Access to Counsel Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Access to Counsel Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Finance, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HB61DF4F1FBE84612B74DBC4A28FDC514: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Counsel Act.
- Section HFAEACEB188084962894477FFAEA0FBB5: 2. Access to counsel and other assistance at ports of entry and during deferred inspection Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225)...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Access to Counsel Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Finance, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, Access to Counsel Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bonamici, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual subject to secondary or deferred inspection who is—(i)a national of the United States
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