House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
Official title: To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6397.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 202, December 3, 2025, Pages H5026-H5027):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6397, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
135 cosponsors — 135 Democrats
0 of 135 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Everton Blair (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 105 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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- H.Res. 473 (119th) Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
- H.R. 3069 (119th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 3971 (119th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- H.Res. 1058 (119th) Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the…
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Sponsor’s state and district
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