HELP Separated Children Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term apprehension means the detention or arrest by officials of the Department or cooperating entities. The term child means an, expands a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. Apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement actions In any immigration enforcement action, the Secretary and any cooperating entity shall— provide, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 5. Access to children, State and local courts, child welfare agencies, and consular officials At each detention facility, the Secretary shall— prominently post. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, procurement rules, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Environment, Healthcare, and Defense.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term apprehension means the detention or arrest by officials of the Department or cooperating entities. The term child means an...
- Expands a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. Apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement actions In any immigration enforcement action, the Secretary and any cooperating entity shall— provide...
- Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 5. Access to children, State and local courts, child welfare agencies, and consular officials At each detention facility, the Secretary shall— prominently post...
- Expands a grant provision: 7. Facilitation of return to the United States.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 8. Mandatory training The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and independent child welfare and family law experts, shall develop...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term apprehension means the detention or arrest by officials of the Department or cooperating entities. The term child means an, expands a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. Apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement actions In any immigration enforcement action, the Secretary and any cooperating entity shall— provide, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 5. Access to children, State and local courts, child welfare agencies, and consular officials At each detention facility, the Secretary shall— prominently post.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Healthcare, Defense
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term apprehension means the detention or arrest by officials of the Department or cooperating entities. The term child means an, expands a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 4. Apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement actions In any immigration enforcement action, the Secretary and any cooperating entity shall— provide, and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 5. Access to children, State and local courts, child welfare agencies, and consular officials At each detention facility, the Secretary shall— prominently post.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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