Safe Shelters Act of 2021

Summary

Safe Shelters Act of 2021 This bill imposes certain requirements on applicants for Office of Refugee Resettlement grants to open or fund shelter facilities for unaccompanied alien children. Specifically an applicant for such a grant must (1) disclose in the application any adverse action (generally an adverse criminal or regulatory action relating to a government contract or the care of children) taken against the applicant in the five-year period before the application, and (2) be licensed under state law to operate the facility in question. The Department of Health and Human Services must seek to collaborate with state regulatory agencies to review state databases for information about adverse actions taken against such applicants.

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Timeline

1. 4 November 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 November 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 4 November 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 November 2021

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 November 2021

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 November 2021

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Sponsors

• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← SHELTER Act of 2021