SAFE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3073
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-15
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Intergovernmental relations

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Sanctuary City All Funding Elimination Act of 2015 or the SAFE Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a state or local government from receiving federal financial assistance 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.</p> <p> The prohibition shall be lifted when a state or local government submits a comprehensive plan to no longer restrict or prohibit such actions.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3073 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2015 Mr. DesJarlais 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 A BILL To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sanctuary City All Funding Elimination Act of 2015 or the SAFE Act of 2015 . 2. No Federal financial assistance for sanctuary cities Any State or local government that is not in compliance with 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) until the State or local government has produced a comprehensive plan to come back into compliance with such section 642.