,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjah,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz 7for      
herself1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1   
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 ,ms4       
,jayapal1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4          
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,clarke
 of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,curbelo of        
,florida1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4          
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan        
,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4          
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4          
,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4  
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,scott of         
,virginia1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,ms4     
,titus1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,ms4  
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 and
 ,mr4 ,yarmuth7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,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 placements1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,prevent ,cruel ,handling of            
,information ,leading to ,deportation   
,harm ,act of #bjah or the ,prevent     
,,child ,harm ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,use  
of sponsorship information  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #bce7;c77#c7 of the    
,william ,wilberforce ,trafficking      
,victims ,protection ,reauthorization   
,act of #bjjh 7#h ,u4,s4,c4             
#abcb7;c77#c77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting after   
mental well-being4 the following3 ,in   
making such a determination1 the        
,secretary may not consider the         
immigration status of the proposed      
custodian42 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7,d7 ,prohibiting   
use of certain information ,the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security may   
not use information provided by an      
unaccompanied alien child or information

 initially obtained by the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to make a 
suitability determination under         
subparagraph 7,a71 a home study         
determination under subparagraph 7,b71  
or a secure facility determination under
 paragraph 7#b77;,a7 for the purpose of 
apprehending1 detaining1 or removing    
from the ,united ,states--  7i7 the     
unaccompanied alien child2  7ii7 the    
proposed custodian or current custodian2
  7iii7 a resident of the home in which 
the proposed custodian or current       
custodian resides2  7iv7 the proposed   
sponsor or current sponsor2 or  7v7 a   
resident of the home in which the       
proposed sponsor or current sponsor     
resides4  4  7b7 ,rules of construction 
7#a7 ,flores settlement agreement ,the  
amendments made by this ,act may not be 
construed to supersede the terms of the 
stipulated settlement agreement filed on
 ,january #ag1 #aiig1 in the ,united    
,states ,district ,court for the        
,central ,district of ,california in    

,flores v4 ,reno1 ,,cv #he-dedd-,,rjk1  
7commonly known as the 8,flores         
settlement agreement074  7#b7 ,child    
welfare ,the amendments made by this    
,act may not be construed to prevent the
 ,secretary of ,homeland ,security from 
using information obtained by the       
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to investigate or report to   
the appropriate law enforcement agency  
or child welfare agency instances of    
trafficking1 abuse1 or neglect4