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Federal · 119th Congress
HR8494To 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.
Prohibits establishing, operating, expanding, or funding any new immigration detention models or facilities (including warehouses, tents, and modular units), and requires transferring related obligated funds to other services, so less immigration detention overall.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered agency may not-- (1) establish or implement any new immigration detention model; or (2) establish, operate, expand, convert, or renovate any warehouse, industrial facility, tent, soft-sided structure, modular unit, or similar building or structure for the purposes of housing, processing, or detaining individuals under civil immigration authority.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-04-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Filed
2026-04-23
Committee
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill's core provisions ban new or expanded immigration detention facilities and models by DHS/ICE, prohibit use or reprogramming of funds for them, and redirect obligated amounts elsewhere; this directly limits the scope of immigration enforcement via detention and transport. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
2026-04-23
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Introduced in House
2026-04-23
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Introduced in House
2026-04-23
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.
2026-04-23
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.