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H.R.8494

To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

Introduced·4/23/26

Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from establishing or operating new immigration detention models.

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model. It includes the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers. The bill also prohibits the use of funds for such detention models and mandates the transfer of funds to needed services like affordable health care and housing.

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Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Committee
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History

Apr 24

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

Apr 23

House

Introduced in House

Apr 23

House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.