House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DHS Release Transparency Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify a designated point of contact of release of a detained individual, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Kennedy D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 7, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9099.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 93, June 2, 2026, Page H3775):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9099, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9099
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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 29, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Kennedy.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.