To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Representative Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced
Summary
Expands congressional visibility into international arrangements that transfer non-U.S. nationals subject to removal. This bill would bring certain oral or informal agreements into the Case‑Zablocki Act reporting rules and set a firm deadline for audit follow-up.
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- Congress and oversight staff would receive fuller disclosure of agreements under which a foreign country accepts foreign nationals who are subject to final U.S. removal orders, including agreements that are currently only oral.
- The State Department and other agencies would need to include those oral arrangements in reports and reduce oral agreements to writing for reporting compliance.
- The Comptroller General would have to submit post-audit reports within 30 days after concluding an audit, creating a stricter timeline for audit results to reach lawmakers.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More reporting on removal agreements
If enacted, the bill would require the State Department to tell Congress about any agreement, written or oral, where another country agrees to accept foreign nationals who are not its citizens and who have final removal orders from the United States. If an agreement is oral, it would have to be put in writing for reporting. If enacted, the bill would also require the Comptroller General to send post-audit reports within 30 days after finishing audits required by the statute. These changes would increase transparency for Congress and oversight bodies but would not change who gets government benefits or create new payments for households.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
TX • D
Sponsored 5/20/2026
Roll Call Votes
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