HR8690-119

In Committee

Pregnant Women in Custody Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pregnant Women in Custody Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1286CA57B0234F7EB7EB72592552C794: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pregnant Women in Custody Act.
  • Section H99BC7AD4CE4147E7A224014694C8A2FF: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term covered facility means a— Bureau of Prisons facility; facility of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the U.S....
  • Section H68D59078F6C64F218A8948EF464831DE: 3. Data collection Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, pursuant to the authority under section 302 of title I of the...
  • Section H1A4698186D0F4739A68F43AF37DEE0F0: 4. Family unity The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, as applicable,...
  • Section H42B2F17CDAD448A8B3BA32EE1427CD89: 5. Care for federally incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Secretary of Homeland Security, or the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Pregnant Women in Custody Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Government Operations, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, Pregnant Women in Custody Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Government Operations Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 8, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

May 8, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

May 7, 2026

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Government Operations Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

5 terms
"restrictive housing" §H59EF023EAA9E4B6E8A3B99520DCE616B

any type of detention that involves— removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary

"covered facility" §H99BC7AD4CE4147E7A224014694C8A2FF

a— Bureau of Prisons facility

"restrictive housing" §H9C532CDEEE584DD18B7D577E22DCD73D

any type of detention that involves— removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary

"restrictive housing" §H9DC8604B55764952ABBCBCA9BE268A24

any type of detention that involves— removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary

"restrictive housing" §HC607EBA3142040B5BB47535CCF97B40D

any type of detention that involves— removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary

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