Stop GAPS Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1997

To revise the duties of the Office of Refugee resettlement with respect 
        to unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2025

  Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To revise the duties of the Office of Refugee resettlement with respect 
        to unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stop Government Abandonment and 
Placement Scandals Act of 2025'' or the ``Stop GAPS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. SPONSORS FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall amend section 410.1201(a) 
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, by striking paragraph (6).

SEC. 3. DUTY OF OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.

    The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement shall--
            (1) track each unaccompanied alien child (as defined in 
        section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
        279(g))) released from the custody of the Department of 
        Homeland Security while such unaccompanied alien child--
                    (A) is in the United States; and
                    (B) involved in ongoing immigration proceedings; 
                and
            (2) work with States to find placements for such 
        unaccompanied alien children.
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