[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4603 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4603

      To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the 
 humanitarian parole policy announced on January 18, 2010, to children 
legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by the 
 Government of Haiti prior to the earthquake on January 12, 2010, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2010

 Mr. Hoekstra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the 
 humanitarian parole policy announced on January 18, 2010, to children 
legally confirmed as orphans eligible for intercountry adoption by the 
 Government of Haiti prior to the earthquake on January 12, 2010, 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--
            (1) the ``Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act''; or
            (2) the ``HOPE Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF HAITIAN ORPHAN HUMANITARIAN PAROLE POLICY.

    (a) Additional Category of Orphans.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall expand the humanitarian parole policy for certain 
Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, so as to apply it, on a 
case-by-case basis as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to 
children who were legally confirmed as orphans eligible for 
intercountry adoption by the Government of Haiti before January 12, 
2010.
    (b) Safe and Secure Placements.--Placement of children granted 
humanitarian parole into the United States pursuant to the parole 
policy referred to in subsection (a) may include placement in an 
Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program, pursuant to section 412(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)), if a suitable 
family member is not available to provide care.
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