House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Private Detention Corporate Accountability Act of 2026
Official title: To create a private right of action to hold private detention centers liable for the wrongful death of any person being held in such private detention center, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9883.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TRAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5178):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9883, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 6, 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.
Seth Moulton (D-MA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Tran.
- H.R. 5788 (119th) 504 Program Risk Oversight Act
- H.R. 1637 (119th) Protect Veteran Jobs Act
- H.Res. 366 (119th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
- H.Res. 1235 (119th) Recognizing the 51st anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
- H.Con.Res. 50 (119th) Recognizing the importance of the Vietnamese Heritage Flag.
- H.R. 6678 (119th) Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025
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.