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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6592 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to notify the relevant Federal, State, and local 
officials of a jurisdiction before placing a covered alien in such jurisdic-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2022 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BARR, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
BURCHETT, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CLINE, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. DUNCAN, 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HERN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Louisiana, Mr. KELLER, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAM-
BORN, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MANN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MOORE of 
Alabama, Mr. PERRY, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. ROSE, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. TIMMONS, Ms. VAN 
DUYNE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. PFLUGER, 
and Mr. CRENSHAW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to notify the 
relevant Federal, State, and local officials of a jurisdic-
tion before placing a covered alien in such jurisdiction, 
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 ‘‘Immigration Trans-
parency and Transit Notification Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLACEMENT OF COV-
ERED ALIENS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security or the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, as applicable, shall notify the relevant Fed-
eral, State, and local officials of a jurisdiction at 
least 7 calendar days before— 
(A) transporting a covered alien to such 
jurisdiction by airplane, motor vehicle, or other 
means for disembarkment (even if such trans-
porting or related processing is carried out on 
behalf of the Federal Government by a private 
entity); or 
(B) placing a covered alien in such juris-
diction. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In the case of a notification 
under paragraph (1) to the Governor of a State, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, as applicable, shall 
supplement the notification, for each covered alien, 
to include the following: 
(A) Name. 
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(B) Date of birth. 
(C) Verification of the covered alien’s 
country of nationality, consisting of— 
(i) a copy of a government-issued 
identity document of the covered alien 
from that country; or 
(ii) if the covered alien does not have 
such a document, other such verification. 
(D) Any biometrics collected from the cov-
ered alien. 
(E) Proof of completion of any required 
background check, the results of any back-
ground check, and any criminal history infor-
mation, if applicable. 
(F) Final destination. 
(G) Sponsor information, if applicable, in-
cluding the sponsor’s name, date of birth, immi-
gration status, and address. 
(b) OPPORTUNITY FOR GOVERNOR TO OBJECT.— 
(1) OBJECTION.—Not later than 3 calendar 
days after receiving a notification under subsection 
(a), the Governor of a State in which a covered alien 
is proposed to be placed or transported for 
disembarkment may submit to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security or the Secretary of Health and 
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Human Services, as applicable, a written objection 
to the proposed placement or disembarkment in that 
State. 
(2) ALTERNATE
PLACEMENT
REQUIRED.—In 
the case that the Governor of a State objects to the 
placement or disembarkment of a covered alien in 
that State under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may not place or transport for 
disembarkment the covered alien in that State. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (2) does not apply 
in the case of placement of an unaccompanied alien 
child with, or transport of an unaccompanied alien 
child to, a family member in accordance with section 
235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
1232). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has 
the meaning given to such term in section 462 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
(2) The term ‘‘covered alien’’ means— 
(A) an unaccompanied alien child; or 
(B) an alien without lawful immigration 
status. 
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(3) The term ‘‘disembarkment’’ excludes dis-
embarking at an airport for transfer to another air-
plane at that airport unless the final destination is 
in the same State as the transfer airport. 
(4) The term ‘‘family member’’ means an indi-
vidual described in any of subparagraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 410.301 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this Act). 
(5) The terms ‘‘place’’ and ‘‘placement’’ include 
placing a covered alien on a temporary basis in juve-
nile or other housing. 
(6) The term ‘‘relevant Federal, State, and 
local officials’’ means, with respect to a jurisdiction 
referred to in subsection (a), the following officials: 
(A) The Governor of the State. 
(B) The Attorney General of the State. 
(C) The head of any county or municipal 
government that includes such jurisdiction. 
(D) The head or heads of local law en-
forcement in such jurisdiction. 
(E) Federal and State legislators elected to 
represent a State or district including such ju-
risdiction. 
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SEC. 3. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not less than quarterly each year, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall each submit to the Chair and rank-
ing member of each of the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, and the Chair and ranking member of 
each of the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate, a report— 
(1) including— 
(A) the notifications made by the respec-
tive Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(1); 
and 
(B) any objections received by the respec-
tive Secretary under subsection (b)(1); and 
(2) identifying— 
(A) each private entity that pays all or 
part of the costs of, or otherwise assists with, 
any Federal transport by the respective Sec-
retary’s department of a covered alien (as de-
fined in section 2) between jurisdictions; and 
(B) the amount and source of any Federal 
funding used to pay for such transport. 
Æ 
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