3.0.0 1821 2026-04-03T15:40:36Z 2026-04-03T15:40:36Z House H HR 2025-03-04 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1821 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CALVERT:H.R. 1821.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.[Page H975]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-03-04T15:01:15Z 2025-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2025-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] Ken Calvert R CA 41 N Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2025-03-21T16:22:16Z 00 2025-03-04 Introduced in House 2026-04-03T15:39:21Z Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act or the HELD Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by a state or local subdivision that has in effect a law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes

  • a timely response to a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for information about an alien in state or local custody, including the alien's estimated release date; or
  • compliance with a request from ICE to hold an alien for up to 48 hours so that ICE may assume custody.
]]> HELD Act Display Title 45 HELD Act 2025-03-21T04:08:27Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 HELD Act 2025-03-21T04:08:22Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act 2025-03-21T04:08:22Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To deny Federal funding to any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect any law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes a State or local law enforcement official from maintaining custody of an alien pursuant to an immigration detainer issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 2025-03-21T04:03:25Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1821ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1821ih.xml 2025-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.