A bill to limit the use of funds for entities that care for unaccompanied alien children and have been identified as engaging in misconduct toward children.

Bill: 118-s-5073
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2024-09-17
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5073 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2024 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To limit the use of funds for entities that care for unaccompanied alien children and have been identified as engaging in misconduct toward children.

1. Limitation on use of funds for entities caring for unaccompanied alien children None of the funds made available by any Act making appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2025 shall be obligated or expended on future contracts, grants, awards, or agreements with any entity that cares for or provides services, including housing or transportation, for unaccompanied alien children and has been identified by the Department of Justice in accordance with suspension and debarment procedures as facilitating actions that constitute illegal sexual abuse and harassment of, or illegal misconduct toward, children in the care of the entity unless the Attorney General certifies to Congress that the entity has successfully mitigated the conditions that led the Department of Justice to identify the entity as engaged in such actions.