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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3915 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3915

     To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community 
                       development block grants.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2024

Mr. Vance (for himself and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
     To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community 
                       development block grants.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Community Development Block 
Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS FOR COMMUNITY 
              DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.

    Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 102(a) (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)), by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(25)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term 
        `sanctuary jurisdiction' means any State or political 
        subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, 
        policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government 
        entity or official from--
                    ``(i) sending, receiving, maintaining, or 
                exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government 
                entity information regarding the citizenship or 
                immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any 
                individual; or
                    ``(ii) complying with a request lawfully made by 
                the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 
                or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify 
                about the release of, an individual.
            ``(B) A State or political subdivision of a State shall not 
        be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on its having a 
        policy whereby its officials will not share information 
        regarding, or comply with a request made by the Department of 
        Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a 
        detainer regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim 
        or a witness to a criminal offense.''; and
            (2) in section 104(b) (42 U.S.C. 5304(b))--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
                (7); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) the grantee is not a sanctuary jurisdiction and will 
        not become a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for which 
        the grantee receives a grant under this title; and''.
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