IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 553 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security to trans-
mit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives 
relating to unaccompanied alien children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2021 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, and Mr. KATKO) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to transmit, respectively, certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to 
unaccompanied alien children. 
Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security are directed, to 
transmit, respectively, to the House of Representatives, 
not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of 
this resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, advi-
sory legal opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, 
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records (including telephone and electronic mail records), 
correspondence, and other communications, or any portion 
of any such communications, to the extent that any such 
one or more items are within the possession of the Presi-
dent or the Secretaries, respectively, and refer to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The health and welfare of unaccompanied 
alien children, including the status of COVID–19 in-
fections, treatment, and outcomes, in the care or 
custody of Customs and Border Protection and the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement. 
(2) Any current policy, procedure, guidance, or 
directive regarding the placement of unaccompanied 
alien children in the care or custody of the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement with a sponsor, including any 
policy that has changed since January 20, 2021, in 
order to expedite the placement of such children 
with a sponsor. 
(3) The number of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren placed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
with sponsors that did not undergo a background 
check, public records check, sex offender registry 
check, or fingerprint check. 
(4) All information, including Significant Inci-
dent Reports, regarding allegations of abuse and ne-
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glect of unaccompanied alien children in Customs 
and Border Protection or Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment facilities beginning in November, 2020. 
(5) The number of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren who were in the care of the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement and were not placed with a potential 
sponsor pursuant to section V of the memorandum 
of agreement entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Agreement 
Among The Office of Refugee Resettlement of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Regarding 
Consultation and Information Sharing in Unaccom-
panied Alien Children Matters’’, entered into on 
April 13, 2018. 
(6) All Office of Refugee Resettlement current 
policies and procedures, guidance, and directives re-
garding the hiring and training of staff, contractors, 
or volunteers. 
(7) All information regarding how the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement protects unaccompanied alien 
children from smugglers, traffickers, or others who 
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might seek to victimize or otherwise engage a child 
in criminal, harmful, or exploitative activity. 
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