119-hr4838

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4838 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4838

To establish criminal liability for mayors of sanctuary cities in cases 
 of murder committed by undocumented immigrants within their 
 jurisdiction, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 1, 2025

Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To establish criminal liability for mayors of sanctuary cities in cases 
 of murder committed by undocumented immigrants within their 
 jurisdiction, 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 ``Establishing Responsibility for 
Illegals' Crimes and Adding Deterrence and Accountability for Mayors' 
Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025'' or the ``ERIC ADAMS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR MAYORS OF SANCTUARY CITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after 

section 1112 the following new section:

SEC. 1112A. CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR MAYORS OF SANCTUARY CITIES.

    (1) Offense.--A mayor of a sanctuary city shall be guilty 
 of criminal negligence resulting in manslaughter if--
        (A) an undocumented immigrant commits murder, as 
 defined under applicable State or Federal law, within 
 the jurisdiction of the sanctuary city; and
        (B) the mayor knowingly adopted, maintained, or 
 failed to repeal a sanctuary policy that materially 
 restricted cooperation with Federal immigration 
 enforcement, and such policy directly and foreseeably 
 contributed to the failure to detain or remove the 
 undocumented immigrant prior to the commission of the 
 murder.

    (2) Penalty.--A mayor convicted under this section shall be 
 subject to--
        (A) imprisonment for not more than 7 years, a fine 
 under title 18, or both; and
        (B) mandatory removal or disqualification from 
 public office upon conviction.

    (3) Causation.--For the purposes of this section, a 
 sanctuary policy shall be deemed to have ``directly and 
 foreseeably contributed'' if it created a substantial risk that 
 an undocumented immigrant who committed murder could avoid 
 detention or removal.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) The Attorney General shall have exclusive authority to 
investigate and prosecute offenses under this Act.

    (b) The United States District Courts shall have original 
jurisdiction over any criminal proceeding arising under this Act.
            (c) Federal courts shall have jurisdiction over cases brought under 
this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

 For the purposes of this Act:

    (1) Sanctuary city means any political subdivision of a 
 State that, by law, ordinance, policy, or practice, prohibits 
 or substantially restricts local law enforcement or municipal 
 agencies from--
        (A) cooperating with or providing information to 
 Federal immigration enforcement authorities; or.
        (B) complying with lawful detainer requests or 
 administrative warrants issued by U.S. Immigration and 
 Customs Enforcement.

    (2) Undocumented immigrant means any person who is present 
 in the United States without lawful immigration status as 
 defined by 8 U.S.C. 

Sec. 1101 et seq.

    (3) Mayor means the chief executive officer of a municipal 
 government, whether elected or appointed.

SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY.

    (a) If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and 
the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, 
shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of its 
enactment.
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