{"id":631,"date":"2026-07-27T22:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:13:42","slug":"bill-aims-to-end-blocked-congressional-access-at-federal-buildings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Bill aims to end blocked congressional access at federal buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require agencies to provide members of Congress with greater access to government facilities for oversight purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=630\">AI\u2019s growing role in rulemaking raises new transparency questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have personally been denied access to [U.S. Agency for International Development], the U.S. Institute of Peace, a public meeting at the Department of the Interior and repeatedly delayed in conducting oversight at [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] facilities,\u201d said Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., the bill\u2019s sponsor, in a statement. \u201cAll of these were clear examples of the Trump administration\u2019s deliberate and repeated efforts to deny, delay or obstruct congressional oversight of the executive branch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Congressional Oversight and Agency Access Act (H.R. 9835) would grant members of Congress and accompanying staffers access to any \u201cpublic building\u201d during regular business hours. Agencies would be mandated to provide access outside of those hours and, if certain conditions are met, to areas that require a security clearance within 24 hours after a lawmaker\u2019s request.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s requirements would apply even during a presidentially declared emergency or Health and Human Services Department-designed public health emergency. And the definition of \u201cpublic building\u201d in the bill includes contractor-owned and -operated facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The measure\u2019s introduction comes during a legal battle over a requirement from the Homeland Security Department, which is spearheading increased deportations, for a seven-day notice before congressional oversight visits at immigration detention facilities. In March, a district judge issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the policy. The Trump administration then sought an emergency stay, which was rejected by an appeals court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=628\">NARFE still has concerns with OPM\u2019s plan to collect employee health care records<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, in defense of the seven-day notice requirement, former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote that \u201cunannounced visits require pulling ICE officers away from their normal duties\u201d and that \u201cthere is an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus-like publicity stunts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyer\u2019s bill is cosponsored by eight other House Democrats and the Project on Government Oversight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress cannot fulfill its constitutional oversight responsibilities if members of Congress are denied access to the very agencies they are charged with overseeing,\u201d the nonprofit said in a statement. \u201cThe Congressional Oversight and Agency Access Act reaffirms Congress\u2019s authority to conduct meaningful oversight and helps ensure transparency and accountability across the executive branch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=626\">Government service delivery needs standard definitions, former government tech leaders say<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new bill would set governmentwide rules for congressional visits after disputes over access to agencies and immigration detention centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oversight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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