Bill moves ICE money to schools and sells holding buildings.
H.R. 9659 — Fund Schools, Not ICE Act · Filed by Greg Stanton (D-AZ) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill takes unspent money from ICE and gives it to K-12 schools. Schools in poor areas get the most money. The bill also tells the Department of Homeland Security to sell 11 holding buildings. They must sell them within 60 days.
Who it affects
Students and schools in poor areas get more money. The Department of Homeland Security must sell 11 buildings fast.
One thing to notice
The law requires 11 buildings to sell in 60 days. A fast sale may bring in less money than normal.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.
- Jul 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- unspent — Money that was set aside but not yet used.
- holding buildings — Places where people are kept by the government.
- Department of Homeland Security — The agency that handles border and ICE work.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (927 characters) on Jul 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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