[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4864]
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  SA 2146. Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Cruz) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 
submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 
1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of part B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10204. SANCTUARY CITIES.

       (a) Sanctuary City Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``sanctuary city'' means a State or a political subdivision 
     of a State that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice 
     that prohibits law enforcement officers of the State, or of 
     the political subdivision, from assisting or cooperating with 
     Federal immigration law enforcement in the course of carrying 
     out the officers' routine law enforcement duties.
       (b) Ineligibility for Funds and Grants.--
       (1) In general.--A sanctuary city shall not be eligible to 
     receive, for a minimum period of at least 1 year--
       (A) any of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to 
     the State or political subdivision under section 241(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) or the 
     `Cops on the Beat' program under part Q of title I of the 
     Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
     3796dd et seq.); or
       (B) any other law enforcement or Department of Homeland 
     Security grant.
       (2) Termination of ineligibility.--A jurisdiction that is 
     found to be a sanctuary city shall only become eligible to 
     receive funds or grants under paragraph (1) after the 
     Attorney General certifies that the jurisdiction is no longer 
     a sanctuary city.
       (c) Annual Determination and Report.--
       (1) Annual determination.--Not later than March 1 of each 
     year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall determine 
     which States or political subdivisions of a State are 
     sanctuary cities and shall report to Congress such 
     determinations.
       (2) Reports.--The Attorney General shall issue a report 
     concerning the compliance of any particular State or 
     political subdivision of a State at the request of the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate or the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
       (d) Reallocation.--Any funds that are not allocated to a 
     sanctuary city, due to the jurisdiction's designation as a 
     sanctuary city, shall be reallocated to States and political 
     subdivisions of States that are not sanctuary cities.
       (e) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
     to require law enforcement officials from a State or a 
     political subdivision of a State to report or arrest victims 
     or witnesses of a criminal offense.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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