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HR 3727 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Detention of persons Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Immigration status and procedures Military facilities and property Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process for the inspection of facilities used to house, detain, screen, and review migrants and refugees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 11, 2019 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a process under which the Government Accountability Office and the Inspectors General of the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services may be provided with access—for purposes of conducting surprise inspections—to federally-owned installations where there are facilities used to house, detain, screen, or review migrants, refugees, or other persons recently arriving in the United States.

What's happening now July 11, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2500 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
  • S 1790 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 12, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3727: To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process for the inspection of facilities used to house, detain, screen, and review migrants and refugees, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3727/
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"H.R. 3727: To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process for the inspection of facilities used to house, detain, screen, and review migrants and refugees, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3727/.
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H.R. 3727, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3727/.
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[H.R. 3727: To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process for the inspection of facilities used to house, detain, screen, and review migrants and refugees, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3727/)
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