Sec. 1264. GAO study of the effectiveness of border screenings
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study examining the effectiveness of screenings conducted by Department of Homeland Security personnel in carrying out section 235(a)(4) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(a)(4) ). In carrying out paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall take into account— the degree to which Department of Homeland Security personnel are adequately ensuring that— all children are being screened to determine whether they are described in section 235(a)(2)(A) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; appropriate and reliable determinations are being made about whether children are described in section 235(a)(2)(A) of such Act, including determinations of the age of such children; children are repatriated in an appropriate manner, consistent with clauses
(i)through
(iii)of section 235(a)(2)(C) of such Act; children are appropriately being permitted to withdraw their applications for admission, in accordance with section 235(a)(2)(B)(i) of such Act; children are being properly cared for while they are in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and awaiting repatriation or transfer to the custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and children are being transferred to the custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a manner that is consistent with such Act; and the number of such children that have been transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal funds expended to maintain custody of such children, and the Federal benefits available to such children, if any. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for the purposes of conducting the study described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide the Comptroller General with unrestricted access to all stages of screenings and other interactions between Department of Homeland Security personnel and children encountered by the Comptroller General. The Secretary shall not permit unrestricted access under subparagraph
(A)if the Secretary determines that the security of a particular interaction would be threatened by such access. Not later than 2 years after the date of the commencement of the study described in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that contains the Commission’s findings and recommendations.
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Sec. 1264
GAO study of the effectiveness of border screenings
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