116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
July 11, 2019
Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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.