H.R. 10698 – ICE Shootings Transparency Act

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The ICE Shootings Transparency Act requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to promptly provide state and local law‑enforcement agencies with the location of, and all evidence related to, incidents where an ICE or CBP officer discharges a firearm, injures, or kills someone while on duty. The goal is to enable local investigators to conduct their own investigations of such incidents. The bill applies to ICE and CBP personnel and to state and local police agencies that have jurisdiction over the incident site.

Key Provisions

When an ICE or CBP officer fires a weapon, injures, or kills a person, the DHS Secretary and the Attorney General must give the incident location to the appropriate state or local law‑enforcement agency without unreasonable delay, while respecting scene‑safety and evidence‑preservation needs.
They must also share all relevant evidence and investigative materials—such as body‑worn camera footage, surveillance video, radio and dispatch records, digital communications, photographs, forensic evidence, and witness statements—with those agencies, providing updates as new evidence is developed.

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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Homeland Security Committee

October 1, 2026

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Introduced in House

October 1, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Homeland Security Committee

October 1, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued October 1, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10698

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 1, 2026

Ms. Salinas (for herself, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Costa, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Garcia of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to share evidence with appropriate State and local law enforcement agencies related to shootings, injuries, or killings, by officers or employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the ICE Shootings Transparency Act.

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Information sharing with State and local law enforcement related to shootings, injuries, or killings by ICE and CBP

In the case that an officer or employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection discharges a firearm in the course of their official duties, or injures or kills another person, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall, without unreasonable delay—

(1)

provide access to the location of the incident to State and local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over such location upon the arrival, for the purpose of carrying out regular investigative functions, of a State or local law enforcement officer at such location, subject to legitimate scene-safety or evidence-preservation needs of the Secretary and Attorney General; and

(2)

share any evidence and investigatory materials related to the incident with such State and local law enforcement agencies, including by preserving and disclosing all relevant evidence on an ongoing basis as it is developed, including body-worn camera footage, surveillance video, radio communications, dispatch records, digital communications, photographs, forensic evidence, witness statements, and other investigative materials.