# 115-hr-6256: Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act

115-hr-6256, Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6256
- Congress: 115
- Title: Congressional Access to Children's Detention Facilities Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Introduced: 2018-06-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2018-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-5374: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4691: WOOF! Act
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
- 115-hr-1456: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-6256 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6256)

## Related
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-5374: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5374)
- [115-hr-4691: WOOF! Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4691)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
- [115-hr-1456: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1456)
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