HR 3081119th CongressIn Committee

Law Enforcement Solidarity Act

Introduced: Apr 29, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

The Law Enforcement Solidarity Act would withhold certain federal funds from states or local jurisdictions that have laws, policies, or practices restricting cooperation with federal law enforcement. Specifically, beginning in the first fiscal year after enactment, any jurisdiction the Attorney General determines to be a “jurisdiction with law enforcement cooperation restrictions” would be ineligible to receive any federal funds that the jurisdiction intends to use for the benefit of aliens unlawfully present in the United States (for example, funding used to provide food, shelter, healthcare, legal services, or transportation). The bill also requires the Attorney General to prepare an annual list of such jurisdictions and to report on them to Congress. Definitions spell out who counts as a jurisdiction, who qualifies as an alien, and who is a federal law enforcement officer for purposes of the bill. In short, the act ties federal funding to the degree to which a jurisdiction cooperates with federal immigration enforcement, with the aim of pressuring jurisdictions to alter sanctuary-like policies to maintain access to federal dollars.

Key Points

1Ineligibility for federal funds: Jurisdictions that the Attorney General determines have law enforcement cooperation restrictions lose federal funds that are intended to benefit aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. (e.g., food, shelter, healthcare, legal services, transportation).
2Trigger and timing: The funding restriction begins in the first eligible fiscal year after enactment (specifically, the fiscal year that begins after 60 days post-enactment).
3Determination by Attorney General: The Attorney General must identify and classify jurisdictions as having law enforcement cooperation restrictions and apply the ineligibility rule accordingly.
4Annual reporting: The Attorney General must, within one year of enactment and then annually, submit to Congress a list of all jurisdictions deemed to have these restrictions.
5Definitions: The bill defines key terms—what constitutes a jurisdiction with law enforcement cooperation restrictions, who counts as an alien and what are “immigration laws,” and who is a Federal law enforcement officer (including DHS personnel).

Impact Areas

Primary: State and local governments (states, counties, municipalities) that have policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. These jurisdictions risk losing certain federal funding tied to benefits for undocumented immigrants.Secondary: Federal law enforcement operations and policy discussions at the local level, since the bill creates an incentive structure that encourages jurisdictions to modify sanctuary or cooperation-restrictive policies in order to preserve federal funding.Additional impacts:- Public services: Potential reductions in federal support for programs that serve undocumented immigrants within jurisdictions identified as restricting cooperation, depending on how funding is categorized and allocated.- Legal/constitutional considerations: Possible legal and political debates over the balance of federal funding power, federalism, and whether funds can be conditioned on immigration enforcement cooperation.- Administrative workload: Agencies would need to track, certify, and administer funding alignments with the new restriction and respond to the Attorney General’s list and annual reports.

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