US HB2842 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
POD Act of 2019 Public Oversight of Detention Centers Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO] | Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX] | Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] |
| Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA] | Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA] |
| Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL] | Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO] |
| Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY] | Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA] | Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO] | Rep. David Trone [D-MD] |
| Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA] | Rep. William Keating [D-MA] | Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. |
| 2019-06-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. |
| 2019-05-20 | House | 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. |
| 2019-05-20 | House | 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. |
| 2019-05-20 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Immigration
Members of Congress
Public-private cooperation
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Immigration
Members of Congress
Public-private cooperation
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2842/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2842/BILLS-116hr2842ih.pdf |
