[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3932 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3932

   To require the Office of Detention Oversight to conduct audits of 
 detention facilities and to restrict the detention of aliens at such 
 facilities until after any deficiencies revealed in such audits have 
                       been properly remediated.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2026

    Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Office of Detention Oversight to conduct audits of 
 detention facilities and to restrict the detention of aliens at such 
 facilities until after any deficiencies revealed in such audits have 
                       been properly remediated.

    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 ``Private Detention Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUDIT REPORTS.

    Not later than 30 days after the Office of Detention Oversight of 
the Department of Homeland Security completes an audit of a detention 
facility at which aliens are being detained, the Director of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit a report containing 
the results of such audit and describing the actions that have been 
taken to remediate any deficiencies discovered through such audit to--
            (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON DETENTION FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Aliens may not be newly housed at any detention 
facility operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless--
            (1) the Office of Detention Oversight has completed an 
        audit of such facility;
            (2) any deficiencies discovered through such audit have 
        been properly remediated; and
            (3) the report required under section 1 has been properly 
        submitted.
    (b) Applicability.--The restriction set forth in subsection (a) 
shall apply to any detention facility--
            (1) commencing operations on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; or
            (2) operating before such date of enactment and about which 
        the Office of Detention Oversight has completed an audit.
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