S3891-119

In Committee

ICE Accountability Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 12, 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, ICE Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Immigration, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idab5d424eceee40f89896ec516aa96ad7: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ICE Accountability Act.
  • Section id1731660362644fb8a64a6475c33833d9: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term applicable requirements means all constitutional, statutory, regulatory, policy, and other requirements relating to the...
  • Section id11de142ad3ea4a56ab9a2e1a0a9da4a6: 3. Commission for Independent Monitoring of Immigration Enforcement There is hereby established in the legislative branch an independent commission, to be...
  • Section id837fcd8d10274e1384d9cba283202822: 4. Judicial enforcement If the Commission determines that an immigration agency has engaged in a serious or willful violation of applicable requirements, the...
  • Section id62cd87e758e548ceaed456bc1a713a0d: 5. Personnel Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 4 monitors shall be appointed to the Commission, of whom— 1 monitor shall be...

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, ICE Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Immigration, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, ICE Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Immigration Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 12, 2026

Mr. Coons (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following …

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
Government Operations Immigration Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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