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To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds to pay foreign governments and entities for the detention of certain individuals.
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This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to pay foreign governments, their agencies, or foreign entities for the detention of individuals when a U.S. court has determined that such detention violates U.S. law. The prohibition applies whether the payments are direct or indirect. A foreign entity is defined as any entity not organized under the laws of the United States or any U.S. jurisdiction.
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- May 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 26, 2025
Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds to pay foreign governments and entities for the detention of certain individuals.
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 “Stop Aid for Foreign Expulsion Act” or the “SAFE Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OBLIGATION OR EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DETENTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.—No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to, directly or indirectly, pay a foreign government, agency of a foreign government, or foreign entity for the detention of an individual, if a court of the United States has determined that such detention violates the laws of the United States.
(b) Foreign Entity Defined.—In this section, the term “foreign entity” means an entity not organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States. <all>
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