US Congress Senate Bill 292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-2)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S802-803)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limits the separation of families at or near U.S. borders or ports of entry. The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Justice, and Health and Human Services shall not separate a child from a parent or legal guardian at a port of entry or within 100 miles of a U.S. border unless a state court terminates the parent or legal guardian's rights; a state child welfare agency or court determines it is in the child's best interests to be removed; or the child is determined to be a trafficking victim or at risk of becoming one, the accompanying adult is most likely not the parent or legal guardian, or the child is in danger of abuse or neglect. An agency may not separate a child from a parent or legal guardian solely to deter migration into the United States or to promote compliance with immigration laws. DHS shall develop (1) training related to the bill's family separation requirements, and (2) guidance for how parents and legal guardians may locate a separated child. DHS shall provide parents and legal guardians periodic status updates about a separated child. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the criminal prosecution of asylum seekers.

Keep Families Together Act

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S802-803)

HB541 (Related) 2019-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
SB1733 (Related) 2019-06-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3256; text: CR S2356-3258)
SB2113 (Related) 2019-07-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3918 (Related) 2019-08-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
HB9040 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/292/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s292/BILLS-116s292is.pdf