All Roll Calls
Yes: 413 • No: 409
HR2931119th CongressWALLET
Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
Passed House
Summary
Relocate SBA offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions. The bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to move any regional, district, local, or other Congress-funded SBA office located in a designated sanctuary jurisdiction to a non‑sanctuary location within 120 days after the agency publicly declares the office is in such a jurisdiction.
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- SBA employees at affected offices are reassigned to another non‑sanctuary SBA office in the same State or, if none exists, to any other non‑sanctuary SBA office. If relocation misses the 120‑day deadline the office stops operations until moved and the office head must explain the delay within 5 days or be removed.
- Local businesses and entrepreneurs may temporarily lose access to a nearby SBA office during the closure and relocation period.
- The SBA is barred from opening any new covered office in a sanctuary jurisdiction, preventing future establishment of such offices there.
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SBA offices would leave sanctuary cities
If enacted, the SBA would have to move any regional, district, or local office it publicly finds is in a “sanctuary jurisdiction.” The move would need to finish within 120 days of that public notice. If not, the office would stop operations the next day, the office head would have 5 days to explain, and could be removed if the reasons are not enough. Staff would be reassigned to another SBA office in the same State that is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, or to another non‑sanctuary office if none exist in‑State. The SBA would be barred from opening new covered offices in sanctuary jurisdictions. The bill defines a “covered office” and what counts as a “sanctuary jurisdiction,” including blocking immigration‑status information sharing or refusing DHS detainer or release‑notice requests (INA sections 236 and 287).
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Cosponsors
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 6/5/2025
On Passage
Yes: 211 • No: 199
house vote • 6/5/2025
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 202 • No: 210