I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5118 
To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on the numbers of 
aliens unlawfully present in the United States who appear and fail 
to appear before immigration judges for proceedings under section 240 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2014 
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. LANCE, 
Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. LONG, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on 
the numbers of aliens unlawfully present in the United 
States who appear and fail to appear before immigration 
judges for proceedings under section 240 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparent Report 
of Alien Children’s Safety Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. MONTHLY REPORTS ON CERTAIN MATTERS BEFORE 
IMMIGRATION JUDGES. 
Not later than the second Monday after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and the first Monday of each 
month thereafter through March 30, 2017 (or the next 
business day when Monday occurs on a Federal holiday), 
the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
make publicly available on the Internet websites of the De-
partment of Justice and the Department of Homeland Se-
curity a report that includes— 
(1) the number of aliens unlawfully present in 
the United States who have appeared before an im-
migration judge (as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101)) for proceedings under section 240 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229a) during the previous month; 
(2) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the 
previous month, the number of aliens unlawfully 
present in the United States who— 
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(A) have appeared before an immigration 
judge for proceedings under section 240 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229a); 
(B) in the case of unaccompanied alien 
children, have been placed in each State by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services pur-
suant to section 235 of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1232) pending pro-
ceedings under section 240 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); 
(C) have failed to appear before an immi-
gration judge after receiving written notice re-
garding a required appearance in proceedings 
under section 240 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and 
(D) have failed to appear before an immi-
gration judge and are under the age of 18 years 
old after receiving written notice regarding a re-
quired appearance in proceedings under section 
240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229a); and 
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(3) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the 
previous year, the number of aliens unlawfully 
present in the United States who— 
(A) have failed to make any appearance 
before an immigration judge after receiving 
written notice regarding each required appear-
ance in proceedings under section 240 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229a); and 
(B) have failed to make two or more ap-
pearances before an immigration judge after re-
ceiving written notice regarding each required 
appearance in proceedings under section 240 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229a). 
Æ 
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