Title: Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information relating to an unaccompanied alien child's sponsor or potential sponsor, as well as each member of the household of the sponsor or potential sponsor. DHS may use such information for immigration enforcement, and law enforcement agencies may use such information to investigate any suspected violation of law.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1561 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1561

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide to the 
  Secretary of Homeland Security certain information with respect to 
         unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2019

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Cotton) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide to the 
  Secretary of Homeland Security certain information with respect to 
         unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability for Care of 
Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH RESPECT TO UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN 
              CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security information relating to the sponsor, potential 
sponsor, and each member of the household of the sponsor or potential 
sponsor, of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)).
    (b) Use of Information.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may use the information 
provided under subsection (a) to place in detention, remove, or refer 
for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings or initiate 
removal proceedings against, the sponsor, potential sponsor, or any 
member of the household of the sponsor or potential sponsor, of an 
unaccompanied alien child.
    (c) Authority To Investigate.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies may 
investigate any suspected violation of law by a sponsor, potential 
sponsor, or a member of the household of a sponsor or potential 
sponsor, of an unaccompanied alien child.
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