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POD Act of 2019

Introduced: May 23, 2019 Introduced by: Crow, Jason Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 June 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 14
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 1, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Dec 11, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 11, 2019
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 19, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jun 28, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 20, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jun 6, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jun 3, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 23, 2019
Perlmutter, Ed
· May 23, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 20, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · May 20, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 20, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2842: POD Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2842/
MLA
"H.R. 2842: POD Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2842/.
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H.R. 2842, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2842/.
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[H.R. 2842: POD Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2842/)
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