Private Detention Accountability Act

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