To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and any entity that contracts with the Department of Homeland Security to grant access to Members of Congress to covered facilities to carry out oversight responsibilities, and for other purposes.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8754 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8754 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and any entity that contracts with the Department of Homeland Security to grant access to Members of Congress to covered facilities to carry out oversight responsibilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2026 Mrs. McIver (for herself, Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and any entity that contracts with the Department of Homeland Security to grant access to Members of Congress to covered facilities to carry out oversight responsibilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Delay for Immigration Oversight Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Oversight by Members of Congress is a core constitutional responsibility necessary to ensure transparency, accountability, and compliance with Federal law within executive branch agencies and facilities. (2) Since at least 2019, Federal law has prohibited the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from preventing Members of Congress from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department used to detain or otherwise house aliens. (3)
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