,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ab1 #bjai,mr4 
,panetta introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act with
 respect to in absentia removal         
proceedings1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,providing ,justice for ,asylum 
,seekers ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,initiation
 of removal proceedings ,section        
#bci7;a7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#abbi7;a77 is amended--  7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#a77;,f71 by inserting the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security or    
before the ,attorney ,general each place
 such term appears2 and  7#b7 in        
paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by striking the    
alien or to the alien's counsel of      
record and inserting the alien and to   
the alien's counsel of record4  #c4     
,removal proceedings ,section #bdj7;b7  

of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbi;a7b77 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#e7--  7,a7
 by amending subparagraph 7,a7 to read  
as follows3  7,a7 ,removal in absentia  
7i7 ,in general ,any alien who1 after a 
proceeding under this section is        
rescheduled by an immigration judge due 
to the alien's failure to attend such   
proceeding1 and written notice required 
under paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of section 
#bci7;a7 has been provided to the alien 
or the alien's counsel of record1 does  
not attend a proceeding under this      
section1 may be ordered removed in      
absentia if the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security establishes by clear1         
unequivocal1 and convincing evidence    
that--  7,i7 sufficient written notice  
was so provided2  7,,ii7 the alien is   
removable 7as defined in subsection     
7e77#b772 and  7,,iii7 in the case of an
 alien required to periodically report  
to the ,department of ,homeland         
,security1 the alien has demonstrated a 

pattern of failing to report4  7ii7     
,sufficient notice ,the written notice  
provided by the ,attorney ,general shall
 be considered sufficient for purposes  
of this subparagraph if provided at the 
most recent address provided under      
section #bci7;a77#a77;,f74  2 and  7,b7 
in subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 in clause    
7i7--  7,i7 by striking within #ahj days
 and inserting at any time2 and  7,,ii7 
by striking or at the end2  7ii7 in     
clause 7ii71 by striking the period at  
the end and inserting 1 or2  7iii7 by   
inserting after clause 7ii7 the         
following3  7iii7 upon a motion to      
reopen filed at any time if the alien is
 a minor child4  2 and  7iv7 by striking
 clause 7i7 or 7ii7 and inserting clause
 7i71 7ii71 or 7iii72 and  7#b7 by      
adding at the end the following3  7#h7  
,check-in history ,before an immigration
 judge conducts a proceeding under this 
section1 the ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security shall report to the           
immigration judge the extent to which   

the alien has complied with any         
requirement to report periodically the  
alien's whereabouts to the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security4  4