House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Department of Homeland Security Accountability Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify Congress of any serious injury or death of any individual in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- 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. 9113.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 93, June 2, 2026, Page H3775):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9113, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9113
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14611d2b27dfde33a3f8208fc998328391ae6f671f47b57c2fbef8db392a8c66
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 August 13, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), J. Correa (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.