HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 19

Rep. Hall offered the following resolution:

A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That Rule 52 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended to read as follows:

?Appropriations.

Rule 52.  (1)  No appropriations bill or conference report containing enhancement grants a legislatively directed spending item shall be brought for a vote without proper disclosure of the sponsor and the intended recipient, and a description of the grant legislatively directed spending item in a form and manner established by the House by resolution.

(2)  An appropriations bill or conference report shall not be brought for a vote if it contains a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality, including any official, department, or board of a municipality, that actively maintains any rule, policy, or ordinance that would subvert immigration enforcement in any way or that refuses to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.

(3)  No appropriations bill or conference report containing a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality shall be brought for a vote unless the municipality has submitted the following information to the House:

(a)  The municipality?s rules, policies, and ordinances related to federal immigration law and immigration enforcement measures.  This includes, but is not limited to, any rules, policies, and ordinances regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests, and the municipality?s intent to work with federal authorities or actively harbor or shield illegal aliens from federal enforcement authorities or operations.

(b)  An official letter from the municipality, signed by the municipality?s chief executive officer, the municipality?s duly elected board, or an individual who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the municipality, certifying the following:

(i)  The municipality?s rules, policies, and ordinances do not include language that requires, encourages, or supports subverting immigration enforcement in any way or refusing to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.

(ii) The municipality will comply with federal immigration law.

(4)  As used in this rule:

(a)  ?Legislatively directed spending item? means an appropriation that authorizes or obligates a specific amount of money for a contract or other expenditure with a grant, loan, or other economic assistance or incentive to a specific person, organization, unit of local government, or project or activity in a unit of local government, other than through a formula-driven or competitive award process.

(b)  ?Municipality? means a county, city, village, or township.?.