Prohibition on Funding to CECOT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4001 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4001

   To provide that no Federal funds may be used to support, finance, 
  assist, or contribute to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo 
           maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2025

  Mr. Takano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
    Judiciary, and Appropriations, 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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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that no Federal funds may be used to support, finance, 
  assist, or contribute to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo 
           maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibition on Funding to CECOT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT) 
        maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, has been the 
        subject of human rights issues.
            (2) Credible reports have documented inhumane conditions, 
        lack of due process, and violations of international standards 
        for the treatment of detainees.
            (3) Continued financial assistance that supports or 
        facilitates the operation or expansion of the CECOT prison may 
        contravene the human rights standards upheld by the United 
        States and its international partners.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.

    (a) Prohibition on Current and Future Funding.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no Federal funds may be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to directly or indirectly support, finance, 
assist, or contribute to--
            (1) the construction, maintenance, expansion, or operation 
        of the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism maximum security 
        prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador (referred to in this Act as the 
        ``CECOT prison'');
            (2) any personnel training, equipment, infrastructure, or 
        services intended for use at or in connection with the CECOT 
        prison;
            (3) any entity, program, or activity that facilitates the 
        continued operation or expansion of the CECOT prison; or
            (4) costs associated with the detention of any individuals 
        transported from the United States to El Salvador, irrespective 
        of their status under the immigration laws (as such term is 
        defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101)), in the CECOT prison or in any other prison in 
        El Salvador.
    (b) Termination of Current Funding.--Any unexpended balances of any 
grant or other Federal funds previously made available by any Act and 
obligated for any of the purposes described in subsection (a) are 
permanently rescinded.

SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report identifying the 
following:
            (1) Any funds obligated or expended for any of the purposes 
        described in section 3(a), including funds made available prior 
        to the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Any contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in 
        effect that involve support to the CECOT prison, directly or 
        indirectly.
            (3) A plan for the reallocation or return of any funds 
        described in section 3(b).
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