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House Calendar No. 146 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1343 
[Report No. 117–543] 
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 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 
Mr. BURGESS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
OCTOBER 14, 2022 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and 
ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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 Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of the 
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Department of Homeland Security are directed, to trans-
mit, respectively, to the House of Representatives, not later 
than fourteen days after the date of the adoption of this 
resolution, copies of all documents, memoranda, advisory 
legal opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, 
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 President 
or the Secretaries, respectively, and refer to the following: 
(1) The health and welfare of unaccompanied 
alien children, including the status of COVID–19 in-
fections, treatment, and outcomes, in the care or cus-
tody 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 children 
placed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement with 
sponsors that did not undergo a background check, 
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public records check, sex offender registry check, or 
fingerprint check. 
(4) All information, including Significant Inci-
dent Reports, regarding allegations of abuse and ne-
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 children 
who were in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment and were not placed with a potential sponsor 
pursuant to section V of the memorandum of agree-
ment entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Agreement Among 
The Office of Refugee Resettlement of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services and U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security Regarding Consultation and In-
formation Sharing in Unaccompanied 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 
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children from smugglers, traffickers, or others who 
might seek to victimize or otherwise engage a child in 
criminal, harmful, or exploitative activity. 
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House Calendar No. 146 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1343 
[Report No. 117–543] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing 
the Secretary 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. 
OCTOBER 14, 2022 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 
House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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