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HR 1076 115th Congress House

Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act

Official title: To provide that section 9 of Executive Order 13768, relating to sanctuary jurisdictions, shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 15, 2017 Introduced by: Clarke, Yvette D. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Mar 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Feb 15, 2017
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.
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act

This bill: (1) nullifies section 9 of Executive Order 13768 (Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States), and (2) prohibits using appropriations to promulgate or enforce any executive order that compels state, city, or local officials to assist federal authorities in the removal of aliens from the United States.

Section 9 authorizes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a state or local subdivision that fails to make required communications with the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual as a sanctuary jurisdiction, and (2) DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny such jurisdictions federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes. It also directs DOJ to take appropriate enforcement action against any such jurisdiction or any entity that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that prevents or hinders the enforcement of federal law.

DHS shall submit a report on ways to strengthen immigrant community trust in DHS.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 14
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 15, 2017
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Feb 15, 2017
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2017
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 15, 2017
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2017
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 15, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 15, 2017
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 15, 2017
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1076: Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1076/
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