119-hr4843

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4843 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4843

 To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of 
 Homeland Security may be used to carry out any civil immigration 
 enforcement activity under the immigration laws unless each officer 
conducting such an action is not wearing a mask or facial covering that 
 hides the identity of the officer, and clearly identifies themselves 
 verbally and visibly, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 1, 2025

 Ms. Crockett (for herself, Ms. Dexter, and Ms. Johnson of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

 To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of 
 Homeland Security may be used to carry out any civil immigration 
 enforcement activity under the immigration laws unless each officer 
conducting such an action is not wearing a mask or facial covering that 
 hides the identity of the officer, and clearly identifies themselves 
 verbally and visibly, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Law Enforcement Anonymity 
by Requiring Identification Disclosure Act'' or the ``CLEAR ID Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) There has been an increase in reported incidents where 
 individuals are illegally impersonating immigration enforcement 
 officers, including but not limited to U.S. Immigration and 
 Customs Enforcement officers across the country.

    (2) On June 14, 2025, a man in Chicago, Illinois, was 
 arrested after impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
 Enforcement officer while possessing a loaded semi-automatic 
 weapon without a concealed carry license.

    (3) On June 8, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a man 
 was arrested after zip-tying a woman and stealing money from a 
 business while impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
 Enforcement officer.

    (4) On April 10, 2025, a woman in Bay County, Florida, was 
 arrested for abducting another woman while impersonating a U.S. 
 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer while concealing 
 her identity with a face mask.

    (5) On January 29, 2025, a man in Sullivan's Island, South 
 Carolina, was arrested for detaining a group of men while 
 impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
 officer.

    (6) On January 26, 2025, a man in Raleigh, North Carolina, 
 was arrested after sexually assaulting a woman while 
 impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
 officer.

    (7) The impersonation of a law enforcement officer is a 
 violation of Federal, State, and local laws. It erodes public 
 trust in law enforcement and deters actually law enforcement 
 officers from doing their jobs.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
 SECURITY.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as provided in subsection

    (b) , no Federal funds made available 
to the Department of Homleand Security may be used to conduct a civil 
immigration enforcement action under the immigration laws (as such term 
is defined in 

section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101)) unless each covered immigration officer conducting such 
an action--

    (1) is not wearing a mask or facial covering that hides the 
 identity of the officer;

    (2) if the officer uses a vehicle to conduct an official 
 operation in connection with such action, uses only a vehicle 
 that clearly identifies the name of the agency involved in the 
 action; and

    (3) clearly identifies themselves verbally and visibly by 
 showing identification of the agency that the covered 
 immigration officer represents or is conducting official 
 business on behalf of, including visibly presenting a badge and 
 wearing a uniform that represents the agency involved in the 
 enforcement action.

    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection

    (a) shall not apply if a mask or facial 
covering is medically necessary or is required to preserve the 
integrity of an ongoing undercover operation that has been approved in 
accordance with the criteria described in subsection
            (c) .
            (c) Criteria Described.--The criteria described in this subsection 
for the approval of an undercover operation are the following:

    (1) The risk of personal injury to individuals, property 
 damage, financial loss to persons or businesses, damage to 
 reputation, and other harm.

    (2) The risk of civil liability or other loss to the 
 Government.

    (3) The risk of invasion of privacy or interference with 
 privileged or confidential relationships.

    (4) The risk that individuals engaged in the undercover 
 operation may become involved conduct that is unlawful under 
 Federal law.

    (5) The suitability of Government participation in the type 
 of activity that is expected to occur during the operation.
            (d) === Definition. ===
-The term ``covered immigration officer'' means--

    (1) personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;

    (2) personnel of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 
 and

    (3) personnel of any other Federal, State, or local agency 
 authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct 
 civil immigration enforcement actions under the immigration 
 laws (as such term is defined in 

section 101 of the Immigration 
 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
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