | 101 | | or 12 |
|---|
| 102 | 102 | | (2) complying with a request lawfully made by 13 |
|---|
| 103 | 103 | | the Department of Homeland Security under section 14 |
|---|
| 104 | 104 | | 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 15 |
|---|
| 105 | 105 | | (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer 16 |
|---|
| 106 | 106 | | for, or notify about the release of, an individual. 17 |
|---|
| 107 | 107 | | (b) E |
|---|
| 108 | 108 | | XCEPTION.—A State or political subdivision of 18 |
|---|
| 109 | 109 | | a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based 19 |
|---|
| 110 | 110 | | solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not 20 |
|---|
| 111 | 111 | | share information regarding, or comply with a request 21 |
|---|
| 112 | 112 | | made by the Department of Homeland Security under sec-22 |
|---|
| 113 | 113 | | tion 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 23 |
|---|
| 114 | 114 | | (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer re-24 |
|---|
| 115 | 115 | | garding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or 25 |
|---|
| 116 | 116 | | a witness to a criminal offense. 26 |
|---|
| 117 | 117 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 118 | 118 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 |
|---|
| 119 | 119 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 120 | 120 | | SEC. 4. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER-1 |
|---|
| 121 | 121 | | TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 2 |
|---|
| 122 | 122 | | (a) E |
|---|
| 123 | 123 | | CONOMICDEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 3 |
|---|
| 124 | 124 | | G |
|---|
| 125 | 125 | | RANTS.— 4 |
|---|
| 126 | 126 | | (1) G |
|---|
| 127 | 127 | | RANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECO -5 |
|---|
| 128 | 128 | | NOMIC DEVELOPMENT .—Section 201(b) of the Pub-6 |
|---|
| 129 | 129 | | lic Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 7 |
|---|
| 130 | 130 | | (42 U.S.C. 3141(b)) is amended— 8 |
|---|
| 131 | 131 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9 |
|---|
| 132 | 132 | | the end; 10 |
|---|
| 133 | 133 | | (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-11 |
|---|
| 134 | 134 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12 |
|---|
| 135 | 135 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 13 |
|---|
| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(4) the area in which the project is to be car-14 |
|---|
| 137 | 137 | | ried out is not a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined 15 |
|---|
| 138 | 138 | | in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 16 |
|---|
| 139 | 139 | | Act).’’. 17 |
|---|
| 140 | 140 | | (2) G |
|---|
| 141 | 141 | | RANTS FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRA -18 |
|---|
| 142 | 142 | | TIVE EXPENSES.—Section 203(a) of the Public 19 |
|---|
| 143 | 143 | | Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 20 |
|---|
| 144 | 144 | | U.S.C. 3143(a)) is amended by adding at the end 21 |
|---|
| 145 | 145 | | the following: ‘‘A sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined 22 |
|---|
| 146 | 146 | | in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 23 |
|---|
| 147 | 147 | | Act) may not be deemed an eligible recipient under 24 |
|---|
| 148 | 148 | | this subsection.’’. 25 |
|---|
| 149 | 149 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 150 | 150 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 |
|---|
| 151 | 151 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 152 | 152 | | (3) SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS .—Section 205(a) 1 |
|---|
| 153 | 153 | | of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 2 |
|---|
| 154 | 154 | | of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3145(a)) is amended— 3 |
|---|
| 155 | 155 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4 |
|---|
| 156 | 156 | | the end; 5 |
|---|
| 157 | 157 | | (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the 6 |
|---|
| 158 | 158 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7 |
|---|
| 159 | 159 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
|---|
| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘(4) will be carried out in an area that does not 9 |
|---|
| 161 | 161 | | contain a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in sec-10 |
|---|
| 162 | 162 | | tion 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 11 |
|---|
| 163 | 163 | | Act).’’. 12 |
|---|
| 164 | 164 | | (4) G |
|---|
| 165 | 165 | | RANTS FOR TRAINING , RESEARCH, AND 13 |
|---|
| 166 | 166 | | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .—Section 207 of the Public 14 |
|---|
| 167 | 167 | | Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 15 |
|---|
| 168 | 168 | | U.S.C. 3147) is amended by adding at the end the 16 |
|---|
| 169 | 169 | | following: 17 |
|---|
| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(c) I |
|---|
| 171 | 171 | | NELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDIC-18 |
|---|
| 172 | 172 | | TIONS.—Grant funds authorized under this section may 19 |
|---|
| 173 | 173 | | not be used to provide assistance to a sanctuary jurisdic-20 |
|---|
| 174 | 174 | | tion (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanc-21 |
|---|
| 175 | 175 | | tuary Cities Act).’’. 22 |
|---|
| 176 | 176 | | (b) C |
|---|
| 177 | 177 | | OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT BLOCKGRANTS.— 23 |
|---|
| 178 | 178 | | Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 24 |
|---|
| 179 | 179 | | of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 25 |
|---|
| 180 | 180 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 181 | 181 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 |
|---|
| 182 | 182 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 183 | 183 | | (1) in section 102(a) (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)), by 1 |
|---|
| 184 | 184 | | adding at the end the following: 2 |
|---|
| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(25) The term ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ has the 3 |
|---|
| 186 | 186 | | meaning given such term in section 3 of the Stop 4 |
|---|
| 187 | 187 | | Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act.’’; 5 |
|---|
| 188 | 188 | | (2) in section 104(b) (42 U.S.C. 5304(b))— 6 |
|---|
| 189 | 189 | | (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 7 |
|---|
| 190 | 190 | | the end; 8 |
|---|
| 191 | 191 | | (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 9 |
|---|
| 192 | 192 | | paragraph (7); and 10 |
|---|
| 193 | 193 | | (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 11 |
|---|
| 194 | 194 | | following: 12 |
|---|
| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(6) the grantee is not a sanctuary jurisdiction 13 |
|---|
| 196 | 196 | | and will not become a sanctuary jurisdiction during 14 |
|---|
| 197 | 197 | | the period for which the grantee receives a grant 15 |
|---|
| 198 | 198 | | under this title; and’’; and 16 |
|---|
| 199 | 199 | | (3) in section 106 (42 U.S.C. 5306), by adding 17 |
|---|
| 200 | 200 | | at the end the following: 18 |
|---|
| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘(g) P |
|---|
| 202 | 202 | | ROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AGAINST 19 |
|---|
| 203 | 203 | | C |
|---|
| 204 | 204 | | RIME.— 20 |
|---|
| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(1) I |
|---|
| 206 | 206 | | N GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be 21 |
|---|
| 207 | 207 | | appropriated to carry out this title may be obligated 22 |
|---|
| 208 | 208 | | or expended for any State or unit of general local 23 |
|---|
| 209 | 209 | | government that is a sanctuary jurisdiction. 24 |
|---|
| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(2) R |
|---|
| 211 | 211 | | ETURNED AMOUNTS .— 25 |
|---|
| 212 | 212 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 213 | 213 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 |
|---|
| 214 | 214 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(A) STATE.—If a State is a sanctuary ju-1 |
|---|
| 216 | 216 | | risdiction during the period for which it receives 2 |
|---|
| 217 | 217 | | amounts under this title, the Secretary— 3 |
|---|
| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(i) shall direct the State to imme-4 |
|---|
| 219 | 219 | | diately return to the Secretary any 5 |
|---|
| 220 | 220 | | amounts received by the State under this 6 |
|---|
| 221 | 221 | | title for such period; and 7 |
|---|
| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(ii) shall reallocate amounts returned 8 |
|---|
| 223 | 223 | | under clause (i) for grants under this title 9 |
|---|
| 224 | 224 | | to other States that are not sanctuary ju-10 |
|---|
| 225 | 225 | | risdictions. 11 |
|---|
| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(B) U |
|---|
| 227 | 227 | | NIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN -12 |
|---|
| 228 | 228 | | MENT.—If a unit of general local government is 13 |
|---|
| 229 | 229 | | a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for 14 |
|---|
| 230 | 230 | | which it receives amounts under this title, any 15 |
|---|
| 231 | 231 | | such amounts that the unit of general local gov-16 |
|---|
| 232 | 232 | | ernment received for that period— 17 |
|---|
| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(i) in the case of a unit of general 18 |
|---|
| 234 | 234 | | local government that is not in a non-19 |
|---|
| 235 | 235 | | entitlement area, shall be returned to the 20 |
|---|
| 236 | 236 | | Secretary for grants under this title to 21 |
|---|
| 237 | 237 | | States and other units of general local gov-22 |
|---|
| 238 | 238 | | ernment that are not sanctuary jurisdic-23 |
|---|
| 239 | 239 | | tions; and 24 |
|---|
| 240 | 240 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 241 | 241 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 |
|---|
| 242 | 242 | | •S 685 IS |
|---|
| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘(ii) in the case of a unit of general 1 |
|---|
| 244 | 244 | | local government that is in a nonentitle-2 |
|---|
| 245 | 245 | | ment area, shall be returned to the Gov-3 |
|---|
| 246 | 246 | | ernor of the State for grants under this 4 |
|---|
| 247 | 247 | | title to other units of general local govern-5 |
|---|
| 248 | 248 | | ment in the State that are not sanctuary 6 |
|---|
| 249 | 249 | | jurisdictions. 7 |
|---|
| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(C) R |
|---|
| 251 | 251 | | EALLOCATION RULES .—In reallo-8 |
|---|
| 252 | 252 | | cating amounts pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 9 |
|---|
| 253 | 253 | | and (B), the Secretary— 10 |
|---|
| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(i) shall apply the relevant allocation 11 |
|---|
| 255 | 255 | | formula under subsection (b), with all 12 |
|---|
| 256 | 256 | | sanctuary jurisdictions excluded; and 13 |
|---|
| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(ii) shall not be subject to the rules 14 |
|---|
| 258 | 258 | | for reallocation under subsection (c).’’. 15 |
|---|
| 259 | 259 | | (c) E |
|---|
| 260 | 260 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-16 |
|---|
| 261 | 261 | | ments made by this section shall take effect on October 17 |
|---|
| 262 | 262 | | 1, 2025. 18 |
|---|
| 263 | 263 | | Æ |
|---|
| 264 | 264 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Mar 15, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S685.IS S685 |
|---|
| 265 | 265 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS |
|---|