HR 7030 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

Introduced Oct 2, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 15, 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. IntroducedOct 2, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prevent Cruel Handling of Information Leading to Deportation Harm Act of 2018 or the Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from considering the immigration status of a proposed custodian when determining whether to place an unaccompanied alien child with such person.

The Department of Homeland Security may not use information provided by an unaccompanied alien child or information initially obtained by HHS to make a suitability, home study, or secure facility determination in order to apprehend or remove from the United States:

  • the unaccompanied alien child,
  • the proposed or current custodian,
  • a resident of the home in which the proposed or current custodian resides,
  • the proposed or current sponsor, or
  • a resident of the home in which the proposed or current sponsor resides.

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 2, 2018 to Dec 21, 2018, with 26 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalOct 2, 2018
R-FLCarlos CurbeloOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalOct 2, 2018
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalOct 2, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 2, 2018
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Oct 2, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Oct 2, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3624Families, Not Facilities Act of 2018Related billNov 14, 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 2, 2018Introduced in House

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