I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3218 
To prohibit certain Federal funds from being made available to sanctuary 
jurisdictions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2019 
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently 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 certain Federal funds from being made available 
to sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes. 
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— 
(1) the ‘‘End Sanctuaries and Help Our Amer-
ican Homeless and Veterans Act’’; or 
(2) the ‘‘Diamond and Silk Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) According to United States law, found at 
section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1324), it is illegal to bring or harbor ille-
gal immigrants in our Nation. 
(2) In contravention of this law, cities, counties, 
parishes, other political subdivisions, and States in 
our Nation have adopted policies specifically oriented 
to bring in, harbor, and even attract illegal aliens 
into their jurisdictions. 
(3) Although the Federal Government, and spe-
cifically the Congress of the United States, is con-
stitutionally charged with establishing ‘‘an uniform 
Rule of Naturalization’’, in certain cases States and 
political subdivisions, including cities, have been as-
suming the role of immigration authorities, clearly in 
violation of both the Constitution and Federal stat-
ute. 
(4) Historically, the Federal Government has 
proven lackadaisical about enforcing its sole jurisdic-
tion in the serious matter of illegal immigration and 
taking action against those jurisdictions that know-
ingly or recklessly disregard the Rule of Law to con-
ceal, harbor, attempt to, or actually shield from de-
tection, such illegal aliens, or that prohibit their offi-
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cers from gathering information for, or cooperating 
with, Federal officials. 
(5) In these wanton acts, such jurisdictions 
break the law that its citizens are held to, violate the 
trust of the taxpayers who are already charged with 
a $22 trillion dollar Government debt that grows 
daily, and—perhaps worst—subject those they 
should protect and serve to death by deliberate mur-
derous acts and traffic accidents by those who 
should not be in the country at all. 
(6) In this way, such jurisdictions aid and abet 
American deaths that are 100 percent preventable. 
(7) Such tragic, preventable American deaths 
have been suffered by ‘‘Angel Families’’ who have 
lost spouses, sons, daughters, grandchildren, par-
ents, and grandparents at the hands of illegal aliens. 
(8) These families are left to suffer deaths that 
should not have been, according to the law of the 
land, while too often complicit public officials, cities, 
States, and the Federal Government are not held ac-
countable. 
(9) Meanwhile, our Nation’s American homeless 
and veterans are too often left out in the cold, with-
out the basic necessities and care that they need and 
deserve as citizens of this country. 
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(10) Our American homeless and veterans must 
be prioritized and cared for by law and in fact. 
(11) Jurisdictions’ responsibilities must be 
taken seriously, and never aid and abet, violations of 
immigration law. 
(12) These are dual injustices that the law, as 
is, dictates must end. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sanc-
tuary jurisdiction’’ means a State or any political subdivi-
sion of a State that the Attorney General determines has 
in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that pro-
hibits or in any way restricts, a Federal, State, or local 
government entity, official, or other personnel from— 
(1) complying with the immigration laws (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))), or from as-
sisting or cooperating with Federal law enforcement 
entities, officials, or other personnel regarding the 
enforcement of these laws; or 
(2) undertaking any of the following law en-
forcement activities as they relate to information re-
garding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful 
or unlawful, the inadmissibility or deportability, or 
the custody status, of any individual: 
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(A) Making inquiries to any individual in 
order to obtain such information regarding such 
individual or any other individuals. 
(B) Notifying the Federal Government re-
garding the presence of individuals who are en-
countered by law enforcement officials or other 
personnel of a State or political subdivision of 
a State. 
(C) Complying with requests for such in-
formation from Federal law enforcement enti-
ties, officials, or other personnel. 
(D) Complying with detainers. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS 
FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(1) STATES.—No sanctuary jurisdiction that is 
a State may be allocated or receive any Federal fi-
nancial assistance (as such term is defined in section 
7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code). 
(2) POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS.—No sanctuary 
jurisdiction that is a political subdivision of a State 
may be allocated or receive any funds made available 
to the Attorney General, including those made avail-
able from the account ‘‘Department of Justice—Of-
fice of Justice Programs—State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance’’. 
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(3) SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY.—Each State and 
political subdivision of a State shall, as a condition 
on receipt of any Federal financial assistance (as 
such term is defined in section 7501(a)(5) of title 
31, United States Code), waive the sovereign immu-
nity of the State or political subdivision with respect 
to actions authorized under section 4. 
(4) 
REALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any funds not 
allocated to a sanctuary jurisdiction from the ac-
count ‘‘Department of Justice—Office of Justice 
Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’ pursuant to this subsection shall be made 
available for activities carried out under the Justice 
and Mental Health Collaboration Program of the Of-
fice of Justice Programs of the Department of Jus-
tice, to reduce homelessness in order to improve out-
comes for individuals with mental illnesses or co-oc-
curring mental health and substance abuse disorders 
who encounter the justice system, thereby reducing 
mental health disorders and homelessness among 
our citizens. 
SEC. 4. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 
(a) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Any individual, or a spouse, 
parent, or child of that individual (if the individual is de-
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ceased), who is the victim of a murder, rape, or any felony, 
as defined by the State, for which an alien (as defined 
in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3))) has been convicted and sen-
tenced to a term of imprisonment of at least 1 year, may 
bring an action against a State or political subdivision of 
a State in the appropriate Federal or State court— 
(1) if the State or political subdivision released 
the alien from custody prior to the commission of 
such crime, and had knowledge that the alien was 
unlawfully present in the United States; or 
(2) the crime was a consequence of the State or 
political subdivision declining to honor a detainer or 
warrant issued pursuant to section 287(d)(1) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1357(d)(1)). 
(b) APPLICATION.—Subject to subsection (c), sub-
section (a) shall apply without regard to whether the crime 
was committed before, on, or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) LIMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An action brought under 
this section may not be brought later than 10 years 
following the occurrence of the crime, or death of a 
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person as a result of such crime, whichever occurs 
later. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to an action brought under this section based 
on a crime committed before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(d) ATTORNEY’S FEES AND OTHER COSTS.—In any 
action or proceeding under this section the court shall 
allow a prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorneys’ fee as 
part of the costs, and include expert fees as part of the 
attorneys’ fee. 
Æ 
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