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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 · Sec. 224

Sec. 224. ### (a)

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## Sec. 224 ###
(a)None of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on information shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. ###
(b)Subsection
(a)shall not apply if a background check of a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor reveals— ####
(1)a felony conviction or pending felony charge that relates to— #####
(A)an aggravated felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))); #####
(B)child abuse; #####
(C)sexual violence or abuse; or #####
(D)child pornography; ####
(2)an association with any business that employs a minor who— #####
(A)is unrelated to the sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor; and #####
(B)is— ######
(i)not paid a legal wage; or ######
(ii)unable to attend school due to the employment; or ####
(3)an association with the organization or implementation of prostitution.
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