3.0.0 1537 2024-07-24T15:23:24Z 2024-07-24T15:23:24Z House H HR 2023-03-10 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BURGESS:H.R. 1537.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:Keeping unaccompanied alien children from harm.[Page H1280]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-03-10T14:05:25Z 2023-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 N E000071 Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] Jake Ellzey R TX 6 2023-03-10 True S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2023-03-10 True W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 2023-03-10 True C001120 Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] Dan Crenshaw R TX 2 2023-03-10 True L000596 Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] Anna Paulina Luna R FL 13 2023-03-14 False V000134 Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] Beth Van Duyne R TX 24 2023-09-22 False Immigration Immigration 2023-03-30T20:00:17Z 00 2023-03-10 Introduced in House 2023-10-02T16:00:59Z Protecting an Alien child's Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2023 or the PARENT Act of 2023

This bill establishes that no later than 72 hours after determining that a child in federal custody is an unaccompanied alien minor, custody of that child may only be transferred to the child's verified parent or legal guardian or to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Currently, HHS may release such children to sponsors, who are not required to be a parent or legal guardian but must pass a background check.

]]> PARENT Act of 2023 Display Title 45 PARENT Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:23:24Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 PARENT Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:46Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Protecting an Alien child’s Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:46Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008 to transfer the custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or such child's parent or legal guardian. 2024-03-18T20:27:23Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1537ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1537ih.xml 2023-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.