119-hr4565

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4565 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4565

 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from entering into, 
 extending, or renewing a contract with, or awarding a grant to, a 
 sanctuary city, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 21, 2025

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Carter of 
 Georgia, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Harrigan, Ms. 
 Tenney, Mr. McGuire, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from entering into, 
 extending, or renewing a contract with, or awarding a grant to, a 
 sanctuary city, 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 ``No DOT Funds for Sanctuary Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO SANCTUARY CITIES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation may not provide any grant, award, or 
Federal funds to any sanctuary city.

    (b) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the prohibition under 
paragraph

    (1) on a case-by-case basis by submitting to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 
not later than 15 days before the applicable activity is carried out, a 
written certification that the activity to which the provision applies 
and for which a waiver will be provided is in the national interest of 
the United States.
            (c) Sanctuary City Defined.--In this section, the term ``sanctuary 
city'' 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.
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