,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #g1        
#bjaf,mr4 ,harris 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,perry1 ,mr4 ,davidson1 ,mr4 ,gosar1    
,mr4 ,brat1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south      
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1   
,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,franks
 of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4          
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4    
,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,collins of    
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,texas1 ,mr4 
,duncan of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,jody 
,b4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,smith of   
,missouri1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4 ,chabot1  
,mr4 ,pitts1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4        
,sanford1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mrs4          
,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,kelly of  
,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4     
,palmer1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 and ,mr4       
,posey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committees on ,oversight and           

,government ,reform1 and                
,appropriations1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit any entity that 
receives ,federal funds and does not    
comply with a lawful request for        
information or detainment of an alien   
made by any officer or employee of the  
,federal government who is charged with 
enforcement of the immigration laws from
 receiving additional funding4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,federal ,immigration ,law          
,compliance ,act of #bjaf or as the     
,,filca of #bjaf4  #b4 ,prohibition on  
receipt of funds ,an entity 7including  
any university or institute of higher   
learning1 ,state1 political subdivision 
of a ,state1 or other person7 that      
receives ,federal funds in a fiscal year
 and that fails to comply with a lawful 
request for information or detainment of

 an alien made by any officer or        
employee of the ,federal government who 
is charged with enforcement of the      
immigration laws1 may not receive       
additional ,federal funds in that fiscal
 year or the succeeding fiscal year4    
,any unobligated ,federal funds made    
available to a non-compliant entity are 
rescinded4  #c4 ,ensuring that local and
 federal law enforcement officers may   
cooperate to safeguard our communities  
7a7 ,authority ,to cooperate with       
federal officials ,a ,state1 a political
 subdivision of a ,state1 or an officer1
 employee1 or agent of such ,state or   
political subdivision that complies with
 a detainer issued by the ,department of
 ,homeland ,security under section #bcf 
or #bhg of the ,immigration and         
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbf   
and #aceg7--  7#a7 shall be deemed to be
 acting as an agent of the ,department  
of ,homeland ,security2 and  7#b7 with  
regard to actions taken to comply with  
the detainer1 shall have all authority  

available to officers and employees of  
the ,department of ,homeland ,security4 
7b7 ,legal proceedings ,in any legal    
proceeding brought against a ,state1 a  
political subdivision of a ,state1 or an
 officer1 employee1 or agent of such    
,state or political subdivision1 which  
challenges the legality of the seizure  
or detention of an individual pursuant  
to a detainer issued by the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security under section    
#bcf or #bhg of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbf   
and #aceg7--  7#a7 no liability shall   
lie against the ,state or political     
subdivision of a ,state for actions     
taken in compliance with the detainer2  
and  7#b7 if the actions of the officer1
 employee1 or agent of the ,state or    
political subdivision were taken in     
compliance with the detainer--  7,a7 the
 officer1 employee1 or agent shall be   
deemed-- 7i7 to be an employee of the   
,federal ,government and an             
investigative or law enforcement        

officer2 and  7ii7 to have been acting  
within the scope of his or her          
employment under section #acdf7;b7 and  
chapter #aga of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7,b7 section #acdf7;b7  
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1    
shall provide the exclusive remedy for  
the plaintiff2 and  7,c7 the ,united    
,states shall be substituted as         
defendant in the proceeding4  7c7 ,rule 
of construction ,nothing in this section
 may be construed to provide immunity to
 any person who knowingly violates the  
civil or constitutional rights of an    
individual4  #d4 ,authorization to issue
 detainers ,in the case of an alien who 
is in the custody of a ,federal1 ,state1
 or local law enforcement official1 the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security may   
issue a detainer for that alien         
requesting that the law enforcement     
official provide all relevant           
information collected pertaining to the 
alien and notification of any future    
release of the alien1 or that the law   

enforcement official continue to detain 
the alien until the ,secretary may take 
custody of the alien4 ,the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security is authorized to   
request from any entity that receives   
,federal funds in a fiscal year1 for    
purposes of enforcing the immigration   
laws1 pertinent information that        
pertains to an alien and that is not    
otherwise precluded by law from being   
disclosed4