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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 516 
To make any city or county that has in effect any law or ordinance that 
is in violation of Federal immigration law ineligible for any Federal 
grant, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LONG, Mr. MEAD-
OWS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HAR-
RIS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. COOK, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. KELLY of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Over-
sight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To make any city or county that has in effect any law 
or ordinance that is in violation of Federal immigration 
law ineligible for any Federal grant, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Sanctuary Cit-
ies Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS OF CERTAIN 
JURISDICTIONS THAT VIOLATE THE IMMI-
GRATION LAWS. 
(a) INELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS.—A State or unit of 
local government is an ineligible jurisdiction for purposes 
of this section if that State or unit of local government— 
(1) violates section 642 of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); 
(2) otherwise restricts compliance with a de-
tainer issued by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity; or 
(3) has any law or policy in effect that violates 
the immigration laws. 
(b) ANNUAL DETERMINATION OF INELIGIBLE JURIS-
DICTIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall make a determination 
as to whether each State or unit of local government is 
an ineligible jurisdiction under subsection (a) and submit 
such determinations to Congress. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—A State or unit of local government that is deter-
mined to be an ineligible jurisdiction may not receive any 
Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in 
section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) for the 
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fiscal year following any fiscal year in which the Secretary 
of Homeland Security determines that the State or unit 
of local government is an ineligible jurisdiction under sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 
DETAINER. 
A State or unit of local government, and any law en-
forcement officer of such State or unit of local govern-
ment, acting in compliance with a detainer issued by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall be considered to be 
acting under color of Federal authority for purposes of 
determining liability, and immunity from suit, in any civil 
action brought by the alien under Federal or State law. 
SEC. 4. WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT. 
Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 
U.S.C. 215(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) in the case of a State or unit of local gov-
ernment, to discharge or in any other manner dis-
criminate against any law enforcement officer of 
that State or unit of local government because such 
law enforcement officer has taken any action to com-
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ply with a detainer (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Ending Sanctuary Cities Act of 2019) 
issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘detainer’’ means any order or re-
quest by the Secretary of Homeland Security— 
(A) to temporarily hold an alien in custody 
until such alien may be taken into Federal cus-
tody; 
(B) to transport an alien for transfer to 
Federal custody; or 
(C) to notify the Secretary prior to the re-
lease of an alien from State or local custody. 
(2) The term ‘‘immigration laws’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act. 
(3) The term ‘‘unit of local government’’ has 
the meaning given such term under section 
901(a)(3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791(a)(3)). 
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