US Congress House Bill 2217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends provisions related to the safety of minor aliens who enter the United States unaccompanied by a guardian. When placing an unaccompanied alien child with a proposed custodian, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not consider the custodian's immigration status. DHS shall not use certain information obtained for placing a child with a custodian to apprehend, detain, or deport certain individuals, including the child, proposed sponsor, or a person living with the sponsor. The Office of Refugee Settlement shall provide services for unaccompanied alien children after they have been released to help them transition into their communities and to connect them with legal representation. Money appropriated to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for FY2019 shall be redirected to fund such services. Other money appropriated for ICE shall be redirected to various programs to inspect detention facilities and bolster efforts to prevent child trafficking. also establishes the Office of Refugee Resettlement Advisory Committee on Shelters for Unaccompanied Alien Children. The advisory committee may conduct unannounced inspections of Office of Refugee Settlement shelters that hold unaccompanied alien children and shall issue reports on its investigations and recommendations regarding the shelters.

Families, Not Facilities Act of 2019

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-04-10	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.
2019-04-10	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.
2019-04-10	House	Introduced in House

SB388 (Related) 2019-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2217/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2217/BILLS-116hr2217ih.pdf