,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #defe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjbe,mr4 
,johnson of ,south ,dakota 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 
,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,taylor1 ,mr4 ,van
 ,orden1 ,mr4 ,harrigan1 ,ms4 ,tenney1  
,mr4 ,mc,guire1 and ,mr4 ,mc,dowell7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,secretary of  
,transportation from entering into1     
extending1 or renewing a contract with1 
or awarding a grant to1 a sanctuary     
city1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,,dot ,funds for ,sanctuary     
,cities ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on      
funding to sanctuary cities  7a7 ,in    
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,transportation may not provide any     
grant1 award1 or ,federal funds to any  
sanctuary city4  7b7 ,waiver ,the       

,secretary may waive the prohibition    
under paragraph 7#a7 on a case-by-case  
basis by submitting to the ,committee on
 ,commerce1 ,science1 and               
,transportation of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives1 not later than #ae    
days before the applicable activity is  
carried out1 a written certification    
that the activity to which the provision
 applies and for which a waiver will be 
provided is in the national interest of 
the ,united ,states4  7c7 ,sanctuary    
city defined ,in this section1 the term 
sanctuary city 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