PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 5881 (114th)

Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

14 July 2016

Last action

10 August 2016 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Sponsors

David Roe, Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn, Scott DesJarlais, JOHN DUNCAN, Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8], Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

Subjects

Immigration, Education

Source updated

12 August 2025

Immigration · Education

Summary

Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016 This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Homeland Security to provide the following information to the governor and each appropriate agency of a state within 60 days after the custodial placement in such state of an unaccompanied alien child who is in federal custody by reason of the child's immigration status: the child's medical records if the child will be attending state public schools, the custodian's address and immigration status, any federal public benefit that the child will receive, and any federal public benefit that the custodian will receive as a result of such custody.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 14 July 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 14 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 10 August 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.