(3) Publishing rules on the handling of docu-
ments at ports of entry. 
(4) Establishing standards of conduct and de-
meanor when interacting with vulnerable popu-
lations, such as children and victims of human traf-
ficking, and individuals with border crossing cards. 
(5) Establishing training courses relating to 
management and leadership skills for supervisors 
and managers at ports of entry. 
SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CBP REPORT ON MIGRANT DEATHS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report relating to deaths occurring along the United 
States-Mexico border, including information on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The number of documented migrant deaths. 
(2) A geographical breakdown of where such 
migrant deaths occur. 
(3) To the extent possible, the cause of death 
for each migrant. 
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(4) The extent to which border technology, 
physical barriers, and enforcement programs have 
contributed to such migrant deaths. 
(5) A detailed description of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection programs or plans to reduce the 
number of migrant deaths along the border, includ-
ing an assessment on the effectiveness of water sup-
ply sites and rescue beacons. 
(b) GAO REPORT ON MIGRANT DEATHS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the submission of the report required 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall review such report to determine the 
following: 
(1) The validity of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection’s statistical analysis of migrant deaths. 
(2) The extent to which U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection has adopted simple and low-cost 
measures, such as water supply sites and rescue bea-
cons, to reduce the frequency of migrants deaths. 
(3) The extent to which U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection measures the effectiveness of its pro-
grams to address the frequency of migrant deaths. 
(4) The extent of data and information sharing 
and cooperation between U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, local and State law enforcement, foreign 
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diplomatic and consular posts, and nongovernmental 
organizations to accurately identify deceased individ-
uals and notify family members and compare infor-
mation to missing persons registries. 
(c) GAO REPORT ON USE OF FORCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall ex-
amine the extent to which U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection has clarified use of force policies, includ-
ing the following (and any recommendations related 
to the following): 
(A) The extent to which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection has implemented new train-
ing tactics to improve use of force policies, in-
cluding how the use of force policy conforms to 
Department of Homeland Security and Federal 
law enforcement best practices. 
(B) The extent to which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection has identified additional or 
alternative weapons and equipment to improve 
agents’ and officers’ abilities to de-escalate con-
frontations, including protective gear. 
(C) Efforts to review and enhance current 
training and tactics related to use of force, and 
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to implement reforms to ensure agents and offi-
cers are better equipped to assess and respond 
to threats. 
(D) The extent to which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection has established a stakeholder 
engagement framework to better inform and en-
hance U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 
use of force training. 
(E) The extent to which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection has established metrics to 
track the effectiveness of use of force training 
and to ensure the reporting of all uses of force 
for review to determine whether the force used 
was justified and whether it could have been 
avoided through different tactics or training, 
better supervision, different tools, adherence to 
policy, or changes in policy. 
(F) How U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion could implement best law enforcement 
practices to improve policies for transparent 
communication with family members of individ-
uals injured or killed by U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection agent’s and officer’s use of force, 
including updates on any pending investiga-
tions, and policies for timely notification of such 
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injuries and deaths following such uses of force 
to the Commissioner of Customs and Border 
Protection, the Joint Intake Center of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department, the Office 
for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the De-
partment, the Offices of Public Affairs of the 
Department and U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, Congress, and the applicable consulates, 
if appropriate. 
(G) How recommendations and requests 
made by agents and officers of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection have been received, re-
viewed, and if possible implemented into U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection and Depart-
ment of Homeland Security use of force policies 
and best practices. 
(H) The extent to which U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection electronically tracks personal 
searches and seizures of personal items at the 
border, and an assessment of how such infor-
mation is used to inform U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection policies and procedures. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO FINDINGS.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall direct the 
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Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection to 
implement any recommendations contained in the re-
port required under paragraph (1). If the Secretary 
does not so implement such recommendations, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a written notification 
explaining why such recommendations are not being 
so implemented. 
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