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No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act
H.R. 259, 119th Congress
- Status
- In committee
- Introduced
- 01/09/2025
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- 01/09/2025
About this bill
- Official title
- No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act
- Sponsor
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Introduced in
- House
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Committees
- Homeland Security Committee, Judiciary Committee
- Latest action
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Summary
Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (01/09/2025)
No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from obligating or expending funds to advertise the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman or its functions to the general public. The office’s functions include investigating violations of the rights of individuals in immigration detention, inspecting immigration detention facilities, and providing assistance to individuals affected by the potential misconduct of DHS officers.
Actions
Newest first
- 01/09/2025 · House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- 01/09/2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 01/09/2025
Introduced in House
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Department of Homeland Security, Law enforcement administration and funding, Marketing and advertising.
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo Bill Status; Congressional Research Service summaries · Last updated 01/09/2025