The Federal Grant Neutrality Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3776 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3776

To prohibit the Attorney General from requiring compliance with certain 
 laws, memoranda, and Executive Orders in determining eligibility for 
                                grants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2026

  Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Lujan, and Ms. 
    Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Attorney General from requiring compliance with certain 
 laws, memoranda, and Executive Orders in determining eligibility for 
                                grants.

    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 ``The Federal Grant Neutrality Act''.

SEC. 2. DOJ GRANT ELIGIBILITY.

    In awarding grants administered by the Department of Justice to any 
entity and in determining the eligibility of the entity to receive 
grant funds, the Attorney General may not require the entity to agree 
to comply with, certify compliance with, or comply with--
            (1) section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
        Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373);
            (2) any memorandum issued by the President; or
            (3) any Executive order issued by the President.
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