Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would say that the Act can be called the 'Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act.'
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act .
2: Relocation of certain offices in sanctuary jurisdictions
This section would require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to relocate any covered SBA office located in what the bill calls a sanctuary jurisdiction. This requirement would only apply to an office once the Administrator, before ordering the move, determines that the office is in a sanctuary jurisdiction and makes that determination public. When the Administrator relocates an office, the new location must not be in a sanctuary jurisdiction, and if the office's current state is not itself a sanctuary jurisdiction, the new location must stay within that same state. While the move is happening, an office located in a state that is a sanctuary jurisdiction must stop operating in that state. The Administrator would have to complete the relocation within 60 days after publicly announcing the determination. If the office is not relocated within that 60-day period, the head of the office must send the Administrator a written explanation within 5 days after the deadline passes, explaining why the move was not completed. From the day after the 60-day deadline until the office is actually relocated to a location not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, the office must stop operating, and every employee whose duty station was at that office must be reassigned to another covered office in the same state that is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction, or, if no such office exists in that state, to any other covered office not in a sanctuary jurisdiction. The Administrator must immediately remove the head of the office if that person fails to submit the required written explanation, or if the Administrator decides the reasons given in the explanation are not good enough. The Administrator may not open any new covered office in a sanctuary jurisdiction. For purposes of this section, 'covered office' means any SBA regional, district, or local office, or any other SBA component that is fully funded with money Congress appropriated, but it does not include SBA headquarters. A 'sanctuary jurisdiction' means a state or a political subdivision of a state that has a law, ordinance, policy, or practice that stops or limits a government entity or official from sharing citizenship or immigration status information with federal, state, or local government entities, or from complying with a lawful Department of Homeland Security request under the Immigration and Nationality Act to honor a detainer for, or give notice before releasing, an individual. However, a state or political subdivision is not treated as a sanctuary jurisdiction only because it has a policy of not sharing that information, or not complying with such a detainer request, regarding an individual who has come forward as a victim of, or witness to, a crime.
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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— (1) is not in a sanctuary jurisdiction; and (2) if the State in which such covered office is located prior to such relocation is not a sanctuary jurisdiction, is in such State. (d) Suspension of operations During the period the Administrator is relocating a covered office under this section that is located in a State that is a sanctuary jurisdiction, such covered office shall cease the operations of such office in such State. (e) Relocation deadline (1) Deadline Not later 60 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 60-day period applicable to such relocation under such paragraph— (i) not later 5 days after the expiration of such 60-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 60-day period; and (ii) during the period beginning on the day after expiration of such 60-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 60-day period described in paragraph (1) with respect to such covered office are insufficient. (f) New office limitation The Administrator may not establish a covered office in sanctuary jurisdiction. (g) 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 (A) In general Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the term sanctuary jurisdiction means any State or 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— (i) 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 (ii) 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. (B) Exception A State or political subdivision of a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding, or comply with a request 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 regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.