Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 24, 2015)
Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Directs the Department 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 of information, (4) notice of rights and access to counsel, (5) separation from non-family member adults, and (6) the presence of female officers during the transfer and transport of female detainees.
Directs the U.S. Agency for International Development to ensure that programs in the United States and within the country of return support the safe and sustainable repatriation and reintegration of unaccompanied alien children into their country of nationality or of last habitual residence.
What just happenedOct 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 24, 2015
- Oct 5, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee - Oct 5, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee - Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Appropriations Committee - Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Homeland Security Committee - Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred 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.
- Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 24, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House