I 
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 provi-
sions 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Oversight of 
Detention Centers Act of 2024’’ or as the ‘‘POD Act of 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DETENTION FA-
CILITIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON LIMITATIONS ON OVERSIGHT 
OF DETENTION FACILITIES.—Chapter 4 of title II of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 244A. PROHIBITION ON LIMITATIONS ON OVERSIGHT 
OF DETENTION FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered person may not be 
prevented from entering immediately, or, in the case of 
a person described in subsection (c)(2) by not later than 
24 hours after making a request to do so, for the purpose 
of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the 
Department of Homeland Security (including any facility 
operated by a private contractor with the Department) 
used to detain or otherwise house aliens, or nor may any 
temporary modification be made at any such facility that 
in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member 
of Congress, compared to what would be observed in the 
absence of such modification. 
‘‘(b) FACILITIES HOUSING ALIEN MINORS.—A cov-
ered person may not be prevented from entering by not 
later than two business days after making a request to 
do so, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility 
operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security 
or the Department of Health and Human Services (includ-
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ing any facility operated by a private contractor with ei-
ther Department) used to detain or otherwise house alien 
minors, or to make any temporary modification at any 
such facility that in any way alters what is observed by 
a visiting Member of Congress, compared to what would 
be observed in the absence of such modification. 
‘‘(c) COVERED PERSON.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered person’ means the following: 
‘‘(1) A Member of Congress. 
‘‘(2) An employee of the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate designated by such a Member for 
purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 244 the following: 
‘‘244A. Prohibition on limitations on oversight of detention facilities.’’. 
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