[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7743 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7743
To provide for a limitation on the obligation of funds for certain
immigration enforcement purposes until a report on the use of databases
by immigration officers is submitted.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2026
Ms. Pingree introduced the following bill; which was 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
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A BILL
To provide for a limitation on the obligation of funds for certain
immigration enforcement purposes until a report on the use of databases
by immigration officers is submitted.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop ICE Intimidation Act of 2026''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and until the date a report is submitted under
subsection (b) the Secretary of Homeland Security may not obligate any
amounts made available in any Act for--
(1) the operation of biometric or other surveillance
system, including the Intelligence Records System of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
(2) the entry into or continuation of any contract for the
operation of any such system; or
(3) the hiring of additional officers, agents, or employees
at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(b) Report Described.--A report under this section shall comply
with the following:
(1) Such report shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) Such report shall set forth a policy of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement governing use of biometric
or other surveillance systems, including the Intelligence
Records System, in enforcement or removal operations under the
immigration laws (as such term is defined under section 101(a)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act) that--
(A) prohibits that the use of such a system to
access or store information pertaining to person that
was collected because that person was exercising any
right or privilege protected by the Constitution of the
United States; and
(B) rules for--
(i) the use of such information;
(ii) identification of persons are
permitted to access such information;
(iii) storage of such information and what
protections are in place to prevent
unauthorized access to such information and the
misuse of such information by any person who
gains such unauthorized access;
(iv) how long such information will be
retained and how it will be removed from the
system thereafter;
(v) providing notice to any person whose
information is included in the system and an
opportunity to review, contest, or remove such
information if it is determined that such
information was collected while such person was
exercising any right or privilege protected by
the Constitution of the United States;
(vi) how activities protected under the
First Amendment will not be identified as
``credible threat activity'';
(vii) identification of what activities may
be lawfully identified as ``having made a
credible threat against ICE personnel or
facilities'' (as such term is referred to in
subclause 13 under the heading ``Categories of
Individuals Covered by the System'' of the
System of Records Notice published in the
Federal Register on July 21, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg.
34282));
(viii) detailed information on the costs of
such databases and the contracts related to the
use, creation, and maintenance of such
databases;
(ix) how officers and employees of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement are
complying with local law providing for privacy
protections; and
(x) what training such officers and
employees receive regarding compliance with the
law in jurisdictions where facial recognition
software is prohibited.
(c) Compliance.--All information collected by an immigration
officer (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act) for use or inclusion in or derived from a
biometric or other surveillance system, including the Intelligence
Records System of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during the
period beginning January 1, 2026, and ending on date of enactment of
this Act, shall be deleted and removed from such system not later than
the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act unless
the Secretary, by rule (including as an interim final rulemaking),
establishes the policy described in section 2(b)(2).
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
No funds made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security under
any provision of law may be used to restrict the ability of an
individual to record or document enforcement or removal operations
under the immigration laws (as such term is defined under section
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) to the extent that such
actions do not interfere or obstruct such operations.
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