No Congressional Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act

Plain-English summary

No Congressional Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being used as congressionally directed spending (i. e. , an earmark) for jurisdictions that withhold information about citizenship or immigration status or do not cooperate with immigration detainers. Specifically, such funds are denied to any jurisdiction that has a law, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity from maintaining, sending, or receiving information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with a federal, state, or local government entity; complying with a valid immigration detainer from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or notifying DHS about an individual's release from custody.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.