S3955-119

In Committee

Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 26, 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

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, definition change provision: 2, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Migrant crime reporting grants For fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award. It relies on reporting requirements, grants, definition changes, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026.
  • Expands a grant, reporting req, definition change provision: 2.
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Migrant crime reporting grants For fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award...
  • Expands a grant, reporting req provision: 4. Funding Section 100051 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, approved July 4, 2025 (Public Law 119–21; 139 Stat....

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, definition change provision: 2, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Migrant crime reporting grants For fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, definition change provision: 2, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 3. Migrant crime reporting grants For fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, award.

Policy Domains

Transportation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 26, 2026

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"migrant" §id570883ab891c43b795d878990c80dfdd

a person who is unable to present a valid document issued to such person that is— a Permanent Resident Card (Form I–551) issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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