To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that immigration status alone does not disqualify a parent, legal guardian, or relative from being a placement for a foster child, to authorize discretion to a State, county, or other political subdivision of a State to delay filing for termination of parental rights in foster care cases in which an otherwise fit and willing parent or legal guardian has been deported or is involved in (including detention pursuant to) an immigration proceeding, unless certain conditions have been met, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5414| House
| Updated: 4/2/2018
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (23)
David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Help Separated Families Act of 2018 This bill helps reunify children of detained or deported parents with their parents, legal guardians, or relatives and expands requirements governing state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to include provisions that assist children separated from detained or deported parents.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Families
Adoption and foster careBorder security and unlawful immigrationChild safety and welfareCriminal justice information and recordsDetention of personsFamily relationshipsFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesImmigrant health and welfareImmigration status and proceduresRight of privacySeparation, divorce, custody, supportState and local government operationsVisas and passports
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that immigration status alone does not disqualify a parent, legal guardian, or relative from being a placement for a foster child, to authorize discretion to a State, county, or other political subdivision of a State to delay filing for termination of parental rights in foster care cases in which an otherwise fit and willing parent or legal guardian has been deported or is involved in (including detention pursuant to) an immigration proceeding, unless certain conditions have been met, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5414| House
| Updated: 4/2/2018
Help Separated Families Act of 2018 This bill helps reunify children of detained or deported parents with their parents, legal guardians, or relatives and expands requirements governing state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to include provisions that assist children separated from detained or deported parents.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (23)
David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Norma J. Torres (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)
Ways and Means Committee, Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Families
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Adoption and foster careBorder security and unlawful immigrationChild safety and welfareCriminal justice information and recordsDetention of personsFamily relationshipsFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesImmigrant health and welfareImmigration status and proceduresRight of privacySeparation, divorce, custody, supportState and local government operationsVisas and passports