3.0.0 3084 2023-01-11T13:42:09Z 2023-01-11T13:42:09Z Senate S 2018-06-18 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-18T23:05:45Z Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act 115 6256 HR 2018-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2018-06-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-06-18 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-06-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-07-16 False Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Detention of persons Family relationships Government buildings, facilities, and property Immigration status and procedures Members of Congress News media and reporting Immigration 00 2018-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-28T15:54:07Z Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

This bill requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or the Department of Health and Human Services to allow Members of Congress to tour any facility in which one or more unaccompanied alien children are housed. The Departments must allow members of the press to accompany a visiting Member of Congress and may place limits on such tours based on the number of such children housed.

]]> Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act Display Title Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow Members of Congress to tour detention facilities that house unaccompanied alien children. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act Introduced in Senate 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3084is/xml/BILLS-115s3084is.xml 2018-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.