Detention facility construction and maintenance

(a) Restriction on construction (1) In general Not later than 180 days before initiating, or entering into a contract for, the construction of a new facility or the expansion of an existing facility for the detention of aliens in the custody of the Department, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a notification of the plan to construct or expand such facility, including— (A) the location, size, and capacity of such facility; (B) the anticipated timeline and cost of constructing or expanding such facility; and (C) the intended population to be detained at such facility, including the gender and ages of such population. (2) Public availability The Secretary shall make the information described in paragraph (1) available to the public on an internet website of the Department. (b) Phase-Out of private detention facilities and use of jails (1) Secure detention facilities (A) In general The Secretary— (i) may not enter into or extend any contract or agreement with any public or private for-profit entity that owns or operates a detention facility for the use of such facility to detain aliens in the custody of the Department; and (ii) shall terminate any contract or agreement described in clause (i) not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) Ownership requirement 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 are detained shall be owned and operated by the Department. (2) Alternatives to detention programs (A) In general The Secretary— (i) may not enter into or extend any contract or agreement with any public or private for-profit entity for the operation of a program or the use of a facility for nonresidential, detention-related activities for aliens who are subject to monitoring by the Department; and (ii) shall terminate any contract or agreement described in clause (i) not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) Ownership and operation requirement Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, any program or facility used for the activities described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall be owned and operated by a nonprofit organization or the Department. (3) Implementation plan 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. (c) Facility requirement The Secretary shall ensure that each facility used for the detention of aliens has a visitor waiting and security screening area that is indoor and climate-controlled.