# 119-hr-7423: No Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

119-hr-7423, No Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7423
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would strengthen and codify** information-sharing obligations between State and local governments and the Department of Homeland Security for immigration and custody data. It would ban local policies that materially restrict sharing and add rules, protections, and enforcement to make sharing more consistent and enforceable. - State and local governments would be barred from policies that prohibit, delay, condition, or penalize sharing defined immigration and custody information. The law would define what counts as shareable information, like immigration status and release dates. - People in criminal custody would trigger specific notice rules: for scheduled releases DHS must get notice no later than 48 hours before release when the release is known at least 48 hours in advance. For unscheduled releases DHS must be notified immediately and custody may be held up to 48 hours to allow a DHS transfer. - Local law enforcement officers acting within their official duties would get immunity from personal liability comparable to Federal officers for duties tied to immigration information, detention, identification, and transfers. - The Department of Homeland Security would be required to respond to lawful inquiries that verify citizenship or immigration status. - The Attorney General could sue to enforce compliance and states found to knowingly violate the rule could face ineligibility for Department of Justice law-enforcement grants.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal enforcement and grant penalties: cost, medium. This bill would let the Attorney General sue in federal court to enforce the information-sharing rules. If a court finds a State or local government knowingly violated the rules, the jurisdiction could be declared ineligible for Department of Justice law-enforcement grants as the Attorney General s…
- DHS status checks and custody holds: mixed, medium. This bill would require DHS to answer status checks from federal, state, or local agencies about a person's immigration or citizenship status. When DHS asks about a specific person in criminal custody, the State or local government would have to notify DHS of scheduled releases at least 48 hours be…
- Stops local limits on sharing: mixed, medium. This bill would define what counts as law-enforcement or custody "information" and what it means to "materially restrict" sharing. It would bar a State or local government from having laws, policies, or practices that stop, delay, condition, or punish sharing that information with DHS or other gove…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-4312: SCORE Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-7423 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7423)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-4312: SCORE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4312)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7423 (as of 2026-04-21).