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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1814 

To withhold certain Federal funding from sanctuary cities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. FLAKE, and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To withhold certain Federal funding from sanctuary cities. 

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 ‘‘Stop Sanctuary Cities 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON GRANTS TO SANCTUARY CITIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any State 

8 or political subdivision of a State— 

9 (1) to violate section 642 of the Illegal Immi10 gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

11 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); or 


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1 (2) to fail to comply with a detainer that has 

2 been lawfully issued by the Department of Home3 land Security in accordance with section 236 and 

4 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

5 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) and section 287.7 of title 8, 

6 Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any State or political sub9 division of a State that violates subsection (a) shall 

10 not be eligible to receive funds from the State Crimi11 nal Alien Assistance Program under section 241(i) 

12 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1231(i)). 

14 (2) CHRONIC OFFENDERS.—Any State or polit15 ical subdivision of a State that does not come into 

16 compliance with the requirements under subsection 

17 (a) within 180 days of receiving notification from 

18 the Secretary of Homeland Security of its non19 compliance with that subsection is not eligible to re20 ceive a grant under the Byrne Memorial Justice As21 sistance Grant Program established pursuant to sub22 part I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

23 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

24 3750 et seq.). 


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1 (3) ENFORCEMENT.—No funding may be with2 held pursuant to paragraph (1) until the Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security— 

4 (A) has notified the noncompliant State or 

5 subdivision of its noncompliance with subsection 

6 (a); and 

7 (B) has determined, not later than 60 days 

8 after such notification, that compliance cannot 

9 be secured by voluntary means. 

10 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than 5 days after deciding 

11 to terminate a grant or to refuse to award a grant pursu12 ant to this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

13 shall submit a written report to the Committee on the Ju14 diciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

15 of the House of Representatives that fully describes the 

16 circumstances and grounds for such action. No such ac17 tion shall become effective until at least 30 days have 

18 elapsed after the submission of such report. 

19 (d) REALLOCATION.—Any funds that are not allo20 cated to a State or political subdivision due to noncompli21 ance with subsection (a) shall be reallocated to States and 

22 political subdivisions of States that are in compliance with 

23 such subsection. 

24 (e) IMMUNITY.—No liability shall lie with a State or 

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1 ance with a detainer that has been lawfully issued by the 

2 Department of Homeland Security in accordance with sec3 tions 236 and 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) and section 287.7 of title 8, 

5 Code of Federal Regulations, solely because the State or 

6 political subdivision is holding an alien in compliance with 

7 such detainer. 

8 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion may be construed to require law enforcement officials 

10 of a State or a political subdivision of a State to provide 

11 the Secretary of Homeland Security with information re12 lated to a victim or a witness to a criminal offense. 

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