Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act

This bill changes the federal child care grant law so that a child care provider with a final court or agency finding of fraud involving federal child care funds is permanently barred from Health and Human Services child care programs, with no waiver or reinstatement. The state that paid the provider must repay the federal government, or have the amount taken from its administrative funds the next year. Cases decided by an agency order must be referred to the Attorney General for possible criminal prosecution. For non-citizens, the bill makes a debarred provider deportable, barred from entry, and ineligible for asylum or a green card, and allows mandatory detention and fast-track removal; it also bars entry for people tied to the Palestine Liberation Organization or al-Shabaab, and for debarred providers whose funds were found to have supported terrorism. The immigration changes apply to fraud committed on or after September 30, 1996, if the person had not been arrested or charged when the law takes effect.

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Sponsors

• John Cornyn Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors