Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018
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.
- IntroducedOct 2, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Oct 2, 2018 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 5, 2018 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 12, 2018 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Oct 12, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Oct 12, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 23, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Dec 6, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Dec 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Dec 17, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Dec 17, 2018 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Dec 17, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Dec 21, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2018 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 15, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Oct 2, 2018Introduced in House
- Oct 2, 2018Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 163, October 2, 2018, page H9415.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3624 | Families, Not Facilities Act of 2018 | Related bill | Nov 14, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect the information obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the placement of unaccompanied alien children from being used for any purpose other than providing safe and secure placements, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018
- Prevent Cruel Handling of Information Leading to Deportation Harm Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 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.
