[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5774 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5774

To require the Federal Government to pay the costs incurred by a State 
or local government in defending a State or local immigration law that 
   survives a constitutional challenge by the Federal Government in 
                             Federal court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2010

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Government to pay the costs incurred by a State 
or local government in defending a State or local immigration law that 
   survives a constitutional challenge by the Federal Government in 
                             Federal court.

    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 ``Respect for Local Laws Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COURT COSTS RELATED TO FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE OF STATE IMMIGRATION LAW.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all attorneys' fees and 
associated court costs incurred by a State or unit of local government 
in the course of defending a constitutional challenge to a State law or 
a municipal ordinance regarding immigration that is brought by the 
Federal Government in any Federal court shall be paid by the Federal 
Government if the court upholds, in whole or in part, the challenged 
State law or municipal ordinance.
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