,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjba,mr4 
,green of ,tennessee 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 transfer functions       
related to unaccompanied alien children 
to the ,department of ,homeland         
,security1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,migrant ,accountability ,act of    
#bjba4  #b4 ,transfer of functions      
related to unaccompanied alien children 
,section #dfb of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #bgi7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by amending subsection   
7a7 to read as follows3  7a7 ,transfer  
of functions ,there are transferred to  

the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
functions under the immigration laws of 
the ,united ,states with respect to the 
care of unaccompanied alien children    
that were vested by statute in1 or      
performed by1 the ,director of the      
,office of ,refugee ,resettlement of the
 ,department of ,health and ,human      
,services immediately before the        
effective date specified in subsection  
7d74  2  7#b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7  
by striking ,director of the ,office of 
,refugee ,resettlement each place it    
appears and inserting ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security2 and  7,b7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,director   
and inserting ,secretary2  7#c7 by      
amending subsection 7d7 to read as      
follows3  7d7 ,effective date ,the      
effective date specified in this        
subsection is the date of enactment of  
the ,migrant ,accountability ,act of    
#bjba4  4  7#d7 in subsection 7e7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking         
,director of the ,office of ,refugee    

,resettlement and inserting ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security2 and  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,office of  
,refugee ,resettlement of the           
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services and inserting ,department of  
,homeland ,security2 and  7#e7 in       
subsection 7f7-- 7,a7 by repealing      
paragraph 7#b72  7,b7 in paragraph      
7#c7-- 7i7 by striking ,department of   
,justice and inserting ,department of   
,health and ,human ,services2  7ii7 by  
striking the ,immigration and           
,naturalization ,service and inserting  
the ,office of ,refugee ,resettlement2  
and  7iii7 by striking ,director of the 
,office of ,refugee ,resettlement for   
allocation to the appropriate component 
of the ,department of ,health and ,human
 ,services and inserting ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security for allocation to   
the appropriate component of the        
,department of ,homeland ,security4  #c4
 ,conforming amendments ,section #bce of
 the ,william ,wilberforce ,trafficking 

,victims ,protection ,reauthorization   
,act of #bjjh 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abcb7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by amending the 
heading to read as follows3 ,rules for  
unaccompanied alien children2  7ii7 in  
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking who is a 
national or habitual resident of a      
country that is contiguous with the     
,united ,states2 and  7iii7 in          
subparagraph 7,c7-- 7,i7 by amending the
 heading to read as follows3 ,country   
agreements2 and  7,,ii7 by striking     
countries contiguous to the ,united     
,states and inserting other countries2  
7,b7 by striking paragraph 7#c72  7,c7  
in paragraph 7#d71 by striking          
immediately be transferred to the       
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services and treated in accordance with
 subsection 7b7 and inserting be treated
 in accordance with subsection 7b72 and 
7,d7 in paragraph 7#e77;,d71 by striking
 contiguous2 and  7#b7 in subsection    
7b7-- 7,a7 by amending paragraph 7#a7 to

 read as follows3  7#a7 ,care and       
custody of unaccompanied alien children 
,the care and custody of all            
unaccompanied alien children1 including 
responsibility for their detention1     
where appropriate1 shall be the         
responsibility of the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security4  4  7,b7 in        
paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,department 
of ,health and ,human services and      
inserting ,department of ,homeland      
,security2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c71 by  
striking ,secretary of ,health and      
,human ,services and inserting          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 and  
7,d7 in paragraph 7#d71 by amending the 
first sentence to read as follows3 ,the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services1 shall     
develop procedures to make a prompt     
determination of the age of an alien1   
which shall be used by the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security for children in    
their custody42  7#c7 in subsection     

7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 in   
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,i7 by amending the
 heading to read as follows3 ,minors in 
department of homeland security custody2
 and  7,,ii7 by striking ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services and        
inserting ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security2 and  7ii7 by striking        
subparagraph 7,b72  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#c7-- 7i7 by striking ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services each place 
it appears and inserting ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security2 and  7ii7 by       
repealing subparagraph 7,c72  7,c7 in   
paragraph 7#d71 by striking ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services and     
inserting ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security2  7,d7 in paragraph 7#e71 by  
striking ,secretary of ,health and      
,human ,services and inserting          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 and  
7,e7 in paragraph 7#f71 by striking     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services each place it appears and     
inserting ,secretary of ,homeland       

,security2  7#d7 in subsection          
7d77#d77;,a71 by striking ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services and        
inserting ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security2 and  7#e7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7j7 ,,dna testing   
,prior to placing an unaccompanied alien
 child into the custody of a sponsor who
 claims to be a biological relative of  
the child1 the ,secretary shall confirm 
the existence of such a relationship    
using ,,dna technology4 ,for purposes of
 this subsection1 a biological relative 
includes a grandfather1 grandmother1    
brother1 sister1 aunt1 uncle1 parent1   
and first cousin4  7k7 ,limitation on   
placement ,the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security1 or their designee1 shall not 
place an unaccompanied alien child in a 
,state1 including in a ,federal         
,government facility in a ,state1 if the
 ,governor of that ,state does not      
consent to such placement4 ,this        
subsection does not apply to the        
placement of an unaccompanied alien     

child with a biological relative with   
whom the existence of such a            
relationship has been confirmed using   
,,dna technology in accordance with     
subsection 7j74  4