Our Communities, Our Choices Act of 2014

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5138 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5138

    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
  Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require consultation with State and 
local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or 
   contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2014

Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
Williams, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Black, 
Mr. Walberg, and Mr. Marchant) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
  Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require consultation with State and 
local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or 
   contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Our Communities, Our Choices Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS 
              AND A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE AWARDING GRANTS OR CONTRACTS 
              FOR HOUSING FACILITIES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    Section 235(i) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(i)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``Before awarding any grant or 
contract under this subsection that provide for housing of 
unaccompanied alien children in a facility that is not on property of 
the Federal Government, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) consult with State and local elected officials 
        regarding the location of the facility as well as the duration 
        of the award and the safety, security, and funding of the 
        facility; and
            ``(2) conduct a public hearing, no earlier than 90 days 
        after the announcement of a potential location for such 
        facility, for which--
                    ``(A) advance public notice has been provided, in 
                mediums available for general circulation in the 
                proposed jurisdiction, at least 10 days before the date 
                of the hearing; and
                    ``(B) a representative of the Department of Health 
                and Human Services is in attendance in an official 
                capacity for the purpose of receiving public 
                comments.''.
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