Skip to main content
CivicGate

HR 3861
Introduced Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.

Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act

To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 10, 2025

Latest action (Jun 10, 2025) Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary
  • Requires the Attorney General to annually identify states and local jurisdictions that do not comply with federal requirements to share immigration status information or comply with Department of Homeland Security detainer requests.
  • Requires the Attorney General to report these identifications to Congress on March 1 of each year.
  • Makes non-compliant jurisdictions ineligible for Federal financial assistance for a minimum of one year.
  • Requires the Attorney General to certify that a jurisdiction is in compliance before it can regain eligibility for Federal financial assistance.
  • Allows the Attorney General to issue compliance reports for any particular state or local jurisdiction upon request from a Member of Congress.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
19 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Sheri Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $47,050
  • GRAINGER NISSAN $10,306
  • SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE ASSN $9,000
  • HMR VSI $6,871
  • THE PALLADIAN GROUP INC $6,800

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sheri Biggs → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 10, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Jun 10, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3881 — Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act · Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 87%
  • S 685 — Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act · Introduced Feb 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 85%
  • HR 611 — Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • S 185 — Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 32 — No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 3987 — No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act · Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jun 10, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 10, 2025

Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Zinke, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Yakym, Mrs. Luna, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Hinson, and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, and for other purposes.

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 “Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act”.

SEC. 2. SANCTUARY CITIES INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

(a) Identification.—The Attorney General shall annually identify each State or local jurisdiction that—

(1) is not in compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (8 U.S.C. 1373) and shall report such determinations to Congress on March 1 of each year; or

(2) does not comply with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual.

(b) Ineligibility for Funding.—Any jurisdiction that is found to be out of compliance shall be ineligible to receive Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) for a minimum period of one year, and shall only become eligible again after the Attorney General certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance.

(c) Report.—The Attorney General shall also issue a report concerning the compliance of any particular State or local jurisdiction at the request of any Member of Congress. <all>

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…