I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6468 
To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds and does not comply 
with a lawful request for information or detainment of an alien made 
by any officer or employee of the Federal government who is charged 
with enforcement of the immigration laws from receiving additional fund-
ing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
Mr. HARRIS (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BRAT, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. YOHO, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. JODY B. HICE of 
Georgia, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. WALKER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. PITTS, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. CONAWAY, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. KELLY
of Mississippi, Mr. WEBER
of Texas, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. PALMER, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. 
POSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight 
and Government Reform, and Appropriations, 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 prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds and does 
not comply with a lawful request for information or 
detainment of an alien made by any officer or employee 
of the Federal government who is charged with enforce-
ment of the immigration laws from receiving additional 
funding. 
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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 ‘‘Federal Immigration 
Law Compliance Act of 2016’’ or as the ‘‘FILCA of 
2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS. 
An entity (including any university or institute of 
higher learning, State, political subdivision of a State, or 
other person) that receives Federal funds in a fiscal year 
and that fails to comply with a lawful request for informa-
tion or detainment of an alien made by any officer or em-
ployee of the Federal government who is charged with en-
forcement of the immigration laws, may not receive addi-
tional Federal funds in that fiscal year or the succeeding 
fiscal year. Any unobligated Federal funds made available 
to a non-compliant entity are rescinded. 
SEC. 3. ENSURING THAT LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT OFFICERS MAY COOPERATE TO 
SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL OF-
FICIALS.—A State, a political subdivision of a State, or 
an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 
subdivision that complies with a detainer issued by the De-
partment of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 
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(i) to be an employee of the Federal 
Government and an investigative or law 
enforcement officer; and 
(ii) to have been acting within the 
scope of his or her employment under sec-
tion 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code; 
(B) section 1346(b) of title 28, United 
States Code, shall provide the exclusive remedy 
for the plaintiff; and 
(C) the United States shall be substituted 
as defendant in the proceeding. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to provide immunity to any person 
who knowingly violates the civil or constitutional rights of 
an individual. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE DETAINERS. 
In the case of an alien who is in the custody of a 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement official, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may issue a detainer for that 
alien requesting that the law enforcement official provide 
all relevant information collected pertaining to the alien 
and notification of any future release of the alien, or that 
the law enforcement official continue to detain the alien 
until the Secretary may take custody of the alien. The Sec-
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retary of Homeland Security is authorized to request from 
any entity that receives Federal funds in a fiscal year, for 
purposes of enforcing the immigration laws, pertinent in-
formation that pertains to an alien and that is not other-
wise precluded by law from being disclosed. 
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