ICE Shootings Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10698

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General 
  to share evidence with appropriate State and local law enforcement 
 agencies related to shootings, injuries, or killings, by officers or 
 employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs 
             and Border Protection, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

Ms. Salinas (for herself, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Quigley, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Costa, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Garcia of Texas) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways 
 and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General 
  to share evidence with appropriate State and local law enforcement 
 agencies related to shootings, injuries, or killings, by officers or 
 employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs 
             and Border Protection, 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 ``ICE Shootings Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              RELATED TO SHOOTINGS, INJURIES, OR KILLINGS BY ICE AND 
              CBP.

    In the case that an officer or employee of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection discharges a 
firearm in the course of their official duties, or injures or kills 
another person, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney 
General shall, without unreasonable delay--
            (1) provide access to the location of the incident to State 
        and local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over such 
        location upon the arrival, for the purpose of carrying out 
        regular investigative functions, of a State or local law 
        enforcement officer at such location, subject to legitimate 
        scene-safety or evidence-preservation needs of the Secretary 
        and Attorney General; and
            (2) share any evidence and investigatory materials related 
        to the incident with such State and local law enforcement 
        agencies, including by preserving and disclosing all relevant 
        evidence on an ongoing basis as it is developed, including 
        body-worn camera footage, surveillance video, radio 
        communications, dispatch records, digital communications, 
        photographs, forensic evidence, witness statements, and other 
        investigative materials.
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