,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dicf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,jeffries 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,bass1    
,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4
 ,gutirrez1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1  
and ,mr4 ,o',rourke7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend section #bib of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
require the ,attorney ,general to       
appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien 
children and aliens with serious mental 
disabilities1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,vulnerable ,immigrant ,voice   
,act4  #b4 ,appointment of counsel in   
certain cases  7a7 ,appointment of      
counsel for unaccompanied alien children
 and aliens with a serious mental       
disability ,section #bib of the         
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #acfb7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
inserting 7a7 before ,in any2  7#b7 by  

striking 7at no expense to the          
,government72  7#c7 by striking he shall
 and inserting the person shall2 and    
7#d7 by adding at the end the following3
  7b7 ,except as provided in subsection 
7c71 the ,government is not required to 
provide counsel to aliens under         
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,notwithstanding   
subsection 7b71 the ,attorney ,general  
shall appoint counsel1 at the expense of
 the ,government if necessary 7to the   
extent provided in appropriations       
,acts71 to represent an alien in a      
removal proceeding who--  7#a7 has been 
determined by the ,secretary to be an   
unaccompanied alien child 7as defined in
 section #dfb of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bgi7;g7772
 or  7#b7 is incompetent to represent   
himself or herself due to a serious     
mental disability that would be included
 in section #c7a7 of the ,americans with
 ,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #abajb7a774  4  7b7 ,funding  
,there are authorized to be appropriated

 such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the amendments made by this section4