S4316-119

In Committee

Sanctuary City Elimination Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Sanctuary City Elimination Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Immigration, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sanctuary City Elimination Act.
  • Section id8812c7b26b0f4485b0c04b6ef266dce7: 2. Ensuring that local and Federal law enforcement officers may cooperate to safeguard our communities A State, a political subdivision of a State, or an...
  • Section id3b82340ba7474b308422f921eea41f29: 3. Sanctuary jurisdiction defined Except as provided under subsection (b), for purposes of this Act, the term sanctuary jurisdiction means any State or...
  • Section idDFE8B5D9FB1F4EFB99249467325F29B1: 4. Sanctuary jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds Section 7(f) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C....

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Sanctuary City Elimination Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Immigration, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Sanctuary City Elimination Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Immigration Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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federal implementing agencies: ,
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 16, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 16, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 16, 2026

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Immigration Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

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