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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7347 
To mandate reporting requirements pertaining to detainees in immigration 
detention facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 
Ms. ANSARI (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mrs. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. IVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CHU, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MCCLELLAN, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. WIL-
LIAMS of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. RANDALL, 
Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SIMON, 
Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) 
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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To mandate reporting requirements pertaining to detainees 
in immigration detention facilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Inhumane Condi-
tions in ICE Detention Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR DETAINEE HEALTH CON-
DITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘facility where noncitizens are detained by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security pursuant to the immigration 
laws’’ includes any facility that provides detention services 
under a competitively bid contract awarded by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, any facility operated by or 
for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain 
or otherwise house noncitizens, and any additional space 
that may be utilized for the purposes of temporarily de-
taining a noncitizen for a period longer than 4 hours. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of each 
entity that operates a facility where noncitizens are de-
tained by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant 
to the immigration laws, that entity shall establish and 
maintain for each such facility a reporting system for de-
tainee health conditions, including medical, dental, and 
mental health concerns, in accordance with the following: 
(1) The system shall be internet-accessible and 
shall be updated as close to real time as may be 
practicable. 
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(2) This system shall document— 
(A) each report of disease or injury of a 
detainee; 
(B) each diagnosis of such a disease or in-
jury; 
(C) each prescribed treatment for such a 
disease or injury; and 
(D) each outcome of such a treatment. 
(3) The Secretary shall complete mandatory 
training on the operation of the system for each 
staffer for the facility. 
(4) No facility may be exempted from the re-
quirement to operate such a system. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING OF COMPLAINTS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall es-
tablish an anonymous, multilingual system for detainees 
to report health concerns in any facility referred to in sec-
tion 2, which shall be accessible in the facility via secure 
digital kiosks or toll-free hotlines. If any report is received 
under the system and the reporter is retaliated against, 
including by harassment or mistreatment, denial of privi-
leges, confinement in special places or in solitary condi-
tions, or additional work responsibilities. Such retaliation 
shall be subject to investigation by the Inspector General 
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of the Department of Homeland Security or by the Office 
of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, by not later 
than 14 days after the submission of such complaint, and 
the complainant shall receive a report on the results of 
such investigation that shall be detailed and in a language 
comprehensible to the complainant. Such report may be 
published if retaliation is identified in the findings. 
SEC. 4. MANDATORY CONTRACT REVIEW. 
In the case of any facility referred to in section 2, 
if a complaint is filed at such facility and the Inspector 
General or the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, after 
investigating such complaint in accordance with section 3, 
determines that such complaint has identified any instance 
of a verified health concern, if such complaint is the 3rd 
such complaint, then the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall make a determination whether there exists cause to 
terminate any agreement between the Secretary and the 
entity for the operation of the facility, and, in the case 
of a determination to terminate such an agreement, pub-
lish that determination. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL AUDIT. 
Each year, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security shall conduct an audit of health 
conditions at each facility referred to in section 2, and re-
port to Congress thereon. The audit shall include specific 
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review of gender-related health protections, including men-
strual care, pregnancy outcomes, and trauma-informed 
care. 
SEC. 6. HEALTH SERVICES LIAISON. 
In the case of any facility referred to in section 2, 
there shall be a full-time health services liaison, who shall 
have no other duties, and who shall coordinate health and 
wellness in the facility, compile relevant information, and 
be the point of contact for the Inspector General’s office 
related to health conditions in the facility. 
SEC. 7. QUARTERLY REPORTS. 
Beginning on the date that is 3 months after the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and quarterly therafter, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall— 
(1) publish a report on health conditions of de-
tainees and complaints received at each facility re-
ferred to in section 2, including on the website of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and 
(2) submit a report on health conditions of de-
tainees and complaints received at each facility re-
ferred to in section 2 to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 8. ACCESS TO FACILITIES. 
(a) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of this 
section, a covered individual means— 
(1) A Member of Congress. 
(2) An employee of the United States House of 
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 
section. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Except to the extent otherwise 
provided by this section, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may not take any action to limit entry, for the purpose 
of conducting oversight, by a covered individual to any fa-
cility where noncitizens are detained by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security pursuant to the immigration laws, or 
make any temporary modification at any such facility that 
in any way alters what is observed by a covered individual, 
compared to what would be observed in the absence of 
such modification. 
(c) PRIOR NOTICE.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to require a Member of Congress to provide 
prior notice of the intent to enter a facility described in 
subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight. 
With respect to a covered individual described in sub-
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section (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may 
require that a request be made at least 24 hours in ad-
vance of an intent to enter a facility described in sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
Terms used in this Act have the meanings given such 
terms under section 101(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
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