# 119-hr-864: Freedom to Cooperate Act

119-hr-864, Freedom to Cooperate Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-864
- Congress: 119
- Title: Freedom to Cooperate Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Federal cooperation on immigration**. This bill would reinforce federal authority by preventing states from blocking local officials from asking about or sharing a person’s immigration status. It would also expand federal detainer authority and set custody and legal protections for detainers. - State and local governments: Would bar state laws that prohibit officials or government entities from asking about immigration status, notifying federal authorities, or complying with federal requests for immigration-related information. - People arrested and migrants: Would allow the Department of Homeland Security to issue detainers when there is probable cause that an arrested person is inadmissible or deportable, including matches to biometric records, final removal orders, or reliable statements. - Detainers and legal protections: Would permit DHS to take custody within 48 to 96 hours after release if a detainer is complied with, and would grant legal immunity to states, localities, and contracted entities acting under a detainer, with a bad-faith exception and the United States as the proper defendant in related suits.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Local police could share status and hold longer: cost, medium. If enacted, states could not block local police from helping federal immigration enforcement or from asking about and sharing immigration status. It would not require police to report or arrest crime victims or witnesses. The Department of Homeland Security could ask jails to hold people arrested f…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
- 119-hr-7325: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-864 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/864)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-7325: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7325)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-864 (as of 2025-12-21).