119-s707

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 707 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 707

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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 25, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lee, 
 Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Banks, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
 on the Judiciary

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 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.

 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 Bailout for Sanctuary Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection

    (b) , in 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 Secretary 
 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) Exception.--For purposes of this Act, a State or political 
subdivision of a State shall not be considered a sanctuary jurisdiction 
based solely on the State or political subdivision of a State having a 
policy under which officials of the State or political subdivision of a 
State will not share information with respect to, or comply with a 
request made by the Secretary 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, an individual who comes forward as a victim 
of or a witness to a criminal offense.

SEC. 3. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS.

 Beginning on the date that is the earlier of the date that is 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act or the first day of 
the fiscal year that begins after the date of the 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 defined in 

section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).

SEC. 4. REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE.

 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
that identifies each State and political subdivision of a State that 
has, within the preceding 1-year period, failed to comply with a 
request described in 

section 2

    (a)

    (2) .
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