,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #effc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,pittenger introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committees on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1    
,financial ,services1 and ,homeland     
,security1 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 cut federal funding of   
,sanctuary ,cities and use those funds  
for building a wall on the border with  
,mexico1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,make ,sanctuary ,cities ,pay for   
the ,wall ,act of #bjah4  #b4           
,establishment of the wall account  7a7 
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security shall establish an  
account within the ,department of       

,homeland ,security from which he may   
expend funds for the planning1 design   
and construction of a border barrier    
between the ,united ,states and ,mexico4
  7b7 ,not subject to limitations ,any  
amounts appropriated from this fund     
shall not be subject to the limitations 
set forth in section #bcj of the        
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjah4  #c4 ,defunding of sanctuary     
jurisdictions  7a7 ,in general ,amounts 
appropriated for sanctuary cities1      
localities or ,states for fiscal year   
#bjah and all subsequent fiscal years as
 set forth in subsection 7b7 shall be   
withheld and deposited into the account 
established in section #b4  7b7         
,application ,this subsection applies to
 all amounts made available under-- 7#a7
 title ,,ii of the ,public ,works and   
,economic ,development ,act of #aife2   
and  7#b7 title ,i of the ,housing and  
,community ,development ,act of #aigd4  
7c7 ,custody of aliens  7#a7 ,transfer  
of custody of aliens pending removal    

proceedings ,the ,secretary1 at the     
,secretary's discretion1 may decline to 
transfer an alien in the custody of the 
,department of ,homeland ,security to a 
sanctuary jurisdiction1 regardless of   
whether the sanctuary jurisdiction has  
issued a writ or warrant4  7#b7         
,transfer of custody of certain aliens  
prohibited ,the ,secretary shall not    
transfer an alien with a final order of 
removal pursuant to paragraph 7#a77;,a7 
or 7#e7 of section #bda7;a7 of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abca7;a77 to a sanctuary     
jurisdiction4  7#c7 ,annual             
determination ,the ,secretary shall     
determine for each calendar year which  
,states or political subdivision of     
,states are sanctuary jurisdictions and 
shall report such determinations to     
,congress by ,march #a of each          
succeeding calendar year4  7#d7 ,reports
 ,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security 
shall issue a report concerning a       
particular sanctuary jurisdiction at the

 request of the ,house or the ,senate   
,judiciary ,committee4 ,any sanctuary   
jurisdiction shall be ineligible to     
receive ,federal financial assistance as
 provided in paragraph 7#a7 for a       
minimum period of #a year1 and shall    
only become eligible again after the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
certifies that the jurisdiction is not a
 sanctuary jurisdiction4  7d7           
,construction ,nothing in this section  
shall require law enforcement officials 
from ,states1 or from political         
subdivisions of ,states1 to report or   
arrest victims or witnesses of a        
criminal offense4  #d4 ,definition ,for 
purposes of this ,act1 the term         
sanctuary jurisdiction means any ,state 
or political subdivision of a ,state    
that has in effect a statute1 ordinance1
 policy1 or practice that prohibits or  
restricts any government entity or      
official from--  7#a7 sending1          
receiving1 maintaining1 or exchanging   
with any ,federal1 ,state1 or local     

government entity information regarding 
the citizenship or immigration status   
7lawful or unlawful7 of any individual2 
or  7#b7 complying with a request       
lawfully made 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 to comply with a detainer    
for1 or notify about the release of1 an 
individual4