,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #f1        
#bjai,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself
 and ,ms4 ,jayapal7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security1 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 require investigations   
and reports regarding individuals who   
died in the custody of certain ,federal 
authorities1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,jakelin ,caal ,death in        
,custody ,reporting ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,investigation and reporting of         
individuals who died in the custody of  
,federal immigration enforcement        
agencies  7a7 ,investigation  7#a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #cj days after  

the death of an alien in the custody of 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security1 
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall conduct an investigation into such
 death1 which shall include a root cause
 analysis that identifies any changes to
 policies1 practices1 training          
curricula1 staffing1 or potential       
system-wide errors that could reduce the
 probability of such an event in the    
future4 ,such root cause analysis shall 
include consultation with and input from
 appropriately qualified personnel1 who1
 at a minimum1 shall consist of a       
medical professional qualified in any   
field germane to such death1 and shall  
be performed in accordance with         
professional medical standards for      
investigating sentinel events in medical
 care facilities1 including the         
,sentinel ,event ,policy promulgated by 
,the ,joint ,commission4  7#b7 ,public  
availability ,not later than #cj days   
after the conclusion of the             
investigation required under paragraph  

7#a71 the ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security shall make publicly available 
on the website of the ,department of    
,homeland ,security a report describing 
the results of such investigation1      
including the root cause analysis       
described in such paragraph4  7b7       
,reporting  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,chief
 of the ,u4,s4 ,border ,patrol and      
,director of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and    
,customs ,enforcement shall submit to   
the appropriate congressional committees
 and post on a publicly available       
website of the ,department of ,homeland 
,security not later than #bd hours after
 the death of any individual in the     
custody of the ,u4,s4 ,border ,patrol or
 ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs       
,enforcement1 as the case may be1 in the
 temporary custody of other law         
enforcement agencies on behalf of such  
agencies1 or after the use of force by  
an agent or officer of such agencies a  
report relating to each such death4     
7#b7 ,elements ,each report under       

paragraph 7#a7 shall include information
 that1 at minimum1 includes the         
following with respect to each death    
that is the subject of each such report3
  7,a7 ,the name1 gender1 race1         
ethnicity1 and age of the deceased4     
7,b7 ,the date1 time1 and location of   
such death4  7,c7 ,a description of the 
circumstances surrounding such death4   
7#c7 ,definition ,in this subsection1   
the term appropriate congressional      
committees means the ,committee on the  
,judiciary and the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
the ,judiciary and the ,committee on    
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate4  #c4           
,investigation and reporting of         
individuals who died in the custody of  
the ,office of ,refugee ,resettlement   
7a7 ,investigation  7#a7 ,in general    
,not later than #cj days after the death
 of an alien in the custody of the      
,department of ,health and ,human       

,services1 the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services shall conduct an      
investigation into such death1 which    
shall include a root cause analysis that
 identifies any changes to policies1    
practices1 training curricula1 staffing1
 or potential system-wide errors that   
could reduce the probability of such an 
event in the future4 ,such root cause   
analysis shall include consultation with
 and input from appropriately qualified 
personnel1 who1 at a minimum1 shall     
consist of a medical professional       
qualified in any field germane to such  
death1 and shall be performed in        
accordance with professional medical    
standards for investigating sentinel    
events in medical care facilities1      
including the ,sentinel ,event ,policy  
promulgated by ,the ,joint ,commission4 
7#b7 ,public availability ,not later    
than #cj days after the conclusion of   
the investigation required under        
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services shall make 

publicly available on the website of the
 ,department of ,health and ,human      
,services a report describing the       
results of such investigation1 including
 the root cause analysis described in   
such paragraph4  7b7 ,reporting  7#a7   
,in general ,the ,director of the       
,office of ,refugee ,resettlement of the
 ,department of ,health and ,human      
,services shall submit to the           
appropriate congressional committees and
 post on a publicly available website of
 the ,department not later than #bd     
hours after the death of any individual 
in the custody of such ,office a report 
relating to each such death4  7#b7      
,elements ,each report under paragraph  
7#a7 shall include information that1 at 
minimum1 includes the following with    
respect to each death that is the       
subject of each such report3  7,a7 ,the 
name1 gender1 race1 ethnicity1 and age  
of the deceased4  7,b7 ,the date1 time1 
and location of death4  7,c7 ,a         
description of the circumstances        

surrounding the death4  7#c7 ,definition
 ,in this subsection1 the term          
appropriate congressional committees    
means the ,committee on the ,judiciary  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,senate4