H.R. 5881: Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-07-14 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-07-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

Plain 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.

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Official text

Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 6 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5881.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5881 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114