Law Reduce | HR3727

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.

#3727 | HR Congress #116

Policy Area: Armed Forces and National Security

Subjects: 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

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (7/11/2019)

Bill Text Source: Congress.gov

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Original Text

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3727 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2019

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

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

SECTION 1. INSPECTION OF FACILITIES USED TO HOUSE, DETAIN, SCREEN, AND 
              REVIEW MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.

    The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Comptroller 
General of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a process 
under which the Comptroller General, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and the Inspector General of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, may be 
provided with access to Government-owned or Department of Defense-owned 
installations where there are facilities used to house, detain, screen, 
or review migrants, refugees, or other persons recently arriving in the 
United States for purposes of conducting surprise inspections of such 
facilities.
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