Sec. 148. Resettlement data
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Section 412(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1522(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting , and shall consider data collected under paragraph
(11)before the period at the end; and by adding at the end the following: The Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement (referred to in this section as the Assistant Secretary ) shall expand the data analysis, collection, and sharing activities of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The Assistant Secretary shall coordinate with the Centers for Disease Control, national resettlement agencies, community-based organizations, and State refugee health programs to track national and State trends with respect to refugees arriving with Class A medical conditions and other urgent medical needs. In collecting information under this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary shall use initial refugee health screening data (including any history of severe trauma, torture, mental health symptoms, depression, anxiety, and post traumatic stress disorder) recorded during domestic and international health screenings, and data on the rate of use of refugee medical assistance. The Assistant Secretary shall partner with State refugee programs, community-based organizations, and national resettlement agencies to collect data relating to the housing needs of refugees, including— the number of refugees who rent apartments or houses and who own condominiums or houses; and the number of refugees who have become homeless and the number at severe risk of becoming homeless. Beginning on the fifth year after arrival of a refugee and every 5 years thereafter until the end of the 20th year after arrival, the Assistant Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, gather longitudinal information relating to refugee self-sufficiency and economic contributions to the United States including employment status, earnings and advancement. The longitudinal study shall consider additional factors related to self-sufficiency and integration, including family self-sufficiency and caretaking, barriers to and opportunities for integration of the children of refugees and their descendants, and elderly resettled refugees. Not less frequently than annually, the Assistant Secretary shall— update the data collected under this paragraph; submit to Congress a report on such data; and not later than 270 days after the end of the fiscal year following the year for which the data was collected, make the data available to the public on the website of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. .
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