as appropriate, issue a detainer, take the alien into cus-
tody, and initiate removal proceedings under section 238 
or 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1228, 1229a), as appropriate.’’. 
TITLE VI—ASYLUM REFORM AND 
BORDER PROTECTION 
SEC. 601. CLARIFICATION OF INTENT REGARDING TAX-
PAYER-PROVIDED COUNSEL. 
Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1362) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(at no expense to the Govern-
ment)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no in-
stance shall the Government bear any expense for counsel 
for any person in removal proceedings or in any appeal 
proceedings before the Attorney General from any such 
removal proceedings.’’. 
SEC. 602. CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 
Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘208.’’ and inserting ‘‘208, and it is more prob-
able than not that the statements made by the alien in 
support of the alien’s claim are true.’’. 
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SEC. 603. RECORDING EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND CRED-
IBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall establish quality assurance procedures and take 
steps to effectively ensure that questions by employees of 
the Department of Homeland Security exercising expe-
dited removal authority under section 235(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) are asked 
in a uniform manner, and that both these questions and 
the answers provided in response to them are recorded in 
a uniform fashion. 
(b) FACTORS RELATING TO SWORN STATEMENTS.— 
Where practicable, any sworn or signed written statement 
taken of an alien as part of the record of a proceeding 
under section 235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)) shall be accom-
panied by a recording of the interview which served as the 
basis for that sworn statement. 
(c) INTERPRETERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
a competent interpreter, not affiliated with the govern-
ment of the country from which the alien may claim asy-
lum, is used when the interviewing officer does not speak 
a language understood by the alien and there is no other 
Federal, State, or local government employee available 
who is able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impar-
tially. 
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(d) RECORDINGS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.— 
Recordings of interviews of aliens subject to expedited re-
moval shall be included in the record of proceeding and 
shall be considered as evidence in any further proceedings 
involving the alien. 
(e) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to create any right, benefit, 
trust, or responsibility, whether substantive or procedural, 
enforceable in law or equity by a party against the United 
States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, enti-
ties, officers, employees, or agents, or any person, nor does 
this section create any right of review in any administra-
tive, judicial, or other proceeding. 
SEC. 604. SAFE THIRD COUNTRY. 
Section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘removed, pursuant to a bilat-
eral or multilateral agreement, to’’ and inserting 
‘‘removed to’’. 
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TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 701. SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN 
LAWS. 
(a) WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS UNLAW-
FULLY PRESENT.—Section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(v)) 
is suspended during the period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and ending on January 20, 
2017. 
(b) DESIGNATION
FOR
TEMPORARY
PROTECTED 
STATUS.—No foreign state may be designated or redesig-
nated under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) during the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
on January 20, 2017. The preceding sentence shall not 
be construed to affect any extension of a designation 
under paragraph (3)(C) of such section, if the designation 
was made prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 702. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS REFORM. 
Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1254a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) and redesignating subpara-
graph (D) as subparagraph (B); and 
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(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘to deny 
temporary protected status to an alien based on 
the alien’s immigration status or’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 
and any extended period of designation,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘or, if later, the expiration of the most re-
cent previous extension under subpara-
graph (C)’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘is extended for’’ and all that follows, and 
inserting ‘‘may be extended for one addi-
tional period of up to 18 months, in the 
discretion of the Attorney General.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking the 
second sentence; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(v) the alien had lawful immigration 
status in the United States on the effective 
date of the most recent designation of that 
state.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘aliens who 
are or may become otherwise deportable or have 
been paroled into the United States’’ and inserting 
‘‘aliens who may become otherwise deportable’’. 
Æ 
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