,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cffj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjai ,mrs4
 ,trahan 7for herself and ,ms4          
,mucarsel-,powell7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on ,rules1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,homeland      
,security and the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services to notify ,congress
 of each foreign national who dies in   
the custody of the ,secretary1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,accountability
 for ,migrant ,deaths ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,congressional notification of      
foreign national deaths in custody ,not 
later than #bd hours after a foreign    
national dies while in the custody of   

the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security or
 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services1 the appropriate ,secretary   
shall notify ,congress of such death1   
which notification shall include a      
description of the circumstances of such
 death4  #c4 ,limitation on the         
assertion of ,executive privilege ,the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security and   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services may not assert ,executive     
privilege with respect to testimony     
before a committee of the ,house of     
,representatives or of the ,senate      
related to a death described in section 
#b4  #d4 ,committee hearings on foreign 
national deaths in custody required in  
the ,house  7a7 ,amendment to the ,rules
 of the ,house of ,representatives ,rule
 ,,xi of the ,rules of the ,house of    
,representatives is amended by adding at
 the end the following new clause3      
,committee hearings on foreign national 
deaths in custody required7#g7 ,not     
later than one week after receiving a   

notification under section #a of the    
,accountability for ,migrant ,deaths    
,act of #bjai that a foreign national   
died while in the custody of the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security or the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services1 the chair of the ,committee  
on ,oversight and ,reform or another    
standing committee of jurisdiction shall
 convene a hearing to receive testimony 
from appropriate agency officials       
related to the death4 4  7b7 ,exercise  
of rulemaking power ,the provisions of  
this section are enacted by the         
,congress--  7#a7 as an exercise of the 
rulemaking power of the ,house of       
,representatives1 and as such they shall
 be considered as part of the rules of  
the ,house1 and such rules shall        
supersede other rules only to the extent
 that they are inconsistent therewith2  
and  7#b7 with full recognition of the  
constitutional right of the ,house of   
,representatives to change such rules at
 any time1 in the same manner1 and to   

the same extent as in the case of any   
other rule of the ,house4  #e4 ,foreign 
national ,in determining the meaning of 
any ,act of ,congress1 or of any ruling1
 regulation1 or interpretation of       
various administrative bureaus and      
agencies of the ,united ,states1 the    
term foreign national means any         
individual other than an individual--   
7#a7 who is a citizen of the ,united    
,states2 or  7#b7 though not a citizen  
of the ,united ,states1 who owes        
permanent allegiance to the ,united     
,states4