PARENT Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8490
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-26
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting an Alien child's Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2022 or the PARENT Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to transfer custody of an unaccompanied alien child only to the Department of Health and Human Services or the child's parent or legal guardian.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8490 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2022 Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw , Mrs. Flores , Mr. Babin , Mr. Meuser , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Taylor , and Mr. Williams of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to transfer the care and custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or such child’s parent or legal guardian, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting an Alien child’s Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2022 or the PARENT Act of 2022 . 2. Providing safe and secure placements for children Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may only transfer the care and custody of an unaccompanied alien child to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or such child’s parent or legal guardian.