2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB944: Access to Counsel Act
Legislative Summary
To clarify the rights of certain persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Bill History
2/4/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/4/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 64
Primary Sponsor
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (63)
Yassamin Ansari
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Greg Casar
Democrat
Sean Casten
Democrat
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democrat
Judy Chu
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Jasmine Crockett
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Diana DeGette
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Sylvia Garcia
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Summer Lee
Democrat
Teresa Fernandez
Democrat
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Zoe Lofgren
Democrat
Sarah McBride
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
LaMonica McIver
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Gwen Moore
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Democrat
Delia Ramirez
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Adam Smith
Democrat
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat
Eric Swalwell
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Jill Tokuda
Democrat
Juan Vargas
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Daniel Goldman
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Linda Sanchez
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Jared Huffman
Democrat
Maxine Dexter
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Becca Balint
Democrat
Veronica Escobar
Democrat
Lateefah Simon
Democrat
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat
Luis Correa
Democrat
Salud Carbajal
Democrat
Chellie Pingree
Democrat
Wesley Bell
Democrat
Gil Cisneros
Democrat
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democrat