House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Full-Body Restraint Prohibition Act
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 26, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7709.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RAMIREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Pages H2329-H2330):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7709, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7709
- 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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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emily Randall (D-WA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Delia Ramirez.
- H.R. 3368 (119th) Born in the USA Act of 2025
- H.R. 3565 (119th) To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel.
- H.R. 6015 (119th) VA Care and Benefits Accountability Act
- H.R. 8555 (119th) Living Wage For All Act
- H.Res. 909 (119th) Recognizing that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are inseparable and must be pursued together.
- H.R. 7119 (119th) DHS Use of Force Oversight Act
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.