Govoptes

HR 259 · No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Introduced
Jan 9, 2025
Latest action
Jan 9, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ-5]
Policy area
Immigration
Cosponsors
2

Summary

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.

Recent actions

  1. Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  2. Jan 9, 2025 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.
  3. Jan 9, 2025 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.
  4. Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House
  5. Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House

Votes

No recorded votes are available for this bill.

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