June 9, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
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 Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Relocation of certain offices in sanctuary jurisdictions
(a) In general
The Administrator shall relocate each covered office located in a sanctuary jurisdiction in accordance with this section.
(b) Determination required
Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a covered office only if, prior to ordering the relocation of such covered office under such subsection, the Administrator makes a determination that such covered office is located in a sanctuary jurisdiction and makes such determination publicly available.
(c) Relocation requirement
When relocating a covered office under this section, the Administrator shall relocate such covered office to a location that is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction.
(d) Relocation deadline
(1) Deadline
Not later 120 days after the Administrator makes publicly available a determination under subsection (b) with respect to a covered office, the Administrator shall relocate such covered office in accordance with subsection (c).
(2) Noncompliance
(A) In general
If a covered office described in paragraph (1) is not relocated in accordance with subsection (c) prior to the expiration of the 120-day period applicable to such relocation under such paragraph—
(i)
not later 5 days after the expiration of such 120-day period, the head of such covered office shall submit to the Administrator a written explanation of why such covered office was not relocated prior to expiration of such 120-day period; and
(ii)
during the period beginning on the day after expiration of such 120-day period and ending on the date on which such covered office is relocated to a location that is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction—
(I)
such covered office shall cease operations; and
(II)
each employee of the Administration whose duty station was at such covered office shall be assigned to a duty station at another covered office that is located in the same State and not in a sanctuary jurisdiction or, if no other covered office is located in the same State and not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, any other covered office that is not located in a sanctuary jurisdiction.
(B) Removal
The Administrator shall immediately remove the head of a covered office required to submit a written explanation under subparagraph (A)(i) if—
(i)
such head does not submit such a written explanation in accordance with such subparagraph; or
(ii)
the Administrator determines that the reasons provided in the written explanation submitted by such head under such subparagraph for the relocation of such covered office not being completed prior to the expiration of the 120-day period described in paragraph (1) with respect to such covered office are insufficient.
(e) New office limitation
The Administrator may not establish a covered office in sanctuary jurisdiction.
(f) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Administration
The term Administration means the Small Business Administration.
(2) Administrator
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration.
(3) Covered office
The term covered office means a regional, district, or local office the Administration, other than the headquarters of the Administration, or any other component of the Administration fully funded by funds appropriated by Congress.
(4) Sanctuary jurisdiction
The term sanctuary jurisdiction
means a political subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from—
(A)
sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or
(B)
complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual.