S 3084
115th Congress
Senate
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
Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 18, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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