while in the temporary custody of the De-
partment; and 
(iii) relevant complaint mechanisms to 
report any abuse or misconduct they may 
have experienced. 
(2) LANGUAGES.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the video orientation described in paragraph (1) 
is available in English and in the 5 most common 
native languages spoken by children held in custody 
at that location during the preceding fiscal year. 
(h) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall maintain the privacy and con-
fidentiality of all information gathered in the course of 
providing care, custody, placement, and follow-up services 
to unaccompanied alien children, consistent with the best 
interest of the unaccompanied alien child, by not dis-
closing such information to other government agencies or 
nonparental third parties unless such disclosure is— 
(1) recorded in writing and placed in the child’s 
file; 
(2) in the child’s best interest; and 
(3)(A) authorized by the child or by an ap-
proved sponsor in accordance with section 235 of the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) and 
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the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act (Public Law 104–191); or 
(B) provided to a duly recognized law enforce-
ment entity to prevent imminent and serious harm 
to another individual. 
(i) OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
retary shall adopt fundamental child protection policies 
and procedures— 
(1) for reliable age determinations of children, 
developed in consultation with medical and child wel-
fare experts, which exclude the use of fallible foren-
sic testing of children’s bone and teeth; 
(2) to utilize all legal authorities to defer the 
child’s removal if the child faces a risk of life-threat-
ening harm upon return including due to the child’s 
mental health or medical condition; and 
(3) to ensure, in accordance with the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), that unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, while in detention, are— 
(A) physically separated from any adult 
who is not an immediate family member; and 
(B) separated from— 
(i) immigration detainees and inmates 
with criminal convictions; 
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(ii) pretrial inmates facing criminal 
prosecution; and 
(iii) inmates exhibiting violent behav-
ior. 
(j) REPATRIATION
AND
REINTEGRATION
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in conjunction with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Attorney General, international organi-
zations, and nongovernmental organizations in the 
United States with expertise in repatriation and re-
integration, shall ensure that programs in the 
United States and within the country of return sup-
port the safe and sustainable repatriation and re-
integration of unaccompanied alien children into 
their country of nationality or of last habitual resi-
dence, including placement with their families, legal 
guardians, or other sponsoring agencies. 
(2) SCOPE.—The process described in para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) an identification of the expressed needs 
of the child; 
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(B) the creation of partnerships with com-
munity based organizations that are linguis-
tically and culturally competent; 
(C) the recognition of the need to include 
the family unit in the process to help the child 
reintegrate; 
(D) the provision of a wide diversity of 
services, including access to school, scholar-
ships, and vocational and skills training; 
(E) procedures that outline safe repatri-
ation to ensure children are not returned to 
harm or in other unsafe circumstances such as 
during nighttime hours; 
(F) procedures for when the exercise of 
discretion should be exercised because it is not 
in the child’s best interest to be returned; and 
(G) special considerations to address the 
particular needs of returning girls are ad-
dressed, tender-aged children, or other vulner-
able children. 
(3) REPORT
ON
REPATRIATION
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION
OF
UNACCOMPANIED
ALIEN
CHIL-
DREN.—Not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Administrator of the Agency for International 
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Development shall submit a substantive report to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate on efforts to improve repatriation and re-
integration programs for unaccompanied alien chil-
dren. 
(k) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security, in accordance with a written agree-
ment between the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and to the extent and 
in such amounts as are provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts, shall transfer such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out the duties described 
in subsections (c) and (e)(2) from amounts appro-
priated for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
the Department of Health and Human Services. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days before 
any proposed transfer under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
submit a detailed expenditure plan that describes the 
actions proposed to be taken with amounts trans-
ferred under such paragraph to— 
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(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. 
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