119-s2060

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2060 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2060

 To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community 
 development block grants.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 12, 2025

 Mr. Hagerty introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community 
 development block grants.

 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 Community Development Block 
Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS FOR COMMUNITY 
 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.

 Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 102

    (a) (42 U.S.C. 5302

    (a) ), by adding at the 
 end the following:
 ``

    (25)
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , 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--
 ``
            (i) 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
 ``
            (ii) 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, 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify 
 about the release of, an individual.
 ``
        (B) 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, 1357) to comply with a 
 detainer regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim 
 or a witness to a criminal offense.''; and

    (2) in 

section 104

    (b) (42 U.S.C. 5304

    (b) )--
        (A) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) by redesignating paragraph

    (6) as paragraph

    (7) ; and
            (C) by inserting after paragraph

    (5) the following:
 ``

    (6) the grantee is not a sanctuary jurisdiction and will 
 not become a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for which 
 the grantee receives a grant under this title; and''.
 <all>