I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7030 
To protect the information obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for the placement of unaccompanied alien children from being 
used for any purpose other than providing safe and secure placements, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2018 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CURBELO of 
Florida, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM 
of New Mexico, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. 
ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To protect the information obtained by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services for the placement of unac-
companied alien children from being used for any pur-
pose other than providing safe and secure placements, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prevent Cruel Han-
dling of Information Leading to Deportation Harm Act 
of 2018’’ or the ‘‘Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 235(c)(3) of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘mental well-being.’’ the following: ‘‘In making such 
a determination, the Secretary may not consider the 
immigration status of the proposed custodian.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) PROHIBITING USE OF CERTAIN IN-
FORMATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity may not use information provided by an 
unaccompanied alien child or information ini-
tially obtained by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to make a suitability deter-
mination under subparagraph (A), a home 
study determination under subparagraph (B), 
or a secure facility determination under para-
graph (2)(A) for the purpose of apprehending, 
detaining, 
or 
removing 
from 
the 
United 
States— 
‘‘(i) the unaccompanied alien child; 
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‘‘(ii) the proposed custodian or cur-
rent custodian; 
‘‘(iii) a resident of the home in which 
the proposed custodian or current custo-
dian resides; 
‘‘(iv) the proposed sponsor or current 
sponsor; or 
‘‘(v) a resident of the home in which 
the proposed sponsor or current sponsor 
resides.’’. 
(b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) FLORES
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT.—The 
amendments made by this Act may not be construed 
to supersede the terms of the stipulated settlement 
agreement filed on January 17, 1997, in the United 
States District Court for the Central District of 
California in Flores v. Reno, CV 85–4544–RJK, 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Flores settlement agree-
ment’’). 
(2) CHILD WELFARE.—The amendments made 
by this Act may not be construed to prevent the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from using information 
obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to investigate or report to the appropriate 
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law enforcement agency or child welfare agency in-
stances of trafficking, abuse, or neglect. 
Æ 
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