House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Oversight of Temporary ICE Holding Cells Act
Official title: To prohibit extended detention in holding rooms, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 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. 9294.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 99, June 11, 2026, Page H4113):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9294, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 14, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
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- H.R. 3694 (119th) VALID Act of 2025
- H.R. 10216 (119th) Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act
- H.R. 1734 (119th) Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
- H.R. 10036 (119th) Constituent Services Impacts of Federal Workforce Firings Act
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.