[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5118 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5118

To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on the numbers of 
 aliens unlawfully present in the United States who appear and fail to 
 appear before immigration judges for proceedings under section 240 of 
      the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2014

 Mr. Terry (for himself, Mrs. Black, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Lance, 
  Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Smith of 
   Nebraska, Mr. Long, Mr. Kline, and Mr. McClintock) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on the numbers of 
 aliens unlawfully present in the United States who appear and fail to 
 appear before immigration judges for proceedings under section 240 of 
      the Immigration and Nationality Act, 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 ``Transparent Report of Alien 
Children's Safety Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. MONTHLY REPORTS ON CERTAIN MATTERS BEFORE IMMIGRATION JUDGES.

    Not later than the second Monday after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and the first Monday of each month thereafter through March 
30, 2017 (or the next business day when Monday occurs on a Federal 
holiday), the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and make publicly 
available on the Internet websites of the Department of Justice and the 
Department of Homeland Security a report that includes--
            (1) the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United 
        States who have appeared before an immigration judge (as such 
        term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) for proceedings under section 
        240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) 
        during the previous month;
            (2) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the previous 
        month, the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United 
        States who--
                    (A) have appeared before an immigration judge for 
                proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a);
                    (B) in the case of unaccompanied alien children, 
                have been placed in each State by the Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services pursuant to section 235 of 
                the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
                Reauthorization Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1232) pending 
                proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a);
                    (C) have failed to appear before an immigration 
                judge after receiving written notice regarding a 
                required appearance in proceedings under section 240 of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); 
                and
                    (D) have failed to appear before an immigration 
                judge and are under the age of 18 years old after 
                receiving written notice regarding a required 
                appearance in proceedings under section 240 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and
            (3) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the previous 
        year, the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United 
        States who--
                    (A) have failed to make any appearance before an 
                immigration judge after receiving written notice 
                regarding each required appearance in proceedings under 
                section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1229a); and
                    (B) have failed to make two or more appearances 
                before an immigration judge after receiving written 
                notice regarding each required appearance in 
                proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a).
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