House Bill 2842
116th Congress(2019-2020)
POD Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 20, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2842
Congress
116
Policy Area
Immigration
Immigration
Primary focus of measure is administration of immigration and naturalization matters; immigration enforcement procedures; refugees and asylum policies; travel and residence documentation; foreign labor; benefits for immigrants. Measures concerning smuggling and trafficking of persons may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area. Measures concerning refugees may fall under International Affairs policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
May 20, 2019
06/26/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
06/13/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
05/20/2019
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.
05/20/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:32:22 AM