119-s2594

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2594 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2594

To amend 

section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
immigration enforcement officers of the Department of Homeland Security 
 to display visible identification during enforcement actions and 
 provide privacy enhancing services.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend 

section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
immigration enforcement officers of the Department of Homeland Security 
 to display visible identification during enforcement actions and 
 provide privacy enhancing services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Enforcement 
Identification Safety Act of 2025'' or the ``IEIS Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (a) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means an Executive agency (as 
defined in 

section 105 of title 5, United States Code).

    (b) Covered Employee.--The term ``covered employee'' means--

    (1) a covered immigration officer (as defined in 

section 236

    (g)

    (1)
        (A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended 
 by 

section 2), whose official duties put the covered employee 
 at greater risk of being the target of a threat, intimidation, 
 harassment, stalking, or a similar action;

    (2) a spouse, child, or parent of an employee described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ; and

    (3) any other familial relative of such employee who has 
 the same permanent residence as such employee.
            (c) Privacy-Enhancing Services.--The term ``privacy-enhancing 
services'' means any software or hardware solution, technical process, 
technique, or other technological means of mitigating privacy risks 
arising from data processing, including by eliminating, reducing, or 
suppressing personal information, including restricted personal 
information (as defined in 

section 119

    (b)

    (1) of title 18, United States 
Code).

SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 
 PERSONNEL.

 

Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (g) Identification Requirement for Immigration Enforcement 
Personnel.--
 ``

    (1) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
 ``
        (A) Covered immigration officer.--The term 
 `covered immigration officer' means--
 ``
            (i) any officer, agent, or employee of 
 U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
 ``
            (ii) any officer, agent, or employee of 
 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
 ``
            (iii) any officer, agent, or individual 
 authorized, deputized, or designated under 
 Federal law, regulation, or agreement to 
 perform immigration enforcement functions, 
 including pursuant to 

section 287

    (g) of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
 1357

    (g) ) or any other delegation or agreement 
 with the Department of Homeland Security.
 ``
        (B) Immigration enforcement function.--The term 
 `immigration enforcement function'--
 ``
            (i) means any activity that involves the 
 direct exercise of Federal immigration 
 enforcement through public-facing actions, 
 including a patrol, stop, arrest, search, 
 interview to determine immigration status, 
 raid, checkpoint, or the service of a judicial 
 or administrative warrant; and
 ``
            (ii) does not include any covert, 
 nonpublic operation.
 ``

    (2) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph

    (3) , any 
 covered immigration officer who is conducting an immigration 
 enforcement function and any Federal or non-Federal law 
 enforcement officer who is providing direct support to such 
 immigration enforcement function shall visibly display--
 ``
        (A) such covered immigration officer's last name 
 and another individual identifier that is unique to 
 such individual;
 ``
        (B) the name of the Federal law enforcement 
 entity or other organization employing such covered 
 immigration officer; and
 ``
            (C) the face of such covered immigration officer.
 ``

    (3) Exception.--The requirement under paragraph

    (2) shall 
 not apply to individuals referred to in such paragraph who--
 ``
        (A) are engaged in investigative activity 
 involving the use of an assumed name or cover identity;
 ``
        (B) are engaged in planned tactical operations 
 (such as high-risk situations, responding to hostage 
 incidents, terrorism response, narcotics raids, 
 hazardous surveillance, sniper incidents, armed 
 suicidal persons, barricaded suspects, high-risk felony 
 warrant service, fugitives refusing to surrender, and 
 active shooter incidents) by specifically trained law 
 enforcement personnel to a high-risk situation that 
 requires the application of specialized lifesaving 
 tools, tactics, and capabilities which exceed those 
 immediately available to the officer or agent of the 
 Department of Homeland Security who is conducting an 
 immigration enforcement function and any Federal or 
 non-Federal law enforcement officer who is providing 
 direct support to such immigration enforcement function 
 in the regular performance of the officer's or agent's 
 official duties; or
 ``
            (C) are engaged in a law enforcement function 
 that necessitate the use of face coverings, as required 
 under 

section 1960.10

    (b) of title 29, Code of Federal 
 Regulations.''.

SEC. 4. REIMBURSEMENTS RELATING TO INTERNET DATA PRIVACY SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated by any Act for fiscal year 2026, or for any fiscal 
year thereafter, for salaries and expenses of an agency may be used by 
such agency to reimburse a covered employee employed by that agency for 
not more than 100 percent of the costs incurred by the covered employee 
for privacy-enhancing services.

    (b) Documentation.--Any reimbursement to a covered employee 
authorized under subsection

    (a) shall be contingent upon the submission 
by the covered employee of such information or documentation as the 
agency employing the covered employee may reasonably require.

SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

 Nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit, restrain, or 
limit--

    (1) the lawful investigation or reporting by the press of 
 any unlawful activity or misconduct alleged to have been 
 committed by a covered employee;

    (2) the lawful disclosure of information relating to a 
 covered employee or the immediate family of a covered employee 
 regarding matters of public concern; or

    (3) information that the covered employee or the employer 
 of the covered employee voluntarily publishes on the internet 
 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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