[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4639-S4640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2284. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title X, add the following:

                 Subtitle I--Migrant Child Recovery Act

     SEC. 1096. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Migrant Child Recovery 
     Act''.

     SEC. 1097. RETENTION AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING 
                   TO UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

       (a) Retention and Handling of Information.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     and the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall 
     manage and preserve information relating to unaccompanied 
     alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), 
     including information about any sponsor applicants, in 
     accordance with section 534 of title 28, United States Code, 
     subject to any recommendation from the Archivist of the 
     United States.
       (2) Appointment.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services and the Director of the Office of Refugee 
     Resettlement may appoint officials to manage and preserve 
     information relating to unaccompanied alien children.
       (b) Disclosure of Information.--The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall provide information relating to an 
     unaccompanied alien child preserved pursuant to subsection 
     (a), including electronic access to all databases housing 
     such information, not later than 7 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary receives a request for such information, 
     if that request is accompanied by--
       (1) a certification, which may be in an electronic format, 
     that the individual submitting the request is an employee of 
     a local, Tribal, State, or Federal law enforcement agency;
       (2) a certification, which may be in an electronic format, 
     that the information requested is relevant to a criminal 
     investigation involving the unaccompanied alien child for a 
     crime related to--
       (A) physical abuse;
       (B) sexual abuse;
       (C) human trafficking;
       (D) sex trafficking;
       (E) peonage;
       (F) forced labor;
       (G) domestic servitude; or
       (H) involuntary servitude; and

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       (3) a certification, which may be in an electronic format, 
     that the information requested will not be used for the 
     purpose of immigration enforcement or removal or deportation 
     proceedings involving the unaccompanied alien child victim or 
     a sponsor of the unaccompanied alien child victim.
       (c) Disclosure by Law Enforcement.--An employee of a law 
     enforcement agency who receives information under subsection 
     (b) may not disclose that information, except--
       (1) to an attorney for the government for use in the 
     performance of the official duties of that attorney, 
     including providing discovery to a defendant;
       (2) to an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency, 
     as necessary to perform investigative or recordkeeping 
     duties;
       (3) to any other such government personnel determined to be 
     necessary by an attorney for the government to assist the 
     attorney in the performance of the official duties of the 
     attorney in prosecuting a violation of local, Tribal, State, 
     or Federal criminal law;
       (4) to a defendant in a criminal case or the attorney for 
     such a defendant, to the extent the information relates to a 
     criminal charge pending against the defendant;
       (5) to a provider of electronic communication services or 
     remote computing services as necessary to facilitate a 
     response to legal process issued in connection with a 
     criminal investigation, prosecution, or post-conviction 
     proceeding; or
       (6) pursuant to a court order for disclosure upon a showing 
     of good cause and subject to any protective order or other 
     condition the court may impose.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (c) shall 
     preclude another local, Tribal, State, or Federal law 
     enforcement agency from seeking continued preservation of the 
     information through any other court process.

     SEC. 1098. CLARIFICATION AND ENSURING RESOURCES TO CHILDREN 
                   RELEASED FROM THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE 
                   RESETTLEMENT CUSTODY.

       Section 235(c)(3)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
     1232(c)(3)(B)) is amended, in the second section, by--
       (1) striking ``physical or sexual abuse'' and inserting 
     ``physical abuse''; and
       (2) inserting ``a child who has been a victim of sexual 
     abuse,'' after ``significantly harmed or threatened,''.

     SEC. 1099. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report that--
       (1) describes--
       (A) the recordkeeping practices of the Office of Refugee 
     Resettlement with respect to unaccompanied alien children;
       (B) the processes of the Office of Refugee Resettlement for 
     sharing information with law enforcement; and
       (C) any shortcomings of the UC Portal, or any related or 
     subsequent database used by the Office of Refugee 
     Resettlement, or by a contractor or grantee of the Office of 
     Refugee Resettlement, for the purposes of maintaining 
     information on unaccompanied alien children; and
       (2) provides recommendations and a timeline for 
     improvements to the recordkeeping systems of the Office of 
     Refugee Resettlement to mitigate safety risks to 
     unaccompanied alien children.
       (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term the ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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