,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,johnson7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish    
vetting standards for the placement of  
unaccompanied alien children with       
sponsors1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stop ,human ,trafficking of        
,unaccompanied ,migrant ,children ,act  
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,vetting standards for   
placement of unaccompanied alien        
children with sponsors  7a7 ,vetting of 
prospective sponsors  7#a7 ,in general  
,before an unaccompanied alien child 7as
 defined in section #dfb7;g7 of the     
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #bgi7;g777 may be released    
from the custody of the ,secretary of   
,health and ,human ,services to the     
custody of a sponsor1 the sponsor shall 

undergo and complete1 to the            
satisfaction of the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services and the    
head of the department of children and  
family services of the applicable ,state
 7or the equivalent ,state agency7 and  
in consultation with the ,attorney      
,general and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security1 a fingerprint background    
check and vetting process that          
includes-- 7,a7 a public records check2 
7,b7 a check of the ,national ,sex      
,offender ,registry of the ,department  
of ,justice1 conducted through the      
public internet website for such        
registry2  7,c7 a ,federal ,bureau of   
,investigation ,national ,criminal      
,history check based on digital         
fingerprints or digitized fingerprints  
submitted on paper2  7,d7 a ,child      
,abuse and ,neglect check1 obtained on a
 ,state-by-,state basis2 and  7,e7 a    
check of the criminal history repository
 of the applicable #a or more ,states   
and a police records check of the       

applicable localities4  7#b7 ,adults    
household members ,as part of the       
vetting process under paragraph 7#a71   
each individual who is #ah years of age 
or older in the household of a          
prospective sponsor shall undergo and   
complete all vetting processes required 
by paragraph 7#a71 to the satisfaction  
of the ,secretary of ,health and ,human 
,services and the head of the department
 of children and family services of the 
applicable ,state 7or the equivalent    
,state agency7 and in consultation with 
the ,attorney ,general and the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1      
before an unaccompanied alien child may 
be placed in such household4  7b7       
,limitation on placement with illegal   
aliens ,the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services may not release an     
unaccompanied alien child to the custody
 of a sponsor who is an alien unlawfully
 present in the ,united ,states1 unless 
such alien is a biological parent1 legal
 guardian1 or relative of the child4    

7c7 ,monitoring visits  7#a7            
,pre-release ,before an unaccompanied   
alien child may be released from the    
custody of the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services1 the ,secretary shall 
conduct a home visit to the household in
 which the child is proposed to be      
placed1 regardless of the sponsor       
category of the prospective sponsor4    
7#b7 ,post-release ,for each child      
released from the custody of the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall conduct-- 7,a7 during the #a-year 
period beginning on the date on which   
the child is so released1 not fewer than
 #e unannounced in-person home visits2  
and  7,b7 during the subsequent #a-year 
period1 #a in-person home visit each    
quarter4  7d7 ,retroactive vetting ,the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in collaboration with the    
head of the department of children and  
family services of each applicable      

,state 7or the equivalent ,state agency7
 and in consultation with the ,attorney 
,general and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security1 shall immediately conduct   
the fingerprint background check and    
vetting process described in subsection 
7a7 for each sponsor with whom a child  
released from the custody of the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services has been placed since ,january
 #bj1 #bjba1 until the sponsor of each  
such child has been vetted in accordance
 with this ,act4  7e7 ,monthly reports  
7#a7 ,children in custody and released  
to sponsors ,not later than #cj days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and every #cj days thereafter1 the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services and the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security shall jointly submit
 to the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives a report that contains1

 for the preceding month-- 7,a7 the     
number of unaccompanied alien children  
encountered by the ,secretary of        
,homeland ,security2  7,b7 the number of
 unaccompanied alien children released  
by the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security
 into the custody of the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services2  7,c7 the 
number of sponsor background checks     
completed under subsection 7a72  7,d7   
the number of sponsor background checks 
in progress under such subsection2  7,e7
 the number of pre-release home visits  
completed2  7,f7 the number of          
post-release home visits completed2     
7,g7 the number of unaccompanied alien  
children released to sponsors1          
disaggregated by sponsor category2  7,h7
 total number of unaccompanied alien    
children in the custody of the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 disaggregated by ,state and  
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services facility2 and  7,i7 the rate  
at which the ,secretary of ,health and  

,human ,services rejected sponsorship   
applications4  7#b7 ,missing children   
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 and every
 #cj days thereafter1 the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services and the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
jointly submit to ,congress a report on 
all efforts made1 during the preceding  
month1 by the ,department of ,health and
 ,human ,services and the ,department of
 ,homeland ,security to account for all 
children--  7#c7 who were released from 
the custody of the ,secretary of ,health
 and ,human ,services to a sponsor on or
 after ,january #bj1 #bjba2 and  7#d7 as
 of the date of the enactment of this   
,act-- 7,a7 who have been reported      
missing2 or  7,b7 with respect to whom  
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services has no record since the date  
of release from custody4