3.0.0 1461 2025-12-05T09:03:32Z 2025-12-05T09:03:32Z Senate S S 2023-05-04 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1461 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-04T18:21:56Z 118 5018 HR 2023-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2023-05-04 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2023-05-04 True Immigration Immigration 2023-05-18T17:00:28Z

00 2023-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-12T14:36:22Z <p><b>Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill imposes additional requirements relating to placing unaccompanied alien children with sponsors. (Under federal law, an <i>unaccompanied alien child</i> is a minor with no lawful immigration status and no parent or legal guardian in the United States to provide care and physical custody.)</p> <p>Before the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may release such a child to a sponsor, the sponsor must complete a fingerprint background check and vetting that includes (1) a public records check, (2) a National Sex Offender Registry check, (3) a Federal Bureau of Investigation National Criminal History Check, (4) a child abuse and neglect check, and (5) state and local criminal history checks. Each adult in the sponsor's household must also undergo such vetting before the placement. </p> <p>Currently, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within HHS conducts background checks of potential sponsors, which includes fingerprinting and checks of criminal public records and sex offender registries. ORR also vets adults in the sponsor's household in certain cases, such as if the sponsor is unrelated to the child, but this vetting may be waived or relaxed.</p> <p>The bill also requires HHS to visit the home of a proposed sponsor before the placement and to conduct periodic home visits after. </p> <p>A child may not be placed with a sponsor who is unlawfully present in the United States unless the sponsor is the child's parent, relative, or legal guardian. </p> <p>HHS must retroactively apply these vetting standards to all sponsors for placements made since January 20, 2021. </p>

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