US Congress House Bill 3868 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on July 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits a detention facility from (1) preventing a Member of Congress from entering for the purpose of conducting oversight, or (2) making any temporary modification that alters what a visiting Member may observe. Further, a Member is not required to provide notice of intent to enter a detention facility for the purpose of conducting oversight. A detention facility is any facility used to detain or house aliens and operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human Services.

HOMESTEAD Act of 2019 Help Oversee, Manage, and Evaluate Safe Treatment and Ensure Access without Delay Act of 2019

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-08-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
2019-07-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3868/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3868/BILLS-116hr3868ih.pdf