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Grants for Towns Hosting Immigration Detention Centers
Local Taxpayer Protection Act of 2026
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Key Points
- This bill would create a new grant program to help local towns and cities that host immigration detention or processing centers. The money would come from the Department of Homeland Security to help cover costs these towns face because the federal government uses their land and services.
- Local governments could use the money to make up for property taxes they cannot collect from federal buildings. It would also help pay for public utilities used by the facilities, including water, electricity, trash pickup, sewer systems, and internet service.
- The goal is to protect local taxpayers from having to pay for the extra strain these facilities put on a town's budget. Towns would be encouraged to use the funds to make the detention centers more self-sufficient or to expand their local utility systems to handle the extra demand.
- To get the funding, a town must apply and show exactly how much money they are losing in taxes and spending on utilities. These grants would last for five years at a time and could be renewed as long as the facility stays open in that town.
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Feb 23, 2026House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced in House
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Local Taxpayer Protection Act of 2026
Bill NumberHR 7648
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
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