I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5114 
To facilitate the expedited processing of minors entering the United States 
across the southern border and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2014 
Mr. CUELLAR (for himself, Mr. BARBER, and Mr. FARENTHOLD) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Secu-
rity, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To facilitate the expedited processing of minors entering 
the United States across the southern border and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Unaccom-
panied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency Act’’ 
or the ‘‘HUMANE Act’’. 
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TITLE I—PROTECTING 
CHILDREN 
SEC. 101. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN. 
Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
1232(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending the paragraph heading to 
read as follows: ‘‘RULES FOR UNACCOMPANIED 
ALIEN CHILDREN’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘who is a na-
tional or habitual resident of a country that is 
contiguous with the United States’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by amending the subparagraph 
heading to read as follows: ‘‘AGREEMENTS 
WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES’’; and 
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘countries contiguous to the 
United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Canada, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, 
and any other foreign country that the 
Secretary determines appropriate’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (5)(D)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘PLACEMENT IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘EXPEDITED DUE PROCESS AND 
SCREENING FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘, except for an unaccompanied alien 
child from a contiguous country subject to the 
exceptions under subsection (a)(2), shall be—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘who does not meet the criteria 
listed in paragraph (2)(A)—’’; 
(C) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) shall be placed in a proceeding in 
accordance with section 235B of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, which shall 
commence not later than 7 days after the 
screening of an unaccompanied alien child 
described in paragraph (4);’’; 
(D) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 
(E) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(ii) may not be placed in the custody 
of a nongovernmental sponsor or otherwise 
released from the custody of the United 
States Government until the child is repa-
triated unless the child is the subject of an 
order under section 235B(e)(1) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act;’’; 
(F) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘is’’ before ‘‘eligible’’; and 
(G) in clause (iv), as redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘shall be’’ before ‘‘provided’’. 
SEC. 102. EXPEDITED DUE PROCESS AND SCREENING OF 
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN . 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATION-
ALITY ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act is amended by inserting 
after section 235A the following: 
‘‘SEC. 235B. HUMANE AND EXPEDITED INSPECTION AND 
SCREENING FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN 
CHILDREN. 
‘‘(a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘asy-
lum officer’ means an immigration officer who— 
‘‘(1) has had professional training in country 
conditions, asylum law, and interview techniques 
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