S.Amdt. 1480

SA 1480. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to

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amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements
relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for
emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care
program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

(a) In General.--Section 235 of the William Wilberforce
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8
U.S.C. 1232) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``Rules for
unaccompanied alien children.--'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``who
is a national or habitual resident of a country that is
contiguous with the United States'';
(II) in clause (i), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
(III) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
period; and
(IV) by striking clause (iii); and

(iii) in subparagraph (B)--

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``(8
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may--'' and inserting ``(8 U.S.C. 1101
et seq.)--'';
(II) in clause (i), by inserting before ``permit such child
to withdraw'' the following: ``may''; and
(III) in clause (ii), by inserting before ``return such
child'' the following: ``shall''; and

(B) in paragraph (5)(D)--
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``,
except for an unaccompanied alien child from a contiguous
country subject to exceptions under subsection (a)(2),'' and
inserting ``who does not meet the criteria listed in
paragraph (2)(A)''; and
(ii) in clause (i), by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ``, which shall include a hearing
before an immigration judge not later than 14 days after
being screened under paragraph (4)'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ``believed not to meet the criteria listed in
subsection (a)(2)(A)''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period
the following: ``and does not meet the criteria listed in
subsection (a)(2)(A)''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``an unaccompanied alien
child in custody shall'' and all that follows, and inserting
the following: ``an unaccompanied alien child in custody--
``(A) in the case of a child who does not meet the criteria
listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), shall transfer the custody of
such child to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not
later than 30 days after determining that such child is an
unaccompanied alien child who does not meet such criteria; or
``(B) in the case of a child who meets the criteria listed
in subsection (a)(2)(A), may transfer the custody of such
child to the Secretary of Health and Human Services after
determining that such child is an unaccompanied alien child
who meets such criteria.''; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting at the end the
following:
``(D) Information about individuals with whom children are
placed.--
``(i) Information to be provided to homeland security.--
Before placing a child with an individual, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall provide to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, regarding the individual with whom the
child will be placed, information on--

``(I) the name of the individual;
``(II) the social security number of the individual;
``(III) the date of birth of the individual;
``(IV) the location of the individual's residence where the
child will be placed;
``(V) the immigration status of the individual, if known;
and
``(VI) contact information for the individual.

``(ii) Activities of the secretary of homeland security.--
Not later than 30 days after receiving the information listed
in clause (i), the Secretary of Homeland Security, upon
determining that an individual with whom a child is placed is
unlawfully present in the United States and not in removal
proceedings pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.),
shall initiate such removal proceedings.''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by inserting after ``to the greatest extent
practicable'' the following: ``(at no expense to the
Government)''; and
(ii) by striking ``have counsel to represent them'' and
inserting ``have access to counsel to represent them''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to any unaccompanied alien child (as such term is
defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) apprehended on or after the date that
is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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