House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Keep ICE Out of Washington County, Maryland Act
Official title: To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from establishing or operating an immigration detention or holding facility in Washington County, Maryland, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. April McClain Delaney D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 28, February 10, 2026, Page H2119):Article I, Section 8, clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7470, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7470
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. April McClain Delaney.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.