[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4869 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4869

    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
   Reauthorization Act of 2008 to establish additional requirements 
 related to ensuring safe placements for unaccompanied alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2023

   Mr. Grothman (for himself and Mr. Gooden of Texas) 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 establish additional requirements 
 related to ensuring safe placements 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 ``Migrant Child Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Section 235(c)(3) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
1232(c)(3)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Information about individuals with whom 
                children are placed.--
                            ``(i) Information to be collected by the 
                        secretary of health and human services and 
                        provided to the secretary of homeland 
                        security.--Before placing the child with an 
                        individual, the Secretary of Health and Human 
                        Services shall provide to the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security, regarding the individual 
                        with whom the child will be placed, the 
                        following information:
                                    ``(I) The name of the individual.
                                    ``(II) The maiden name of the 
                                individual, if applicable.
                                    ``(III) The social security number 
                                of the individual.
                                    ``(IV) The date of birth of the 
                                individual.
                                    ``(V) The birthplace of the 
                                individual.
                                    ``(VI) The location of the 
                                individual's residence where the child 
                                will be placed, including proof of 
                                address.
                                    ``(VII) The results of background 
                                checks of the individual and each 
                                additional adult household member of 
                                the residence where the child will be 
                                placed.
                                    ``(VIII) The immigration status of 
                                the individual, if known.
                                    ``(IX) Contact information for the 
                                individual, including a phone number.
                                    ``(X) Whether the individual is a 
                                relative or guardian of the child, and 
                                if so--
                                            ``(aa) documents to prove 
                                        that the individual is a 
                                        relative or guardian of the 
                                        child;
                                            ``(bb) the contact 
                                        information of any witness 
                                        willing to testify that the 
                                        individual is a relative or 
                                        guardian of the child; or
                                            ``(cc) the results of a DNA 
                                        test administered by the 
                                        Secretary of Health and Human 
                                        Services proving that the 
                                        individual is a relative of the 
                                        child.
                            ``(ii) Activities of the secretary of 
                        homeland security.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after receiving the information listed in 
                        clause (i), the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                        upon determining that an individual with whom a 
                        child is placed is unlawfully present in the 
                        United States and not in removal proceedings 
                        pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 
                        et seq.), shall initiate such removal 
                        proceedings.
                            ``(iii) No waiver.--The Secretary of Health 
                        and Human Services may not waive the 
                        requirements under clause (i).
                            ``(iv) Reports to ncmec.--The Secretary of 
                        Health and Human Services shall report as 
                        missing to the National Center for Missing and 
                        Exploited Children the name (and any other 
                        information in the possession of the Secretary) 
                        of any unaccompanied alien child, with respect 
                        to whom, not later than 120 days after placing 
                        the child with the sponsor--
                                    ``(I) the Secretary could not 
                                contact the sponsor for the purpose of 
                                a follow-up or well-being check; or
                                    ``(II) the sponsor did not contact 
                                the Secretary for the purpose of a 
                                follow-up or well-being check.
                            ``(v) Information provided to state or 
                        local health or welfare agency.--Not later than 
                        30 days after placing a child in a residence, 
                        the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                        shall provide to the appropriate State or local 
                        health or welfare agency the information 
                        provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                        under clause (i) and any other information in 
                        the possession of the Secretary related to the 
                        child.
                            ``(vi) Parental contact.--To the extent 
                        practicable, the Secretary of Health and Human 
                        Services shall attempt to contact the parents 
                        of each unaccompanied alien child, using any 
                        information in the possession of the 
                        Secretary.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any unaccompanied alien child (as such term is defined in 
section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) 
apprehended on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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