[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 566 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 566

  Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United 
 States must immediately establish an interagency Office for Locating 
   and Reuniting Children with Parents in order to protect separated 
  children from suffering additional trauma resulting from the ``Zero 
                          Tolerance'' policy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2018

 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
 Hassan, and Mr. Carper) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United 
 States must immediately establish an interagency Office for Locating 
   and Reuniting Children with Parents in order to protect separated 
  children from suffering additional trauma resulting from the ``Zero 
                          Tolerance'' policy.

Whereas families belong together, and innocent children must be quickly and 
        safely reunited with their parents who are seeking asylum;
Whereas children and parents are separated between 3 different Federal agencies 
        and remain in an indefinite logistical chaos partly due to inadequate 
        interagency communication; and
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has currently identified 
        2,047 children in the Department's custody as a result of being taken 
        away from their parents: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney 
        General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services must 
        immediately establish an interagency Office for Locating and 
        Reuniting Children with Parents;
            (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services must appoint 
        a Director for the Office to ensure the successful and safe 
        reunification of children with their parents; and
            (3) the Office must move with extraordinary speed and 
        urgency to safely reunify children with their parents.
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