[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8490 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8490

  To direct the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
 transfer the care and custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or such child's parent or legal 
                   guardian, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

  Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Flores, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
  Meuser, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Williams of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
 transfer the care and custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or such child's parent or legal 
                   guardian, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting an Alien child's 
Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2022'' or the ``PARENT 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may only transfer the care and 
custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services or such child's parent or legal guardian.
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