S.Amdt. 3407

SA 3407. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Durbin) to the bill S. 524, to authorize the
Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of
prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

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At the end of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 705. REFUGEES AND UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

(a) Equitable Treatment of Unaccompanied Alien Children.--
(1) In general.--Section 235(a)(2) of the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting ``Rules
for unaccompanied alien children.--'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``who is a national or
habitual resident of a country that is contiguous with the
United States''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting
``Agreements with foreign countries.--''; and
(ii) by striking ``countries contiguous to the United
States'' and inserting ``Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, and any other foreign country that the
Secretary determines appropriate''.
(2) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to any unaccompanied alien child who was
apprehended on or after October 1, 2015.
(b) Expedited Removal Authority for Unaccompanied Alien
Children From Certain Countries.--Section 235(a)(5)(D) of the
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(a)(5)(D)) is
amended--
(1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting
``Expedited removal for unaccompanied alien children.--'';
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(A) by inserting ``described in paragraph (2)(A) who is''
after ``Any unaccompanied alien child''; and
(B) by striking ``, except for an unaccompanied alien child
from a contiguous country subject to exceptions under
subsection (a)(2),''; and
(3) by amending clause (i) to read as follows:
``(i) placed in an expedited removal proceeding in
accordance with section 235 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225);''.
(c) Increasing the Number of Refugee Admissions From
Certain Countries.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the President, in determining the number of refugees who
may be admitted under section 207(a) for fiscal years 2016
and 2017, shall authorize the admission, in each such fiscal
year, of--
(1) up to 5,000 refugees from El Salvador;
(2) up to 5,000 refugees from Guatemala; and
(3) up to 5,000 refugees from Honduras.
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