Sanctuary jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds
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(a) Economic Development Administration grants (1) Grants for public works and economic development Section 201(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141(b)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) the area in which the project is to be carried out is not a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act).. (2) Grants for planning and administrative expenses Section 203(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3143(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: A sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act) may not be deemed an eligible recipient under this subsection.. (3) Supplementary grants Section 205(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3145(a)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (4) will be carried out in an area that does not contain a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act).. (4) Grants for training, research, and technical assistance Section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3147) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Ineligibility of sanctuary jurisdictions Grant funds authorized under this section may not be used to provide assistance to a sanctuary jurisdiction (as defined in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act).. (b) 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) The term sanctuary jurisdiction has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act.; (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; and (3) in section 106 (42 U.S.C. 5306), by adding at the end the following: (g) Protection of individuals against crime (1) In general No funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title may be obligated or expended for any State or unit of general local government that is a sanctuary jurisdiction. (2) Returned amounts (A) State If a State is a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, the Secretary— (i) shall direct the State to immediately return to the Secretary any amounts received by the State under this title for such period; and (ii) shall reallocate amounts returned under clause (i) for grants under this title to other States that are not sanctuary jurisdictions. (B) Unit of general local government If a unit of general local government is a sanctuary jurisdiction during the period for which it receives amounts under this title, any such amounts that the unit of general local government received for that period— (i) in the case of a unit of general local government that is not in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Secretary for grants under this title to States and other units of general local government that are not sanctuary jurisdictions; and (ii) in the case of a unit of general local government that is in a nonentitlement area, shall be returned to the Governor of the State for grants under this title to other units of general local government in the State that are not sanctuary jurisdictions. (C) Reallocation rules In reallocating amounts pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary— (i) shall apply the relevant allocation formula under subsection (b), with all sanctuary jurisdictions excluded; and (ii) shall not be subject to the rules for reallocation under subsection (c).. (c) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2025.