H.R. 2842 · 116th Congress
POD Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jason Crow
- Introduced
- 2019-05-20
- Latest action
- 2019-06-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Summary
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.