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119-hr-8557119th Congress

Short-Term Holding Facility Standards Restoration Act.

Sponsored By: Representative Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]

Introduced

Summary

12-hour default limit on detention. This bill would set a hard 12-hour default for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement short-term holding facilities and add minimum humane standards, recordkeeping, and oversight for any holds that last longer.

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  • Families, children, and other vulnerable people get clearer protections: holding rooms must be safe and clean, have restrooms and drinking water, detainees must receive meals at least every 6 hours, and minors, pregnant women, or breastfeeding women must have immediate access to meals, snacks, milk, and juice.
  • Short-term custody rules for ICE operations would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use holding facilities only for detention not to exceed 12 hours except for defined exceptional circumstances like medical emergencies, natural disasters, transportation delays, or other exigent operational conditions.
  • Documentation and oversight increase: any non-short-term hold must be documented at the time and records kept for 5 years, the Secretary must report annually to Congress on counts, durations, justifications, and corrective actions, and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General must audit compliance.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Limits ICE holding, protects detainees

If enacted, the bill would limit short-term custody in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facilities to 12 hours, except for temporary, unforeseen emergency situations. If enacted, it would require holding rooms to be safe and clean, have working restrooms, and be free of objects that could be used as weapons. If enacted, each detainee would be provided a meal at least every 6 hours, minors and pregnant or breastfeeding women would get immediate access to food, milk, snacks, and juice, and drinking water would be available in every room at all times. If enacted, agencies would document any time custody goes past short-term, keep those records for 5 years, report yearly to Congress on such cases, and the DHS Inspector General would perform periodic audits.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]

AZ • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2026

  • Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2026

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/11/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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