Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Latest action · Jul 30, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 8, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) require the appropriate training of all personnel who come into contact with unaccompanied alien children, and (2) hire child welfare professionals.
Sets forth related protections for such children regarding: (1) prompt placement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, (2) qualified resources and child welfare professionals at appropriate ports of entry and stations, (3) confidentiality, (4) notice of rights and access to counsel, and (5) the presence of female officers during the transfer and transport of female detainees.
Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a best practices program in the United States and within the country of return to ensure the safe and sustainable repatriation and reintegration of unaccompanied alien children into their country of nationality or of last habitual residence.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 8, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jul 8, 2013 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jul 15, 2013 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jul 30, 2013 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jul 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jul 8, 2013Introduced in House
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4213.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-854 | REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND RELATED MATTERS167 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jul 10, 2014 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 744 | Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act | Related bill | Jun 27, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for enhanced protections for vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health care coverage and access
- Human trafficking
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Lawyers and legal services
- Mental health
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Right of privacy
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
