,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjah ,ms4
 ,wasserman ,schultz 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1
 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4 ,jackson     
,lee1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4 
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,soto1   
,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new    
,york1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 and    
,mr4 ,raskin7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security and the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services to allow
 ,members of ,congress to tour detention
 facilities that house foreign national 

minors4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,congressional ,access 
to ,children's ,detention ,facilities   
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  
7#a7 ,secretary concerned ,the term     
,secretary concerned means1 as          
applicable-- 7,a7 the ,attorney         
,general2  7,b7 the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security2 or  7,c7 the       
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services4  7#b7 ,foreign national minor
 ,the term foreign national minor means 
an individual who is not a citizen of   
the ,united ,states and is under #ah    
years of age4  #c4 ,mandatory access to 
detention facilities housing            
unaccompanied alien children  7a7 ,in   
general ,subject to subsection 7c71 the 
,secretary concerned shall allow a      
,member of ,congress to tour any        
facility in which one or more foreign   
national minors are housed on a date and
 at a time between #h3jj a4m4 and #g3jj 
p4m4 requested by the ,member of        
,congress if1 not later than midnight on

 the date requested1 the ,secretary     
receives written notice from the ,member
 of ,congress that includes-- 7#a7 the  
name or location of the facility2 and   
7#b7 the date on and time at which the  
,member of ,congress intends to tour the
 facility4  7b7 ,accompanying members of
 the press  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary concerned shall allow one or 
more members of the press chosen by the 
visiting ,member of ,congress to        
accompany any ,member of ,congress on a 
tour of a facility under this section4  
7#b7 ,limitation ,the ,secretary        
concerned shall not be required to allow
 a member of the press accompanying a   
,member of ,congress under paragraph    
7#a7 to enter such facility with a still
 or video camera4  7c7 ,limitation ,the 
,secretary concerned may limit a tour   
under subsection 7a7 to-- 7#a7 in the   
case of a facility that houses fewer    
than #ej foreign national minors-- 7,a7 
not more than #e ,members of ,congress2 
and  7,b7 accompanying members of the   

press under subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 in
 the case of a facility that houses not 
fewer than #ej foreign national minors--
 7,a7 not more than #aj ,members of     
,congress2 and  7,b7 accompanying       
members of the press under subsection   
7b74  #d4 ,rule of construction ,nothing
 in this ,act shall be construed to     
supersede or modify applicable-- 7#a7   
,federal child welfare law1 including   
the ,adoption and ,safe ,families ,act  
of #aiig 7,public ,law #aje-hi72 or     
7#b7 child welfare law of any ,state4