Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term alien has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
The term child means an individual who— has not attained 18 years of age; and does not have permanent immigration status in the United States. The term detained individual means any individual, including an unaccompanied alien child, held in immigration detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). The term influx means a period during which— not less than 95 percent of the available beds in permanent shelters for unaccompanied alien children are occupied; and the average length of care for unaccompanied alien children in custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services exceeds 35 days.
The term influx care facility means an Office of Refugee Resettlement facility that is operated to provide temporary emergency shelter and services for unaccompanied alien children during an influx or emergency. The term Office of Refugee Resettlement facility means any facility at which unaccompanied alien children are in the care and custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The term standard care facility means an Office of Refugee Resettlement facility— that provides residential care for unaccompanied alien children; and at which all programmatic components are administered onsite and in the least restrictive environment.
The term unaccompanied alien child has the meaning given the term in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279(g) ).
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