[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3670

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure access to 
    appropriate temporary shelter, food, and water for individuals 
   apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2019

 Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure access to 
    appropriate temporary shelter, food, and water for individuals 
   apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Short-Term Detention Standards 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE TEMPORARY SHELTER, FOOD, AND WATER DURING 
              SHORT-TERM DETENTION.

    Paragraph (1) of section 411(m) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(m)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Access to appropriate temporary shelter, food, and 
        water.--The Commissioner shall make every effort to ensure the 
        provision to an individual apprehended by the Commissioner of 
        appropriate temporary shelter with access to bathroom and 
        shower facilities, water, appropriate nutrition, hygiene, 
        personal grooming items, and sanitation needs.''.
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