Bill stops ICE from using crisis relief data without a court order.
H.R. 10894 — Disaster Data Protection Act · Filed by Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says ICE cannot use federal money to get data from crisis relief groups. ICE must get a judge's court order first. The court order comes from a judge, not from ICE. This protects people in crisis from having their data used by immigration agents without knowing.
Who it affects
People hurt by storms or other crises gain protection against ICE getting their data without a court order. Crisis relief groups that collect data are also affected.
One thing to notice
A judge must approve before ICE can access crisis relief data. This gives a check on how ICE can use data from people in crisis.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Oct 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal agency that enforces immigration laws.
- court order — A judge's written permission to search for or take something.
- crisis relief — Help and supplies given to people after a storm or other emergency.
- federal money — Cash that comes from the federal government, not from states or cities.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,602 characters) on Oct 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,417 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-24.
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