Introduced in House — H.R. 10803

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10803

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 13, 2026

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Grijalva, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and Workforce, Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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

A BILL

To abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reimagining Safety Act.

Sec. 2. Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 3. Policy statement

Congress finds the following:

(1)

True safety is cultivated through universal care, economic equity, housing stability, and climate justice.

(2)

Peace and liberation are rooted in collective care and community well-being.

(3)

Our safety is interdependent and interconnected to the safety of our neighbors.

(4)

Hierarchies of human value, scapegoating, and dehumanization are harmful and dangerous.

(5)

Immigrants are our families, friends, and neighbors.

(6)

Our safety is protected through oversight, the rule of law, due process, and public accountability.

(7)

Safety is built through a robust social safety net and community-driven, community-led intervention.

(8)

Civil liberties and privacy are non-negotiable foundations of a safe, democratic society.

(9)

We brought the Department of Homeland Security into this world, and we can build a world without it, too.

Title I ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY

Sec. 101. Establishment of the Department of Community Safety

(a) In general

There is established a Department of Community Safety (in this section referred to as the Department), as an executive department of the United States within the meaning of title 5, United States Code.

(b) Secretary

(1) In general

There is a Secretary of Community Safety (in this section referred to as the Secretary), appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(2) Head of the Department

The Secretary is the head of the Department and shall have direction, authority, and control over the Department.

(3) Functions vested in the Secretary

All functions of all officers, employees, and organizational units of the Department are vested in the Secretary.

(c) Mission

The mission of the Department is to ensure the safety and well-being of all people by carrying out the following:

(1)

Protecting fundamental human, civil, and constitutional rights.

(2)

Investing in community safety, resilience, and preparedness.

(3)

Preempting and responding to emergencies with equity and justice.

(d) Programs

In carrying out the mission of the Department, the Secretary shall establish the following:

(1)

A grant program to provide funding to community organizations to build localized disaster-relief hubs.

(2)

(A)

A program to provide grants to local community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, transit agencies, local government agencies, and public health or behavioral health providers, for preventative transit and community safety that—

(i)

focuses on proactive, human-centric safety;

(ii)

prioritizes violence prevention, de-escalation, mental health crisis response, and physical safety for transit passengers and transit staff; and

(iii)

ensures coordination with State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency management offices to handle cross-jurisdictional incidents, extreme weather disruptions, and public safety emergencies.

(B)

Funds made available under such program may be used for the following:

(i)

State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency management coordination and incident integration to establish secure communication pipelines, joint operational protocols, and regional responses between transit agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency management offices.

(ii)

Alternative crisis response and co-responder teams to safely address behavioral health crises, substance abuse, and unhoused populations on and around transit.

(iii)

Frontline responder safety and de-escalation training for bus operators, conductors, station agents, and transit security personnel focusing on verbal de-escalation, conflict resolution, cultural competency, and trauma-informed responses.

(iv)

Youth outreach and transit rider advocacy programs focused on bridging trust between community and transit authorities.

(3)

A dedicated bureau within the Department, to be known as the Office of Community Violence Prevention, tasked with—

(A)

coordinating Federal support for local public health approaches to gun violence;

(B)

managing grants to local governments, public health departments, Tribal governments, and qualified community-based violence intervention (CVI) non-profit organizations, for community violence interrupters; and

(C)

publishing independent, non-partisan research on community-led safety models.

(4)

A civilian, community-led program through which social workers, medical professionals, and interpreters receive at the borders of the United States individuals seeking to apply for asylum in the United States.

(5)

A program through which the field offices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are converted into centers in which immigrants to the United States receive community-based assistance, emergency support, and safety resources.

(6)

(A)

A program through which trusted, frontline public health workers who are members of, or have an understanding of, the community served (in this paragraph referred to as promotoras) will serve as cultural liaisons between health or social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

(B)

Such promotoras shall provide—

(i)

cultural mediation and patient advocacy;

(ii)

culturally and linguistically tailored health education and navigation;

(iii)

assistance with public benefit enrollment; and

(iv)

informal counseling, social support, and community assessment.

Sec. 102. Transferring certain agencies to the Department of Community Safety

(a) In general

There is transferred to the Secretary of Community Safety the following:

(1)

The functions of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

(2)

The functions of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(b) References

Any reference in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a department or office from which a function is transferred by this section—

(1)

to the head of such department or office is deemed to refer to the head of the department or office to which such function is transferred; or

(2)

to such department or office is deemed to refer to the department or office to which such function is transferred.

(c) Exercise of authorities

Except as otherwise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function is transferred by this section may, for purposes of performing the function, exercise all authorities under any other provision of law that were available with respect to the performance of that function to the official responsible for the performance of the function immediately before the effective date of the transfer of the function under this section.

(d) Savings provisions

(1) Legal documents

All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—

(A)

that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, any officer or employee of any office transferred by this section, or any other Government official, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of any function that is transferred by this section, and

(B)

that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date),

shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by the President, any other authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law.

(2) Proceedings

This section shall not affect any proceedings or any application for any benefits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending on the date of the enactment of this section before an office transferred by this section, but such proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this section had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this section had not been enacted.

(3) Suits

This section shall not affect suits commenced before the date of the enactment of this section, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this section had not been enacted.

(4) Nonabatement of actions

No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee of an office transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this section.

(5) Continuance of suits

If any Government officer in the official capacity of such officer is party to a suit with respect to a function of the officer, and under this section such function is transferred to any other officer or office, then such suit shall be continued with the other officer or the head of such other office, as applicable, substituted or added as a party.

(6) Administrative procedure and judicial review

Except as otherwise provided by this section, any statutory requirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the record, or administrative or judicial review that apply to any function transferred by this section shall apply to the exercise of such function by the head of the Federal agency, and other officers of the agency, to which such function is transferred by this section.

(e) Transfer of assets

Except as otherwise provided in this section, so much of the personnel, property, records, and unobligated balance of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or to be made available in connection with a function transferred to an official or agency by this section shall be available to the official or the head of that agency, respectively, at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget directs for use in connection with the functions transferred.

(f) Delegation and assignment

Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided in this section, an official to whom functions are transferred under this section (including the head of any office to which functions are transferred under this section) may delegate any of the functions so transferred to such officers and employees of the office of the official as the official may designate, and may authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation of functions under this subsection or under any other provision of this section shall relieve the official to whom a function is transferred under this section of responsibility for the administration of the function.

(g) Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to functions transferred

(1) Determinations

If necessary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under this section.

(2) Incidental transfers

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at such time or times as the Director shall provide, may make such determinations as may be necessary with regard to the functions transferred by this section, and to make such additional incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and unobligated balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with such functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The Director shall provide for the termination of the affairs of all entities terminated by this section and for such further measures and dispositions as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.

(h) Certain vesting of functions considered transfers

For purposes of this section, the vesting of a function in a department or office pursuant to reestablishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer of the function.

(i) Availability of existing funds

Existing appropriations and funds available for the performance of functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to this section shall remain available, for the duration of their period of availability, for necessary expenses in connection with the termination and resolution of such functions, programs, and activities.

(j) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Function

The term function includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(2) Office

The term office includes any office, administration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

Sec. 103. Transferring certain agencies to the Department of Transportation

(a) In general

There is transferred to the Secretary of Transportation the following:

(1)

The functions of the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.

(2)

The functions of the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

(b) References

(1)

to the head of such department or office is deemed to refer to the head of the department or office to which such function is transferred; or

(2)

to such department or office is deemed to refer to the department or office to which such function is transferred.

(c) Exercise of authorities

(d) Savings provisions

(1) Legal documents

All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—

(A)

(B)

that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date),

(2) Proceedings

(3) Suits

(4) Nonabatement of actions

No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Transportation Security Administration or the Coast Guard, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee of an office transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this section.

(5) Continuance of suits

(6) Administrative procedure and judicial review

(e) Transfer of assets

(f) Delegation and assignment

(g) Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to functions transferred

(1) Determinations

If necessary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under this section.

(2) Incidental transfers

(h) Certain vesting of functions considered transfers

For purposes of this section, the vesting of a function in a department or office pursuant to reestablishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer of the function.

(i) Availability of existing funds

(j) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Function

The term function includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(2) Office

The term office includes any office, administration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

Sec. 104. Transferring certain functions to the Department of the Treasury

(a) In general

There is transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury the customs functions of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

(b) References

(1)

to the head of such department or office is deemed to refer to the head of the department or office to which such function is transferred; or

(2)

to such department or office is deemed to refer to the department or office to which such function is transferred.

(c) Exercise of authorities

(d) Savings provisions

(1) Legal documents

All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—

(A)

(B)

that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date),

(2) Proceedings

(3) Suits

(4) Nonabatement of actions

No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee of an office transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this section.

(5) Continuance of suits

(6) Administrative procedure and judicial review

(e) Transfer of assets

(f) Delegation and assignment

(g) Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to functions transferred

(1) Determinations

If necessary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under this section.

(2) Incidental transfers

(h) Certain vesting of functions considered transfers

For purposes of this section, the vesting of a function in a department or office pursuant to reestablishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer of the function.

(i) Availability of existing funds

(j) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Function

The term function includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(2) Office

The term office includes any office, administration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

Sec. 105. Transferring certain functions to the Department of Justice

(a) In general

There is transferred to the Attorney General the functions of the Secretary of Homeland Security related to the enforcement of the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act), including the functions of the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

(b) References

(1)

to the head of such department or office is deemed to refer to the head of the department or office to which such function is transferred; or

(2)

to such department or office is deemed to refer to the department or office to which such function is transferred.

(c) Exercise of authorities

(d) Savings provisions

(1) Legal documents

All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges—

(A)

(B)

that are in effect on the effective date of such transfer (or become effective after such date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective date),

(2) Proceedings

(3) Suits

(4) Nonabatement of actions

No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Secretary of Homeland Security related to the enforcement of the immigration laws, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee of an office transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this section.

(5) Continuance of suits

(6) Administrative procedure and judicial review

(e) Transfer of assets

(f) Delegation and assignment

(g) Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to functions transferred

(1) Determinations

If necessary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make any determination of the functions that are transferred under this section.

(2) Incidental transfers

(h) Certain vesting of functions considered transfers

For purposes of this section, the vesting of a function in a department or office pursuant to reestablishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer of the function.

(i) Availability of existing funds

(j) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Function

The term function includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(2) Office

The term office includes any office, administration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

Sec. 106. Limitation on removal authority

(a) Initiation of removal or inadmissibility proceedings

The Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, acting Attorney General, or acting Deputy Attorney General must authorize the initiation of removal or inadmissibility proceedings against a noncitizen.

(b) Removal

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall not execute the removal of a noncitizen from the United States unless a joint resolution approving such removal is enacted.

(c) Expedited legislative procedures

(1) Rules of house of representatives and senate

This paragraph is enacted by Congress—

(A)

as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution of approval; and

(B)

with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

(2) Definition

For purposes of this subsection, the term joint resolution of approval means only a joint resolution introduced for the purposes of approving the execution of the removal of a noncitizen.

(3) Calculation of periods

For purposes of calculating the 30-day period described in paragraph (2), there shall be excluded any day on which either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days pursuant to an adjournment resolution.

(4) Committee discharge

If the committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate to which a joint resolution of approval has been referred has not reported it at the end of 7 calendar days after its introduction, such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.

(5) Floor consideration

(A)

A motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is highly privileged, is not debatable, and is not subject to a motion to postpone or a motion to proceed to other business. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.

(B)

Debate on the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone or recommit the joint resolution is not in order.

(6) Automatic hookup provision

If, before the passage by one House of a joint resolution of approval of that House, that House receives from the other House a companion joint resolution of approval, then the following procedures shall apply:

(A)

The joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee.

(B)

With respect to a joint resolution of approval of the House receiving the resolution—

(i)

The procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House; but

(ii)

The vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House.

(d) Report

The Attorney General shall, upon making a preliminary determination that a noncitizen is inadmissible or deportable, submit to Congress a report including the reasons for such determination.

Title II FEMA REFORMS AND RESILIENCE PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. FEMA regional resilience, staffing, and mitigation responsibilities

(a) In general

The Secretary of Community Safety, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall—

(1)

convert all regional community liaison roles within the Agency into permanent career civil service positions;

(2)

establish a mandatory regional tenure and residency requirement for such personnel to ensure staff maintain long-term institutional memory and deep local familiarity;

(3)

prohibit the termination of staff described under paragraph (2) strictly based on a change in presidential administration;

(4)

provide grants to local municipalities for permanent, pre-stocked neighborhood hubs equipped with emergency power, food, water, and medical care supplies;

(5)

create a formal coordination protocol or interagency agreement allowing rapid deployment of medical and public health professionals directly alongside disaster responders;

(6)

require all communications, physical hubs, applications, and relief resources of the Agency to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 701 note) and be made available in the primary languages spoken by the affected populations; and

(7)

make predisaster mitigation funds available to State, local, tribal, and territorial governments under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) at the level that such funds were made available in fiscal year 2022.

(b) Climate and cooling mitigation measures

Section 203(e)(1)(A) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting including climate harm prevention, extreme heat adaptation, and ecosystem restoration, after mitigation measures.

Title III ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Sec. 301. Department of Homeland Security

(a) In general

(1) Department

The Department of Homeland Security is abolished.

(2) Certain grants

Any grant of the Department of Homeland Security to a law enforcement agency of a local unit of government for surplus military gear or tactical training is hereby terminated.

(3) Termination of integrated surveillance towers

The Integrated Surveillance Tower program of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hereby terminated.

(4) Prohibitions

No Federal funds made available for fiscal year 2027 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or expended for any of the following:

(A)

A border wall.

(B)

A fusion center (as such term is defined in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)).

(C)

Any of the following:

(i)

The Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program.

(ii)

The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program.

(iii)

Any other similar program.

(b) Responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

(1) In general

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in this section referred to as the Director) shall be responsible for the implementation of this section, including the following:

(A)

The administration and wind-up of any outstanding obligations of the Federal Government under any programs terminated by this section.

(B)

Such other actions as may be necessary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of the Department of Homeland Security.

(2) Delegation of functions

The Director may delegate to any officer of the Office of Management and Budget or to any other Federal department or agency head the performance of the Director’s functions under this section to the extent that the Director determines that such delegation would further the purposes of this section.

(3) Transfer of assets and personnel

In connection with any delegation of functions under paragraph (2), the Director may transfer within the Office or to the department or agency concerned such assets, funds, personnel, records, and other property relating to the delegated function as the Director determines to be appropriate.

(4) Authorities of the Director

For purposes of performing the functions of the Director under this section, the Director may carry out any of the following:

(A)

Enter into contracts.

(B)

Employ experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

(C)

Utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services, facilities, and personnel of other Federal agencies.

(5) Termination directive

(A) In general

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall terminate, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, all active contracts, subcontracts, or task orders for any of the following:

(i)

Border wall construction.

(ii)

The procurement or deployment of military-grade surveillance technology for domestic border enforcement.

(iii)

The program terminated under subsection (a)(3).

(B) Liability and settlement

Any termination executed pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be treated as a termination for convenience, and settlements with contractors shall be managed in accordance with part 49 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. No funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay anticipatory profits or consequential damages claimed by a contractor resulting from such termination.

(c) Repeal

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is repealed.

Sec. 302. Abolish immigration detention; repeal of detention authority and enforcement

(a) Requirement for release on recognizance

Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall release on their own recognizance any noncitizen detained by the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Community Safety so that released noncitizens may be connected with appropriate services provided or funded by the Department of Community Safety.

(b) Repeal of detention authority and enforcement

(1) Inspection of applicants for admission

Clauses (ii) and (iii)(IV) of section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)) are repealed.

(2) Inspection of other noncitizens

Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 235(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)) are repealed.

(3) Authority relating to inspections

Section 235(d)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)(2)) is amended—

(A)

by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and

(B)

by striking United States— and inserting United States to deliver the noncitizen to an immigration officer for inspection or to a medical officer for examination..

(4) Apprehension and detention of noncitizens

Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is repealed.

(5) Detention and Removal of noncitizens ordered removed

Section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231) is amended—

(A)

by striking subsection (a); and

(B)

by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.

(6) Power of immigration officers and employees

Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended to read as follows:

(a)
Any officer or employee of the Service authorized under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General shall have power without warrant to arrest any noncitizen who in his presence or view is entering or attempting to enter the United States in violation of any law or regulation made in pursuance of law regulating the admission, exclusion, expulsion or removal of noncitizens, or to arrest any noncitizen in the United States, if he has reason to believe that the noncitizen so arrested is in the United States in violation of any such law or regulation and is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest, but the noncitizen arrested shall be taken without unnecessary delay for examination before an officer of the Service having authority to examine noncitizens as to their right to enter or remain in the United States.
(b)
A noncitizen described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act who has been battered, abused, neglected, or abandoned, shall not be compelled to contact the alleged abuser (or family member of the alleged abuser) at any stage of applying for special immigrant juvenile status, including after a request for the consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 101(a)(27)(J)(iii)(I) of such Act.

(7) Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain noncitizens

Section 439 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1252C) is repealed.

(8) Communication between State and local government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644) is repealed.

(9) Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is repealed.

(10) Public charge; unlawful voters

Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227) is repealed.

(c) Termination of contracts for immigration detention

(1) Existing contracts with respect to physical detention and monitoring

Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall terminate any contract entered into by the Secretary of Homeland Security on or before the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to immigration detention and monitoring programs, including any contract with any entity that owns or operates a program or facility that provides services related to detention or monitoring.

(2) Other contracts with respect to physical detention and monitoring

Beginning on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used with respect to immigration detention and monitoring programs, including any contract with any entity that owns or operates a program or facility that provides services related to detention or monitoring.

Sec. 303. Removal of enforcement authorities

(a) Removal of ankle monitors

Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall remove each ankle monitor from a noncitizen being monitored.

(b) Prohibition on use of Federal funds

Beginning on the date that is six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used with respect to ankle monitors or ankle monitoring programs.

Sec. 304. Immigration enforcement agreements; civil liberties

(a) Immigration enforcement agreements with States and localities

(1) In general

Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by striking subsection (g).

(2) Applicability

Any agreement concluded pursuant to such section may not continue in effect after the date of enactment of this section, and any noncitizen detained by a State or local law enforcement official pursuant to such an agreement shall be released from custody immediately.

(b) Civil Liberties

(1) Repeal of authority to issue National Security Letters

The following provisions of law are repealed:

(A)

Section 2709 of title 18, United States Code.

(B)

Section 1114 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414).

(C)

Section 802 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162).

(D)

Sections 626 and 627 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u, 1681v).

(2) Warrant requirement

No Federal law enforcement agency, nor any element of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), may purchase or obtain information on any United States person (as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) from a commercial entity without a warrant based on probable cause.

(3) Repeal of Department of Defense authority to sell certain equipment to State and local governments

Chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking section 281.

(4) Repeal of Department of Defense excess personal property program

Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking section 2576a.

(5) Prohibition with respect to grants and certain activity monitoring

No amounts received as a grant from any Federal agency may be used to consolidate any separately generated information source (including databases maintained by private parties, criminal information databases established and maintained by units of local government, or Federal datasets) for purposes of monitoring any activity protected by the First Amendment.

(6) Prohibition on private outsourcing of domestic surveillance and tracking

(A) Prohibition

No Federal agency or department may contract with, or procure services or technology from, any private contractor, vendor, or data broker for the purpose of—

(i)

conducting domestic tracking or real-time geolocation monitoring of individuals;

(ii)

bulk data collection, aggregation, or profiling of personally identifiable information, biometric identifiers, or behavioral data concerning members of the public or transit passengers; or

(iii)

deploying, maintaining, or operating public safety surveillance infrastructure.

(B) Definitions

In this paragraph:

(i) Biometric identifiers

The term biometric identifiers includes facial geometry, voiceprints, iris scans, and gait analysis data.

(ii) Domestic tracking

The term domestic tracking means the systematic monitoring, geolocation tracking, or real-time surveillance of the physical movements or digital location of individuals within the United States, including through the acquisition, licensing, or purchase of location data from commercial data brokers, but does not include—

(I)

tracking commercial cargo, freight, or physical agency supply chain assets;

(II)

monitoring government-owned or leased fleet vehicles for routine maintenance and logistical operations; or

(III)

analyzing aggregated, anonymized traffic flow data that cannot be linked to any individual person.

(iii) Public safety surveillance infrastructure

The term public safety surveillance infrastructure includes automated license plate readers, facial recognition systems, predictive policing software, and public-space video surveillance networks, but does not include standard backend cybersecurity software, routine enterprise IT management, or internal administrative systems.

(7) Prohibition on certain lists

(A) In general

No Federal funds made available for fiscal year 2027 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated or expended to develop, share, or utilize a database, list, or registry of individuals the purpose of which is to restrict travel, movement, or another civil liberty of such individuals or subject such individuals to enhanced screening at a transportation security checkpoint, unless the inclusion of each such individual on such database, list, or registry, as the case may be, is based on any of the following:

(i)

A criminal conviction of such individual.

(ii)

A warrant regarding such individual that has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(B) Relief

An individual who has suffered legal wrong because of an act or practice arising out of a database, list, or registry prohibited under subparagraph (A) may bring in an appropriate district court of the United States an action for appropriate relief, including recovery of reasonable attorney fees.

(c) Matters relating to terrorism and military detention

(1) Department of Defense detention matters

(A) Closure of detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

(i) In general

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—

(I)

close the Department of Defense detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and

(II)

release each individual who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is detained at such facility.

(ii) Release

Any detainee that has not been formally convicted or charged with a Federal crime has the absolute right to select their destination of relocation. The Federal Government shall facilitate transfer only to the destination explicitly chosen by the individual, which may include—

(I)

resettlement within the United States;

(II)

repatriation to the individual’s country of origin; or

(III)

resettlement within a willing third-party nation.

(iii) Consent

No individual shall be transferred, repatriated, or resettled to any destination without the express, knowing, and voluntary written consent of the individual. The individual maintains an absolute right of refusal regarding any proposed destination. No individual shall be transferred or repatriated to any country where there are substantial grounds for believing that the individual would be in danger of being subjected to torture, arbitrary detention, or persecution. If the individual expresses a well-founded fear of persecution in that country, the individual retains the right to select an alternative country of resettlement.

(B) Prohibition on establishment of military detention facilities

No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may be used to construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual, other than a member of the United States Armed Forces, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.

(C) Conforming repeals

The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:

(i)

Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1953).

(ii)

Section 1034 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954).

(iii)

Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954).

(iv)

Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1551).

(v)

Section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 971; 10 U.S.C. 801 note).

(2) Terrorism and economic sanctions repeals, sunsets, and amendments

(A) Repeal of section 212(a)(3)(b) of the immigration and nationality act

Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is hereby repealed.

(B) Sunset of section 219 of the immigration and nationality act

(i) In general

Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) is repealed effective on the date that is exactly 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(ii) Termination

Any designation of an organization as a foreign terrorist organization under such section 219 in effect on the date specified in clause (i) shall terminate on such date.

(C) Amendment to section 203 of the international emergency economic powers act

Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(d) Congressional approval required for exercise of authorities
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the authorities granted to the President under subsection (a) may not be exercised unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law pursuant to the expedited procedures of paragraph (3).
(2) Temporary interim authority
The President may exercise the authorities under subsection (a)(1)(B) to investigate, regulate, or block transactions in which a foreign country or national has an interest for a temporary interim period not to exceed 30 days from the date on which the President declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act. If a joint resolution of approval is not enacted into law within such 30-day period, the authorities exercised under this paragraph shall automatically terminate at midnight on the 30th day, and any blocked property or assets shall be instantly released.
(3) Expedited legislative procedures
(A) Rules of house of representatives and senate
This paragraph is enacted by Congress—
(i)
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution of approval; and
(ii)
with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
(B) Definition
For purposes of this subsection, the term joint resolution of approval means only a joint resolution introduced within the 3-day period beginning on the date the President declares a national emergency, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That Congress approves the exercise of authorities under section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as proposed by the President in the declaration dated ______..
(C) Calculation of periods
For purposes of calculating the 30-day period described in paragraph (2), there shall be excluded any day on which either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days pursuant to an adjournment resolution.
(D) Committee discharge
If the committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate to which a joint resolution of approval has been referred has not reported it at the end of 7 calendar days after its introduction, such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
(E) Floor consideration
(i)
A motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is highly privileged, is not debatable, and is not subject to a motion to postpone or a motion to proceed to other business. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.
(ii)
Debate on the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone or recommit the joint resolution is not in order.
(F) Automatic hookup provision
If, before the passage by one House of a joint resolution of approval of that House, that House receives from the other House a companion joint resolution of approval, then the following procedures shall apply:
(i)
The joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee.
(ii)
With respect to a joint resolution of approval of the House receiving the resolution—
(I)
the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House; but
(II)
the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House.
(4) Transition rules for existing sanctions
Any exercise of authority under subsection (a)(1)(B) pursuant to an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act prior to the date of the enactment of this subsection that is active on such date of enactment—
(A)
shall remain in full force and effect for a period not to exceed 180 days after such date of enactment; and
(B)
shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of such 180-day period unless a joint resolution of approval under this subsection is enacted into law extending such authority.

(3) Geneva Conventions

The United States formally recognizes the absolute applicability of the Geneva Conventions and International Human Rights Law to all individuals in the custody of the United States, regardless of their citizenship or location of apprehension.

(4) Prohibition on certain profiling systems

No Federal agency may design, operate, or maintain (nor may any Federal funds made available be used to design, operate, or maintain) any database, registry, or automated tracking system that profiles individuals based on geographic origin, ancestry, or religious affiliation.

(5) National security privilege

For purposes of the application of Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a record or information is not privileged on the basis that such record or information pertains to the national security of the United States.

Title IV INVESTING IN COMMUNITY

Sec. 401. Immigration and Nationality Act definitions

Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

(3) Noncitizen
(A) In general
The term noncitizen means any individual that is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(B) Reference to alien
Any reference in this or any other Federal law, regulation, or instrument issued by the executive branch of the Government to the term alien, as previously defined in this paragraph, shall be deemed to be a reference to the term noncitizen, as defined in this paragraph.

Sec. 402. Investing in community safety

(a) Rescission

There is permanently rescinded the unobligated balance of each amount made available to the Department of Homeland Security for any fiscal year for immigration enforcement as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) Authorization of appropriations for rescinded funds

Amounts rescinded by subsection (a) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and are authorized to be appropriated only for the establishment or implementation of one or more of the following programs:

(1)

Universal healthcare access, including the following:

(A)

Medicare for All.

(B)

Free mental health treatment.

(C)

First responders.

(2)

Housing for All, including the following:

(A)

Permanently affordable housing infrastructure.

(B)

Ending homelessness.

(3)

Universal child care.

(4)

Access to healthy, nutritious food, including free meals in public schools.

(5)

Free public education, including the following:

(A)

Pre-K.

(B)

K–12.

(C)

Higher education, including graduate school.

(D)

Trade and apprenticeship programs.

(E)

Student loan forgiveness.

(6)

Climate Justice, including the following:

(A)

Green-job training programs.

(B)

Emergency preparedness.

(C)

Access to clean water and sanitation.

(7)

Safe and Dignified Migration, including a universal guarantee of legal counsel for all individuals in immigration proceedings.

(8)

Economic Opportunity programs, including the following:

(A)

Universal basic income.

(B)

Living wage for all.

(C)

Paid parental leave.

(D)

Unionized jobs.

(E)

AI worker displacement jobs program.

(c) National Social Service Corps

(1) In general

The Secretary of Community Safety shall establish a public service jobs framework, to be known as the National Social Service Corps, through which individuals may commit a term of service to community health centers, mental health support, disaster resilience and climate adaptation, public housing construction and green infrastructure retrofits, environmental remediation, community-based gun violence intervention and prevention, or care-work infrastructure.

(2) Members

Members of the National Social Service Corps who complete a designated term of service shall receive the following:

(A)

Full or matching tuition assistance for higher education or accredited vocational or trade programs.

(B)

A guaranteed living-wage stipend scaled to local cost-of-living during their service term.

(C)

Post-service hiring preferences for Federal civil service jobs, particularly within the Department of Community Safety and emergency response sectors.

(d) Inclusive democracy grant program

The Secretary of Community Safety shall provide to States, the District of Columbia, territories, Tribes, and local governments grants for the purpose of—

(1)

modernizing, expanding, and protecting accessible voting infrastructure (such as universal mail-in voting, no-excuse early voting, and language-accessible ballot processing);

(2)

supporting comprehensive K–12 and adult civics education curricula focused on constitutional rights, systemic equity, and participatory democracy; and

(3)

supporting independent, community-led civic engagement programs.

(e) Firearm Violence Prevention and Community Healing

(1) Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Community Safety $250,000,000 each fiscal year to scale through the Office of Community Violence Prevention established under section 101(d)(3) evidence-based, non-law-enforcement violence interruption models.

(2) Wraparound services grants

The Secretary of Community Safety shall provide to entities that carry out Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) and trauma recovery centers grants to provide wraparound services, mental health care, and conflict mediation for survivors of violence.

(3) Community-led activities

The Secretary of Community Safety shall provide on a competitive basis to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, public health agencies, and community-based non-profit organizations grants to carry out the following:

(A)

Community-led public education campaigns on secure, locked firearm storage.

(B)

Voluntary, community-led firearm buyback and safe-disposal initiatives.

(4) Community Recovery and Support Fund

(A) In general

There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the Community Recovery and Support Fund, to provide direct financial assistance to communities impacted by the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement actions, which specially includes family separation, detention, deportation, excessive use of force, sexual assault, and death.

(B) Programs

The Secretary of Community Safety shall provide the following through the Community Recovery and Support Fund:

(i)

Dedicated financial assistance specifically designated to cover logistical, administrative, and legal expenses required to reunite families separated by detention or deportation, including any of the following:

(I)

Consular fees.

(II)

Travel expenses for children and dependent family members.

(III)

International document procurement.

(IV)

Attorney fees.

(ii)

Direct income-replacement grants for households that experience acute financial destitution due to the sudden detention or deportation of the primary income source of a household, including short-term emergency stipends, micro-grants to sustain self-employed workers or small business owners, and transition assistance to prevent housing eviction and utility shut-offs.

(iii)

Grants for emergency housing, nutrition assistance, clothing, hygiene items, essential personal belongings, and medical needs.

(f) Citizenship and immigration services panel

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Community Safety shall appoint a panel of stakeholders to study the improvement of the functions of the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the establishment of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services as an independent agency, and make recommendations thereon.

(g) EOIR panel

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Community Safety shall appoint a panel of stakeholders to study the abolishment of the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the establishment of an independent immigration court system, and make recommendations thereon.