Unaccompanied Alien Children Transparency Act of 2014

Unaccompanied Alien Children Transparency Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), before awarding grants or contracts to provide housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (UAC), to consult with state and local officials regarding:

• the facility's location and the grant or contract's duration;
• the grant or contract's impact on the community's fiscal needs, public safety, and educational and health systems;
• health screenings and background checks of such children;
• state and local review of the proposed contract or grant, including a public hearing in the affected locality; and
• state and local authority to preclude the Secretary from awarding the grant or contract.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5409 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5409

    To require consultation with State and local officials prior to 
 awarding a grant or contract for housing facilities for unaccompanied 
                            alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2014

 Mr. Barletta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require consultation with State and local officials prior to 
 awarding a grant or contract 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 ``Unaccompanied Alien Children 
Transparency Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS 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 provides for housing of 
unaccompanied alien children, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) notify in writing State and local elected officials 
        regarding the location of the facility and the duration of the 
        grant or contract;
            ``(2) provide State and local elected officials a written 
        assessment of the grant or contract's impact on the community's 
        public safety, and educational and health systems;
            ``(3) provide State and local elected officials a written 
        assessment of the grant or contract's impact on the community's 
        fiscal needs;
            ``(4) certify in writing to State and local elected 
        officials that all unaccompanied alien children to be housed at 
        the facility will have undergone health screenings, including 
        vaccinations, and will not present a risk to the public health;
            ``(5) certify in writing to State and local elected 
        officials that all unaccompanied alien children to be housed at 
        the facility will have undergone background checks and will 
        have been determined not to present a risk to public safety;
            ``(6) certify in writing to State and local elected 
        officials that all persons charged with the care of the 
        unaccompanied alien children to be housed at the facility will 
        have undergone background checks and will have been determined 
        not to present a risk to such unaccompanied alien children;
            ``(7) provide for a 30-day period, beginning on the date 
        that the Secretary notifies the State and local elected 
        officials, during which such State and local officials may 
        review the proposed contract or grant, along with the 
        assessment and certifications required by paragraphs (2) 
        through (6);
            ``(8) conduct a public hearing in the locality in which the 
        facility in the grant or contract has been proposed, not later 
        than 10 days after the conclusion of the 30-day comment period 
        described in paragraph (7), 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;
            ``(9) provide for a 7-day period, beginning on the date 
        that the hearing under paragraph (8) concludes, during which 
        the Governor of the State, may submit to the Secretary an 
        affirmation of the grant or contract, which, if not timely 
        submitted, shall preclude the Secretary from awarding the grant 
        or contract; and
            ``(10) provide for a 7-day period, beginning on the date 
        that the period under paragraph (9) concludes, during which a 
        majority of the governing body of the county in which the 
        facility in the grant or contract has been proposed may submit 
        to the Secretary an affirmation of the grant or contract, 
        which, if not timely submitted, shall preclude the Secretary 
        from awarding the grant or contract.''.
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