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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3202 

To terminate the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families 

and to require the transfer of the salaries of certain Federal officials 

and Task Force members to the Judgment Fund to reimburse the 

Federal Government for settlements paid to aliens. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 4, 2021 

Mr. LANKFORD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To terminate the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families and to require the transfer of the salaries of certain Federal officials and Task Force members 

to the Judgment Fund to reimburse the Federal Government for settlements paid to aliens. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 

4 ON THE REUNIFICATION OF FAMILIES. 

5 (a) RESCISSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14011.—The 

6 provisions of Executive Order 14011 (86 Fed. Reg. 8273; 

7 relating to the establishment of Interagency Task Force 


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1 on the Reunification of Families) are hereby rescinded and 

2 shall have no force or effect. 

3 (b) EFFECT OF RESCISSION.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, all policy decisions, legal decisions, 

5 settlement agreements, and consent decrees between the 

6 United States Government and private individuals or non7 governmental entities, and decisions regarding the use of 

8 the Secretary of Homeland Security’s parole authority 

9 under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nation10 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) or any other immigration 

11 benefit that was provided or entered into pursuant to Ex12 ecutive Order 14011 are rescinded and terminated. 

13 SEC. 2. REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

15 Management and Budget shall— 

16 (1) submit a report to the appropriate congres17 sional committees regarding the operations of the 

18 Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of 

19 Families (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task 

20 Force’’); and 

21 (2) publish such report on a publicly accessible 

22 website. 

23 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub24 section (a) shall include— 


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1 (1) an accounting of all costs incurred by the 

2 Task Force that were paid by the Federal Govern3 ment; 

4 (2) a list of all of the meetings between the 

5 Task Force and any nongovernmental entity, includ6 ing— 

7 (A) the list of participants of such meet8 ings; and 

9 (B) the agendas of such meetings; 

10 (3) all communications between Task Force 

11 members and nongovernmental entities; 

12 (4) a description of all of the settlement agree13 ments or consent decrees between the Federal Gov14 ernment and any nongovernmental entity that were 

15 facilitated by the Task Force; 

16 (5) all legal opinions, memoranda, and other 

17 policy guidance developed pursuant to Executive 

18 Order 14011 relating to granting parole to migrants 

19 in accordance with section 212(d)(5) of the Immi20 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)); 

21 (6) the number of migrants who were granted 

22 parole under such section as a result of the activities 

23 of the Task Force and, for each migrant receiving 

24 such parole, the nongovernmental organization who 


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1 referred the migrant for consideration for parole or 

2 other immigration benefits; and 

3 (7) the date on which each migrant described in 

4 paragraph (6) was separated from a family member 

5 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

6 (c) CONSENT DECREES AND SETTLEMENT AGREE7 MENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

9 Management and Budget and the Attorney General 

10 shall post copies of all consent decrees and settle11 ment agreements entered into pursuant to Executive 

12 Order 14011 on a publicly accessible website. 

13 (2) FUTURE CONSENT DECREES AND SETTLE14 MENT AGREEMENTS.— 

15 (A) GAO REVIEW.—The Attorney General 

16 shall ensure that the terms and conditions of all 

17 future consent decrees and settlement agree18 ments between the Federal Government and 

19 any nongovernmental entity relating to the ap20 plication of the policy described in the memo21 randum of the Attorney General entitled ‘‘Zero22 Tolerance for Offenses under 8 U.S.C. 

23 § 1325(a)’’, issued on April 6, 2018, the imple24 mentation of Executive Order 14011, or the 

25 separation of family members by U.S. Customs 


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1 and Border Protection comply with section 

2 3711 of title 31, United States Code, and chap3 ter IX of subtitle B of title 31, Code of Federal 

4 Regulations (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal 

5 Claims Collections Standards’’), by seeking an 

6 opinion from the Comptroller General of the 

7 United States regarding each such consent de8 cree and settlement agreement. 

9 (B) PROHIBITION.—A consent decree or 

10 settlement agreement described in subpara11 graph (A) may not be entered into until after 

12 the Comptroller General of the United States, 

13 after reviewing the terms of such decree or 

14 agreement, has certified that it fully complies 

15 with section 3711 of title 31, United States 

16 Code, and the Federal Claims Collections 

17 Standards. 

18 (C) PUBLICATION.—All consent decrees 

19 and settlement agreements described in sub20 paragraph (A) shall be posted on the publicly 

21 accessible website described in paragraph (1). 

22 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 

23 (a) TASK FORCE MEMBER SALARIES.—Notwith24 standing any other provision of law, the Director of the 

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1 ries of all Federal employees who serve on the Task Force 

2 and deposit an amount equal to all such salaries to the 

3 permanent judgment appropriation established pursuant 

4 to section 1304 of title 31, United States Code (commonly 

5 known as the ‘‘Judgment Fund’’), until the amount so de6 posited is equal to the total amount paid (or obligated to 

7 be paid) to aliens as a result of all consent decrees and 

8 settlement agreements entered into pursuant to Executive 

9 Order 14011 in which an alien is awarded $1 or more. 

10 (b) CERTAIN DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EXECUTIVE

11 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SALARIES.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of law, the Director of the 

13 Office of Personnel Management shall withhold the sala14 ries of the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 

16 Secretary of State, and all employees of the Executive Of17 fice of the President and deposit an amount equal to all 

18 such salaries to the permanent judgment appropriation es19 tablished pursuant to section 1304 of title 31, United 

20 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Judgment Fund’’), 

21 until the amount so deposited is equal to the total amount 

22 paid (or obligated to be paid) to aliens as a result of all 

23 consent decrees and settlement agreements entered into 


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1 pursuant to Executive Order 14011 in which an alien is 

2 awarded $1 or more. 

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