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(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this Act or any other Act, including prior Acts and laws other than appropriations Acts, may be used to prevent any of the following persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility used to detain, or otherwise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated employee, compared to what would be observed in the absence of such modification: (1) A Member of Congress. (2) An employee of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate designated by such a Member for the purposes of this section. (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight. (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection (a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). (d) If any of the requirements of this section are not met the reprogramming and transfer authority provided in section 503 of this Act shall be suspended for the remainder of the current fiscal year.