3.0.0 1764 2023-01-11T13:30:07Z 2023-01-11T13:30:07Z Senate S 2015-07-14 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-14T22:27:29Z 2015-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Detention of persons Homeland security Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding State and local government operations Immigration 00 2015-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-03T14:16:15Z Protecting American Citizens Together Act or the PACT Act

This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make a sanctuary city ineligible to receive, for at least one year, any funds pursuant to:

  • the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program,
  • the Cops' Program,
  • the Urban Area Security Initiative,
  • the State Homeland Security Grant Program,
  • the Port Security Grant Program,
  • the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, or
  • any other non-disaster preparedness grant program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

A sanctuary city shall be eligible to receive such funds after the Attorney General certifies that it is no longer a sanctuary city.

The Attorney General shall prioritize a request from the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer an alien who is without lawful status in the United States and in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody before a request from a state or state subdivision to transfer the covered alien to its custody.

]]> PACT Act Display Title PACT Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit certain Federal funds from being made available to sanctuary cities and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PACT Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Citizens Together Act Introduced in Senate 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1764is/xml/BILLS-114s1764is.xml 2015-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.