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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10274 

To prohibit any limitation on the entry of a Member of Congress to any 

facility for the detention of aliens, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2024 

Mr. CROW (for himself and Mr. RUTHERFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit any limitation on the entry of a Member of 

Congress to any facility for the detention of aliens, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Oversight of 

5 Detention Centers Act of 2024’’ or as the ‘‘POD Act of 

6 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DETENTION FA2 CILITIES. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION ON LIMITATIONS ON OVERSIGHT

4 OF DETENTION FACILITIES.—Chapter 4 of title II of the 

5 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. et seq.) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 244A. PROHIBITION ON LIMITATIONS ON OVERSIGHT 

8 OF DETENTION FACILITIES. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered person may not be 

10 prevented from entering immediately, or, in the case of 

11 a person described in subsection (c)(2) by not later than 

12 24 hours after making a request to do so, for the purpose 

13 of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the 

14 Department of Homeland Security (including any facility 

15 operated by a private contractor with the Department) 

16 used to detain or otherwise house aliens, or nor may any 

17 temporary modification be made at any such facility that 

18 in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member 

19 of Congress, compared to what would be observed in the 

20 absence of such modification. 

21 ‘‘(b) FACILITIES HOUSING ALIEN MINORS.—A cov22 ered person may not be prevented from entering by not 

23 later than two business days after making a request to 

24 do so, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility 

25 operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security 

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1 ing any facility operated by a private contractor with ei2 ther Department) used to detain or otherwise house alien 

3 minors, or to make any temporary modification at any 

4 such facility that in any way alters what is observed by 

5 a visiting Member of Congress, compared to what would 

6 be observed in the absence of such modification. 

7 ‘‘(c) COVERED PERSON.—For purposes of this sec8 tion, the term ‘covered person’ means the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) A Member of Congress. 

10 ‘‘(2) An employee of the House of Representa11 tives or the Senate designated by such a Member for 

12 purposes of this section.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relat15 ing to section 244 the following: 

‘‘244A. Prohibition on limitations on oversight of detention facilities.’’. 

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