Title: Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act
This bill prohibits a state or local government from receiving federal financial assistance for a minimum of one year if it restricts or prohibits a government entity or official from: (1) sending to or receiving from the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status, or (2) maintaining or exchanging information about an individual's status.
The bill restores assistance eligibility upon a Department of Justice (DOJ) determination that the jurisdiction no longer restricts or prohibits such actions.
DOJ shall report each year to Congress regarding state or local jurisdictions that restrict or prohibit such actions.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 83 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 83

 To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary 
                    cities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

 Mr. Barletta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary 
                    cities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SANCTUARY CITIES INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    Any State or local government that violates section 642 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1373) may not receive any Federal financial assistance (as such 
term is defined in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code). 
The Attorney General shall determine annually which State or local 
jurisdictions are not in compliance with section 642 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and shall report 
such determinations to Congress on March 1 of each year. The Attorney 
General shall also issue a report concerning the compliance of any 
particular State or local jurisdiction at the request of any Member of 
Congress. Any jurisdiction that is found to be out of compliance shall 
be ineligible to receive Federal financial assistance for a minimum 
period of one year, and shall only become eligible again after the 
Attorney General certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance.
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