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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3009 

To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny 

assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a 

State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with respect 

to immigration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2015 

Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. SALMON, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BUCK, 

Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. MICA, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BENISHEK, 

Mr. JONES, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. WEBER of 

Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act to deny assistance under such section to a State 

or political subdivision of a State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with respect to immigration. 

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 ‘‘Enforce the Law for 

5 Sanctuary Cities Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CRIMINAL 

2 ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP) FUND3 ING. 

4 Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) A State (or a political subdivision of a 

8 State) shall not be eligible to enter into a contrac9 tual arrangement under paragraph (1) if the State 

10 (or political subdivision)— 

11 ‘‘(A) has in effect any law, policy, or proce12 dure in contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of 

13 section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

14 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 

15 U.S.C. 1373); or 

16 ‘‘(B) prohibits State or local law enforce17 ment officials from gathering information re18 garding the citizenship or immigration status, 

19 lawful or unlawful, of any individual.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DOJ GRANT PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) COPS.—In the case of a State or unit of local 

22 government that received a grant award under part Q of 

23 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

24 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), if, during a fiscal 

25 year, that State or local government is a State or local 

26 government described in subsection (c), the Attorney GenVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jul 14, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3009.IH H3009

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1 eral shall withhold all of the amount that would otherwise 

2 be awarded to that State or unit of local government for 

3 the following fiscal year. 

4 (b) BYRNE-JAG.—In the case of a State or unit of 

5 local government that received a grant award under sub6 part 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), 

8 if, during a fiscal year, that State or unit of local govern9 ment is described in subsection (c), the Attorney General 

10 shall withhold all of the amount that would otherwise be 

11 awarded to that State or unit of local government for the 

12 following fiscal year. 

13 (c) STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DE14 SCRIBED.—A State or unit of local government described 

15 in this subsection is any State or local government that— 

16 (1) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure 

17 in contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of section 

18 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi19 grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 

20 or 

21 (2) prohibits State or local law enforcement of22 ficials from gathering information regarding the citi23 zenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of 

24 any individual. 

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