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HR 1821 119th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

HELD Act

Introduced: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Calvert, Ken Republican · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 4, 2025
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Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act or the HELD Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by a state or local subdivision that has in effect a law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes

  • a timely response to a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for information about an alien in state or local custody, including the alien's estimated release date; or
  • compliance with a request from ICE to hold an alien for up to 48 hours so that ICE may assume custody.
What's happening now March 4, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1821: HELD Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1821/
MLA
"H.R. 1821: HELD Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1821/.
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H.R. 1821, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1821/.
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[H.R. 1821: HELD Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1821/)
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