Sec. 9. Accountability and oversight
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Not less frequently than weekly, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes, for the preceding one-week period, the following: The total number of children in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, disaggregated by— age; the number of children in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security; the number of children in the custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the location of the detention facilities in which such children are housed, including city and State; and average number of days in such custody.
The number of deaths of children in such custody, as applicable, including relevant details relating to the circumstances of each death. The information described in clause
(i)shall be submitted to Congress in a weekly report under this paragraph, as applicable, notwithstanding a requirement to report to Congress such information under any other law. The total number of such children that were separated from family members. Subject to clause (ii), the total number of pregnant women in such custody, disaggregated by— the number of such women in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security; the number of such women in the custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and the location of detention facilities in which such pregnant women are housed, including city and State. Information described in clause
(i)may not be submitted in a weekly report if such information renders a pregnant woman personally identifiable. The average number of days individuals subject to the migrant protection protocol issued on January 24, 2019, remain in Mexico for the resolution of United States immigration proceedings. Not less frequently than monthly, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish on an internet website of the Department of Homeland Security that is available to the public a summary of the reports under paragraph
(1)for the preceding one-month period. Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary concerned shall allow a Member of Congress to tour any facility in which one or more detained individuals, including unaccompanied alien children, are housed at a time between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on a date requested by the Member of Congress if, not later than 24 hours before midnight on the date requested, the Secretary concerned receives written notice from the Member of Congress that includes— the name of the facility; and the date on which the Member of Congress intends to tour the facility. Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary concerned shall allow one or more members of the press to accompany a Member of Congress on a tour of a facility under this subsection. The Secretary concerned shall not be required to allow a member of the press to enter a facility under subparagraph
(A)with a still or video camera. As a condition of entering a facility under subparagraph (A), a member of the press shall agree not to release any personally identifying information of a staff member of the facility or a child housed at the facility without the express authorization of such staff member or child. The Secretary concerned may limit a tour under paragraph
(1)to— in the case of a facility that houses fewer than 50 unaccompanied alien children— not more than five Members of Congress; and accompanying members of the press under paragraph (2); and in the case of a facility that houses not fewer than 50 detained individuals, including unaccompanied children— not more than ten Members of Congress; and accompanying members of the press under paragraph (2). In this subsection, the term Secretary concerned means, as applicable— the Secretary of Homeland Security; or the Secretary of Health and Human Services.