H.R. 6256: Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-06-27 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-06-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

Plain summary

Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act This bill requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or the Department of Health and Human Services to allow Members of Congress to tour any facility in which one or more foreign national minors (a noncitizen of the United States under age 18) are housed. The Departments must allow members of the press to accompany a visiting Member of Congress and may place limits on such tours based on the number of foreign national minors housed.

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Official text

Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · 19 cosponsors

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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] reported raising $3.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr6256.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6256 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115