S 1764 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

PACT Act

Introduced Jul 14, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Rand Paul R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 14, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 14, 2015
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting American Citizens Together Act or the PACT Act

This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make a sanctuary city ineligible to receive, for at least one year, any funds pursuant to:

  • the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program,
  • the Cops' Program,
  • the Urban Area Security Initiative,
  • the State Homeland Security Grant Program,
  • the Port Security Grant Program,
  • the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, or
  • any other non-disaster preparedness grant program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

A sanctuary city shall be eligible to receive such funds after the Attorney General certifies that it is no longer a sanctuary city.

The Attorney General shall prioritize a request from the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer an alien who is without lawful status in the United States and in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody before a request from a state or state subdivision to transfer the covered alien to its custody.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 14, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2015Introduced in Senate

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