Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6223
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Child safety and welfare

Crime victims

Detention of persons

Human trafficking

Immigration status and procedures

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to extend through FY2022 the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint independent child advocates for trafficking victims and other vulnerable unaccompanied alien children. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6223 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2018 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To reauthorize the Child Advocate Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act . 2. Child Advocate Program reauthorized Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F) ) is amended in clause (ii) by striking the fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and inserting fiscal years 2018 through 2022 .