Help Separated Families Act of 2018
Latest action · Apr 2, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Separated Families Act of 2018
This bill helps reunify children of detained or deported parents with their parents, legal guardians, or relatives and expands requirements governing state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to include provisions that assist children separated from detained or deported parents.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2018 to Jul 19, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | Mar 26, 2018 |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 17, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 21, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 21, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 22, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 22, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 5, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 19, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2018 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Mar 26, 2018Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 52, March 26, 2018, page H3049.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3452 | Help Separated Families Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 24, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that immigration status alone does not disqualify a parent, legal guardian, or relative from being a placement for a foster child, to authorize discretion to a State, county, or other political subdivision of a State to delay filing for termination of parental rights in foster care cases in which an otherwise fit and willing parent or legal guardian has been deported or is involved in (including detention pursuant to) an immigration proceeding, unless certain conditions have been met, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Help Separated Families Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Adoption and foster care
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Child safety and welfare
- Criminal justice information and records
- Detention of persons
- Families
- Family relationships
- Family services
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration status and procedures
- Right of privacy
- Separation, divorce, custody, support
- State and local government operations
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2018Introduced 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.
