U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10111: Oversight Access Act
Status: In committee, August 18, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, August 17, 2026:
A BILL 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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oversight Access Act . SECTION 2. Prohibition on restricting access of Members of Congress to immigration detention facilities (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security may not-- (1) prevent a Member of Congress, or an employee of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate accompanying such 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; (2) require prior notice from a Member of Congress or an employee described in paragraph (1) of the intent to enter such a facility for the purpose of conducting oversight; or (3) make any temporary modification at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member of Congress or such employee, compared to what would be observed in the absence of such modification. (b) Report The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall report …
Sponsors
- Christopher Deluzio (D, HD-PA-17) · primary sponsor
- Madeleine Dean (D, HD-PA-4)
- Summer Lee (D, HD-PA-12)
- Dwight Evans (D, HD-PA-3)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D, HD-PA-5)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Daniel Goldman (D, 10)
- Mike Quigley (D, HD-005)
- Seth Moulton (D, HD-006)
- Steven Horsford (D, HD-004)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- : 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Immigration
Common questions
- What is HB10111?
- HB10111 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Oversight Access Act.
- What does HB10111 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB10111?
- In committee as of August 18, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability. (August 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10111?
- Christopher Deluzio (D, HD-PA-17), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10111?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10111
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