UAC State Notification Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Homeland Security to notify a state at least 48 hours before placing an unaccompanied alien child in the care of a proposed custodian in that state.
To require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied 
        alien child is placed for custody and care in the State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``UAC State Notification Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF STATE GOVERNORS.

    Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Notification to States.--In the case of an unaccompanied 
alien child who is in Federal custody by reason of the child's 
immigration status, the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Governor of a State not 
later than 48 hours prior to the placement of the child in the care of 
a proposed custodian located in such State.''.
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UAC State Notification Act of 2021
To require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied alien child is placed for custody and care in the State.
UAC State Notification Act of 2021
Rep. Smith, Adrian