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H.R. 6193: Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

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H.R. 6193: Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-06-22 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-06-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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

Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

Plain summary

Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act This bill states that it shall be: (1) U.S. policy to not separate immigrant families as a deterrent and to reunite families that were separated due to the criminal prosecution of parents for illegal entry, and (2) Department of State policy to prioritize supporting governments and citizens to facilitate reunification of such families. The State Department shall submit to Congress: reports concerning gender-based violence in the Northern Triangle (the region encompassing Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador); reports concerning gang and organized-crime related violence in the Northern Triangle; strategies to use portions of funds for the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America to combat gender-based violence in the Northern Triangle, as well as to address the damage to the health and well-being of children and caregivers caused by separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. The State Department shall establish an office to study serious crimes committed against aliens who were removed from the United States and against U.S. citizens who left the United States because of having an alien parent who was removed from the United States.

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Official text

Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] · 102 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and 42 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6193 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115