,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,salmon introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,william ,wilberforce         
,trafficking ,victims ,protection       
,reauthorization ,act of #bjjh to       
provide for the expedited removal of    
unaccompanied alien children who are not
 victims of a severe form of trafficking
 in persons and who do not have a fear  
of returning to their country of        
nationality or last habitual residence1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,expedited ,family ,reunification ,act  
of #bjad4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds

 the following3  7#a7 ,president ,obama1
 on ,june #ae1 #bjab1 during the ,rose  
,garden speech1 announced a unilateral  
administrative change in ,united ,states
 immigration policy that the            
administration will not enforce broad   
swaths of immigration laws1 including   
that the administration would not deport
 illegal immigrants brought to the      
,united ,states as young children4  7#b7
 ,an estimated #ij1jjj unaccompanied    
alien children are likely to illegally  
enter the ,united ,states this year     
alone4  7#c7 ,these children are        
targeted by human traffickers1 drug     
cartels1 and other criminal             
organizations1 and run the risk of being
 kidnapped1 raped1 killed1 or otherwise 
harmed4  7#d7 ,returning these illegal  
immigrants to their families in their   
home countries would allow them to be   
safe1 free from harm1 and help reduce   
future flow4  #c4 ,repatriation of      
unaccompanied alien children ,section   
#bce7;a7 of the ,william ,wilberforce   

,trafficking ,victims ,protection       
,reauthorization ,act of #bjjh 7#h      
,u4,s4,c4 #abcb7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
paragraph 7#b7--  7,a7 by amending the  
heading to read as follows3 ,rules for  
unaccompanied alien children42  7,b7 in 
subparagraph 7,a71 in the matter        
preceding clause 7i71 by striking who is
 a national or habitual resident of a   
country that is contiguous with the     
,united ,states2 and  7,c7 in           
subparagraph 7,c7--  7i7 by amending the
 heading to read as follows3 ,agreements
 with foreign countries2 and  7ii7 in   
the matter preceding clause 7i71 by     
inserting after countries contiguous to 
the ,united ,states the following 1 as  
well as ,belize1 ,costa ,rica1 ,el      
,salvador1 ,guatemala1 ,honduras1       
,nicaragua1 ,panama1 and any other      
foreign country that the ,secretary     
determines appropriate12 and  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#e77;,d71 in the matter      
preceding clause 7i71 by striking 1     
except for an unaccompanied alien child 

from a contiguous country subject to the
 exceptions under subsection 7a77#b71   
and inserting who does not meet the     
criteria listed in paragraph 7#b77;,a74 
#d4 ,applicability ,the amendments made 
by section #b shall apply to any        
unaccompanied alien child who was       
apprehended on or after ,june #ae1      
#bjab4