,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gafa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bj1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to limit the use of ,federal   
contractors to perform certain          
enforcement activities under the        
immigration laws1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,private ,bounty
 ,hunters for ,immigration ,enforcement 
,act4  #b4 ,limitations on the use of   
contractors to enforce the immigration  
laws  7a7 ,prohibition on certain ,,dhs 
contracts  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security-- 7,a7
 may not enter into any contract or     
memorandum of understanding with any    
person after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act to perform skip tracing1   
surveillance1 or location verification  
for the purpose of civil enforcement of 
the immigration laws2 and  7,b7 shall-- 

7i7 terminate any contract or memorandum
 of understanding of the ,department of 
,homeland ,security in effect on the    
date of the enactment of this ,act that 
provides for the performance of skip    
tracing1 surveillance1 or location      
verification for the purpose of civil   
enforcement of the immigration law2 and 
7ii7 amend any contract or memorandum of
 understanding of the ,department of    
,homeland ,security in effect on the    
date of the enactment of this ,act not  
described under clause 7i7 to prohibit  
the performance of skip tracing1        
surveillance1 or location verification  
for the purpose of civil enforcement of 
the immigration laws under such contract
 or memorandum4  7#b7 ,application to   
subcontractors ,no person with which the
 ,secretary of ,homeland ,security has a
 contract or memorandum of              
understanding1 or any subcontractor     
thereof at any tier1 may use a          
subcontractor to perform any function   
prohibited under paragraph 7#a74  7b7   

,limitation on use of ,federal funds    
7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
paragraph 7#b71 no ,federal funds may be
 used to pay a private entity on a      
per-person or bonus basis for locating  
an individual who is subject to a civil 
immigration detainer4  7#b7 ,exception  
,paragraph 7#a7 does not apply to the   
use of a publicly available data        
analytics tool operated solely by a     
,federal contractor performing an       
administrative data management function 
under direct ,government supervision    
that does not involve-- 7,a7 field      
surveillance of1 or personal contact    
with1 the individual subject to the     
detainer2 or  7,b7 an activity          
prohibited under subsection 7a74  7c7   
,audit ,not later than #cj days after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,homeland ,security shall conduct an 
audit of each contract of the           
,department of ,homeland ,security to   
ensure that each such contract complies 

with the limitations under this section4
  7d7 ,definition ,in this section1 the 
term skip tracing means the practice of 
locating an individual using an address1
 employment data1 social-media1 or other
 personal data4