Families Deserve to Know Act

(a) Rules of construction. Nothing in this Act may be construed—

(1) to create any legal or financial obligation on the part of any person designated as a next-of-kin or other emergency contact;

(2) to confer any immigration status, benefit, or relief on any person;

(3) to discourage, limit, or condition the release of any individual from custody, including release for medical or humanitarian reasons;

(4) to alter existing medical privacy protections under Federal law, or to limit any rights otherwise available to individuals in custody under any other provision of law;

(5) to displace any requirement of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 60105); or

(6) to authorize the detention of any individual.

(b) No additional funds. No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried out using amounts otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security.

(c) Severability. If any provision of this Act or its application is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and its application to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected.