[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4565 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4565
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from entering into,
extending, or renewing a contract with, or awarding a grant to, a
sanctuary city, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Carter of
Georgia, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Harrigan, Ms.
Tenney, Mr. McGuire, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from entering into,
extending, or renewing a contract with, or awarding a grant to, a
sanctuary city, 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 ``No DOT Funds for Sanctuary Cities
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO SANCTUARY CITIES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation may not provide any grant, award, or
Federal funds to any sanctuary city.
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the prohibition under
paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis by submitting to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives,
not later than 15 days before the applicable activity is carried out, a
written certification that the activity to which the provision applies
and for which a waiver will be provided is in the national interest of
the United States.
(c) Sanctuary City Defined.--In this section, the term ``sanctuary
city'' 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--
(1) 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
(2) 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.
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