Sec. 5. DHS detention facility construction and maintenance
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Not later than 180 days before initiating, or entering into a contract for, the construction of a new facility or to expand an existing facility for the detention of aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a notification of the plan to construct or expand such facility, including the location, size, and capacity of such facility, the anticipated timeline and cost of constructing or expanding such facility, and the intended population to be detained at such facility, including the gender and ages of such population.
The Secretary will make this information publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland Security. Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not enter into or extend any contract or agreement with any public or private entity which owns or operates a detention facility for use of that facility to detain aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, and shall terminate any such contract not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, any facility at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained shall be owned and operated by the Department of Homeland Security. Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not enter into or extend any contract with any public or private for-profit entity which owns or operates a program or facility that provides for non-residential detention-related activities for aliens who are subject to monitoring by the Department of Homeland Security, and shall terminate any such contract not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, any such program or facility shall be owned and operated by a nonprofit organization or by the Department of Homeland Security. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop, and make publicly available, a plan and timeline for the implementation of this subsection.