,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjai,mr4 
,burgess introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to reduce
 the amount of foreign assistance to ,el
 ,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras   
based on the number of unaccompanied    
alien children who are nationals or     
citizens of such countries and who in   
the preceding fiscal year are placed in 
,federal custody by reason of their     
immigration status4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,unaccompanied ,alien ,children         
,assistance ,control ,act4  #b4         
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,gang violence1 poverty1 and     
corruption are the main drivers of      
illegal immigration from ,el ,salvador1 
,guatemala1 and ,honduras to the ,united
 ,states4  7#b7 ,according to an        
independent task force report by the    
,atlantic ,council's ,latin ,america    

,center-- 7,a7 systemic corruption      
stagnates economic growth2  7,b7 eight  
in ten poll respondents see corruption  
as widespread2  7,c7 citizens in ,el    
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras do 
not trust the government institutions   
responsible for curtailing corruption2  
and  7,d7 investigations have revealed  
massive networks dedicated to co-opting 
public funds for the personal enrichment
 of government officials4  7#c7 ,there  
exists the potential for foreign        
assistance from the ,united ,states to  
be misused by central government        
officials in ,el ,salvador1 ,guatemala1 
and ,honduras in order to reduce the    
success of anti-corruption efforts4     
7#d7 ,systemic corruption in ,el        
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras    
undermines efforts to address the       
driving causes of illegal immigration   
into the ,united ,states from such      
countries4  7#e7 ,the ,united ,states   
provided more than #b1fjj1jjj1jjj in    
foreign assistance to ,central ,american

 countries during fiscal years #bjae    
through #bjah1 and ,congress            
appropriated over #ejj1jjj1jjj in such  
assistance for fiscal year #bjai4  7#f7 
,for the past #e fiscal years1 #bbe1dfc 
unaccompanied alien children from ,el   
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 and ,honduras    
were referred to the ,office of ,refugee
 ,resettlement 7,,orr7 of the           
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services1 an average of #de1jib per    
year4  7#g7 ,on average1 providing care 
for unaccompanied alien children in     
,,orr custody costs #ejj per child1 per 
day4  7#h7 ,in fiscal year #bjah1 the   
average length of stay in ,,orr custody 
for an unaccompanied alien child was #fj
 days4  7#i7 ,on average1 the total cost
 of care for an unaccompanied alien     
child in ,,orr custody is #cj1jjj per   
child and #a1ceb1gfj1jjj per year for   
all children4  #c4 ,reduction of amount 
of foreign assistance to ,el ,salvador1 
,guatemala1 and ,honduras  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,president shall reduce    

from amounts made available under the   
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa or   
any other ,act and allocated for a      
covered country for a fiscal year an    
amount equal to--  7#a7 the number of   
unaccompanied alien children who-- 7,a7 
are nationals or citizens of the covered
 country2 and  7,b7 in the preceding    
fiscal year are placed in ,federal      
custody by reason of their immigration  
status2 multiplied by  7#b7 #cj1jjj4    
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section--     
7#a7 the term covered country means ,el 
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 or ,honduras2 and
  7#b7 the term unaccompanied alien     
child has the meaning given the term in 
section #dfb7;g77#b7 of the ,homeland   
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#bgi7;g77#b774  7c7 ,effective date     
,this ,act takes effect on the date of  
the enactment of this ,act and applies  
with respect to amounts made available  
under the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of  
#aifa or any other ,act for fiscal year 
#bjbj and each subsequent fiscal year4