Oversight Access Act
Sponsored By: Representative Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
In Committee
Summary
Guarantees congressional access to immigration detention facilities. This bill would bar the Secretary of Homeland Security from stopping Members of Congress or their congressional staff from entering any facility used to detain or house aliens. It would also ban requiring advance notice for oversight visits and bar temporary changes designed to alter what visitors observe.
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- Members of Congress and staff would be able to enter DHS detention facilities for oversight without prior notice and without being prevented from observing conditions.
- The Secretary of Homeland Security would be prohibited from blocking entry, requiring notice, or making temporary modifications that change what a visitor would see.
- The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General must report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within 30 days if it finds a material failure to comply.
- People held in these facilities would face oversight visits that are intended to reflect conditions as they exist without special modifications.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Congressional access to immigrant detention
If enacted, the bill would bar the Secretary of Homeland Security from stopping Members of Congress or their congressional staff from entering any DHS facility that detains or houses noncitizens for oversight. It would bar DHS from requiring prior notice for those oversight visits. It would bar temporary changes at a facility that would alter what visiting Members or staff would observe compared with an unmodified facility.
Inspector General report for DHS noncompliance
If enacted, the bill would require the DHS Inspector General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within 30 days after finding the Secretary materially failed to follow the oversight visit rules. The report trigger covers failures to allow entry, demands for prior notice, or temporary facility changes that alter what oversight visitors would see.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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