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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION S. 685
To ensure State and local law enforcement officers are permitted to cooperate
with Federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals
and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY24, 2025
Mr. C
RUZ(for himself, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr.
B
UDD, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mrs. CAP-
ITO, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, and Mrs.
H
YDE-SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ensure State and local law enforcement officers are per-
mitted to cooperate with Federal officials to protect our
communities from violent criminals and suspected terror-
ists who are illegally present in the United States.
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 ‘‘Stop Dangerous Sanc-4
tuary Cities Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ENSURING COOPERATION BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW 1
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND STATE AND 2
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 3
SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES. 4
(a) A
UTHORITYTOCOOPERATEWITHFEDERALOF-5
FICIALS.—A State, a political subdivision of a State, or 6
an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 7
subdivision that complies with a detainer issued by the De-8
partment of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 9
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 10
and 1357)— 11
(1) shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of 12
the Department of Homeland Security; and 13
(2) with regard to actions taken to comply with 14
such detainer, shall have all authority available to 15
officers and employees of the Department of Home-16
land Security. 17
(b) L
EGALPROCEEDINGS.—In any legal proceeding 18
brought against a State, a political subdivision of State, 19
or an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 20
subdivision, which challenges the legality of the seizure or 21
detention of an individual pursuant to a detainer issued 22
by the Department of Homeland Security under section 23
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 24
U.S.C. 1226 and 1357)— 25
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(1) no liability shall lie against such State or 1
political subdivision for actions taken in compliance 2
with such detainer; and 3
(2) if the actions of the officer, employee, or 4
agent of the State or political subdivision were taken 5
in compliance with such detainer— 6
(A) the officer, employee, or agent shall be 7
deemed— 8
(i) to be an employee of the Federal 9
Government and an investigative or law 10
enforcement officer; and 11
(ii) to have been acting within the 12
scope of his or her employment under sec-13
tion 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, 14
United States Code; 15
(B) section 1346(b) of title 28, United 16
States Code, shall provide the exclusive remedy 17
for the plaintiff; and 18
(C) the United States shall be substituted 19
as defendant in the proceeding. 20
(c) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-21
tion may be construed to provide immunity to any person 22
who knowingly violates the civil or constitutional rights of 23
an individual. 24
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SEC. 3. 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. 4. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER-1
TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 2
(a) E
CONOMICDEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 3
G
RANTS.— 4
(1) G
RANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECO -5
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT .—Section 201(b) of the Pub-6
lic Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 7
(42 U.S.C. 3141(b)) is amended— 8
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9
the end; 10
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-11
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 12
(C) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(4) the area in which the project is to be car-14
ried out is not a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined 15
in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 16
Act).’’. 17
(2) G
RANTS FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRA -18
TIVE EXPENSES.—Section 203(a) of the Public 19
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 20
U.S.C. 3143(a)) is amended by adding at the end 21
the following: ‘‘A sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined 22
in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 23
Act) may not be deemed an eligible recipient under 24
this subsection.’’. 25
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(3) SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS .—Section 205(a) 1
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 2
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3145(a)) is amended— 3
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4
the end; 5
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the 6
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
(C) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(4) will be carried out in an area that does not 9
contain a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in sec-10
tion 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities 11
Act).’’. 12
(4) G
RANTS FOR TRAINING , RESEARCH, AND 13
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .—Section 207 of the Public 14
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 15
U.S.C. 3147) is amended by adding at the end the 16
following: 17
‘‘(c) I
NELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDIC-18
TIONS.—Grant funds authorized under this section may 19
not be used to provide assistance to a sanctuary jurisdic-20
tion (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanc-21
tuary Cities Act).’’. 22
(b) C
OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT BLOCKGRANTS.— 23
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 24
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 25
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(1) in section 102(a) (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)), by 1
adding at the end the following: 2
‘‘(25) The term ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ has the 3
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Stop 4
Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act.’’; 5
(2) in section 104(b) (42 U.S.C. 5304(b))— 6
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 7
the end; 8
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 9
paragraph (7); and 10
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 11
following: 12
‘‘(6) the grantee is not a sanctuary jurisdiction 13
and will not become a sanctuary jurisdiction during 14
the period for which the grantee receives a grant 15
under this title; and’’; and 16
(3) in section 106 (42 U.S.C. 5306), by adding 17
at the end the following: 18
‘‘(g) P
ROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AGAINST 19
C
RIME.— 20
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be 21
appropriated to carry out this title may be obligated 22
or expended for any State or unit of general local 23
government that is a sanctuary jurisdiction. 24
‘‘(2) R
ETURNED AMOUNTS .— 25
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‘‘(A) STATE.—If a State is a sanctuary ju-1
risdiction during the period for which it receives 2
amounts under this title, the Secretary— 3
‘‘(i) shall direct the State to imme-4
diately return to the Secretary any 5
amounts received by the State under this 6
title for such period; and 7
‘‘(ii) shall reallocate amounts returned 8
under clause (i) for grants under this title 9
to other States that are not sanctuary ju-10
risdictions. 11
‘‘(B) U
NIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN -12
MENT.—If a unit of general local government is 13
a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for 14
which it receives amounts under this title, any 15
such amounts that the unit of general local gov-16
ernment received for that period— 17
‘‘(i) in the case of a unit of general 18
local government that is not in a non-19
entitlement area, shall be returned to the 20
Secretary for grants under this title to 21
States and other units of general local gov-22
ernment that are not sanctuary jurisdic-23
tions; and 24
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‘‘(ii) in the case of a unit of general 1
local government that is in a nonentitle-2
ment area, shall be returned to the Gov-3
ernor of the State for grants under this 4
title to other units of general local govern-5
ment in the State that are not sanctuary 6
jurisdictions. 7
‘‘(C) R
EALLOCATION RULES .—In reallo-8
cating amounts pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 9
and (B), the Secretary— 10
‘‘(i) shall apply the relevant allocation 11
formula under subsection (b), with all 12
sanctuary jurisdictions excluded; and 13
‘‘(ii) shall not be subject to the rules 14
for reallocation under subsection (c).’’. 15
(c) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-16
ments made by this section shall take effect on October 17
1, 2025. 18
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