H.R. 7986

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7986 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7986

To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of 
Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used to carry out any 
civil immigration enforcement activity within one mile of any 2026 
Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup match or 
Fan Festival, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2026

Ms. Pou (for herself, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. McIver, and Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of 
Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used to carry out any 
civil immigration enforcement activity within one mile of any 2026 
Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup match or 
Fan Festival, 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 ``Save the World Cup Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security or 
Department of Justice may be used, except under exigent circumstances, 
to carry out any civil immigration enforcement activity under the 
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), within one mile of 
any 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World 
Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival.
(b) Exigent Circumstances Defined.--In this section, the term 
``exigent circumstances'' means a situation involving any of the 
following:
(1) The imminent risk of death, violence, or physical harm 
to a person, including in the case of terrorism (as such term 
is defined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101)).
(2) The imminent risk to the national security of the 
United States.
(3) The immediate arrest or hot pursuit of an individual 
presenting an imminent risk to public safety, including 
relating to death, violence, or physical harm to a person.
(4) The imminent risk of destruction of evidence that is 
material to an ongoing criminal case.
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