,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjai,mr4  
,crow 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,garcia of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 and  
,ms4 ,de,lauro7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit any limitation  
on the entry of a ,member of ,congress  
to any facility for the detention of    
aliens1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,public ,oversight of ,detention    
,centers ,act of #bjai or as the ,,pod  
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,congressional      
oversight of detention facilities  7a7  
,prohibition on limitations on oversight
 of detention facilities ,chapter #d of 

title ,,ii of the ,immigration and      
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 et seq47
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  #bdd;,a4 ,prohibition on    
limitations on oversight of detention   
facilities  7a7 ,in general ,a ,member  
of ,congress may not be prevented from  
entering by not later than #dh hours    
after making a request to do so1 for the
 purpose of conducting oversight1 any   
facility operated by or for the         
,department of ,homeland ,security      
7including any facility operated by a   
private contractor with the ,department7
 used to detain or otherwise house      
aliens1 or nor may any temporary        
modification be made at any such        
facility that in any way alters what is 
observed by a visiting ,member of       
,congress1 compared to what would be    
observed in the absence of such         
modification4  7b7 ,facilities housing  
alien minors ,a ,member of ,congress may
 not be prevented from entering by not  
later than #dh hours after making a     

request to do so1 for the purpose of    
conducting oversight1 any facility      
operated by or for the ,department of   
,homeland ,security or the ,department  
of ,health and ,human ,services         
7including any facility operated by a   
private contractor with either          
,department7 used to detain or otherwise
 house alien minors1 or to make any     
temporary modification at any such      
facility that in any way alters what is 
observed by a visiting ,member of       
,congress1 compared to what would be    
observed in the absence of such         
modification4  4  7b7 ,clerical         
amendment ,the table of contents for    
such ,act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section #bdd the   
following3  #bdd;,a4 ,prohibition on    
limitations on oversight of detention   
facilities4  4