No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

Bill: 119-hr-32
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Immigration status and procedures

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes a state or political subdivision of a state ineligible for any federal funds that the jurisdiction intends to use to benefit non-U.S. nationals (i.e., <em>aliens </em>under federal law) who are unlawfully present if the jurisdiction withholds information about citizenship or immigration status or does not cooperate with immigration detainers.</p><p>Specifically, such funds are denied to any jurisdiction that has a law, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity from</p><ul><li>maintaining, sending, or receiving information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual;</li><li>exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with a federal, state, or local government entity;&nbsp;</li><li>complying with a valid immigration detainer from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or&nbsp;</li><li>notifying DHS about an individual's release from custody.</li></ul><p>The funding restriction does not apply&nbsp;to a law, policy, or practice that only applies to an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense.</p><p>DHS must annually provide to specified congressional committees a list of jurisdictions that have failed to comply with a DHS detainer or have failed to notify DHS of an individual’s release.</p><p>The funding restriction begins 60 days after the bill's enactment or on the first day of&nbsp;the fiscal year following&nbsp;the bill's enactment, whichever is earlier.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 32 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Feenstra , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. McCaul , and Mr. Nunn of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act . 2. Sanctuary jurisdiction defined (a) In general Except as provided under subsection (b), for purposes of this Act, the term sanctuary jurisdiction means any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from— (1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or (2) complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual. (b) Exception A State or political subdivision of a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding, or comply with a request made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense. 3. Sanctuary jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds Beginning on the earlier of the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act or the first day of the fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to receive any Federal funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends to use for the benefit (including the provision of food, shelter, healthcare services, legal services, and transportation) of aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act). 4. Report on noncompliance Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that includes a list of States, and political subdivisions of States, that have failed to comply with requests described in section 2(a)(2).