REACT Act

Bill: 117-hr-1897
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Detention of persons

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Immigration status and procedures

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Requiring Every Alien Receive a COVID-19 Test Act or the REACT Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to administer a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) test and receive a negative result before releasing an alien in certain instances.</p> <p>Specifically, DHS must receive a negative test result before an inadmissible alien may be released from custody or placed in an alternative to detention program, if that release or placement takes place within 30 days of that alien's entry into the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1897 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Katko , and Mr. Norman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require a diagnostic test for COVID–19 for an inadmissible alien released from the custody of the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Requiring Every Alien Receive a COVID–19 Test Act or the REACT Act . 2. COVID–19 testing for certain aliens Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall administer a diagnostic test, and receive a negative result, for COVID–19 to an inadmissible alien who has entered the United States and— (1) is released from the custody of the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement within 30 days of entry into the United States; or (2) is placed in an alternative to detention program within 30 days of entry into the United States.