Stop Alien Children Trafficking Act

Subtitle I of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

Not later than 60 days after date of the enactment of this section, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall implement an automated process to identify unaccompanied alien children who do not appear for immigration hearings and share such information with the following:

(A) Internally, between the following:

(i) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.

(ii) Enforcement and Removal Operations.

(B) Externally, with the following:

(i) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

(ii) The Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(iii) The Department of Justice.

Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Attorney General an annual written certification indicating whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in compliance with subsection (a).

Not later than 60 days after the submission of the certification under subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall determine whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has achieved compliance with subsection (a).

For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2035, each political appointee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall not be eligible for the receipt of bonus pay, excluding overtime pay, until—

(i) the Secretary certifies compliance pursuant to subparagraph (A); and

(ii) the Attorney General makes a determination of compliance pursuant to subparagraph (B).

The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 895 the following new item: