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Bill

To direct the Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report on information about arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

House

Directs the ICE Director to report information about arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Latest action: Tue Aug 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Condemning the recent attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Law Enforcement personnel and facilities.

House

Condemns recent attacks on ICE and CBP law enforcement personnel and facilities and expresses disapproval of violence targeting those agencies

Latest action: Mon Nov 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Recognizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their work in protecting communities from violent criminals and illegal aliens.

House

Recognizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for its work protecting communities from violent criminals and illegal aliens

Latest action: Tue Apr 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.

House

Impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement staffing and personnel expansion

Latest action: Fri Feb 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that violent attacks against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and officers are unacceptable, must be fully condemned, and that Congress stands in support of ICE's mission to protect national security, public safety, and the enforcement of immigration laws.

House

Expresses the House's condemnation of violent attacks on ICE facilities and officers and its support for ICE's immigration enforcement and national security mission

Latest action: Fri Sep 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act

House

Establishes constitutional accountability requirements for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection activities

Latest action: Fri Jan 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act

Senate

Strengthens constitutional accountability requirements for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection operations

Latest action: Thu Jan 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Drain ICE Act of 2026

House

Abolishes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Drain ICE Act of 2026

Latest action: Wed Feb 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

PRESS Act

House

Establishes the PRESS Act as a new measure introduced for committee consideration in Congress

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

PRESS Act

Senate

Protects press freedoms under the PRESS Act by limiting compelled disclosure involving journalists and newsgathering materials

Latest action: Thu Apr 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2025

House

Requires the Justice Department to create a Criminal Division structure to investigate and prosecute trade related crimes targeting American industry and labor

Latest action: Wed Jun 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act

House

Expands Controlled Substances Act regulation of pill presses and critical parts by adding transaction tracking, serial number requirements, and criminal penalties for tampered equipment

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025

House

Increases penalties and expands enforcement against fraudulent and grossly negligent customs law violations in U.S. imports

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

Senate

Requires federal enforcement, sentencing, and security measures to protect U.S. Postal Service workers, facilities, and mail collection systems

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

FAIR Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes stricter federal civil asset forfeiture rules by speeding notice, raising proof standards, expanding owner protections, and ending equitable sharing of forfeited assets

Latest action: Mon Jan 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE Protection Act of 2026

Senate

Establishes protections for Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel under the ICE Protection Act of 2026

Latest action: Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Combatting International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2025

House

Expands Customs and Border Protection activities in foreign countries to combat drug trafficking and human smuggling and allows certain overseas tort claims against the United States

Latest action: Thu Nov 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California.

House

Expresses gratitude to law enforcement agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in response to the June 2025 Los Angeles demonstrations

Latest action: Fri Jun 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

Senate

Expands Customs and Border Protection authority to share more trade-related information about suspected trademark and copyright violations with interested parties

Latest action: Mon Aug 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

House

Expands Customs and Border Protection authority to share more trade-related information and images with interested parties when investigating suspected intellectual property violations in imported merchandise

Latest action: Tue Apr 28 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2025

Senate

Extends United States customs waters to 24 nautical miles from U.S. baselines by codifying existing presidential proclamations on territorial sea and contiguous zone limits

Latest action: Thu Jan 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act

House

Extend the statutory definition of U.S. customs waters to 24 nautical miles from U.S. baselines, aligning it with the territorial sea and contiguous zone recognized in presidential proclamations

Latest action: Wed Feb 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To amend the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to make certain technical corrections to facilitate the lawful trade and collecting of numismatic materials.

House

Amends cultural property import rules to clarify when numismatic materials may lawfully enter the United States and limit extra Customs documentation demands

Latest action: Tue Jan 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE Out of Our Faces Act

House

Prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from concealing their identities during enforcement actions

Latest action: Thu Feb 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE Out of Our Faces Act

Senate

Prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks or face coverings during enforcement actions

Latest action: Wed Feb 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act

House

Prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining or removing United States citizens identified in immigration enforcement actions

Latest action: Wed Jul 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

ICE Standards Act

House

Establishes standards governing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and detention practices under federal immigration enforcement

Latest action: Mon Mar 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Abolish ICE Act

House

Abolishes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by ending the ICE agency within federal immigration enforcement

Latest action: Fri Jan 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Import Security and Fairness Act

House

Prohibit de minimis tariff-free entry for imports from nonmarket economy countries and Priority Watch List countries, while tightening customs information and detention requirements

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to increase the civil penalties that may be imposed under such Act.

House

Increases civil penalties for violations of U.S. export control laws under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018

Latest action: Wed Apr 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act

Senate

Authorize destruction of imported hazardous consumer products to prevent their distribution in the United States

Latest action: Wed Nov 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act

House

Directs APHIS to inspect Hawaii-bound and Hawaii-origin persons, baggage, cargo, and other articles for high-risk invasive species and agricultural materials before direct movement

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Preventing Fraudulent ICE Impersonation Act of 2025

House

Prohibits fraudulent impersonation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target immigration enforcement deception

Latest action: Wed Jul 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

CATCH Fentanyl Act

House

Establishes a pilot program at land ports of entry to test advanced inspection technologies for detecting fentanyl and other contraband in transportation conveyances

Latest action: Fri Aug 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act

House

Expands FDA authority to order destruction of refused imported food drugs devices tobacco products and cosmetics that pose significant public health risks

Latest action: Tue Jul 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Restoring Trade Fairness Act

Senate

Revokes China’s normal trade status and raises tariffs on Chinese imports while tightening de minimis rules for goods from China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran

Latest action: Thu Jan 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Senate

Strengthens U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws to expand investigations, formalize circumvention procedures, and cover cross-border subsidies and currency undervaluation

Latest action: Mon Feb 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Restoring Trade Fairness Act

House

Revokes China's normal trade status and raises tariffs on Chinese imports while tightening low value import rules for goods from China North Korea Russia and Iran

Latest action: Thu Jan 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

House

Requires federal law enforcement, sentencing, and Postal Service security steps to strengthen protection for postal employees and mail facilities

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

House

Strengthens U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws to target unfair trade practices, including successive investigations, circumvention inquiries, and currency undervaluation subsidies

Latest action: Mon Feb 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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