HR 6236 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Family Unity Rights and Protection Act

Introduced Jun 27, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Karen Bass D-CA

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Latest action · Aug 2, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 27, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Unity Rights and Protection Act

This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, State, and Defense to ensure that alien children (i.e., children under the age of 18 removed from their parents or legal guardians at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border pursuant to a zero tolerance policy for criminal illegal reentry) are reunited at the earliest possible date with their parents and guardians from whom they were separated. It also requires notification of parents and guardians of procedures for reuniting with such children and for the location of such children.

The bill requires the creation of an electronic registry for information used to locate such alien children and their parents and guardians. The information in such registry may only be used for locating such children and may not be used in any criminal prosecution or other immigration proceeding.

The bill also sets forth conditions on the termination of parental rights in immigration proceedings and requires the consolidation of asylum and immigration proceedings involving alien children.

Cosponsors 79

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2018 to Sep 6, 2018; 53 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 27, 2018
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-COJared PolisOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJun 27, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 27, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyJun 28, 2018
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettJun 28, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatJul 10, 2018
D-NHAnn M. KusterJul 10, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJul 10, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeJul 10, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceJul 10, 2018
D-NYBrian HigginsJul 10, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaJul 10, 2018
D-PADwight EvansJul 10, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerJul 10, 2018
D-TXGene GreenJul 10, 2018
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaJul 10, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernJul 10, 2018
D-MNKeith EllisonJul 10, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJul 10, 2018
D-WAPramila JayapalJul 10, 2018
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyJul 10, 2018
D-MAStephen F. LynchJul 10, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenJul 10, 2018
D-CATed LieuJul 10, 2018
D-FLVal Butler DemingsJul 10, 2018
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamJul 11, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreJul 23, 2018
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterJul 24, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierSep 6, 2018

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 27, 2018
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Aug 2, 2018
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 27, 2018
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Jul 10, 2018
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Jun 27, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 2, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Jul 10, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
  3. Jun 27, 2018Introduced in House
  4. Jun 27, 2018Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1080, H7691Anthony G. Brown D-MD, Terri A. Sewell D-ALJul 26, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H5763Lists H5816H.R. 6236–6257Karen Bass D-CA, Norma J. Torres D-CAJun 27, 2018

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This resolution is enacted pursuant to the power granted in Congress under Article I, Section 1.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 108, June 27, 2018, page H5816.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the reunification of families separated upon entry into the United States as a result of the "zero-tolerance" immigration policy requiring criminal prosecution of all adults apprehended crossing the border illegally, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Family Unity Rights and Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 27, 2018Introduced in House

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