,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,calvert 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cook1 and ,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to deny ,federal
 funding to any ,state or political     
subdivision of a ,state that has in     
effect any law1 policy1 or procedure    
that prevents or impedes a ,state or    
local law enforcement official from     
maintaining custody of an alien pursuant
 to an immigration detainer issued by   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the--  
7#a7 ,help ,ensure ,legal ,detainers    
,act2 or  7#b7 ,,held ,act4  #b4 ,denial
 of ,federal funding to ,states and     
units of local government that fail to  
respond to immigration detainers  7a7   
,in general ,with respect to fiscal     
years beginning after the date of the   

enactment of this ,act1 no ,federal     
funds may be used to assist any project 
or activity carried out by a ,state1 or 
a political subdivision of a ,state1    
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,states and political subdivisions      
described ,a ,state1 or political       
subdivision of a ,state1 described in   
this subsection is any ,state1 or       
political subdivision of a ,state1 that 
has in effect any law1 policy1 or       
procedure that prevents or impedes      
,state or local law enforcement         
officials from--  7#a7 timely responding
 to an immigration notice issued by the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security that  
requests information about an alien in  
,state or local custody1 including the  
alien's estimated release date1 in order
 that the ,secretary may arrange to     
assume custody of the alien upon such   
release2 or  7#b7 maintaining custody of
 an alien for a period of up to #dh     
hours 7excluding ,saturdays1 ,sundays   
and holidays7 pursuant to an immigration

 detainer issued by the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security in order that the   
alien can be transferred to the custody 
of such ,secretary to determine whether 
the alien should be detained1 placed in 
removal proceedings1 released1 or       
removed4  7c7 ,construction ,a political
 subdivision of a ,state that is not    
ineligible under subsection 7a7 to      
receive ,federal funds1 but is part of a
 ,state or another unit of government   
that is so ineligible1 may submit1      
notwithstanding any other provision of  
law1 an application for direct receipt  
of any funds that the political         
subdivision otherwise only would receive
 through subgrant1 allocation1 or       
allotment made by the ineligible ,state 
or government unit4