I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2931 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 
certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary juris-
dictions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2025 
Mr. FINSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business 
Administration in 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 the ‘‘Save SBA from Sanc-
tuary Cities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF CERTAIN OFFICES IN SANCTUARY 
JURISDICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall relocate 
each covered office located in a sanctuary jurisdiction in 
accordance with this section. 
(b) DETERMINATION
REQUIRED.—Subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to a covered office only if, prior 
to ordering the relocation of such covered office under 
such subsection, the Administrator makes a determination 
that such covered office is located in a sanctuary jurisdic-
tion and makes such determination publicly available. 
(c) RELOCATION REQUIREMENT.—When relocating a 
covered office under this section, the Administrator shall 
relocate such covered office to a location that— 
(1) is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction; and 
(2) if the State in which such covered office is 
located prior to such relocation is not a sanctuary 
jurisdiction, is in such State. 
(d) SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS.—During the pe-
riod the Administrator is relocating a covered office under 
this section that is located in a State that is a sanctuary 
jurisdiction, such covered office shall cease the operations 
of such office in such State. 
(e) RELOCATION DEADLINE.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later 60 days after the 
Administrator makes publicly available a determina-
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tion under subsection (b) with respect to a covered 
office, the Administrator shall relocate such covered 
office in accordance with subsection (c). 
(2) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a covered office de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is not relocated in ac-
cordance with subsection (c) prior to the expira-
tion of the 60-day period applicable to such re-
location under such paragraph— 
(i) not later 5 days after the expira-
tion of such 60-day period, the head of 
such covered office shall submit to the Ad-
ministrator a written explanation of why 
such covered office was not relocated prior 
to expiration of such 60-day period; and 
(ii) during the period beginning on the 
day after expiration of such 60-day period 
and ending on the date on which such cov-
ered office is relocated to a location that is 
not in a sanctuary jurisdiction— 
(I) such covered office shall cease 
operations; and 
(II) each employee of the Admin-
istration whose duty station was at 
such covered office shall be assigned 
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to a duty station at another covered 
office that is located in the same 
State and not in a sanctuary jurisdic-
tion or, if no other covered office is lo-
cated in the same State and not in a 
sanctuary jurisdiction, any other cov-
ered office that is not located in a 
sanctuary jurisdiction. 
(B) REMOVAL.—The Administrator shall 
immediately remove the head of a covered office 
required to submit a written explanation under 
subparagraph (A)(i) if— 
(i) such head does not submit such a 
written explanation in accordance with 
such subparagraph; or 
(ii) the Administrator determines that 
the reasons provided in the written expla-
nation submitted by such head under such 
subparagraph for the relocation of such 
covered office not being completed prior to 
the expiration of the 60-day period de-
scribed in paragraph (1) with respect to 
such covered office are insufficient. 
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(f) NEW OFFICE LIMITATION.—The Administrator 
may not establish a covered office in sanctuary jurisdic-
tion. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Administra-
tion. 
(3) COVERED OFFICE.—The term ‘‘covered of-
fice’’ means a regional, district, or local office the 
Administration, other than the headquarters of the 
Administration, or any other component of the Ad-
ministration fully funded by funds appropriated by 
Congress. 
(4) SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘sanctuary juris-
diction’’ means any State or political subdivi-
sion of a State that has in effect a statute, ordi-
nance, policy, or practice that prohibits or re-
stricts any government entity or official from— 
(i) sending, receiving, maintaining, or 
exchanging with any Federal, State, or 
local government entity information re-
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