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Family Reunification Act [HB-6183]
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Family Reunification Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that each unaccompanied alien child removed by a federal official or employee from the custody of a parent or legal guardian at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the border be reunited with the parent or legal guardian at the earliest possible date unless: a state court terminates the rights of a parent or legal guardian, determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed from the parent or legal guardian, or makes any similar
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Keep Families Together Act [HB-6135]
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Keep Families Together Act This bill prohibits an agent or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Health and Human Services from removing a child who is under the age of 18 and has no permanent immigration status from his or her parent or legal guardian at or near the port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border unless: an authorized state court determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed; a state or county child welfare official with expertise in child trauma
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Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act [HB-6134]
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Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
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Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 [HB-6136]
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Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the border, including by increasing enforcement personnel. The bill provides funding for infrastructure, law enforcement, and border security, including funds for a border wall along the southern border. The bill provides for: (1) an Integrated Border Enforcement Team Program within DHS; (2) Tunnel Task Forces; (3) a pilot program on the use of electromagnetic spectrum to support
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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-6147]
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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 2) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 3) Specifies the committee reports that apply for the purpose of implementing each division. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 This division
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Protect Kids and Parents Act [S.3091]
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Protect Kids and Parents Act
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FIND Trafficking Act Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act [HB-6069]
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FIND Trafficking Act Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the use of virtual currencies and online marketplaces in sex and drug trafficking. The GAO must study topics including: how illicit proceeds are transferred into the U.S. banking system, state and non-state actors that benefit from or participate in such activity, preventative efforts from federal and state agencies, and how to use the unique characteristics of virtual currencies to track illicit
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Keep Families Together Act [S.3036]
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Keep Families Together Act This bill prohibits an agent or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Health and Human Services from removing a child who is under the age of 18 and has no permanent immigration status from his or her parent or legal guardian at or near the port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border unless: an authorized state court determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed; a state or county child welfare official with expertise in child trauma
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Maritime Border Security Review Act [HB-5869]
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Maritime Border Security Review Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress a maritime border (i.e., the transit zone and the borders and territorial waters of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) threat analysis that includes an identification and description of: current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and groups seeking to enter the United States through the maritime border or exploit border vulnerabilities on the maritime border; improvements needed at U.S.
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Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act [S.2199]
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Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act This bill establishes the Border Security Trust Fund, which shall make funds available for: (1) specified border fencing and wall procurement, construction, and improvements in Texas and California; and (2) border wall planning activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may cancel removal of, and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis for up to 10 years to, qualifying resident aliens who: (1) have been continuously physically present in the United States since
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Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 [HB-4601]
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Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
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Vietnam Human Rights Act [HB-5621]
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Vietnam Human Rights Act
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SAFE at Home Act Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act [HB-3887]
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SAFE at Home Act Safeguarding Addresses From Emerging at Home Act This bill requires each federal agency and federal court to accept, for any purpose for which an individual is required to provide an address to the agency or court, an address designated to that individual pursuant to an address confidentiality program. An individual who provides an address pursuant to such a program shall not be subject to any federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for providing such address in lieu of the individual's actual physical address. An address
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Department of State Authorization Act of 2018 [HB-5592]
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Department of State Authorization Act of 2018
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Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 [S.2736]
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Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018
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CONFRONT Act Criminal Organizations' Narcotics, Finances, Resources, Operations, and Networks Targeting Act [S.2715]
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CONFRONT Act Criminal Organizations' Narcotics, Finances, Resources, Operations, and Networks Targeting Act
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Strongly condemning the slave auctions of migrants and refugees in Libya, and for other purposes. [HR-644]
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Strongly condemning the slave auctions of migrants and refugees in Libya, and for other purposes. Condemns slave auctions and the forced labor of migrants and refugees in Libya. Calls on all parties to the conflict in Libya, including parties to the Libyan Political Agreement, to eradicate the existence of slave auctions and forced labor and humanely manage migrant flows. Calls on the United Nations to investigate allegations of slave trade and forced labor in Libya. Urges the Department of State to ensure that the country narrative for Libya in
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SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act [S.2192]
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SECURE Act of 2017 Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the U.S. southern border and to deter and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas. The bill authorizes National Guard and Department of Defense support to secure such border. DHS shall establish: (1) a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (2) the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) Tunnel Task Forces, and (4) a biometric
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Securing America's Future Act of 2018 [HB-4760]
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Securing America's Future Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created. The diversity visa program is eliminated. Annual immigration levels are revised. The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased. The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to
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National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act [HB-4768]
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National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with various U.S. agencies and departments, to develop a national strategy to combat the financial networks of transnational organized criminals. Treasury must submit to Congress and regularly update the national strategy. (Sec. 3) The national strategy must: identify and assess the most significant transnational organized crime threats; identify the individuals, entities, and networks
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