119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 4001
The Prohibition on Funding to CECOT Act would ban all federal funding from supporting El Salvador's Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) maximum security prison in Tecoluca, citing documented human rights violations including inhumane conditions and lack of due process. The bill prohibits U.S. funding for constructing, maintaining, or operating the facility, as well as any training, equipment, or services connected to it, and also blocks funding for costs related to detaining individuals sent from the United States to El Salvadoran prisons. Any previously obligated federal funds would be permanently rescinded, and the Secretary of State must report within 90 days on all past funding, current contracts or grants supporting CECOT, and a plan to reallocate or return the money. The legislation reflects congressional concern that continued American financial support for the prison contradicts U.S. human rights standards and international commitments.