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H.R. 2842

POD Act of 2019

Public Oversight of Detention Centers Act of 2019 or the POD Act of 2019

This bill prohibits certain limitations on the ability of a Member of Congress to access any facility for detaining aliens operated by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, or affiliated private contractors. Specifically, the Member must be allowed to enter such a facility within 48 hours of a request to do so, and the facility may not be temporarily modified in a way that alters what the Member would otherwise observe.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6](D-CO)Sponsor
18 cosponsors18 D
18cosponsors2committees6actions7subjects
  1. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

    Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
  2. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

    Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
  3. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Homeland Security Committee
  4. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Judiciary Committee
  5. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  6. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

POD Act of 2019 — Informed