1. Short titles; table of contents (a) Short titles This Act may be cited as the Fixing America's Marred Immigration Laws to Improve and Ensure Security or the FAMILIES Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents. TITLE I—Department of Homeland Security Accountability to Congress Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Inspections, oversight, and studies. Sec. 103. Reporting requirements. Sec. 104. Maritime border security review. TITLE II—Border Security Technology Accountability Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Border security technology accountability. Sec. 203. Prohibition on additional authorization of appropriations. TITLE III—Secure Mail Initiative Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Offering Hold for Pickup and Signature Confirmation services under the Secure Mail Initiative. Sec. 304. Report. TITLE IV—Hiring and Retention Sec. 401. Short titles. Sec. 402. Flexibility in employment authorities. TITLE V—Anti-Border Corruption Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Hiring flexibility. Sec. 503. Supplemental Commissioner authority and definitions. TITLE VI—Keeping Families Together While Enforcing the Law Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Family unification. Sec. 603. Additional family residential center capacity. Sec. 604. Emergency immigration judge resources. I Department of Home­land Security Ac­count­a­bil­i­ty to Congress 101. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; and (B) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives . (2) Criminal alien The term criminal alien means an alien— (A) who has been charged and convicted of a crime that is the basis for the alien’s removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)