Prohibit federal transportation funds from going to sanctuary cities that do not comply with federal law enforcement.

Dusty Johnson · South Dakota · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 100%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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I introduced the "No Department of Transportation Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act" to prohibit federal funds from going to cities that don’t comply with federal law enforcement.

Johnson says he introduced legislation to block DOT funding for sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with federal law enforcement.

Driving growth by protecting America's infrastructure investments
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Dusty Johnson as sponsor of H.R.4565, titled the No DOT Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill's official title would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from awarding grants or contracts to sanctuary cities, but its latest action is referral to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its status is Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson took concrete legislative action matching the pledge, but the bill had not advanced beyond introduction/referral in the 119th Congress as of the latest official status found, including no new action found in the September 4-6, 2026 lookback.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congress.gov: H.R.4565 - No DOT Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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FTA states that a federal court declared DOT's immigration-enforcement grant condition unlawful, vacated it from all DOT grant agreements, and permanently enjoined DOT from conditioning federal transportation funding on state cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement. FTA says DOT will not include or enforce those conditions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The closest executive-branch implementation attempt for DOT transportation funding was blocked and removed from grant agreements, so the prohibition was not delivered despite related federal action.

never later_term

Federal Transit Administration: FTA Master Agreement (version 34, changes)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. later_term A for effort

The promised prohibition has not been implemented: DOT cannot currently condition federal transportation funding on immigration-enforcement cooperation after the court order described by FTA, and Johnson's matching H.R.4565 remains only introduced/referred rather than enacted. Because Johnson sponsored legislation directly matching the promise during a later congressional term and remains in office while the 119th Congress is still active, the promise is not delivered but is still pending rather than finally failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%