[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2594 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
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
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
<all>