I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1342 
To prohibit any institution of higher education that receives a Federal re-
search and development grant and does not comply with a lawful request 
for information or detainment of an alien made by any officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government who is charged with enforcement 
of the immigration laws from receiving indirect cost reimbursement fund-
ing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. HARRIS (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
BERGMAN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DUNCAN of 
South Carolina, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
KELLY
of Mississippi, Mr. KING
of Iowa, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 
PITTENGER, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SANFORD, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. 
LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, 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 any institution of higher education that receives 
a Federal research and development grant and does not 
comply with a lawful request for information or detain-
ment 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 indirect 
cost reimbursement funding, and for other purposes. 
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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 Campus Compliance Act of 2017’’ or as the 
‘‘FILCCA of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS FOR INDI-
RECT COSTS. 
An institution of higher education (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a))) may not receive Federal funds for reim-
bursement of indirect costs under a research and develop-
ment grant provided by a Federal agency with respect to 
any period during which the institution of higher edu-
cation has failed to comply with a lawful request for infor-
mation about or detainer pertaining to an alien made by 
any officer or employee of the Federal Government who 
is charged with enforcement of the immigration laws. 
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-
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partment of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 
and 1357)— 
(1) shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of 
the Department of Homeland Security; and 
(2) with regard to actions taken to comply with 
the detainer, shall have all authority available to of-
ficers and employees of the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(b) LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—In any legal proceeding 
brought against a State, a political subdivision of a State, 
or an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political 
subdivision, which challenges the legality of the seizure or 
detention of an individual pursuant to a detainer issued 
by the Department of Homeland Security under section 
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1226 and 1357)— 
(1) no liability shall lie against the State or po-
litical subdivision of a State for actions taken in 
compliance with the detainer; and 
(2) if the actions of the officer, employee, or 
agent of the State or political subdivision were taken 
in compliance with the detainer— 
(A) the officer, employee, or agent shall be 
deemed— 
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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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