H.R. 6149: FAIR Act

FAIR Act

This bill requires:

• Any individual detained pursuant to the authority under this section, or any other provision in this Act, shall have access to the Department’s Privacy Waiver Authorizing Disclosure to a Third Party, ICE Form 60–001, or any successor form, as well as a Congressional Privacy Release Form upon written request.
• Not later than 24 hours after arriving at the facility, the detention center shall provide to each detained alien the ICE National Detainee Handbook, along with the handbook from the specific facility they are being held. 
• The National Detainee Handbook shall have a section titled ‘Congressional Constituent Services’ with information on the availability of constituent services, the ability to access the Law Library at the facility to access a Department’s Privacy Waiver Authorizing Disclosure to a Third Party, ICE Form 60–001, or any successor form, Congressional Privacy Release Form, how to send it to their Member of Congress or a third-party individual assisting with their case.
• Not later than 7 days after a request is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), an employee of the detention center in which the detainee is detained shall electronically submit a written notice to the congressional office that a detainee is seeking to receive constituent services as well as a copy of a Privacy Release from the appropriate congressional office.