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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3659 

To require advance consultation with State and local officials and monthly 

reports to Congress regarding the resettlement, transportation, and relocation of aliens in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2021 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require advance consultation with State and local officials 

and monthly reports to Congress regarding the resettlement, transportation, and relocation of aliens in the 

United States. 

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 ‘‘Migrant Resettlement 

5 Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADVANCE CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL 

2 OFFICIALS AND MONTHLY REPORTS TO CON3 GRESS REGARDING THE RESETTLEMENT, 

4 TRANSPORTATION, AND RELOCATION OF 

5 ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

6 (a) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

7 3 business days before any resettlement, transportation, 

8 or relocation of non-detained aliens in the United States 

9 that is directed, administered, or funded by the Federal 

10 Government, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

11 (in the case of minors) or the Secretary of Homeland Se12 curity (in the case of adults), as appropriate, shall consult 

13 with the governors and municipal chief executives of the 

14 directly affected States and local jurisdictions regarding 

15 the proposed resettlement, transportation, or relocation. 

16 (b) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 7 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly 

18 thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

19 and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

20 with other appropriate Federal officials, shall— 

21 (1) submit a State-specific report regarding the 

22 resettlement, transportation, or relocation of non-de23 tained aliens in the United States during the pre24 vious month that was directed, administered, or 

25 funded by the Federal Government or that involved 

26 aliens subject to the U.S. Immigration and Customs 


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1 Enforcement’s Alternatives to Detention program 

2 that contains the information described in subsection 

3 (c) to— 

4 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

5 Senate; 

6 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

9 House of Representatives; 

10 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

11 the House of Representatives; and 

12 (E) the governor of each of the affected 

13 States; and 

14 (2) make the report described in paragraph (1) 

15 available on a publicly accessible website. 

16 (c) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (b) 

17 shall contain, with respect to each State— 

18 (1) the number of aliens resettled, transported, 

19 or relocated during the previous month and the cur20 rent calendar year, disaggregated by— 

21 (A) the numbers of single adults, members 

22 of family units, and minors; 

23 (B) age; 

24 (C) sex; and 

25 (D) country of origin; 


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1 (2) the methods used to determine the ages of 

2 such aliens; 

3 (3) the methods used to verify the familial sta4 tus of such aliens; 

5 (4) the types of settings in which such aliens 

6 are being resettled, transported, or relocated, which 

7 may be aggregated by the general type of setting; 

8 (5) a summary of the educational or occupa9 tional resources or assistance provided to such 

10 aliens; 

11 (6) whether such aliens are granted permits to 

12 work and how any such aliens without a work permit 

13 will financially support themselves; 

14 (7) the amounts and types of Federal resources 

15 spent on alien resettlement, transportation, or relo16 cation; and 

17 (8) whether the aliens are being resettled, 

18 transported, or relocated on a temporary or perma19 nent basis, disaggregated by— 

20 (A) the numbers of single adults, members 

21 of family units, and minors; 

22 (B) age; 

23 (C) sex; and 

24 (D) country of origin. 

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