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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 707
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY25, 2025
Mr. R
ISCH(for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. DAINES, Mr. LEE,
Mr. S
HEEHY, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. BANKS, and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee 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. DEFINITION OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTION. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 2
(b), in this Act, the term ‘‘sanctuary jurisdiction’’ means 3
any State or political subdivision of a State that has in 4
effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that pro-5
hibits or restricts any government entity or official from— 6
(1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchang-7
ing with any Federal, State, or local government en-8
tity information regarding the citizenship or immi-9
gration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 10
or 11
(2) complying with a request lawfully made by 12
the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 13
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 14
(8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer 15
for, or notify about the release of, an individual. 16
(b) E
XCEPTION.—For purposes of this Act, a State 17
or political subdivision of a State shall not be considered 18
a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on the State or polit-19
ical subdivision of a State having a policy under which 20
officials of the State or political subdivision of a State will 21
not share information with respect to, or comply with a 22
request made by the Secretary of Homeland Security 23
under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nation-24
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer 25
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for, an individual who comes forward as a victim of or 1
a witness to a criminal offense. 2
SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER-3
TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 4
Beginning on the date that is the earlier of the date 5
that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 6
Act or the first day of the fiscal year that begins after 7
the date of the enactment of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdic-8
tion is ineligible to receive any Federal funds that the 9
sanctuary jurisdiction intends to use for the benefit (in-10
cluding the provision of food, shelter, healthcare services, 11
legal services, and transportation) of aliens who are 12
present in the United States without lawful status under 13
the immigration laws (as defined in section 101 of the Im-14
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 15
SEC. 4. REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE. 16
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 17
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 18
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the 19
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judici-20
ary of the House of Representatives a report that identi-21
fies each State and political subdivision of a State that 22
has, within the preceding 1-year period, failed to comply 23
with a request described in section 2(a)(2). 24
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