Stop Alien Children Trafficking Act

Bill: 118-hr-9654
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2024-09-18
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9654 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Alien Children Trafficking Act . 2. Effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody (a) In general Subtitle I of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 481 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 896. Effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody (a) Information sharing (1) In general Not later than 60 days after date of the enactment of this section, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall implement an automated process to identify unaccompanied alien children who do not appear for immigration hearings and share such information with the following: (A) Internally, between the following: (i) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor. (ii) Enforcement and Removal Operations. (B) Externally, with the following: (i) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (ii) The Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services. (iii) The Department of Justice. (2) Accountability (A) In general Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Attorney General an annual written certification indicating whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in compliance with subsection (a). (B) Compliance determination Not later than 60 days after the submission of the certification under subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall determine whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has achieved compliance with subsection (a). (C) Noncompliance penalties For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2035, each political appointee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall not be eligible for the receipt of bonus pay, excluding overtime pay, until— (i) the Secretary certifies compliance pursuant to subparagraph (A); and (ii) the Attorney General makes a determination of compliance pursuant to subparagraph (B). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 895 the following new item: Sec. 896. Effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody. .