No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
Official title: To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws a… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
This bill makes a state or political subdivision of a state ineligible for any federal funds that the jurisdiction intends to use to benefit non-U.S. nationals (i.e., aliens under federal law) who are unlawfully present if the jurisdiction withholds information about citizenship or immigration status or does not cooperate with immigration detainers.
Specifically, such funds are denied to any jurisdiction that has a law, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity from
- maintaining, sending, or receiving information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual;
- exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with a federal, state, or local government entity;
- complying with a valid immigration detainer from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or
- notifying DHS about an individual's release from custody.
The funding restriction does not apply to a law, policy, or practice that only applies to an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense.
DHS must annually provide to specified congressional committees a list of jurisdictions that have failed to comply with a DHS detainer or have failed to notify DHS of an individual’s release.
The funding restriction begins 60 days after the bill's enactment or on the first day of the fiscal year following the bill's enactment, whichever is earlier.
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- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE U.S.
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
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- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- White House Office
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
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- State, Dept of (DOS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 32: No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-32/
"H.R. 32: No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-32/.
H.R. 32, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-32/.
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