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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5717 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5717

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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2023

 Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. McCaul, Mr. D'Esposito, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Williams of New York, and 
 Mr. Gimenez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

    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 Bailout for Sanctuary Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SANCTUARY JURISDICTION DEFINED.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (b), for 
purposes of this Act, 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--
            (1) 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
            (2) 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 and 1357) to 
        comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an 
        individual.
    (b) Exception.--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 and 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding, an individual who 
comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.

SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS.

    Beginning in the fiscal year that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to 
receive any Federal funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends to 
use for the benefit (including the provision of food, shelter, 
healthcare services, legal services, and transportation) of aliens who 
are present in the United States without lawful status under the 
immigration laws (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act).
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