1. Short title; purpose (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act . (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to reaffirm that— (1) the Federal Government is responsible for the health, safety, and well-being of children and families in the custody of the Federal Government; (2) children and families should only be in the custody of the Federal Government for as little time as possible; and (3) during any period in which children or families are in the custody of the Federal Government— (A) they should be treated with dignity, respect, and care; and (B) every effort should be made to minimize trauma, isolation, and conditions resembling prison. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Alien The term alien has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). (2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (3) Child The term child means an individual who— (A) has not attained 18 years of age; and (B) does not have permanent immigration status in the United States. (4) Detained individual The term detained individual means any individual, including an unaccompanied alien child, held in immigration detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). (5) Influx The term influx means a period during which— (A) not less than 95 percent of the available beds in permanent shelters for unaccompanied alien children are occupied