“To provide that jurisdictions with law enforcement cooperation restrictions are ineligible for certain Federal funds, and for other purposes.”
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This section makes jurisdictions determined by the Attorney General to have law enforcement cooperation restrictions ineligible, beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after 60 days following enactment, to receive federal funds intended for the benefit—including food, shelter, healthcare services, legal services, and transportation—of aliens present in the U.S. without lawful status under the immigration laws.
This section requires the Attorney General to submit to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, not later than one year after enactment and annually thereafter, a report listing each jurisdiction determined to have law enforcement cooperation restrictions.
This section establishes definitions for purposes of the Act, including (1) "jurisdiction with law enforcement cooperation restrictions," meaning any state or political subdivision with a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from assisting, aiding, cooperating with, providing back-up to, or responding to a call made by a federal law enforcement officer; (2) "alien" and "immigration laws," with the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101); and (3) "Federal law enforcement officer," with the meaning given that term in section 115(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, and including such an officer employed by the Department of Homeland Security.