,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #b1 #bjbf,mr4  
,kennedy of ,new ,york 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,ms4    
,meng1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,carter of    
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,walkinshaw1 ,mr4      
,goldman of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,nadler1   
and ,mr4 ,espaillat7 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 the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security to notify a        
designated point of contact of release  
of a detained individual1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,dhs ,release      
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,notification  
of release of a detained individual  7a7

 ,point of contact ,at the time at which
 an individual is taken into custody of 
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
or ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs     
,enforcement1 the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security shall provide the   
individual with the option to--  7#a7   
designate a point of contact to receive 
updates with respect to that individual2
 and  7#b7 provide the name and contact 
information of such point of contact4   
7b7 ,notification  7#a7 ,in general     
,prior to the release of any individual 
from the custody of the ,u4,s4 ,customs 
and ,border ,protection or ,u4,s4       
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement1 
other than those who have only been held
 at a port of entry for less than #ab   
hours1 the ,secretary of ,homeland      
,security shall notify the point of     
contact designated under subsection 7a71
 if a point of contact is so designated1
 of such release4  7#b7 ,attempts to    
notify ,the ,secretary of ,homeland     
,security shall attempt to notify a     

designated point of contact at least    
twice4  7c7 ,translation and            
interpretation services ,the ,secretary 
of ,homeland ,security shall provide    
translation and interpretation services 
to-- 7#a7 the detainee1 in such language
 as the detainee may choose1 when       
requesting the optional designation of a
 point of contact under subsection 7a72 
and  7#b7 if applicable1 the point of   
contact1 in such language as the point  
of contact may choose1 when making the  
notification required under subsection  
7b74  7d7 ,limitation ,no information   
collected under this section may be used
 for enforcement purposes4