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.

Bill: 116-hr-3727
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2019-07-11
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
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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&#8212;for purposes of conducting surprise inspections&#8212;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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3727 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 11, 2019 Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 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.

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.