[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1229-S1230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4482. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the end of the bill, add the following:
SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the
``Immigration Enforcement Identification Safety Act of 2025''
or the ``IEIS Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means an Executive agency
(as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code).
(2) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee''
means--
(A) a covered immigration officer (as defined in section
236(g)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as
amended by subsection (c)), whose official duties put the
covered employee at greater risk of being the target of a
threat, intimidation, harassment, stalking, or a similar
action;
(B) a spouse, child, or parent of an officer described in
subparagraph (A); and
(C) any other familial relative of such employee who has
the same permanent residence as such officer.
(3) Privacy-enhancing services.--The term ``privacy-
enhancing services'' means any software or hardware solution,
technical process, technique, or other technological means of
mitigating privacy risks arising from data processing,
including by eliminating, reducing, or suppressing personal
information, including restricted personal information (as
defined in section 119(b)(1) of title 18, United States
Code).
(c) In General.--Section 236 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(g) Identification Requirement for Immigration
Enforcement Personnel.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Covered immigration officer.--The term `covered
immigration officer' means--
``(i) any officer, agent, or employee of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection;
``(ii) any officer, agent, or employee of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement; and
``(iii) any officer, agent, or individual authorized,
deputized, or designated under Federal law, regulation, or
agreement to perform immigration enforcement functions,
including pursuant to section 287(g) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) or any other delegation or
agreement with the Department of Homeland Security.
``(B) Immigration enforcement function.--The term
`immigration enforcement function'--
``(i) means any activity that involves the direct exercise
of Federal immigration enforcement through public-facing
actions, including a patrol, stop, arrest, search, interview
to determine immigration status, raid, checkpoint, or the
service of a judicial or administrative warrant; and
``(ii) does not include any covert, nonpublic operation.
``(2) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), any
covered immigration officer who is conducting an immigration
enforcement function and any Federal or non-Federal law
enforcement officer who is providing direct support to such
immigration enforcement function shall visibly display--
``(A) such covered immigration officer's last name and
another individual identifier that is unique to such
individual;
``(B) the name of the Federal law enforcement entity or
other organization employing such covered immigration
officer; and
``(C) the face of such covered immigration officer.
``(3) Exception.--The requirement under paragraph (2) shall
not apply to individuals referred to in such paragraph who--
``(A) are engaged in investigative activity involving the
use of an assumed name or cover identity;
``(B) are engaged in planned tactical operations (such as
high-risk situations, responding to hostage incidents,
terrorism response, narcotics raids, hazardous surveillance,
sniper incidents, armed suicidal persons, barricaded
suspects, high-risk felony warrant service, fugitives
refusing to surrender, and active shooter incidents) by
specifically trained law enforcement personnel to a high-risk
situation that requires the application of specialized
lifesaving tools, tactics, and capabilities which exceed
those immediately available to the officer or agent of the
Department of Homeland Security who is conducting an
immigration enforcement function and any Federal or non-
Federal law enforcement officer who is providing direct
support to such immigration enforcement function in the
regular performance of the officer's or agent's official
duties; or
``(C) are engaged in a law enforcement function that
necessitate the use of face coverings, as required under
section 1960.10(b) of title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations.''.
(d) Reimbursements Relating to Internet Data Privacy
Services.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts appropriated by any Act for fiscal year 2026, or
for any fiscal year thereafter, for salaries and expenses of
an agency may be used by such agency to reimburse a covered
employee employed by
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that agency for not more than 100 percent of the costs
incurred by the covered employee for privacy-enhancing
services.
(2) Documentation.--Any reimbursement to a covered employee
authorized under paragraph (1) shall be contingent upon the
submission by the covered employee of such information or
documentation as the agency employing the covered employee
may reasonably require.
(e) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to prohibit, restrain, or limit--
(1) the lawful investigation or reporting by the press of
any unlawful activity or misconduct alleged to have been
committed by a covered employee;
(2) the lawful disclosure of information relating to a
covered employee or the immediate family of a covered
employee regarding matters of public concern; or
(3) information that the covered employee or the employer
of the covered employee voluntarily publishes on the internet
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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