Title: A bill to terminate the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families and to require the transfer of the salaries of certain Federal officials and Task Force members to the Judgment Fund to reimburse the Federal Government for settlements paid to aliens.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This bill terminates the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families and addresses related issues. (The task force's duties include identifying children separated from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021.)
Specifically, the bill rescinds (1) the February 2, 2021, executive order that established the task force; and (2) all policy and legal decisions issued, settlement agreements (or consent decrees) entered into, and immigration benefits provided pursuant to that executive order.
Furthermore, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may not enter into a settlement agreement pertaining to specified issues, such as the separation of family members by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, unless the Government Accountability Office certifies that the agreement complies with federal law and regulations concerning the collection and compromise of federal claims.
The Office of Personnel Management must withhold the salaries of all federal employees who serve on the task force and deposit the amounts into an account for paying judgments against the United States. The withholding must continue until the deposited amount is equal to the amount paid to aliens under settlements entered into pursuant to the executive order.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must publicly publish a report on the task force with information such as an accounting of the task force's incurred costs and all communications between task force members and nongovernmental entities.
DOJ and the OMB must also publicly publish all settlement agreements entered into pursuant to the executive order.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3202 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3202

    To terminate the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of 
Families and to require the transfer of the salaries of certain Federal 
officials and Task Force members to the Judgment Fund to reimburse the 
           Federal Government for settlements paid to aliens.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2021

 Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To terminate the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of 
Families and to require the transfer of the salaries of certain Federal 
officials and Task Force members to the Judgment Fund to reimburse the 
           Federal Government for settlements paid to aliens.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON THE REUNIFICATION 
              OF FAMILIES.

    (a) Rescission of Executive Order 14011.--The provisions of 
Executive Order 14011 (86 Fed. Reg. 8273; relating to the establishment 
of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families) are hereby 
rescinded and shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Effect of Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all policy decisions, legal decisions, settlement agreements, and 
consent decrees between the United States Government and private 
individuals or nongovernmental entities, and decisions regarding the 
use of the Secretary of Homeland Security's parole authority under 
section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5)) or any other immigration benefit that was provided or 
entered into pursuant to Executive Order 14011 are rescinded and 
terminated.

SEC. 2. REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall--
            (1) submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees regarding the operations of the Interagency Task 
        Force on the Reunification of Families (referred to in this 
        section as the ``Task Force''); and
            (2) publish such report on a publicly accessible website.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            (1) an accounting of all costs incurred by the Task Force 
        that were paid by the Federal Government;
            (2) a list of all of the meetings between the Task Force 
        and any nongovernmental entity, including--
                    (A) the list of participants of such meetings; and
                    (B) the agendas of such meetings;
            (3) all communications between Task Force members and 
        nongovernmental entities;
            (4) a description of all of the settlement agreements or 
        consent decrees between the Federal Government and any 
        nongovernmental entity that were facilitated by the Task Force;
            (5) all legal opinions, memoranda, and other policy 
        guidance developed pursuant to Executive Order 14011 relating 
        to granting parole to migrants in accordance with section 
        212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1182(d)(5));
            (6) the number of migrants who were granted parole under 
        such section as a result of the activities of the Task Force 
        and, for each migrant receiving such parole, the 
        nongovernmental organization who referred the migrant for 
        consideration for parole or other immigration benefits; and
            (7) the date on which each migrant described in paragraph 
        (6) was separated from a family member by U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection.
    (c) Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget and the Attorney General shall post copies of all 
        consent decrees and settlement agreements entered into pursuant 
        to Executive Order 14011 on a publicly accessible website.
            (2) Future consent decrees and settlement agreements.--
                    (A) GAO review.--The Attorney General shall ensure 
                that the terms and conditions of all future consent 
                decrees and settlement agreements between the Federal 
                Government and any nongovernmental entity relating to 
                the application of the policy described in the 
                memorandum of the Attorney General entitled ``Zero-
                Tolerance for Offenses under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1325(a)'', 
                issued on April 6, 2018, the implementation of 
                Executive Order 14011, or the separation of family 
                members by U.S. Customs and Border Protection comply 
                with section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, and 
                chapter IX of subtitle B of title 31, Code of Federal 
                Regulations (commonly known as the ``Federal Claims 
                Collections Standards''), by seeking an opinion from 
                the Comptroller General of the United States regarding 
                each such consent decree and settlement agreement.
                    (B) Prohibition.--A consent decree or settlement 
                agreement described in subparagraph (A) may not be 
                entered into until after the Comptroller General of the 
                United States, after reviewing the terms of such decree 
                or agreement, has certified that it fully complies with 
                section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, and the 
                Federal Claims Collections Standards.
                    (C) Publication.--All consent decrees and 
                settlement agreements described in subparagraph (A) 
                shall be posted on the publicly accessible website 
                described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    (a) Task Force Member Salaries.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
shall withhold the salaries of all Federal employees who serve on the 
Task Force and deposit an amount equal to all such salaries to the 
permanent judgment appropriation established pursuant to section 1304 
of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Judgment 
Fund''), until the amount so deposited is equal to the total amount 
paid (or obligated to be paid) to aliens as a result of all consent 
decrees and settlement agreements entered into pursuant to Executive 
Order 14011 in which an alien is awarded $1 or more.
    (b) Certain Department Heads and Executive Office of the President 
Salaries.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management shall withhold the salaries of the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and all 
employees of the Executive Office of the President and deposit an 
amount equal to all such salaries to the permanent judgment 
appropriation established pursuant to section 1304 of title 31, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ``Judgment Fund''), until the amount 
so deposited is equal to the total amount paid (or obligated to be 
paid) to aliens as a result of all consent decrees and settlement 
agreements entered into pursuant to Executive Order 14011 in which an 
alien is awarded $1 or more.
                                 <all>