119th Congress

H.R. 8494

To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To President
6. Became law

Sponsor

Rashida Tlaib(D-MI)

Introduced

Apr 23, 2026

Policy area

Immigration

Committees

House Committee on Homeland Security; House Committee on the Judiciary

Official text

Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (25)

Original cosponsors (13)

• Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ)
• Al Green (D-TX)
• Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
• April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
• Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
• Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
• Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
• Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
• Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
• Kelly Morrison (D-MN)
• Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
• Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)

Added later (12)

• Greg Casar (D-TX) · Apr 27, 2026
• Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Apr 27, 2026
• Mark Takano (D-CA) · Apr 27, 2026
• Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX) · Apr 27, 2026
• Angie Craig (D-MN) · Apr 30, 2026
• Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Apr 30, 2026
• Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · May 7, 2026
• Veronica Escobar (D-TX) · May 12, 2026
• Betty McCollum (D-MN) · May 14, 2026
• Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · May 19, 2026
• Val T. Hoyle (D-OR) · May 29, 2026
• Mike Quigley (D-IL) · Jun 15, 2026

Summary

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Apr 24, 2026
  Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
• Apr 23, 2026 · House
  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 committee concerned.
• Apr 23, 2026
  Introduced in House