Reporting and review

(a) Congressional notification Not later than 24 hours after a covered death, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress of the death. (b) Public notification Not later than 2 business days after a covered death, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security a release identifying the facility involved and the known circumstances of the death. (c) Death report Not later than 90 days after a covered death, the Secretary shall complete and publish a report on the death, including a description of the medical care provided, a timeline of the events preceding the death, and the results of any review conducted under subsection (d). (d) Review The Secretary shall ensure that each covered death is reviewed by the Office of Professional Responsibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or an equivalent office, with the results provided to the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security. (e) Semiannual report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying, for the preceding 180-day period— (1) each covered death, and the time elapsed between the death and the completed notification of the emergency contact; (2) each notification required under section 2 that was not completed within the applicable period, with an explanation, and each delay invoked under section 2(e); (3) each release from custody granted, by field office, while an individual was hospitalized, being transported for emergency medical care, or experiencing a medical emergency, and whether the individual is known to have died following release; and (4) the number of complaints received under section 5(b) and corrective actions taken. (f) Records Records created under this Act shall be retained for not less than 10 years and may not be destroyed while any litigation, investigation, or congressional inquiry concerning the death or event is pending.