118th Congress Immigration
H.R. 5415: Safeguarding Endangered Children, Unaccompanied and at Risk of Exploitation Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill requires regular reports to Congress detailing the status of unaccompanied non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) children. The bill also rescinds certain funding for the agencies responsible for the report for each day that a report is late.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation must jointly report to Congress every 60 days on such children that have been in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) since January 1, 2021, and have been released to a parent, family member, or sponsor within the United States.
This report must provide each child’s age, sex, location, and detail the child’s health and well-being. Additionally, the report must provide specified information about adults living in the child’s home, such as whether adults in the home have been subject to a fingerprint-based check of national crime information databases. The report must also specify the number of children that ORR has tried to contact without success on at least three separate attempts.
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The report must be provided for up to three years or until all of the specified children have been accounted for.
The bill also rescinds certain funding from HHS, DHS, and the FBI for each day that a report is late. Up to $10 million may be rescinded from each agency for each fiscal year.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Robert Aderholt R-ALOriginal
- Michael Burgess R-TXOriginal
- Gus Bilirakis R-FLOriginal
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZOriginal
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FLOriginal
- H. Griffith R-VAOriginal
- Andy Harris R-MDOriginal
- Wesley Hunt R-TXOriginal
- Mike Kelly R-PAOriginal
- Doug Lamborn R-COOriginal
- Nicole Malliotakis R-NYOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- Ralph Norman R-SCOriginal
- Andrew Ogles R-TNOriginal
- Pete Sessions R-TXOriginal
- Michael Simpson R-IDOriginal
- Jefferson Van Drew R-NJOriginal
- Beth Van Duyne R-TXOriginal
- Tim Walberg R-MIOriginal
- Randy Weber R-TXOriginal
- Mark Green R-TN
- Ernest Gonzales R-TX
- Maria Salazar R-FL
- Brian Babin R-TX
- Michael McCaul R-TX
- Andrew Garbarino R-NY
- Clay Higgins R-LA
- Byron Donalds R-FL
- Tracey Mann R-KS
- Adrian Smith R-NE
Who scored on this bill
- 1Christopher Smith SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Christopher Smith.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.