[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1134 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1134

To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny 
assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a 
  State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with 
                        respect to immigration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2011

 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Westmoreland, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
  Graves of Missouri, Mrs. Bachmann, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Carter, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Burton 
of Indiana, Mr. Posey, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Barton of Texas, 
  Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Jones, Mr. Akin, and Mr. King of Iowa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny 
assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a 
  State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with 
                        respect to immigration.

    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 ``Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM (SCAAP) FUNDING.

    Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) A State (or a political subdivision of a State) shall 
        not be eligible to enter into a contractual arrangement under 
        paragraph (1) if the State (or political subdivision)--
                    ``(A) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure 
                in contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of section 
                642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
                Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); or
                    ``(B) prohibits State or local law enforcement 
                officials from gathering information regarding the 
                citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, 
                of any individual.''.
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