{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2056","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2056","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-03-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-06-12","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h171","question":"On Passage","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act","result":"Passed","yea":224,"nay":194,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll171.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2025-06-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2025-06-12","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act","result":"Failed","yea":205,"nay":215,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll170.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-03-11","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits the District of Columbia (DC) from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement activities, except for certain instances involving witnesses and victims of crime."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill bars DC from adopting a law, policy, or practice prohibiting DC governmental entities from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual with a federal, state, or local government entity."},{"k":"p","t":"Further, DC may not adopt a law, policy, or practice of not complying with lawful requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual from custody. (A detainer is a formal request from DHS that a state or locality hold an individual in custody for up to 48 hours after the individual would otherwise be released so that DHS may facilitate the individual's removal.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The bill provides exceptions allowing DC to adopt policies of not sharing information or complying with a detainer request regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness of a crime."}],"words":185},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars the District of Columbia from having in effect any statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that restricts sharing information on immigration status or complying with Department of Homeland Security detainer and release-notification requests.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text/eh#HB8A2773C6D2F45AE8F7EBC7A43AD39CE"}]},"core_areas":["District of Columbia limits on sharing citizenship and immigration status information","District of Columbia compliance with Department of Homeland Security detainer and release-notification requests"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text/eh#HCE6A546B26B94FE8A570992F941422B5"}},{"text":"Prohibits the District of Columbia from having in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts a District government entity or official from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information on any individual's citizenship or immigration status with any Federal, State, or local government entity.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text/eh#HB8A2773C6D2F45AE8F7EBC7A43AD39CE"}},{"text":"Prohibits the District of Columbia from having in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts a District government entity or official from complying with a lawful Department of Homeland Security request under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to comply with a detainer for an individual or to notify about the individual's release.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text/eh#HB8A2773C6D2F45AE8F7EBC7A43AD39CE"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-06-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2056/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2056.png","v":"3185460a608c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2056, 119th Congress: District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025. House: 224 Yea, 194 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 12 Jun 2025."}}