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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 32 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2025 

Mr. LALOTA (for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. MCCAUL, and 

Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee 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. 

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 ‘‘No Bailout for Sanc5 tuary Cities Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SANCTUARY JURISDICTION DEFINED. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub3 section (b), for purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘sanctuary 

4 jurisdiction’’ means any State or political subdivision of 

5 a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or 

6 practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity 

7 or official from— 

8 (1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchang9 ing with any Federal, State, or local government en10 tity information regarding the citizenship or immi11 gration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 

12 or 

13 (2) complying with a request lawfully made by 

14 the Department of Homeland Security under section 

15 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

16 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer 

17 for, or notify about the release of, an individual. 

18 (b) EXCEPTION.—A State or political subdivision of 

19 a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based 

20 solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not 

21 share information regarding, or comply with a request 

22 made by the Department of Homeland Security under sec23 tion 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

24 (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer re25 garding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or 

26 a witness to a criminal offense. 


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1 SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CER2 TAIN FEDERAL FUNDS. 

3 Beginning on the earlier of the date that is 60 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act or the first day 

5 of the fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to receive 

7 any Federal funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends 

8 to use for the benefit (including the provision of food, shel9 ter, healthcare services, legal services, and transportation) 

10 of aliens who are present in the United States without law11 ful status under the immigration laws (as such terms are 

12 defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 

13 Act). 

14 SEC. 4. REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE. 

15 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

16 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

17 Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that in20 cludes a list of States, and political subdivisions of States, 

21 that have failed to comply with requests described in sec22 tion 2(a)(2). 

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