This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to send Congress a report within 30 days with information about CBP and ICE encounters since January 21, 2025 that led to detention. The report must include names, nationalities, and the legal or other authority for each detention; the number of encounters at sensitive locations (schools, places of worship, hospitals, child care centers, courthouses, and places where minors may be present); total removals since January 21, 2025 with names, nationalities, alien numbers, authority for removal, and the countries to which people were removed; and the names and nationalities of any people removed to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador or to Guantanamo Bay, including those without a final order of removal.
Within 60 days of enactment, the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services must jointly report to Congress and the Comptroller General about detainees in CBP, ICE, or ORR custody. That report must list: assaults or abuse requiring medical attention; reports of sexual assault and investigation results; incidents when local law enforcement or emergency responders were called to a facility; detainee transfers for overnight hospitalization; detainee deaths; the frequency and topics of complaints by detainees or their families (such as abuse, sexual assault, staff neglect, retaliation, lack of resources, or deaths) and actions taken; and the frequency of complaints about lack of access to legal counsel and any remedies taken. The Comptroller General must then give Congress recommendations within 90 days after receiving that report. The GAO recommendations must cover effects of closing certain ombudsman offices, ensuring visitation and access rules are followed, increasing inspector general reviews of detention facilities, and improving tracking and public reporting of detainee locations and final repatriation locations (including updates to the ICE Online Detainee Locator System).
The bill also requires agencies to notify Congress at least 60 days before using a “non-traditional” location for detention (including noncitizen minors or family units). The notice must identify the type and specific location, justify use, list number of beds to be used, describe steps to meet reporting and access requirements, provide the detention standard of care and medical access plans, give a timeline and estimated costs and budget, and include any agreements or funding records. The bill defines non-traditional locations to include Department of Defense property, Indian lands, or lands outside the external boundary of the continental United States.
If enacted, DHS and HHS must provide several reports to Congress on recent detentions, removals, and incidents in custody. Families of detainees and members of Congress could get more detailed information about who is detained, where they were taken, and any serious incidents while in custody. Agencies must also notify Congress before using specified non-traditional sites for detention and must include estimated costs and care standards in those notifications. The Comptroller General will give recommendations to improve oversight and tracking of detainees.
No publicly available information on the bill's overall federal cost or appropriations. The bill does require that notifications about non-traditional detention locations include estimated costs, a budget, and records of funds, but it does not itself provide or authorize specific funding in the text provided.
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