H.R. 7161

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7161 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7161

To limit the use of Federal contractors to perform certain enforcement 
activities under the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 20, 2026

Mr. Krishnamoorthi introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To limit the use of Federal contractors to perform certain enforcement 
activities under the immigration laws, 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 ``No Private Bounty Hunters for 
Immigration Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF CONTRACTORS TO ENFORCE THE 
IMMIGRATION LAWS.

(a) Prohibition on Certain DHS Contracts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security--
(A) may not enter into any contract or memorandum 
of understanding with any person after the date of the 
enactment of this Act to perform skip tracing, 
surveillance, or location verification for the purpose 
of civil enforcement of the immigration laws; and
(B) shall--
(i) terminate any contract or memorandum of 
understanding of the Department of Homeland 
Security in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act that provides for the performance 
of skip tracing, surveillance, or location 
verification for the purpose of civil 
enforcement of the immigration law; and
(ii) amend any contract or memorandum of 
understanding of the Department of Homeland 
Security in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act not described under clause (i) to 
prohibit the performance of skip tracing, 
surveillance, or location verification for the 
purpose of civil enforcement of the immigration 
laws under such contract or memorandum.
(2) Application to subcontractors.--No person with which 
the Secretary of Homeland Security has a contract or memorandum 
of understanding, or any subcontractor thereof at any tier, may 
use a subcontractor to perform any function prohibited under 
paragraph (1).
(b) Limitation on Use of Federal Funds.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
Federal funds may be used to pay a private entity on a per-
person or bonus basis for locating an individual who is subject 
to a civil immigration detainer.
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to the use of 
a publicly available data analytics tool operated solely by a 
Federal contractor performing an administrative data management 
function under direct Government supervision that does not 
involve--
(A) field surveillance of, or personal contact 
with, the individual subject to the detainer; or
(B) an activity prohibited under subsection (a).
(c) Audit.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall conduct an audit of each contract of the Department of Homeland 
Security to ensure that each such contract complies with the 
limitations under this section.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``skip tracing'' means 
the practice of locating an individual using an address, employment 
data, social-media, or other personal data.
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