I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 483 
To amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the 
provision of funds under such title to institutions of higher education 
that violate the immigration laws, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2017 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JONES, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. CRAMER, and 
Mr. BRAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to prohibit the provision of funds under such title to 
institutions of higher education that violate the immigra-
tion laws, 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 ‘‘No Funding for Sanc-
tuary Campuses Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF SANCTUARY CAMPUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part G of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 493E. TREATMENT OF SANCTUARY CAMPUSES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘sanctuary campus’ means any insti-
tution of higher education (as defined in section 
102) that— 
‘‘(A) has in effect an ordinance, policy, or 
practice that prohibits or restricts any institu-
tional entity, official, or personnel from— 
‘‘(i) sending, receiving, maintaining, 
or exchanging with any Federal, State, or 
local government entity information re-
garding the citizenship or immigration sta-
tus (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 
‘‘(ii) complying with a request lawfully 
made by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity under section 236 or 287 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226 or 1357) to comply with a detainer 
for, or notify about the release of, an indi-
vidual; or 
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‘‘(iii) otherwise complying with section 
642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1373); 
‘‘(B) brings in, or harbors, an alien in vio-
lation of section 274(a)(1)(A) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1324(a)(1)(A)); 
‘‘(C) renders an alien who lacks a lawful 
immigration status in the United States eligible 
for any postsecondary education benefit pro-
vided on the basis of residence within a State 
(or a political subdivision of a State) to the 
same extent as a citizen or national of the 
United States is eligible for such benefit; or 
‘‘(D) has in effect a policy or practice that 
either prohibits, or in effect prevents, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from gaining ac-
cess to campuses or access to students (who are 
17 years of age or older) on campuses, for pur-
poses of Department of Homeland Security re-
cruiting in a manner that is at least equal in 
quality and scope to the access to campuses and 
to students that is provided to any other em-
ployer. 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—An institution of higher 
education shall not be considered a sanctuary cam-
pus for purposes of this section based solely on the 
institution having a policy under which its officials, 
with respect to an individual who comes forward as 
a victim or a witness to a criminal offense, will 
not— 
‘‘(A) send, receive, maintain, or exchange 
with any Federal, State, or local government 
entity information regarding the citizenship or 
immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of the 
individual; or 
‘‘(B) comply with a request made by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security under section 
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 or 1357) to comply with a 
detainer for, or notify about the release of, the 
individual. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION
BY SECRETARY
OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY.—Whenever the Secretary of Homeland 
Security makes a determination that an institution of 
higher education is a sanctuary campus, the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall transmit a notice of the determina-
tion to the Secretary of Education; and 
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‘‘(2) shall publish in the Federal Register a no-
tice of the determination and the effect of the deter-
mination on the eligibility of the institution for fund-
ing under this title. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF DETERMINATION.—An institution 
determined under subsection (b) to be a sanctuary campus 
is ineligible to receive funds under this title. 
‘‘(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that providing the public benefit of in-State tui-
tion to an alien who lacks lawful immigration status in 
the United States creates an incentive for illegal immigra-
tion and encourages and induces aliens to come to, enter, 
or reside in the United States, as described in section 
274(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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