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Oversight Access Act
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.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
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Actions
- Aug 18, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
- Aug 18, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- Aug 17, 2026 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.
- Aug 17, 2026 Introduced in House
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