S.Amdt. 31

SA 31. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Shelby) to the bill
H.R. 268, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, add the following:

SEC. __. CLARIFICATION OF STANDARDS FOR FAMILY DETENTION.

(a) In General.--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) Rule of Construction.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, judicial determination, consent decree, or settlement
agreement, the detention of any alien child who is not an
unaccompanied alien child shall be governed by sections 217,
235, 236, and 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1187, 1225, 1226, and 1231). There exists no
presumption that an alien child who is not an unaccompanied
alien child should not be detained, and all such
determinations shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of
Homeland Security.
``(2) Release of minors other than unaccompanied aliens.--
In no circumstances shall an alien minor who is not an
unaccompanied alien child be released by the Secretary of
Homeland Security other than to a parent or legal
guardian.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act
and shall apply to all actions that occur before, on, or
after such date of enactment.
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