H.R. 3987

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3987 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3987

To prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community 
development block grants.

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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

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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''.
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