[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4869 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4869
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to establish additional requirements
related to ensuring safe placements for unaccompanied alien children.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2023
Mr. Grothman (for himself and Mr. Gooden of Texas) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to establish additional requirements
related to ensuring safe placements for unaccompanied alien children.
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 ``Migrant Child Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.
(a) In General.--Section 235(c)(3) of the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C.
1232(c)(3)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
``(D) Information about individuals with whom
children are placed.--
``(i) Information to be collected by the
secretary of health and human services and
provided to the secretary of homeland
security.--Before placing the child with an
individual, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall provide to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, regarding the individual
with whom the child will be placed, the
following information:
``(I) The name of the individual.
``(II) The maiden name of the
individual, if applicable.
``(III) The social security number
of the individual.
``(IV) The date of birth of the
individual.
``(V) The birthplace of the
individual.
``(VI) The location of the
individual's residence where the child
will be placed, including proof of
address.
``(VII) The results of background
checks of the individual and each
additional adult household member of
the residence where the child will be
placed.
``(VIII) The immigration status of
the individual, if known.
``(IX) Contact information for the
individual, including a phone number.
``(X) Whether the individual is a
relative or guardian of the child, and
if so--
``(aa) documents to prove
that the individual is a
relative or guardian of the
child;
``(bb) the contact
information of any witness
willing to testify that the
individual is a relative or
guardian of the child; or
``(cc) the results of a DNA
test administered by the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services proving that the
individual is a relative of the
child.
``(ii) Activities of the secretary of
homeland security.--Not later than 30 days
after receiving the information listed in
clause (i), the Secretary of Homeland Security,
upon determining that an individual with whom a
child is placed is unlawfully present in the
United States and not in removal proceedings
pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221
et seq.), shall initiate such removal
proceedings.
``(iii) No waiver.--The Secretary of Health
and Human Services may not waive the
requirements under clause (i).
``(iv) Reports to ncmec.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall report as
missing to the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children the name (and any other
information in the possession of the Secretary)
of any unaccompanied alien child, with respect
to whom, not later than 120 days after placing
the child with the sponsor--
``(I) the Secretary could not
contact the sponsor for the purpose of
a follow-up or well-being check; or
``(II) the sponsor did not contact
the Secretary for the purpose of a
follow-up or well-being check.
``(v) Information provided to state or
local health or welfare agency.--Not later than
30 days after placing a child in a residence,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall provide to the appropriate State or local
health or welfare agency the information
provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security
under clause (i) and any other information in
the possession of the Secretary related to the
child.
``(vi) Parental contact.--To the extent
practicable, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall attempt to contact the parents
of each unaccompanied alien child, using any
information in the possession of the
Secretary.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to any unaccompanied alien child (as such term is defined in
section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)))
apprehended on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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