,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #g1 #bjag  
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mrs4       
,comstock1 and ,mr4 ,donovan7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb to direct the   
,director of the ,office of ,refugee    
,resettlements of the ,department of    
,health and ,human ,services to         
establish additional procedures for     
making placement determinations for all 
unaccompanied alien children who are in 
,federal custody by reason of their     
immigration status1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting ,u,a,cs 
,through ,enhanced ,sponsor ,vetting    
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,additional         
procedures for placement decisions for  
unaccompanied alien children ,section   
#dfb of the ,homeland ,security ,act of 

#bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bgi7 is amended--  
7#a7 in subsection 7b77#a7-- 7,a7 in    
subparagraph 7,k71 by striking 2 and at 
the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,l71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,m7 providing  
notification of the prospective         
placement of an unaccompanied alien     
child with a sponsor to the ,governor of
 the ,state and the chief executive of  
the county in which the sponsor resides4
  2  7#b7 in subsection 7b77#b71 by     
amending subparagraph 7,a7 to read as   
follows3  7,a7 shall coordinate with    
appropriate juvenile justice            
professionals1 the ,director of the     
,bureau of ,citizenship and ,immigration
 ,services1 the ,assistant ,secretary of
 the ,bureau of ,border ,security1 the  
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 and appropriate ,state  
and local law enforcement officials to  
ensure that such determinations ensure  
that unaccompanied alien children       

described in such subparagraph-- 7i7 are
 likely to appear for all hearings or   
proceedings in which they are involved2 
7ii7 are protected from smugglers1      
traffickers1 members of a designated    
transnational criminal organization1 or 
others who might seek to victimize or   
otherwise engage them in criminal1      
harmful1 or exploitive activity1        
including by conducting a thorough      
criminal history background check       
utilizing the ,next ,generation         
,identification ,system or its successor
 system on prospective sponsors2  7iii7 
are placed in a setting in which they   
are not likely to pose a danger to      
themselves or others2 and  2  7#c7 by   
redesignating subsection 7g7 as         
subsection 7h7 and-- 7,a7 in paragraph  
7#a7 of such subsection1 by striking and
 at the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b7 of 
such subsection1 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7,c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#c7 the term transnational criminal  

organization means a criminal           
organization that has been designated as
 a transnational criminal organization  
by the ,office of ,foreign ,assets      
,control at the ,department of the      
,treasury4  2 and  7#d7 by inserting    
after subsection 7f7 the following3  7g7
 ,additional procedures for making      
placement determinations  7#a7 ,criminal
 records checks ,the ,director shall    
coordinate with the ,attorney ,general  
to conduct a thorough criminal history  
background check utilizing the ,next    
,generation ,identification ,system or  
its successor system for all prospective
 sponsors before placement of an        
unaccompanied alien child4  7#b7        
,consultation with relevant law         
enforcement entities ,the ,director     
shall consult with relevant law         
enforcement entities1 including         
,federal1 ,state1 and local law         
enforcement1 prior to making a          
determination on whether it is          
appropriate to place an unaccompanied   

alien child with a prospective sponsor4 
,this consultation will examine any     
criminal activity in which the          
prospective sponsor may have been1 or is
 currently1 involved4  7#c7             
,notification to ,state and local       
governments ,the ,director shall notify 
relevant ,state and local governments of
 the decision to place an unaccompanied 
alien child with a sponsor4 ,this       
notification will include the ,governor 
of the state where the sponsor resides1 
as well as the mayor or equivalent      
officeholder of the locality where the  
sponsor resides4  7#d7 ,transnational   
criminal organization intelligence      
sharing ,the ,director shall provide to 
the ,terrorist ,screening ,center       
information uncovered during the        
placement process of an unaccompanied   
alien child that establishes membership 
in1 or affiliation with1 a designated   
transnational criminal organization of  
either an unaccompanied alien child or a
 prospective sponsor4  4