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US SB3644

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2026

Primary Sponsor

John Cornyn

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Permanently debars child care providers from all HHS-funded federal child care programs following a final judicial or administrative determination of fraud, with no possibility of reinstatement through name changes, reorganization, or repayment of funds

  • Requires states to reimburse the Secretary for fraudulently obtained funds or face deductions from their administrative allotment for the following fiscal year

  • Makes non-citizen child care providers who commit fraud inadmissible, deportable, ineligible for asylum and status adjustment, and subject to mandatory detention and expedited removal

  • Creates additional inadmissibility grounds for child care providers whose funds supported terrorist organizations including Al-Shabaab, and for officers or members of the Palestine Liberation Organization or Al-Shabaab

  • Mandates referral to the Attorney General for federal criminal investigation and prosecution under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 47 when debarment is based on an administrative order; immigration provisions apply retroactively to fraud committed on or after September 30, 1996

Legislative Description

Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act Stop Fraud by Strengthening Oversight and More Accountability for Lying and Illegal Activity Act

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1/14/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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