Title: 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.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This resolution directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide to the House of Representatives certain information and documents about the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, including information about the health and welfare of such children in the care or custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The resolution also requests such information and documents from the President.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 
       transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
       Representatives relating to unaccompanied alien children.


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                    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

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                               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.

    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, 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 infections, 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 children 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 Incident 
        Reports, regarding allegations of abuse and neglect of 
        unaccompanied alien children in Customs and Border Protection 
        or Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities beginning in 
        November, 2020.
            (5) The number of unaccompanied alien children 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 Unaccompanied Alien Children Matters'', 
        entered into on April 13, 2018.
            (6) All Office of Refugee Resettlement current policies and 
        procedures, guidance, and directives regarding 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 might seek to victimize 
        or otherwise engage a child in criminal, harmful, or 
        exploitative activity.
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