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the Attorney General specifically consents to such juris-
diction;’’ and inserting ‘‘in the custody of the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services unless the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services specifically consents 
to such jurisdiction;’’. 
(2) EXPEDITIOUS ADJUDICATION.—All applications for special 
immigrant status under section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) shall be adju-
dicated by the Secretary of Homeland Security not later than 
180 days after the date on which the application is filed. 
(3) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 245(h)(2)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(h)(2)(A)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) paragraphs (4), (5)(A), (6)(A), (6)(C), (6)(D), (7)(A), 
and (9)(B) of section 212(a) shall not apply; and’’. 
(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A child who has been granted special 
immigrant status under section 101(a)(27)(J) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) 
and who was either in the custody of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services at the time a dependency 
order was granted for such child or who was receiving 
services pursuant to section 501(a) of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) at the 
time such dependency order was granted, shall be eligible 
for placement and services under section 412(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)) until 
the earlier of— 
(i) the date on which the child reaches the age 
designated in section 412(d)(2)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)(B)); or 
(ii) the date on which the child is placed in a 
permanent adoptive home. 
(B) STATE REIMBURSEMENT.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, if State foster care funds are expended 
on behalf of a child who is not described in subparagraph 
(A) and has been granted special immigrant status under 
section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)), the Federal Government shall 
reimburse the State in which the child resides for such 
expenditures by the State. 
(5) STATE COURTS ACTING IN LOCO PARENTIS.—A department 
or agency of a State, or an individual or entity appointed 
by a State court or juvenile court located in the United States, 
acting in loco parentis, shall not be considered a legal guardian 
for purposes of this section or section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
(6) TRANSITION RULE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, an alien described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)), as 
amended by paragraph (1), may not be denied special 
immigrant status under such section after the date of the 
enactment of this Act based on age if the alien was a child 
on the date on which the alien applied for such status. 
(7) ACCESS TO ASYLUM PROTECTIONS.—Section 208 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended—
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(A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall 
not apply to an unaccompanied alien child (as defined 
in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 279(g))).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) INITIAL
JURISDICTION.—An asylum officer (as 
defined in section 235(b)(1)(E)) shall have initial jurisdic-
tion over any asylum application filed by an unaccompanied 
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))), regardless of 
whether filed in accordance with this section or section 
235(b).’’. 
(8) SPECIALIZED
NEEDS
OF
UNACCOMPANIED
ALIEN
CHIL-
DREN.—Applications for asylum and other forms of relief from 
removal in which an unaccompanied alien child is the principal 
applicant shall be governed by regulations which take into 
account the specialized needs of unaccompanied alien children 
and which address both procedural and substantive aspects 
of handling unaccompanied alien children’s cases. 
(e) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and 
the Attorney General shall provide specialized training to all Fed-
eral personnel, and upon request, state and local personnel, who 
have substantive contact with unaccompanied alien children. Such 
personnel shall be trained to work with unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, including identifying children who are victims of severe forms 
of trafficking in persons, and children for whom asylum or special 
immigrant relief may be appropriate, including children described 
in subsection (a)(2). 
(f) AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 462(b)(1)(L) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(b)(1)(L)) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, 
including regular follow-up visits to such facilities, placements, 
and other entities, to assess the continued suitability of such 
placements.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 462(b) of such Act 
(6 U.S.C. 279(b)) is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(G),’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1),’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph (2)(B) 
may be construed to require that a bond be posted for an 
unaccompanied alien child who is released to a qualified 
sponsor.’’. 
(g) DEFINITION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 462(g) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)). 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section— 
(1) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) shall also apply to all aliens in the United States 
in pending proceedings before the Department of Homeland
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Security or the Executive Office for Immigration Review, or 
related administrative or Federal appeals, on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(i) GRANTS
AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may award grants to, and enter into contracts 
with, voluntary agencies to carry out this section and section 462 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
SEC. 236. RESTRICTION OF PASSPORTS FOR SEX TOURISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Following any conviction of an individual 
for a violation of section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, 
the Attorney General shall notify in a timely manner— 
(1) the Secretary of State for appropriate action under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security for appropriate 
action under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT PASSPORT.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR PASSPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall not issue 
a passport or passport card to an individual who is con-
victed of a violation of section 2423 of title 18, United 
States Code, during the covered period if the individual 
used a passport or passport card or otherwise crossed an 
international border in committing the offense. 
(B) PASSPORT
REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall revoke a passport or passport card previously issued 
to an individual described in subparagraph (A). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATIONS.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may 
issue a passport or passport card, in emergency cir-
cumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual 
described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(B) LIMITATION FOR RETURN TO UNITED STATES.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may, 
prior to revocation, limit a previously issued passport or 
passport card only for return travel to the United States, 
or may issue a limited passport or passport card that 
only permits return travel to the United States. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period begin-
ning on the date on which an individual is convicted of 
a violation of section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, 
and ending on the later of— 
(i) the date on which the individual is released 
from a sentence of imprisonment relating to the 
offense; and 
(ii) the end of a period of parole or other supervised 
release of the covered individual relating to the offense; 
and 
(B) the term ‘‘imprisonment’’ means being confined 
in or otherwise restricted to a jail, prison, half-way house, 
treatment facility, or another institution, on a full or part- 
time basis, pursuant to the sentence imposed as the result 
of a criminal conviction.
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SEC. 237. ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON CRIME. 
(a) TRAFFICKING OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION.—The Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 
(1) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Part 
I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports; 
(2) to the extent feasible, establish subcategories for State 
sex crimes that involve— 
(A) a person who is younger than 18 years of age; 
(B) the use of force, fraud or coercion; or 
(C) neither of the elements described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B); and 
(3) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Group 
A offense for purpose of the National Incident-Based Reporting 
System. 
(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall revise the Uniform Crime Reporting 
System and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to distin-
guish between reports of— 
(1) incidents of assisting or promoting prostitution, which 
shall include crimes committed by persons who— 
(A) do not directly engage in commercial sex acts; 
and 
(B) direct, manage, or profit from such acts, such as 
State pimping and pandering crimes; 
(2) incidents of purchasing prostitution, which shall include 
crimes committed by persons who purchase or attempt to pur-
chase or trade anything of value for commercial sex acts; and 
(3) incidents of prostitution, which shall include crimes 
committed by persons providing or attempting to provide 
commercial sex acts. 
(c) REPORTS AND STUDIES.— 
(1) REPORTS.—Not later than February 1, 2010, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate reports on the 
following: 
(A) Activities or actions, in fiscal years 2001 through 
2009, by Federal departments and agencies to enforce the 
offenses set forth in chapter 117 of title 18, United States 
Code, including information regarding the number of 
prosecutions, the number of convictions, an identification 
of multiple-defendant cases and the results thereof, and, 
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the number of prosecutions, 
the number of convictions, and an identification of multiple- 
defendant case and the results thereof, the use of expanded 
statutes of limitation and other tools to prosecute crimes 
against children who reached the age of eighteen years 
since the time the crime was committed. 
(B) The interaction, in Federal human trafficking 
prosecutions in fiscal years 2001 through 2010, of Federal 
restitution provisions with those provisions of law allowing 
restoration and remission of criminally and civilly forfeited 
property, including the distribution of proceeds among mul-
tiple victims. 
(C) Activities or actions, in fiscal years 2001 through 
2010, to enforce the offenses set forth in chapters 95 and