[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5073 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5073

  To limit the use of funds for entities that care for unaccompanied 
   alien children and have been identified as engaging in misconduct 
                            toward children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2024

  Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To limit the use of funds for entities that care for unaccompanied 
   alien children and have been identified as engaging in misconduct 
                            toward children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ENTITIES CARING FOR 
              UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    None of the funds made available by any Act making appropriations 
for the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2025 
shall be obligated or expended on future contracts, grants, awards, or 
agreements with any entity that cares for or provides services, 
including housing or transportation, for unaccompanied alien children 
and has been identified by the Department of Justice in accordance with 
suspension and debarment procedures as facilitating actions that 
constitute illegal sexual abuse and harassment of, or illegal 
misconduct toward, children in the care of the entity unless the 
Attorney General certifies to Congress that the entity has successfully 
mitigated the conditions that led the Department of Justice to identify 
the entity as engaged in such actions.
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