[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4979]
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  SA 2213. Mr. VITTER 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON GRANTS TO SANCTUARY CITIES.

       Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
     Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Limitation on Grants to Sanctuary Cities.--
       ``(1) 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, resolution, directive, 
     policy, or practice that--
       ``(A) prohibits, or in any way restricts, an officer or 
     employee--
       ``(i) from sending to, or receiving from, the Department of 
     Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or 
     immigration status of an individual; or
       ``(ii) from assisting or cooperating with Federal 
     immigration law enforcement in the course of carrying out the 
     officers' routine law enforcement duties, including with 
     respect to the issuance of federal detainers; or
       ``(B) is otherwise not in compliance with the requirements 
     of subsection (a) or (b).
       ``(2) Limitation on grants.--A sanctuary city is not 
     eligible to receive a grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial 
     Justice Assistance Grant Program established pursuant to 
     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.).''.
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