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Congressional Oversight Access Act

To prohibit the use of physical force by executive branch personnel against Members of Congress conducting oversight in their official capacity, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 10, 2025

Latest action (Jul 10, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics

Summary

This bill would prohibit executive branch personnel from using physical force against Members of Congress who are conducting official oversight activities on federally controlled property and who present valid congressional identification. The prohibition would not apply if the Member poses a clear and imminent physical threat to persons or property, nor would it prevent lawful security screening or building access procedures. The bill defines oversight activities as reviews, investigations, and visits related to the execution of laws, compliance with court orders, or administration of Federal programs.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
22 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Summer L. Lee’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $73,753
  • UPMC $30,910
  • MPI $11,600
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH $10,554
  • ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH $10,000

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Summer L. Lee → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Jul 10, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 10, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Simon, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, and Mr. Casar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To prohibit the use of physical force by executive branch personnel against Members of Congress conducting oversight in their official capacity, 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 “Congressional Oversight Access Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FORCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

(a) Prohibited Actions.—No officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the executive branch may use physical force, detain, remove, or otherwise physically interfere with a Member of Congress who—

(1) is conducting a covered oversight activity;

(2) presents valid congressional identification or identifies themselves as a Member of Congress;

(3) is present in or on the premises of any federally controlled property; and

(4) does not pose a clear and imminent physical threat to persons or property.

(b) Application.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to—

(1) exempt a Member of Congress from lawful security screening or building access procedures; or

(2) prevent action in response to a clear and imminent physical threat to persons or property.

(c) Definitions.—In this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) Covered oversight activity.—The term “covered oversight activity” means any activity that includes the review, monitoring, supervision, investigation, visitation, whether scheduled or unscheduled, by a Member of Congress acting in their official capacity, with respect to the execution of laws, compliance with court orders, or the administration of Federal programs, policies, or operations.

(2) Federally controlled property.—The term “federally controlled property” means any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, operated, occupied, or used under contract, cooperative agreement, or intergovernmental service agreement by the Federal Government or any executive branch agency (including detention centers and field-control sites). <all>

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