Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities

Summary#

This bill directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to relocate each regional, district, or local SBA office (a "covered office") that the Administrator determines is located in a "sanctuary jurisdiction." The Administrator must make each such determination public. When relocating a covered office, the new location must not be in a sanctuary jurisdiction. If the covered office is in a State that is not a sanctuary jurisdiction, the office must be moved to a non-sanctuary location in the same State. If a covered office is in a State that is a sanctuary jurisdiction, that office must stop operating in the State during the relocation. The Administrator must complete relocations within 60 days of making the determination public. If a covered office is not relocated within 60 days, the office head must submit a written explanation within 5 days; the office must cease operations until relocated, and employees must be assigned to other covered offices that are not in sanctuary jurisdictions. The Administrator must remove an office head who fails to submit the explanation or whose explanation is judged insufficient. The Administrator may not establish a new covered office in a sanctuary jurisdiction.

The bill defines "covered office" as any regional, district, or local SBA office other than headquarters or any other component fully funded by congressional appropriations. It defines "sanctuary jurisdiction" as a State or political subdivision that has a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts sharing or maintaining information about a person's citizenship or immigration status, or that restricts complying with certain Department of Homeland Security detainer or notification requests. The definition has an exception: a jurisdiction is not a sanctuary jurisdiction solely because it refuses to share information or comply with detainer requests for someone who comes forward as a victim or witness to a crime.

What it means for you#

• If you work at or use services from a regional, district, or local SBA office that the Administrator declares to be in a sanctuary jurisdiction, that office would be moved to a location outside of any sanctuary jurisdiction.
• During the move, the office would stop operating in the State if the State is a sanctuary jurisdiction.
• SBA employees whose duty station was at the moved office would be reassigned to other covered offices that are not in sanctuary jurisdictions.
• The Administrator will publish determinations identifying which offices are in sanctuary jurisdictions.

Expenses#

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Opponents' View#

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