‘‘(3) hire and maintain additional DNA case 
analysts and technicians, fingerprint examiners, fo-
rensic odontologists, and forensic anthropologists, 
needed to support such identification programs; and 
‘‘(4) procure and maintain state-of-the-art 
multimodal, multipurpose forensic and DNA-typing 
and analytical equipment.’’. 
(b) KRISTEN’S ACT.—Section 3 of Kristen’s Act (34 
U.S.C. 40504 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING. 
‘‘The Attorney General is authorized to use funds 
otherwise appropriated for the operationalization, mainte-
nance, and expansion of the National Missing and Uniden-
tified Persons System (NamUs) for the purpose of car-
rying out this Act.’’. 
SEC. 3. RESCUE BEACONS. 
Section 411(o) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 211(o)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) RESCUE
BEACONS.—Beginning in fiscal 
year 2019, in carrying out subsection (c)(8), the 
Commissioner shall purchase, deploy, and maintain 
not more than 170 self-powering, 9–1–1 cellular 
relay rescue beacons along the southern border of 
the United States at locations determined appro-
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priate by the Commissioner to mitigate migrant 
deaths.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING ON NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTI-
FIED PERSONS (NAMUS) PROGRAM. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit a report to the appropriate committees 
of Congress regarding— 
(1) the number of unidentified person cases 
processed; 
(2) CODIS associations and identifications; 
(3) the number of anthropology cases processed; 
(4) the number of suspected border crossing 
cases and associations made; 
(5) the number of trials supported with expert 
testimony; 
(6) the number of students trained and profes-
sions of those students; and 
(7) the turnaround time and backlog. 
SEC. 5. OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall submit a report to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress regarding all unidentified remains dis-
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covered, during the reporting period, by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection on or near the border between the 
United States and Mexico, including— 
(1) for each deceased person— 
(A) the cause and manner of death, if 
known; 
(B) the sex, age (at time of death), and 
country of origin (if such information is deter-
minable); and 
(C) the location of each unidentified re-
main; 
(2) the total number of deceased people whose 
unidentified remains were discovered by U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection during the reporting pe-
riod; 
(3) the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to engage with nongovernmental organi-
zations, institutions of higher education, medical ex-
aminers and coroners, and law enforcement agen-
cies— 
(A) to identify and map the locations at 
which migrant deaths occur; and 
(B) to count the number of deaths that 
occur at such locations; and 
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(4) a detailed description of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection’s Missing Migrant Program, in-
cluding how the program helps mitigate migrant 
deaths while maintaining border security. 
(b) RESCUE BEACONS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of 
Congress regarding the use of rescue beacons along the 
border between the United States and Mexico, including, 
for the reporting period— 
(1) the number of rescue beacons in each bor-
der patrol sector; 
(2) the specific location of each rescue beacon; 
(3) the frequency with which each rescue bea-
con was activated by a person in distress; 
(4) a description of the nature of the distress 
that resulted in each rescue beacon activation (if 
such information is determinable); and 
(5) an assessment, in consultation with local 
stakeholders, including elected officials, nongovern-
mental organizations, and landowners, of necessary 
additional rescue beacons and recommendations for 
locations for deployment to reduce migrant deaths. 
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(c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the report required under subsection (a) is submitted to 
the appropriate committees of Congress, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit a report to the 
same committees that describes— 
(1) how U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
collects and records border-crossing death data; 
(2) the differences (if any) in U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection border-crossing death data collec-
tion methodology across its sectors; 
(3) how U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 
data and statistical analysis on trends in the num-
bers, locations, causes, and characteristics of border- 
crossing deaths compare to other sources of data on 
these deaths, including border county medical exam-
iners and coroners and the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention; 
(4) how U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
measures the effectiveness of its programs to miti-
gate migrant deaths; and 
(5) the extent to which U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection engages Federal, State, local, and 
Tribal governments, foreign diplomatic and consular 
posts, and nongovernmental organizations— 
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