Full-Body Restraint Prohibition Act

This bill would bar the Department of Homeland Security from spending federal funds to buy full-body restraints and from using them. Full-body restraints are defined as four-point and five-point restraints that immobilize a person. The spending ban would not apply to contracts signed on or before the law takes effect. Department officers or employees who violate the ban, or who deceive Congress or department leadership about it, would be removed from federal service. The Secretary would have to report to Congress within 90 days and every three months after on compliance, restraints the department holds, and details of any use.

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Sponsors

• Delia C. Ramirez Democrat sponsor
• 15 cosponsors