[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1897 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1897

  To require a diagnostic test for COVID-19 for an inadmissible alien 
   released from the custody of the United States Customs and Border 
 Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Katko, and Mr. Norman) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a diagnostic test for COVID-19 for an inadmissible alien 
   released from the custody of the United States Customs and Border 
 Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
                        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 ``Requiring Every Alien Receive a 
COVID-19 Test Act'' or the ``REACT Act''.

SEC. 2. COVID-19 TESTING FOR CERTAIN ALIENS.

    Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall administer a diagnostic test, and receive a 
negative result, for COVID-19 to an inadmissible alien who has entered 
the United States and--
            (1) is released from the custody of the United States 
        Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement within 30 days of entry into the United 
        States; or
            (2) is placed in an alternative to detention program within 
        30 days of entry into the United States.
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