(1) forced labor or human trafficking under 
section 1589, 1590, or 1591 of title 18, United 
States Code; or 
(2) child exploitation under section 2251, 
2251A, 2252, or 2252A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE FOR LOCATING AND 
REUNITING CHILDREN WITH APPREHENDED 
PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (referred to collectively in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Secretaries’’) shall jointly establish an inter-
agency office, which shall be known as the ‘‘Office for Lo-
cating and Reuniting Children with Parents’’ (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Office’’) and shall be responsible 
for expediting and facilitating the reunification of children 
and apprehended parents or legal guardians after entering 
the United States. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 
(1) expeditiously implement guidance des-
ignated for its jurisdiction; 
(2) establish 24-hour priority data and informa-
tion communication networks between HHS, DHS, 
and the Department of Justice; and 
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(3) identify and immediately inform Congress if 
the Office determines that insufficient appropria-
tions, or any other statutory or regulatory condition 
hinders the safe and timely reunion of separated 
children with their apprehended parents or legal 
guardians. 
(c) REPORT.—The Office shall submit a weekly re-
port to Congress that includes— 
(1) the number and location of children in the 
physical custody of DHS or HHS who have been 
separated from an apprehended parent or legal 
guardian; 
(2) the number of such children who have been 
physically reunified with their apprehended parent 
or legal guardian; 
(3) the physical location of apprehended par-
ents and legal guardians who have yet to be reunited 
with their child, including the apprehended parents 
and legal guardians who have been deported without 
their child; 
(4) the number of such children who have not 
yet been physically reunited with their apprehended 
parent or legal guardian; and 
(5) an outline of the progress made in imple-
menting the rule published pursuant to section 3(a). 
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SEC. 8. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) FEDERAL LAW.—Nothing in this Act may be con-
strued to supersede or modify— 
(1) the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232 et seq.); 
(2) the Stipulated Settlement Agreement filed 
in the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California on January 17, 1997 (CV 85– 
4544–RJK) (commonly known as the ‘‘Flores Settle-
ment Agreement’’); 
(3) the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–296); or 
(4) any applicable Federal child welfare law, in-
cluding the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 
(Public Law 105–89). 
(b) STATE LAW.—Nothing in this Act may be con-
strued to supersede or modify any applicable State child 
welfare laws. 
SEC. 9. REALLOCATION OF DHS APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount allocated to Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2021 for 
enforcement, 
detention, 
and 
removal 
operations, 
$50,000,000 shall be reallocated to carry out sections 3 
and 5(a). 
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(b) REUNIFICATION.—Not less than $15,000,000 of 
the amount reallocated under subsection (a) shall be made 
available to carry out section 3. 
SEC. 10. COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE 
ALIENS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO APPOINT COUNSEL
TO 
ALIENS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.—Section 292 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In any removal proceedings be-
fore an immigration judge and in any appeal pro-
ceedings before the Attorney General from any such 
removal proceedings,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a proceeding conducted under 
any section of this Act,’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as amended by paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(at no expense to the Gov-
ernment)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘the person shall’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO COUNSEL.—The Attorney General 
may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any proceeding 
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conducted under any section of this Act. The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall ensure that— 
‘‘(1) aliens have access to counsel inside all im-
migration detention and border facilities; 
‘‘(2) children do not appear before an immigra-
tion judge without counsel; and 
‘‘(3) children have their cases heard individ-
ually.’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN AND 
VULNERABLE ALIENS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 292 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362), as amend-
ed by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(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)); 
‘‘(2) a particularly vulnerable individual, such 
as— 
‘‘(A) a person with a disability; or 
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