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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5693 
To require advance consultation with State and local officials and monthly 
reports to Congress regarding the resettlement, transportation, and relo-
cation of aliens in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2021 
Mr. GARBARINO (for himself and Mr. ZELDIN) 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 resettle-
ment, transportation, and relocation of aliens in the 
United States. 
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 ‘‘Migrant Relocation 
Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVANCE CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS AND MONTHLY REPORTS TO CON-
GRESS 
REGARDING 
THE 
RESETTLEMENT, 
TRANSPORTATION, 
AND 
RELOCATION 
OF 
ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
3 business days before any resettlement, transportation, 
or relocation of non-detained aliens in the United States 
that is directed, administered, or funded by the Federal 
Government, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in the case of minors) or the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity (in the case of adults), as appropriate, shall consult 
with the governors and municipal chief executives of the 
directly affected States and local jurisdictions regarding 
the proposed resettlement, transportation, or relocation. 
(b) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 7 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly 
thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with other appropriate Federal officials, shall— 
(1) submit a State-specific report regarding the 
resettlement, transportation, or relocation of non-de-
tained aliens in the United States during the pre-
vious month that was directed, administered, or 
funded by the Federal Government or that involved 
aliens subject to the U.S. Immigration and Customs 
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Enforcement’s Alternatives to Detention program 
that contains the information described in subsection 
(c) to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(C) the Governor of each of the affected 
States; and 
(2) make the report described in paragraph (1) 
available on a publicly accessible website. 
(c) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (b) 
shall contain, with respect to each State— 
(1) the number of aliens resettled, transported, 
or relocated during the previous month and the cur-
rent calendar year, disaggregated by— 
(A) the numbers of single adults, members 
of family units, and minors; 
(B) age; 
(C) sex; and 
(D) country of origin; 
(2) the methods used to determine the ages of 
such aliens; 
(3) the methods used to verify the familial sta-
tus of such aliens; 
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(4) the types of settings in which such aliens 
are being resettled, transported, or relocated, which 
may be aggregated by the general type of setting; 
(5) a summary of the educational or occupa-
tional resources or assistance provided to such 
aliens; 
(6) whether such aliens are granted permits to 
work and how any such aliens without a work permit 
will financially support themselves; 
(7) the amounts and types of Federal resources 
spent on alien resettlement, transportation, or relo-
cation; 
(8) whether the aliens are being resettled, 
transported, or relocated on a temporary or perma-
nent basis, disaggregated by— 
(A) the numbers of single adults, members 
of family units, and minors; 
(B) age; 
(C) sex; and 
(D) country of origin; 
(9) the types of security screenings performed 
with respect to such aliens; and 
(10) the COVID–19 testing procedures per-
formed with respect to such aliens. 
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