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No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act
To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community development block grants.
Summary
This bill would make states and localities ineligible to receive Community Development Block Grants if they are "sanctuary jurisdictions." The bill defines a sanctuary jurisdiction as one that has policies prohibiting or restricting government entities from sharing information about immigration status with federal authorities or from complying with Department of Homeland Security detainer requests, with an exception for policies protecting crime victims and witnesses. Community Development Block Grant recipients would be required to certify that they are not sanctuary jurisdictions and will not become one while receiving grant funding.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Norman (for himself, Ms. Mace, Mr. Buchanan, and Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community development block grants.
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 “No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act”.
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 102(a) (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)), by adding at the end the following:
“(25)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ means any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from—
“(i) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or
“(ii) complying 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, 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual.
“(B) A State or political subdivision of a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding, or comply with a request made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.”; and
(2) in section 104(b) (42 U.S.C. 5304(b))—
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking “and” at the end;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph
(7); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
“(6) the grantee is not a sanctuary jurisdiction and will not become a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for which the grantee receives a grant under this title; and”. <all>
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