(E) The age of the individual at the time 
of the adjudication or conviction. 
(F) The relationship between the offense 
and the capacity to care for a child. 
(G) Evidence of rehabilitation of the indi-
vidual. 
(H) Opinions of community and family 
members concerning the individual. 
(c) PLACEMENT
DETERMINATIONS
CONCERNING 
PARENTS
OR GUARDIANS.—The Director may deny a 
placement for a prospective sponsor who is the parent or 
guardian of the child involved if the record checks per-
formed pursuant to this section reveal that the prospective 
sponsor or a resident adult in the home of a prospective 
sponsor was adjudged guilty of a civil offense or was con-
victed of a crime. The Director, in making a determination 
about whether to approve or deny the placement, shall 
consider all of the factors described in subsection (b)(2). 
(d) APPEALS PROCESS.— 
(1) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide 
information to each prospective sponsor on how such 
sponsor may appeal— 
(A) a placement determination under this 
section, including— 
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(i) prompt notice of the opportunity to 
so appeal; and 
(ii) instructions about how to partici-
pate in the appeals process; and 
(B) the results of a record check per-
formed pursuant to this section or the accuracy 
or completeness of the information yielded by 
the record check, as provided in paragraph (2), 
including— 
(i) prompt notice of the opportunity to 
so appeal; and 
(ii) instructions about how to partici-
pate in the appeals process. 
(2) APPEAL.—Each Federal agency responsible 
for administering or maintaining the information in 
a database, registry, or repository used in a record 
check performed pursuant to this section or respon-
sible for the accuracy or completeness of the infor-
mation yielded by the record check shall— 
(A) establish a process for an appeal con-
cerning the results of that record check, or that 
accuracy or completeness; and 
(B) complete such process not later than 
30 days after the date on which such an appeal 
is filed. 
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(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prohibit the Director from estab-
lishing additional checks or procedures (besides the checks 
required in this section) for sponsors, to enable the Direc-
tor to— 
(1) oversee and promote the health, safety, and 
well-being of unaccompanied alien children; or 
(2) prevent the exploitation, neglect, or abuse of 
unaccompanied alien children. 
SEC. 412. RESPONSIBILITY OF SPONSOR FOR IMMIGRATION 
COURT 
COMPLIANCE 
AND 
CHILD 
WELL- 
BEING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts appropriated pur-
suant to section 401(b) to carry out this section, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall es-
tablish procedures to ensure that legal orientation pro-
grams regarding immigration court and rights and respon-
sibilities for the well-being of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren are provided to all prospective sponsors of unaccom-
panied alien children prior to an unaccompanied alien 
child’s placement with such a sponsor. 
(b) PROGRAM
ELEMENTS.—The procedures de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include a requirement that 
each legal orientation program described in such sub-
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section shall provide information on the sponsor’s rights 
and responsibilities to— 
(1) ensure the unaccompanied alien child ap-
pears at immigration proceedings and communicate 
with the court involved regarding the child’s change 
of address and other relevant information; 
(2) immediately enroll the child in school, and 
shall provide information and resources if the spon-
sor encounters difficulty enrolling such child in 
school; 
(3) provide access to health care, including 
mental health care as needed, and any necessary 
age-appropriate health screening to the child; 
(4) report potential child traffickers and other 
persons seeking to victimize or exploit unaccom-
panied alien children, or otherwise engage such chil-
dren in criminal, harmful, or dangerous activity; 
(5) seek assistance from the Department re-
garding the health, safety, and well-being of the 
child placed with the sponsor; and 
(6) file a complaint, if necessary, with the Sec-
retary or the Secretary of Homeland Security re-
garding treatment of unaccompanied alien children 
while under the care of the Office of Refugee Reset-
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tlement or the Department of Homeland Security, 
respectively. 
SEC. 413. MONITORING UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) RISK-BASED POST-PLACEMENT SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to section 401(b) to carry out this section, 
the Secretary shall, to assist each unaccompanied 
alien child in a placement with a sponsor— 
(A) complete an individualized assessment 
of the need for services to be provided after 
placement; and 
(B) provide such post-placement services 
during the pendency of removal proceedings or 
until no longer necessary. 
(2) MINIMUM SERVICES.—For the purposes of 
paragraph (1), the services shall, at a minimum, in-
clude— 
(A) for the unaccompanied alien child, at 
least one post-placement case management serv-
ices visit within 30 days after placement with a 
sponsor and the referral of unaccompanied alien 
children to service providers in the community; 
and 
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(B) for the family of the child’s sponsor, 
orientation and other functional family support 
services, as determined to be necessary in the 
individualized assessment. 
(b) EFFECTIVE USE OF CHILD ADVOCATES FOR THE 
MOST
VULNERABLE
UNACCOMPANIED
ALIEN
CHIL-
DREN.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) direct the Director— 
(A) to identify and track the referral rates 
of unaccompanied alien children to child advo-
cates by care providers and investigate in-
stances in which such a rate is low; 
(B) to ensure that the referral criteria es-
tablished by the Director are appropriately ap-
plied when a care provider determines if such a 
child is eligible for referral to a child advocate; 
(C) to provide technical assistance to care 
providers to ensure compliance with such cri-
teria; and 
(D) to establish a process for stakeholders 
and the public to refer unaccompanied alien 
children, including those placed with a sponsor, 
to the child advocate program to determine if 
such child meets the referral criteria for ap-
pointment of a child advocate; and 
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(2) ensure that each child advocate for an unac-
companied alien child shall— 
(A) be provided access to materials nec-
essary to advocate effectively for the best inter-
est of the child, including direct access to sig-
nificant incident reports, home studies, and 
similar materials and information; and 
(B) be notified when new materials and in-
formation described in subparagraph (A) relat-
ing to the child are created or become available. 
Subtitle B—Funding to States and 
School 
Districts; 
Supporting 
Education and Safety 
SEC. 421. FUNDING TO STATES TO CONDUCT STATE CRIMI-
NAL CHECKS AND CHILD ABUSE AND NE-
GLECT CHECKS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
means each of the 50 States of the United States and the 
District of Columbia. 
(b) PAYMENTS
TO STATES TO CONDUCT STATE 
CRIMINAL REGISTRY OR REPOSITORY SEARCHES AND TO 
CONDUCT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CHECKS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to section 401(b) to carry out this section, 
the Secretary shall, in accordance with this sub-
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section, make payments to States, through each 
agency in each State tasked with administering the 
State criminal registry or repository required under 
section 411(a)(1)(B) or the State child abuse and 
neglect registry required under section 411(a)(1)(D), 
to assist with searches of such registries, reposi-
tories, or databases for prospective sponsors of unac-
companied alien children and resident adults in the 
home of such prospective sponsors, in accordance 
with section 411. 
(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 
(A) STATE CRIMINAL REGISTRY AND RE-
POSITORY
SEARCHES.—In each fiscal year, 
using amounts appropriated pursuant to section 
401(b) to carry out this section with respect to 
the program providing payments to States to 
assist with criminal registry or repository 
searches, the Secretary shall allot to each State 
participating in such program, through the 
agency in each such State tasked with admin-
istering the State criminal registry or repository 
described in section 411(a)(1)(B), an amount 
that bears the same relationship to such funds 
as the number of searches of such State crimi-
nal registry or repository conducted in accord-
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ance with section 411(a)(1)(B) in the State 
bears to the total number of such searches in 
all States participating in the program. 
(B) 
CHILD
ABUSE
AND
NEGLECT 
CHECKS.—In each fiscal year, using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to section 401(b) to 
carry out this section with respect to the pro-
gram providing payments to States to assist 
with child abuse and neglect registry and data-
base searches, the Secretary shall allot to each 
State participating in such program, through 
the agency in each such State tasked with ad-
ministering the State child abuse and neglect 
registries and databases described in section 
411(a)(1)(D), an amount that bears the same 
relationship to such funds as the number of 
searches of such child abuse and neglect reg-
istries and databases conducted in accordance 
with section 411(a)(1)(D) in the State bears to 
the total number of such searches in all States 
participating in the program. 
(C) TRANSITION RULE.—In the first fiscal 
year in which funds are made available under 
this title to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall make allotments to each State partici-
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pating in the programs under this section in ac-
cordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
based on the Secretary’s estimate of the num-
ber of the searches described in each such sub-
paragraph, respectively, that each of the States 
are expected to conduct in such fiscal year. 
(3) STATE APPLICATIONS.—Each State agency 
described in paragraph (1) desiring an allotment 
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) 
shall submit an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, which shall include an assurance 
that the State agency will respond promptly to all 
requests from the Director, within a reasonable time 
period determined by the Director, to conduct a 
search required under section 411 in a timely man-
ner, and a description of how funds will be used to 
meet such assurance. 
SEC. 422. FUNDING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR UNACCOM-
PANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to section 401(b) to carry out this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Education shall award grants, on 
a competitive basis, to eligible local educational agencies, 
or consortia of neighboring local educational agencies, de-
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scribed in subsection (b) to enable the local educational 
agencies or consortia to enhance opportunities for, and 
provide services to, immigrant children and youth, includ-
ing unaccompanied alien children, in the area served by 
the local educational agencies or consortia. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency, 
or a consortium of neighboring local educational 
agencies, is eligible for a grant under subsection (a) 
if, during the fiscal year for which a grant is award-
ed under this section, there are 50 or more unac-
companied alien children enrolled in the public 
schools served by the local educational agency or the 
consortium, respectively. 
(2) DETERMINATIONS OF NUMBER OF UNAC-
COMPANIED
ALIEN
CHILDREN.—The Secretary of 
Education shall determine the number of unaccom-
panied alien children for purposes of paragraph (1) 
based on the most accurate data available that is 
provided to the Secretary of Education by the Direc-
tor or the Department of Homeland Security. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational agency, or a 
consortia of neighboring local educational agencies, desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary of Education at such time, in such man-
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ner, and containing such information, as the Secretary of 
Education may require, including a description of how the 
grant will be used to enhance opportunities for, and pro-
vide services to, immigrant children and youth (including 
unaccompanied alien children) and their families. 
SEC. 423. IMMEDIATE ENROLLMENT OF UNACCOMPANIED 
ALIEN CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. 
To be eligible for funding under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.), a local educational agency shall— 
(1) ensure that unaccompanied alien children in 
the area served by the local educational agency are 
immediately enrolled in school following placement 
with a sponsor; and 
(2) remove barriers to enrollment and full par-
ticipation in educational programs and services of-
fered by the local educational agency for unaccom-
panied alien children (including barriers related to 
documentation, age, and language), which shall in-
clude reviewing and revising policies that may have 
a negative effect on such children. 
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(B) their rights and obligations relating to 
such hearings under Federal immigration laws 
to ensure appearance at all immigration pro-
ceedings; 
(C) their rights under Federal immigration 
laws, including available legal protections and 
the procedure for requesting such protection; 
(D) the consequences of filing frivolous 
legal claims and of failing to appear for pro-
ceedings; and 
(E) any other subject that the Attorney 
General considers appropriate, such as a con-
tact list of potential legal resources and pro-
viders. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—An alien shall be given ac-
cess to legal orientation programs under this sub-
section regardless of the alien’s current immigration 
status, prior immigration history, or potential for 
immigration relief. 
(b) PILOT PROJECT FOR NONDETAINED ALIENS IN 
REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
develop and administer a 2-year pilot program at 
not fewer than 2 immigration courts to provide non-
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detained aliens with pending asylum claims access to 
legal information. 
(2) REPORT.—At the conclusion of the pilot 
program under this subsection, the Attorney General 
shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives that describes 
the extent to which nondetained aliens are provided 
with access to counsel. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Executive Office of 
Immigration Review of the Department of Justice such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 512. FAIR DAY IN COURT FOR KIDS. 
(a) IMPROVING IMMIGRATION COURT EFFICIENCY 
AND REDUCING COSTS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO LEGAL 
INFORMATION.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT
OF
COUNSEL
IN
CERTAIN 
CASES; RIGHT TO REVIEW CERTAIN DOCUMENTS IN 
REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.—Section 240(b) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘, at no expense 
to the Government,’’; and 
(II) by striking the comma at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and 
(E), respectively; 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General may appoint or 
provide counsel, at Government expense, to 
aliens in immigration proceedings; 
‘‘(C) the alien shall, at the beginning of 
the proceedings or as expeditiously as possible, 
automatically receive a complete copy of all rel-
evant documents in the possession of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including all 
documents (other than documents protected 
from disclosure by privilege, including national 
security information referred to in subpara-
graph (D), law enforcement sensitive informa-
tion, and information prohibited from disclosure 
pursuant to any other provision of law) con-
tained in the file maintained by the Government 
that includes information with respect to all 
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transactions involving the alien during the im-
migration process (commonly referred to as an 
‘A-file’), and all documents pertaining to the 
alien that the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity has obtained or received from other govern-
ment agencies, unless the alien waives the right 
to receive such documents by executing a know-
ing and voluntary written waiver in a language 
that he or she understands fluently;’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) FAILURE TO PROVIDE ALIEN REQUIRED 
DOCUMENTS.—In the absence of a waiver under 
paragraph (4)(C), a removal proceeding may not 
proceed until the alien— 
‘‘(A) has received the documents as re-
quired under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) has been provided meaningful time to 
review and assess such documents.’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE AUTHOR-
ITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO APPOINT COUN-
SEL TO ALIENS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.— 
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Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1362) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In any’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In any proceeding conducted 
under section 235, 236, 238, 240, 241, or any other sec-
tion of this Act,’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), as redesignated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(at no expense to the 
Government)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the person shall’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO COUNSEL.—The Attorney General 
may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any proceeding 
conducted under section 235, 236, 238, 240, or 241 or 
any other section of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure that aliens have access to counsel 
inside all immigration detention and border facilities.’’. 
(3) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN 
AND VULNERABLE ALIENS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 292 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362), 
as amended by paragraph (2), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ALIENS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (b), the Attorney General shall 
appoint counsel, at the expense of the Government if nec-
essary, at the beginning of the proceedings or as expedi-
tiously as possible, to represent in such proceedings any 
alien who has been determined by the Secretary of Home-
land Security or the Attorney General to be— 
‘‘(1) a child (as defined in section 101(b)(1) of 
this Act); 
‘‘(2) a particularly vulnerable individual, such 
as— 
‘‘(A) a person with a disability; or 
‘‘(B) a victim of abuse, torture, or violence; 
or 
‘‘(3) an individual whose circumstances are 
such that the appointment of counsel is necessary to 
help ensure fair resolution and efficient adjudication 
of the proceedings. 
‘‘(d) EXTENSION TO CONSOLIDATED CASES.—If the 
Attorney General has consolidated the case of any alien 
for whom counsel was appointed under subsection (c) with 
that of any other alien, and that other alien does not have 
counsel, then the counsel appointed under subsection (c) 
shall be appointed to represent such other alien. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Executive Office 
of Immigration Review of the Department of Justice such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.’’. 
(B) RULEMAKING.—The Attorney General 
shall promulgate regulations to implement sec-
tion 292(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, as added by subparagraph (A), in accord-
ance with the requirements set forth in section 
3006A of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) ACCESS BY COUNSEL AND LEGAL ORIENTATION 
AT DETENTION FACILITIES.— 
(1) ACCESS
TO
COUNSEL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall facilitate access to counsel 
for all aliens detained in facilities under the super-
vision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment or of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in-
cluding providing information to aliens in detention 
about legal services programs at detention facilities. 
(2) ACCESS
TO
LEGAL
ORIENTATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall estab-
lish procedures to ensure that legal orientation pro-
grams are available for all detained aliens, including 
aliens held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
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facilities, to inform such aliens of the basic proce-
dures of immigration hearings, their rights relating 
to those hearings under Federal immigration laws, 
information that may deter such aliens from filing 
frivolous legal claims, and any other information 
that the Attorney General considers appropriate, 
such as a contact list of potential legal resources and 
providers. Access to legal orientation programs shall 
not be limited by the alien’s current immigration 
status, prior immigration history, or potential for 
immigration relief. 
(3) PILOT PROJECT FOR NONDETAINED ALIENS 
IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.—The Attorney General 
shall develop and administer a 2-year pilot program 
at not fewer than 2 immigration courts to provide 
nondetained aliens with pending asylum claims ac-
cess to legal information. At the conclusion of the 
pilot program, the Attorney General shall submit a 
report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives that describes the extent 
to which nondetained aliens are provided with access 
to counsel. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Execu-
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tive Office of Immigration Review of the Department 
of Justice such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section. 
(c) CASE MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM TO IN-
CREASE COURT APPEARANCE RATES.— 
(1) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall establish a pilot program to 
increase the court appearance rates of aliens de-
scribed in section 292(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a)(3)(A), 
by contracting with nongovernmental, community- 
based organizations to provide appropriate case 
management services to such aliens. This pilot pro-
gram shall not be used to monitor individuals des-
ignated as unaccompanied alien children under sec-
tion 462 of the Homeland Security Act. 
(2) SCOPE
OF
SERVICES.—Case management 
services provided under paragraph (1) shall include 
assisting aliens with— 
(A) accessing legal counsel; 
(B) complying with court-imposed dead-
lines and other legal obligations; 
(C) procuring appropriate housing; 
(D) enrolling their minor children in 
school; and 
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(E) acquiring health services, including, if 
needed, mental health services. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Homeland Security such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) REPORT ON ACCESS TO COUNSEL.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 
each year, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall pre-
pare and submit a report to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives regarding 
the extent to which aliens described in section 
292(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 
added by subsection (a)(3)(A), have been provided 
access to counsel. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, for the immediately pre-
ceding 1-year period— 
(A) the number and percentage of aliens 
described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), 
respectively, of section 292(c) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, as added by sub-
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section (a)(3)(A), who were represented by 
counsel, including information specifying— 
(i) the stage of the legal process at 
which the alien was represented; and 
(ii) whether the alien was in govern-
ment custody; and 
(B) the number and percentage of aliens 
who received legal orientation presentations. 
(e) MOTIONS TO REOPEN.—Section 240(c)(7)(C) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1229a(c)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CHILDREN 
AND OTHER VULNERABLE ALIENS.—If the 
Attorney General fails to appoint counsel 
for an alien in violation of section 292(c)— 
‘‘(I) no limitation under this 
paragraph pertaining to the filing of 
any motion under this paragraph by 
such alien shall apply; and 
‘‘(II) the filing of such a motion 
shall stay the removal of the alien.’’. 
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Subtitle B—Reducing Significant 
Delays in Immigration Court 
SEC. 521. ELIMINATE IMMIGRATION COURT BACKLOGS. 
(a) ANNUAL INCREASES IN IMMIGRATION JUDGES.— 
The Attorney General shall increase the total number of 
immigration judges to adjudicate pending cases and effi-
ciently process future cases by at least— 
(1) 55 judges during fiscal year 2017; 
(2) an additional 55 judges during fiscal year 
2018; and 
(3) an additional 55 judges during fiscal year 
2019. 
(b) NECESSARY SUPPORT STAFF FOR IMMIGRATION 
JUDGES.—To address the shortage of support staff for 
immigration judges, the Attorney General shall ensure 
that each immigration judge has sufficient support staff, 
adequate technological and security resources, and appro-
priate courtroom facilities. 
(c) ANNUAL INCREASES IN BOARD OF IMMIGRATION 
APPEALS PERSONNEL.—The Attorney General shall in-
crease the number of Board of Immigration Appeals staff 
attorneys (including necessary additional support staff) to 
efficiently process cases by at least— 
(1) 23 attorneys during fiscal year 2017; 
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(2) an additional 23 attorneys during fiscal 
year 2018; and 
(3) an additional 23 attorneys during fiscal 
year 2019. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study of the hurdles to efficient 
hiring of immigration court judges within the De-
partment of Justice; and 
(2) propose solutions to Congress for improving 
the efficiency of the hiring process. 
SEC. 522. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR IMMIGRATION JUDGES 
AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF IMMIGRA-
TION APPEALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To ensure efficient and fair pro-
ceedings, the Director of the Executive Office for Immi-
gration Review shall facilitate robust training programs 
for immigration judges and members of the Board of Im-
migration Appeals. 
(b) MANDATORY
TRAINING.—Training facilitated 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) expanding the training program for new im-
migration judges and Board members; 
(2) continuing education regarding current de-
velopments in immigration law through regularly 
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available training resources and an annual con-
ference; and 
(3) methods to ensure that immigration judges 
are trained on properly crafting and dictating deci-
sions and standards of review, including improved 
on-bench reference materials and decision templates. 
SEC. 523. NEW TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE COURT EFFI-
CIENCY. 
The Director of the Executive Office for Immigration 
Review will modernize its case management and related 
electronic systems, including allowing for electronic filing, 
to improve efficiency in the processing of immigration pro-
ceedings. 
Subtitle C—Reducing the 
Likelihood of Remigration 
SEC. 531. ESTABLISHING REINTEGRATION AND MONI-
TORING SERVICES FOR REPATRIATING CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH UNHCR.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of State, 
shall consult with the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘UNHCR’’) to— 
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(1) develop a best interests determination proc-
ess to ensure that a best interests determination by 
a by a child welfare professional or agency is con-
ducted for all children before any decision to repa-
triate a child to his or her country of origin; and 
(2) develop a child-centered repatriation process 
for children for whom repatriation is determined to 
be in their best interests. 
(b) COLLABORATION
WITH
REGIONAL
GOVERN-
MENTS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall col-
laborate with regional governments and international and 
domestic nongovernmental organizations to reduce chil-
dren’s need to remigrate by— 
(1) establishing and expanding comprehensive 
reintegration services for repatriated unaccompanied 
children once returned to their communities of ori-
gin; 
(2) establishing monitoring and verification 
services to determine the well-being of repatriated 
children in order to determine if United States pro-
tection and screening functioned effectively in identi-
fying persecuted and trafficked children; and 
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(3) providing emergency referrals to the 
UNHCR for registration and safe passage to an es-
tablished emergency transit center for refugees for 
any repatriated children who are facing immediate 
risk of harm. 
Æ 
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