[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5253 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5253

    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require consultation with States before 
 awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied 
                            alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2014

 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Cole, Mr. McClintock, 
    Mr. Rooney, Mrs. Black, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mrs. Miller of 
    Michigan, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Coble, and Mr. Womack) 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 require consultation with States before 
 awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities 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 ``UAC State Authority Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS 
              AND A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE AWARDING GRANTS OR CONTRACTS 
              FOR HOUSING FACILITIES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    Section 235(i) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(i)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``Before awarding any grant or 
contract under this subsection that provides for housing of 
unaccompanied alien children, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) consult with State elected officials and agencies 
        regarding the location of the facility as well as the duration 
        of the award and the safety, security, and funding of the 
        facility;
            ``(2) conduct a public hearing, no earlier than 90 days 
        after the announcement of a potential location for such 
        facility, for which--
                    ``(A) advance public notice has been provided, in 
                mediums available for general circulation in the 
                proposed jurisdiction, at least 10 days before the date 
                of the hearing; and
                    ``(B) a representative of the Department of Health 
                and Human Services is in attendance in an official 
                capacity for the purpose of receiving public comments; 
                and
            ``(3) provide for a 10-day period, beginning after the 
        conclusion of the 90-day notification period described in 
        paragraph (2), during which the governor of the State in which 
        the facility would be located may submit to the Secretary an 
        objection to the contract, which, if timely submitted, shall 
        preclude the Secretary from awarding the grant or contract.''.
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