[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10111 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10111

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from preventing Members 
of Congress, or employees accompanying a Member, from entering, for the 
 purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the 
   Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house 
                    aliens, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 17, 2026

    Mr. Deluzio (for himself, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Scanlon) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from preventing Members 
of Congress, or employees accompanying a Member, from entering, for the 
 purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the 
   Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house 
                    aliens, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oversight Access Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTING ACCESS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO 
              IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not--
            (1) prevent a Member of Congress, or an employee of the 
        United States House of Representatives or the United States 
        Senate accompanying such Member, from entering, for the purpose 
        of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the 
        Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise 
        house aliens;
            (2) require prior notice from a Member of Congress or an 
        employee described in paragraph (1) of the intent to enter such 
        a facility for the purpose of conducting oversight; or
            (3) make any temporary modification at any such facility 
        that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member of 
        Congress or such employee, compared to what would be observed 
        in the absence of such modification.
    (b) Report.--The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate within 30 days if the Inspector 
General determines that the Secretary of Homeland Security materially 
failed to comply with the requirements of this section.
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