,,ii #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #agfd ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #ad1 #bjae ,mr4 ,paul introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit certain ,federal funds from being made available to sanctuary cities and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protecting ,american ,citizens ,together ,act or the ,,pact ,act4 #b4 ,limitation on ,federal funds to sanctuary cities 7a7 ,in general ,section #fdb of the ,illegal ,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of #aiif 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acgc7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7d7 ,limitation on ,federal funds to sanctuary cities 7#a7 ,sanctuary city defined ,in this section1 the term sanctuary city means a ,state or subdivision of a ,state that the ,attorney ,general determines-- 7,a7 has in effect a statute1 policy1 or practice that is not in compliance with subsection 7a7 or 7b72 or 7,b7 does not have a statute1 policy1 or practice that requires law enforcement officers-- 7i7 to notify the ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement if the ,state or unit has custody of an alien without lawful status in the ,united ,states and detain the alien for no more than six hours for no other purpose than to determine whether or not ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement will issue a detainer request2 and 7ii7 to maintain custody of such an alien for a period of not less than #dh hours 7excluding ,saturdays1 ,sundays1 and holidays7 if ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement issues a detainer for such alien4 7#b7 ,limitation on grants ,a sanctuary city shall not be eligible to receive1 for a minimum period of at least #a year1 any funds pursuant to-- 7,a7 the ,edward ,byrne ,memorial ,justice ,assistance ,grant ,program established pursuant to subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq472 7,b7 the ,cops program under part ,q of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;dd et seq472 7,c7 the ,urban ,area ,security ,initiative authorized under section #bjjc of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fjd72 7,d7 the ,state ,homeland ,security ,grant ,program authorized under section #bjjd of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fje72 7,e7 the port security grant program authorized under section #gjajg of title #df1 ,united ,states ,code2 7,f7 the ,state ,criminal ,alien ,assistance ,program under section #bda7;i7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abca7;i772 or 7,g7 any other non-disaster preparedness grant program administered by the ,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency4 7#c7 ,termination of ineligibility ,a jurisdiction that is found to be a sanctuary city shall only become eligible to receive funds under a program set out under paragraph 7#a7 after the ,attorney ,general certifies that the jurisdiction is no longer a sanctuary city4 4 7b7 ,clerical amendments ,section #fdb of the ,illegal ,immigration ,reform and ,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of #aiif 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acgc7 is amended by striking 8,immigration and ,naturalization ,service0 each place that term appears and inserting 8,department of ,homeland ,security04 #c4 ,transfer of aliens from ,bureau of ,prisons custody 7a7 ,transfer to ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement ,the ,attorney ,general shall prioritize a request from the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security to transfer a covered alien to the custody of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement before a request from the appropriate official of a ,state or a subdivision of a ,state to transfer the covered alien to the custody of such ,state or subdivision4 7b7 ,covered alien defined ,in this section1 the term covered alien means an alien who-- 7#a7 is without lawful status in the ,united ,states2 and 7#b7 is in the custody of the ,bureau of ,prisons4