[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1856 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1856

    To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate 
     specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal 
                           immigration laws.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 2011

 Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Vitter) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate 
     specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal 
                           immigration laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LAWSUITS SEEKING TO INVALIDATE STATE 
              IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    Federal funds may not be used by any agency or instrumentality of 
the Federal Government to participate in any lawsuit that seeks to 
overturn, enjoin, or in any other way invalidate--
            (1) Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 
        (HB 1804), which became effective on November 1, 2007;
            (2) Missouri House Bill 390, First Regular Session 2009, 
        9th General Assembly, which became effective on August 28, 
        2009;
            (3) the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods 
        Act (SB 1070), which was signed into law in Arizona on April 
        23, 2010;
            (4) The Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act (HB 497), which 
        was signed into law in Utah on March 15, 2011;
            (5) Indiana Senate Enrolled Act No. 590, First Regular 
        Session, 117th General Assembly (2011), which was signed into 
        law on May 10, 2011;
            (6) the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen 
        Protection Act (HB 56), which was passed by the Alabama State 
        legislature on June 9, 2011;
            (7) South Carolina Act No. 69 (SB 20), which was signed 
        into law on June 27, 2011;
            (8) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 
        2011 (HB 87), which became effective in the State of Georgia on 
        July 1, 2011; or
            (9) an Act to amend the Indiana Code concerning education 
        (HB 1402), which became effective in the State of Indiana on 
        July 1, 2011.
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