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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 516 

To make any city or county that has in effect any law or ordinance that 

is in violation of Federal immigration law ineligible for any Federal 

grant, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2019 

Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LONG, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. COOK, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. KELLY of 

Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To make any city or county that has in effect any law 

or ordinance that is in violation of Federal immigration 

law ineligible for any Federal grant, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Sanctuary Cit5 ies Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS OF CERTAIN 

2 JURISDICTIONS THAT VIOLATE THE IMMI3 GRATION LAWS. 

4 (a) INELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS.—A State or unit of 

5 local government is an ineligible jurisdiction for purposes 

6 of this section if that State or unit of local government— 

7 (1) violates section 642 of the Illegal Immigra8 tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

9 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 

10 (2) otherwise restricts compliance with a de11 tainer issued by the Secretary of Homeland Secu12 rity; or 

13 (3) has any law or policy in effect that violates 

14 the immigration laws. 

15 (b) ANNUAL DETERMINATION OF INELIGIBLE JURIS16 DICTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security shall make a determination 

19 as to whether each State or unit of local government is 

20 an ineligible jurisdiction under subsection (a) and submit 

21 such determinations to Congress. 

22 (c) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSIST23 ANCE.—A State or unit of local government that is deter24 mined to be an ineligible jurisdiction may not receive any 

25 Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in 

26 section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) for the 


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1 fiscal year following any fiscal year in which the Secretary 

2 of Homeland Security determines that the State or unit 

3 of local government is an ineligible jurisdiction under sub4 section (b). 

5 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 

6 DETAINER. 

7 A State or unit of local government, and any law en8 forcement officer of such State or unit of local govern9 ment, acting in compliance with a detainer issued by the 

10 Secretary of Homeland Security, shall be considered to be 

11 acting under color of Federal authority for purposes of 

12 determining liability, and immunity from suit, in any civil 

13 action brought by the alien under Federal or State law. 

14 SEC. 4. WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCE15 MENT. 

16 Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 215(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(6) in the case of a State or unit of local gov22 ernment, to discharge or in any other manner dis23 criminate against any law enforcement officer of 

24 that State or unit of local government because such 

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1 ply with a detainer (as such term is defined in sec2 tion 4 of the Ending Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019) 

3 issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 

4 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘detainer’’ means any order or re7 quest by the Secretary of Homeland Security— 

8 (A) to temporarily hold an alien in custody 

9 until such alien may be taken into Federal cus10 tody; 

11 (B) to transport an alien for transfer to 

12 Federal custody; or 

13 (C) to notify the Secretary prior to the re14 lease of an alien from State or local custody. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘immigration laws’’ has the 

16 meaning given such term in section 101 of the Im17 migration and Nationality Act. 

18 (3) The term ‘‘unit of local government’’ has 

19 the meaning given such term under section 

20 901(a)(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

21 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791(a)(3)). 

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