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119-hr-9099119th Congress

DHS Release Transparency Act

Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]

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Summary

Notifying a loved one when someone held by CBP or ICE is released. This bill would require officers to offer detainees the option to name a point of contact at intake and to notify that person before the detainee leaves custody, with language help for both parties.

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  • Families and friends would be notified before a detainee is released, and officials must attempt contact at least twice. Notifications are required except when someone has been held at a port of entry for less than 12 hours.
  • Detainees would be given the chance to designate a contact when taken into custody, and they must be offered translation and interpretation in their chosen language for that request.
  • Designated points of contact would receive release notices in their chosen language. Information collected under the rule could not be used for enforcement purposes.

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Detainees can name release contact

If you are taken into custody by CBP or ICE, you would be offered the choice to name someone to notify. You would give that person’s name and contact information. If you name someone, the agency would have to try at least twice to notify them before your release. This would not apply if you were held at a port of entry for less than 12 hours. Translation would be provided in the detainee’s chosen language when naming a contact and in the contact’s chosen language when notified. Information collected for this notice would not be allowed for enforcement. This would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/28/2026

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/3/2026

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2026

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/8/2026

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/8/2026

  • Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2026

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2026

  • Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2026

  • Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2026

  • Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2026

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 9/10/2026

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