[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6172

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 
 Attorney General, to reunite alien parents separated from their minor 
          children with such children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2018

   Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Sires, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, 
  Mr. Welch, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
   Serrano, and Mr. Khanna) 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, in coordination with the 
 Attorney General, to reunite alien parents separated from their minor 
          children with such children, 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 ``Reunite Children With Their Parents 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FAMILY REUNIFICATION REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Attorney 
General, shall reunite each covered alien with such alien's minor child 
from whom the alien was separated.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered alien.--The term ``covered alien'' means an 
        alien who entered the United States with the alien's minor 
        child, and who was separated from the alien's minor child 
        pending prosecution under section 275(a) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), or pending the adjudication 
        of an application for asylum.
            (2) Minor child.--The term ``minor child'' means a child 
        who has not attained 18 years of age.
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