State Accountability for Federal Deployment Costs Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4483 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4483

  To require any State to reimburse the Federal Government for costs 
incurred when Federal military forces are deployed in response to civil 
   disturbances or security threats caused by the State's refusal to 
         cooperate with lawful Federal immigration enforcement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

  Mr. Arrington (for himself, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Rose) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require any State to reimburse the Federal Government for costs 
incurred when Federal military forces are deployed in response to civil 
   disturbances or security threats caused by the State's refusal to 
         cooperate with lawful Federal immigration enforcement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Accountability for Federal 
Deployment Costs Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Immigration enforcement is a constitutionally and 
        statutorily delegated power of the Federal Government.
            (2) Certain States and units of local government have 
        refused to assist with, or have actively obstructed, lawful 
        Federal immigration enforcement operations, including by 
        refusing to comply with immigration detainer requests and 
        obstructing Federal immigration enforcement operations 
        (commonly referred to as ``raids'').
            (3) Such noncompliance and obstruction can result in civil 
        unrest, security breakdowns, and law enforcement emergencies 
        that require the deployment of Federal military forces, 
        including the National Guard under section 12406 of title 10, 
        United States Code, or active-duty military personnel.
            (4) Such deployments impose substantial costs on the 
        Department of Defense and United States taxpayers, which should 
        be reimbursed by the States and units of local government whose 
        noncompliance with or obstruction of Federal immigration 
        enforcement actions created the need for such deployments.

SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit a 
reimbursement invoice to the Governor of the affected State whenever 
Federal military personnel (including members of the National Guard and 
units of the Selected Reserve) are deployed, under Federal authority, 
to any jurisdiction as a direct result of--
            (1) civil disturbances stemming from lawful Federal 
        immigration enforcement operations; and
            (2) the failure of a State or unit of local government to 
        provide reasonable cooperation or coordination with such 
        operations.
    (b) Covered Costs.--Costs that are reimbursable under subsection 
(a) shall include--
            (1) temporary duty travel (TDY) and per diem for Federal 
        military personnel deployed in accordance with subsection (a);
            (2) housing, lodging, and meals for such personnel; and
            (3) transportation of such personnel and their equipment.
    (c) Determination of Noncooperation.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall issue a 
public determination as to whether the actions or omissions of a State 
or unit of local government materially hindered or failed to support 
the Federal immigration enforcement operations that led to the 
deployment of Federal military personnel.
    (d) Payment and Offset.--
            (1) Payment due date.--Each State shall remit full payment 
        of an invoice received pursuant to subsection (a) not later 
        than 180 days after receiving such invoice from the Department 
        of Defense.
            (2) Offset.--If a State fails to remit a payment in 
        accordance with paragraph (1), the President, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, the Attorney General, and the heads of other Federal 
        departments or agencies, as appropriate, may rescind 1 or more 
        discretionary grants awarded to the State by the Federal 
        Government to offset such nonpayment.
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