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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5409 

To require consultation with State and local officials prior to awarding a 

grant or contract for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Mr. BARLETTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require consultation with State and local officials prior 

to awarding a grant or contract for housing facilities 

for unaccompanied alien children. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unaccompanied Alien 

5 Children Transparency Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS BEFORE AWARDING GRANTS OR 

7 CONTRACTS FOR HOUSING FACILITIES FOR 

8 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 

9 Section 235(i) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

10 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 


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1 1232(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘Before awarding any grant or contract under this sub3 section that provides for housing of unaccompanied alien 

4 children, the Secretary shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) notify in writing State and local elected of6 ficials regarding the location of the facility and the 

7 duration of the grant or contract; 

8 ‘‘(2) provide State and local elected officials a 

9 written assessment of the grant or contract’s impact 

10 on the community’s public safety, and educational 

11 and health systems; 

12 ‘‘(3) provide State and local elected officials a 

13 written assessment of the grant or contract’s impact 

14 on the community’s fiscal needs; 

15 ‘‘(4) certify in writing to State and local elected 

16 officials that all unaccompanied alien children to be 

17 housed at the facility will have undergone health 

18 screenings, including vaccinations, and will not 

19 present a risk to the public health; 

20 ‘‘(5) certify in writing to State and local elected 

21 officials that all unaccompanied alien children to be 

22 housed at the facility will have undergone back23 ground checks and will have been determined not to 

24 present a risk to public safety; 


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1 ‘‘(6) certify in writing to State and local elected 

2 officials that all persons charged with the care of the 

3 unaccompanied alien children to be housed at the fa4 cility will have undergone background checks and 

5 will have been determined not to present a risk to 

6 such unaccompanied alien children; 

7 ‘‘(7) provide for a 30-day period, beginning on 

8 the date that the Secretary notifies the State and 

9 local elected officials, during which such State and 

10 local officials may review the proposed contract or 

11 grant, along with the assessment and certifications 

12 required by paragraphs (2) through (6); 

13 ‘‘(8) conduct a public hearing in the locality in 

14 which the facility in the grant or contract has been 

15 proposed, not later than 10 days after the conclusion 

16 of the 30-day comment period described in para17 graph (7), for which— 

18 ‘‘(A) advance public notice has been pro19 vided, in mediums available for general circula20 tion in the proposed jurisdiction, at least 10 

21 days before the date of the hearing; and 

22 ‘‘(B) a representative of the Department of 

23 Health and Human Services is in attendance in 

24 an official capacity for the purpose of receiving 

25 public comments; 


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1 ‘‘(9) provide for a 7-day period, beginning on 

2 the date that the hearing under paragraph (8) con3 cludes, during which the Governor of the State, may 

4 submit to the Secretary an affirmation of the grant 

5 or contract, which, if not timely submitted, shall pre6 clude the Secretary from awarding the grant or con7 tract; and 

8 ‘‘(10) provide for a 7-day period, beginning on 

9 the date that the period under paragraph (9) con10 cludes, during which a majority of the governing 

11 body of the county in which the facility in the grant 

12 or contract has been proposed may submit to the 

13 Secretary an affirmation of the grant or contract, 

14 which, if not timely submitted, shall preclude the 

15 Secretary from awarding the grant or contract.’’. 

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