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(d) NOTICE
TO COUNSEL DURING IMMIGRATION 
PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except when otherwise re-
quired in an emergency situation involving the phys-
ical safety of the child, counsel shall be given prompt 
and adequate notice of all immigration matters af-
fecting or involving an unaccompanied alien child, 
including adjudications, proceedings, and processing, 
before such actions are taken. 
(2) OPPORTUNITY
TO
CONSULT
WITH
COUN-
SEL.—An unaccompanied alien child in the custody 
of the Office may not give consent to any immigra-
tion action, including consenting to voluntary depar-
ture, without first consulting with counsel. 
(e) ACCESS TO RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHILD ADVO-
CATE.—Counsel shall be given an opportunity to review 
the recommendation by the child advocate affecting or in-
volving a client who is an unaccompanied alien child. 
(f) COUNSEL FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN.—The United States shall pay for counsel to any 
unaccompanied alien child without the means to pay for 
counsel himself or herself. 
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SEC. 823. PRESERVATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHOR-
ITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The child advocate or counsel ap-
pointed under this subtitle shall not interfere with Federal 
investigators or prosecutors in a Federal criminal inves-
tigation or prosecution in which the child is a victim or 
witness. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In subsection (a), the term ‘‘inter-
fere with’’ shall include— 
(1) restricting access to a victim or witness; 
(2) encouraging noncooperation with Federal 
investigators or prosecutors; and 
(3) being present during interviews of the child 
by Federal investigators or prosecutors without the 
permission of the investigators or prosecutors. 
SEC. 824. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subtitle shall take effect 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this subtitle 
shall apply to all unaccompanied alien children in Federal 
custody on, before, or after the effective date of this title. 
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Subtitle C—Strengthening Policies 
for Permanent Protection of 
Alien Children 
SEC. 831. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE CLASSIFICATION. 
(a) J CLASSIFICATION.—Section 101(a)(27)(J) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(J)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(J) an immigrant, who is 18 years of age or 
younger on the date of application for the classifica-
tion and who is present in the United States— 
‘‘(i) who by a court order supported by 
written findings of fact, which shall be binding 
on the Secretary of Homeland Security for pur-
poses of adjudications under this subparagraph, 
was declared dependent on a juvenile court lo-
cated in the United States or has been legally 
committed to, or placed under the custody of, 
a department or agency of a State, or an indi-
vidual or entity appointed by a State or juvenile 
court located in the United States, and who has 
been deemed eligible by that court for long-term 
foster care due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, 
or a similar basis found under State law; 
‘‘(ii) for whom it has been determined by 
written findings of fact in administrative or ju-
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dicial proceedings that it would not be in the 
alien’s best interest to be returned to the alien’s 
or parent’s previous country of nationality or 
country of last habitual residence; and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to a child in Federal 
custody, for whom the Office of Refugee Reset-
tlement of the Department of Health and 
Human Services has certified to the Director of 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that 
the classification of an alien as a special immi-
grant under this subparagraph has not been 
made solely to provide an immigration benefit 
to that alien, 
‘‘except that no natural parent or prior adoptive 
parent of any alien provided special immigrant sta-
tus under this subparagraph shall thereafter, by vir-
tue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privi-
lege, or status under this Act;’’. 
(b) 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), 
(7)(A), 9(B), and 9(C)(i)(I) of section 212(a) 
shall not apply; and’’. 
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(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—A child who has 
been granted relief under section 811(a)(27)(J) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)), 
may be eligible for funds made available under section 
412(d) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)) until such time as 
the child attains the age designated in section 
412(d)(2)(B) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)(B)), or 
until the child is placed in a permanent adoptive home, 
whichever occurs first. 
(d) TRANSITION RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any child described in section 
101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) who filed an application for spe-
cial immigrant juvenile classification before the date of en-
actment of this Act and who was 19, 20, or 21 years of 
age on the date such application was filed shall not be 
denied such classification after the date of enactment of 
this Act because of such alien’s age. 
SEC. 832. TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS AND CERTAIN PRIVATE 
PARTIES WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH 
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 
(a) TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND 
CERTAIN PRIVATE PARTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting jointly with the Secretary, 
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