HR 2056referred119th Congress

District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 11, 2025House billPolicy area: ImmigrationLast action Jun 12, 2025Sponsor: Clay Higgins(R-LA)

foreignaffairsImmigration

Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jun 12, 2025

What the bill does

District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act 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. 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. 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.) 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.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Lobbying Filings

$100.8M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Mar 11, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Jun 12, 2025vote

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. voted yea

Jun 12, 2025vote

Cliff Bentz voted nay

Jun 12, 2025vote

Stephanie I. Bice voted nay

Official Congressional Actions

Jun 12, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Jun 12, 2025Floor

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 215 (Roll no. 170).

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Jun 12, 2025Floor

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 6/11/2025 CR H2634)

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Jun 12, 2025Floor

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	$56.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	CIV
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	$27.0M	Apr 22, 2024	2024Q1	BUDGOVHCR
HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA	HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	D	yea	Jun 12, 2025
Cliff Bentz	R	nay	Jun 12, 2025
Stephanie I. Bice	R	nay	Jun 12, 2025
Lauren Boebert	R	nay	Jun 12, 2025

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.