H.R. 7709

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7709 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7709

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of 
Homeland Security from obligating or expending Federal funds for the 
acquisition of, or utilizing, full-body restraints, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Goldman of New 
York, Ms. Simon, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Davis of 
Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. 
Randall) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security

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A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of 
Homeland Security from obligating or expending Federal funds for the 
acquisition of, or utilizing, full-body restraints, 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 ``Full-Body Restraint Prohibition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WITH 
RESPECT TO FULL-BODY RESTRAINTS.

(a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 714. PROHIBITIONS WITH RESPECT TO FULL-BODY RESTRAINTS.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary may not--
``(1) obligate or expend Federal funds for the acquisition 
of, or
``(2) utilize,
a full-body restraint.
``(b) Saving Provision.--The prohibition under subsection (a)(1) 
does not apply with respect to a contract or other similar type 
agreement entered into on or before the date of the enactment of this 
section.
``(c) Federal Service.--If an officer or employee of the Department 
in the course of employment with the Department--
``(1) violates a prohibition under subsection (a), or
``(2) deceives Congress or departmental leadership, as 
described in section 454, on a matter related to such 
prohibition,
the Secretary, through the employee discipline and adverse action 
programs referred to in section 704(b)(10), shall remove such officer 
or employee, as the case may be, from Federal service.
``(d) Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section and quarterly thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate a report that includes the following:
``(A) Information relating to departmental 
compliance with the prohibitions under subsection (a).
``(B) An accounting of the full-body restraints, if 
any, in the possession of the Department.
``(2) Contents.--If the prohibition under subsection (a)(2) 
is violated, the applicable report under paragraph (1) shall 
include, to the extent practicable, the following with respect 
to such violation:
``(A) An identification of the following:
``(i) The individual with respect to whom 
personnel of the Department utilized a full-
body restraint.
``(ii) If applicable, each field office to 
which such personnel are assigned or deployed, 
as the case may be.
``(B) Information relating to the following:
``(i) The reason for such utilization.
``(ii) The age, sex, race, and ethnicity of 
such individual.
``(iii) The period of time for which such 
restraint was so utilized.
``(iv) The citizenship or immigration 
status of such individual.
``(v) Whether such individual was injured 
in the course of being placed in such 
restraint.
``(vi) Whether subsequent to such placement 
such individual was injured as a result of such 
utilization.
``(vii) The component of the Department 
through which such utilization was carried out.
``(viii) The location at which, or the 
transportation route on which, such utilization 
was carried out.
``(ix) The language access services, if 
any, available to such individual immediately 
before and during such utilization.
``(C) An identification of the officer or employee 
of the Department who is responsible for such 
utilization.
``(D) Information relating to the following:
``(i) Whether such officer or employee, as 
the case may be, during such utilization was a 
doctor, nurse, or other health professional, 
qualified to determine whether such utilization 
would injure such individual.
``(ii) If clause (i) is answered in the 
affirmative, such qualifications.
``(e) Full-Body Restraints Defined.--In this section, the term 
`full-body restraints' means four-point and five-point restraints that 
immobilize an individual.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 713 the following new item:

``Sec. 714. Prohibitions with respect to full-body restraints.''.
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