[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2931 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2931
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in
sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2025
Mr. Finstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in
sanctuary jurisdictions, 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 SBA from Sanctuary Cities
Act''.
SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF CERTAIN OFFICES IN SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall relocate each covered
office located in a sanctuary jurisdiction in accordance with this
section.
(b) Determination Required.--Subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to a covered office only if, prior to ordering the relocation
of such covered office under such subsection, the Administrator makes a
determination that such covered office is located in a sanctuary
jurisdiction and makes such determination publicly available.
(c) Relocation Requirement.--When relocating a covered office under
this section, the Administrator shall relocate such covered office to a
location that--
(1) is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction; and
(2) if the State in which such covered office is located
prior to such relocation is not a sanctuary jurisdiction, is in
such State.
(d) Suspension of Operations.--During the period the Administrator
is relocating a covered office under this section that is located in a
State that is a sanctuary jurisdiction, such covered office shall cease
the operations of such office in such State.
(e) Relocation Deadline.--
(1) Deadline.--Not later 60 days after the Administrator
makes publicly available a determination under subsection (b)
with respect to a covered office, the Administrator shall
relocate such covered office in accordance with subsection (c).
(2) Noncompliance.--
(A) In general.--If a covered office described in
paragraph (1) is not relocated in accordance with
subsection (c) prior to the expiration of the 60-day
period applicable to such relocation under such
paragraph--
(i) not later 5 days after the expiration
of such 60-day period, the head of such covered
office shall submit to the Administrator a
written explanation of why such covered office
was not relocated prior to expiration of such
60-day period; and
(ii) during the period beginning on the day
after expiration of such 60-day period and
ending on the date on which such covered office
is relocated to a location that is not in a
sanctuary jurisdiction--
(I) such covered office shall cease
operations; and
(II) each employee of the
Administration whose duty station was
at such covered office shall be
assigned to a duty station at another
covered office that is located in the
same State and not in a sanctuary
jurisdiction or, if no other covered
office is located in the same State and
not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, any
other covered office that is not
located in a sanctuary jurisdiction.
(B) Removal.--The Administrator shall immediately
remove the head of a covered office required to submit
a written explanation under subparagraph (A)(i) if--
(i) such head does not submit such a
written explanation in accordance with such
subparagraph; or
(ii) the Administrator determines that the
reasons provided in the written explanation
submitted by such head under such subparagraph
for the relocation of such covered office not
being completed prior to the expiration of the
60-day period described in paragraph (1) with
respect to such covered office are
insufficient.
(f) New Office Limitation.--The Administrator may not establish a
covered office in sanctuary jurisdiction.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the
Small Business Administration.
(2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Administration.
(3) Covered office.--The term ``covered office'' means a
regional, district, or local office the Administration, other
than the headquarters of the Administration, or any other
component of the Administration fully funded by funds
appropriated by Congress.
(4) Sanctuary jurisdiction.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided by 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 and 1357) to
comply with a detainer for, or notify about the
release of, an individual.
(B) Exception.--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 and
1357) to comply with a detainer regarding, an
individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness
to a criminal offense.
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