I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9654 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require effective sharing 
of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released 
from custody, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
effective sharing of court information regarding unac-
companied alien children released from custody, 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 ‘‘Stop Alien Children 
Trafficking Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE SHARING OF COURT INFORMATION RE-
GARDING 
UNACCOMPANIED 
ALIEN 
CHIL-
DREN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle I of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 896. EFFECTIVE SHARING OF COURT INFORMATION 
REGARDING UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after date of the enactment of this section, the Di-
rector of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment shall implement an automated process to iden-
tify unaccompanied alien children who do not appear 
for immigration hearings and share such informa-
tion with the following: 
‘‘(A) Internally, between the following: 
‘‘(i) Office of the Principal Legal Ad-
visor. 
‘‘(ii) Enforcement and Removal Oper-
ations. 
‘‘(B) Externally, with the following: 
‘‘(i) U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
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‘‘(ii) The Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment of the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
‘‘(iii) The Department of Justice. 
‘‘(2) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Attorney General 
an 
annual 
written 
certification 
indicating 
whether U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement is in compliance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.—Not 
later than 60 days after the submission of the 
certification under subparagraph (A), the Attor-
ney General shall determine whether U.S. Im-
migration 
and 
Customs 
Enforcement 
has 
achieved compliance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(C) NONCOMPLIANCE
PENALTIES.—For 
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2035, each 
political appointee of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement shall not be eligible for 
the receipt of bonus pay, excluding overtime 
pay, until— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary certifies compliance 
pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 
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‘‘(ii) the Attorney General makes a 
determination of compliance pursuant to 
subparagraph (B).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
895 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 896. Effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied 
alien children released from custody.’’. 
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