[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8804 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8804

To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
      the Secretary of Homeland Security to DNA test family units.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2024

 Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. 
    Biggs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
      the Secretary of Homeland Security to DNA test family units.

    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 ``Family Reunification Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DNA TEST FAMILY UNITS.

    Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations 
to require the rapid DNA testing of each alien lacking authorization to 
enter the United States and presenting as a member of a family unit, 
either at a U.S. port of entry or upon apprehension between such ports. 
If such test--
                    ``(A) demonstrates an immediate family 
                relationship, then the family unit may be detained as a 
                unit, pending the confirmation of such results by 
                laboratory DNA testing; or
                    ``(B) does not demonstrate an immediate family 
                relationship, then the family unit shall be separated, 
                pending the confirmation of such results by laboratory 
                DNA testing.
            ``(2) In the case that an immediate family relationship is 
        not demonstrated pursuant to paragraph (1), any child with 
        family unit shall be considered an unaccompanied alien child 
        (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002).
            ``(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term `family 
        unit' means two or more aliens, including at least one alien 
        minor child and at least one alien adult presenting as such 
        child's parent or legal guardian.''.
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