[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 51 (Friday, March 20, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1446-S1447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4717. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 
                   ACTIONS AT OR NEAR POLLING PLACES AND VOTER 
                   REGISTRATION SITES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     not, and shall ensure that an officer, employee, or agent of 
     the Department of Homeland Security (including U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and 
     Border Protection) does not, at a covered location--
       (1) conduct any civil immigration enforcement action;
       (2) question any individual about citizenship or 
     immigration status;

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       (3) request any immigration document;
       (4) conduct surveillance of any individual entering or 
     exiting a covered location; or
       (5) station any officer, employee, agent, or vehicle of the 
     Department of Homeland Security in a manner that could 
     reasonably be expected to deter an individual from 
     registering to vote or casting a ballot.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case 
     of--
       (1) the execution of a criminal warrant issued by a court 
     upon probable cause;
       (2) hot pursuit of an individual who poses an imminent 
     threat of death or serious bodily harm; or
       (3) conduct necessary to respond to an imminent threat of 
     death or serious bodily harm.
       (c) Implementation Guidance.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General 
     and the Election Assistance Commission, shall issue guidance 
     for the implementation of subsection (a), including with 
     respect to training to be provided to officers, employees, 
     and agents of the Department of Homeland Security on 
     compliance with such subsection.
       (d) Report.--In the case of an alleged violation of 
     subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which the alleged violation occurs, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall submit to Congress and the Inspector General 
     of the Department of Homeland Security a notification of the 
     alleged violation.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to prohibit, at a covered location, the conduct of 
     criminal law enforcement activities unrelated to immigration 
     status;
       (2) to authorize intimidation, threats, coercion, or 
     interference with any individual registering to vote or 
     voting in a Federal election; or
       (3) to permit inquiry into citizenship or immigration 
     status as a condition of entering a covered location, except 
     as expressly required by Federal law.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Civil enforcement action.--The term ``civil enforcement 
     action''--
       (A) means any arrest, detention, interview, questioning, 
     surveillance, search, service of a notice to appear or other 
     process, document check, or any other civil immigration-
     related investigative or enforcement activity undertaken to 
     identify, apprehend, monitor, or deter an individual based on 
     actual or suspected immigration status; and
       (B) includes the deployment of visible civil immigration 
     enforcement presence, including personnel or a vehicle, in a 
     manner that could reasonably be expected to deter an 
     individual from registering to vote or casting a ballot.
       (2) Covered location.--The term ``covered location'' 
     means--
       (A) a polling place;
       (B) an early voting site;
       (C) a voter registration site, including any office or 
     location at which in-person voter registration or election-
     day registration for a Federal election is taking place;
       (D) a location within 100 feet of an entrance or exit of a 
     location described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (C); 
     and
       (E) a location within 100 feet of an individual waiting to 
     enter a location described in any of subparagraphs (A) 
     through (C).
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