SHIELD Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6608

  To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any State or 
  local government that arrests or prosecutes Federal law enforcement 
 officers for performing duties related to the enforcement of Federal 
                            immigration law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2025

  Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Self, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. 
   Tenney, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Burchett, and Mr. Grothman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, 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 prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any State or 
  local government that arrests or prosecutes Federal law enforcement 
 officers for performing duties related to the enforcement of Federal 
                            immigration law.

    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 ``Safeguarding Homeland Immigration 
Enforcement from Local Detention Act of 2025'' or as the ``SHIELD Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Constitution vests the Federal Government with 
        exclusive authority over the enforcement of immigration laws.
            (2) Federal law enforcement officers acting within the 
        scope of their duties must not be subject to arrest, detention, 
        or prosecution by State or local jurisdictions for carrying out 
        lawful immigration enforcement activities.
            (3) Certain jurisdictions have threatened or taken actions 
        to impede Federal immigration enforcement, thereby undermining 
        the rule of law and public safety.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS TO JURISDICTIONS THAT ARREST OR 
              PROSECUTE FEDERAL OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal financial assistance may be made 
available to a State or political subdivision thereof that--
            (1) arrests, detains, or prosecutes a Federal law 
        enforcement officer; or
            (2) otherwise interferes with or obstructs such officer, 
        for actions taken by that officer in the lawful performance of 
        their duties relating to the enforcement of Federal immigration 
        law.
    (b) Determination.--The Attorney General in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall determine whether a State or unit 
of local government has engaged in conduct described in subsection (a).
    (c) Ineligibility.--For fiscal year 2026, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, a State or political subdivision thereof determined to have 
engaged in the conduct described in subsection (a) at any time during 
the fiscal year is ineligible to receive Federal financial assistance 
for that fiscal year.
    (d) Reallocation.--Any Federal financial assistance that a State or 
political subdivision thereof is ineligible to receive pursuant to 
subsection (c) shall be reallocated to States or political subdivisions 
of States that are not ineligible under such section.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Federal financial assistance'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 7501 of title 31, United 
        States Code.
            (2) The term ``State'' means any State of the United 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or 
        possession of the United States.

SEC. 4. RESTORATION OF FUNDING.

    Federal financial assistance withheld under section 3 shall be 
restored only if the Attorney General certifies the head of the Federal 
agency that administers such Federal financial assistance that the 
State or political subdivision thereof has ceased the offending conduct 
and has provided written assurances that such interference will not 
recur.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Federal law enforcement officer'' means any 
        officer, agent, or employee authorized by the Department of 
        Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or any other 
        Federal agency to enforce immigration laws.
            (2) The term ``Federal funds'' includes any grant, 
        contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial 
        assistance provided by a Federal department or agency.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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