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H.R. 7030: Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

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H.R. 7030: Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-10-02 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-10-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · 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

Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

Plain summary

Prevent Cruel Handling of Information Leading to Deportation Harm Act of 2018 or the Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018 This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from considering the immigration status of a proposed custodian when determining whether to place an unaccompanied alien child with such person. The Department of Homeland Security may not use information provided by an unaccompanied alien child or information initially obtained by HHS to make a suitability, home study, or secure facility determination in order to apprehend or remove from the United States: the unaccompanied alien child, the proposed or current custodian, a resident of the home in which the proposed or current custodian resides, the proposed or current sponsor, or a resident of the home in which the proposed or current sponsor resides.

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Official text

Prevent CHILD Harm Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · 45 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] reported raising $3.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr7030 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115