To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the repatriation of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply only to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements with any appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5079 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5079

    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
    Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the repatriation of 
         unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2014

 Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Cook, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
Royce, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Issa, Mr. 
 Nunes, Mr. Campbell, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Heck of 
 Nevada, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Farenthold, 
and Mr. Cole) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
    Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the repatriation of 
         unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.

    Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
                ``Rules for unaccompanied alien children.'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), 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''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by amending the heading to read as 
                        follows: ``Agreements with foreign 
                        countries.''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``countries contiguous to the United 
                        States'' and inserting ``any foreign country 
                        that the Secretary determines appropriate''; 
                        and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(D), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``, except for an unaccompanied alien child 
        from a contiguous country subject to the exceptions under 
        subsection (a)(2),'' and inserting ``who does not meet the 
        criteria listed in paragraph (2)(A)''.
                                 <all>