INFORM Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5073 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5073

   To require notice to be provided in the case of a transfer of an 
                immigration detainee to a new facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 29, 2025

  Ms. Rivas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require notice to be provided in the case of a transfer of an 
                immigration detainee to a new facility.

    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 ``Immigration Notification for 
Facility Oversight and Relocation Management Act of 2025'' or as the 
``INFORM Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.

    In the case of any individual detained by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security pursuant to the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) at a facility, 
notice must be provided to the immediate family of that individual not 
later than 24 hours after that individual is transferred to a different 
facility. The notification shall include--
            (1) the reason for transfer; and
            (2) the name, address, phone number, and a point of contact 
        for the new facility.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``immediate family'' includes each--
                    (A) parent;
                    (B) sibling;
                    (C) child; and
                    (D) spouse.
        For purposes of this paragraph, the term includes any step-
        parent, step-child, or step-sibling, any foster parent or 
        child, and any common law marriage, civil union, or domestic 
        partnership recognized under law.
            (2) The term ``facility'' includes any detention center or 
        real property temporarily used for purposes of housing 
        individuals detained under the immigration laws.
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