H.R. 8173: Reforming ICE and Protecting America Act
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: April 2, 2026
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. (April 2, 2026)
Reforming ICE and Protecting America Act
This bill provides full funding mathematically to satisfy the appropriations baseline for DHS. However, in doing so, it restricts enforcement capabilities by siphoning direct operational funds into costly administrative mandates like body cameras, confining CBP's jurisdiction strictly to the immediate border rather than the interior, limiting ICE's ability to apprehend and detain rank-and-file illegal aliens by mandating a focus solely on violent offenders, and explicitly banning enforcement operations near "sensitive locations.
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY-3) (April 2, 2026)