HR 2842
116th Congress
House
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Public-private cooperation
POD Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jun 13, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
May 20, 2019
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.
May 20, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.