To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8494 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8494 To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Norton, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Grijalva, and Mr. Castro of Texas) 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON NEW IMMIGRATION MODELS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of Homeland Security, acting through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has announced plans to spend approximately $38,300,000,000 to acquire and retrofit warehouses and