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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 299 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health |
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| 6 | 6 | | and Human Services to make available to the public on the websites |
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| 7 | 7 | | of their respective departments certain information relating to individuals |
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| 8 | 8 | | processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Department |
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| 9 | 9 | | of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALLIOTAKISintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Secretary of Health and Human Services to make avail- |
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| 18 | 18 | | able to the public on the websites of their respective |
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| 19 | 19 | | departments certain information relating to individuals |
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| 20 | 20 | | processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
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| 21 | 21 | | or Department of Health and Human Services facilities, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency of Mi-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | gration Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 299 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TO INDIVIDUALS PROCESSED THROUGH U.S. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OR DE-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ICES FACILITIES. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | rity and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | shall make available to the public on the websites of their 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | respective departments’ information described in sub-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | section (b) relating to individuals unlawfully present in the 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States who are— 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Protection and sent to a federally owned or run de-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tention center or released into the United States; or 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) processed through a Department of Health 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and Human Services facility. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | NFORMATION DESCRIBED.—Information de-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | scribed in this subsection is information relating to the 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | following: 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) The daily number of individuals described 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | in subsection (a). 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) The countries of origins of such individuals. 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) The ages and genders of such individuals. 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (4) The States to which such individuals have 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | been either released or sent. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (5) The number and types of criminal convic-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tions, if any, such individuals possess. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) U |
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| 64 | 64 | | PDATES.—Information under this section shall 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | be updated weekly. 4 |
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