[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3009 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3009

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

                              July 9, 2015

 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Buck, 
Mr. Grothman, Mr. Mica, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Collins of Georgia, Mr. Babin, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Jones, 
 Mr. Woodall, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Yoho, and Mr. Weber of Texas) 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.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DOJ GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) COPS.--In the case of a State or unit of local government that 
received a grant award under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), if, 
during a fiscal year, that State or local government is a State or 
local government described in subsection (c), the Attorney General 
shall withhold all of the amount that would otherwise be awarded to 
that State or unit of local government for the following fiscal year.
    (b) Byrne-JAG.--In the case of a State or unit of local government 
that received a grant award under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
seq.), if, during a fiscal year, that State or unit of local government 
is described in subsection (c), the Attorney General shall withhold all 
of the amount that would otherwise be awarded to that State or unit of 
local government for the following fiscal year.
    (c) States and Local Governments Described.--A State or unit of 
local government described in this subsection is any State or local 
government that--
            (1) 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
            (2) 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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