Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Protecting Unaccompanied Children Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Streamlining reporting of violations against immigrant children in Federal custody Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Federal Custody. Sec. 103. Data collection. Sec. 104. Expert advisory committee. Sec. 105. Coordination with Department of Homeland Security. Sec. 106.

Rule of construction. TITLE II—Protections for immigrant children Subtitle A—Unaccompanied alien children in immigration proceedings Sec. 201. Legal representation in removal proceedings. Sec. 202. Motions to reopen. Subtitle B—Access to services Sec. 211. Clarification of unaccompanied child determination procedures. Sec. 212. Improving access to post-release services. Sec. 213. State-level coordinators for unaccompanied children’s services. Sec. 214. Assistance for children and families separated under zero tolerance.

Subtitle C—Facilities housing unaccompanied alien children Sec. 221. Technical assistance for community-based care providers. Sec. 222. Standards and compliance. Subtitle D—Child welfare at the border and prevention of family separation Sec. 231. Child welfare training at the border. Sec. 232. Preventing family separation of unaccompanied children. TITLE III—Ensuring safe release to sponsors Sec. 301. Ensuring safe release to sponsors who are not parents or legal guardians. Sec. 302.

Expansion and evaluation of home studies. Sec. 303. Requirements for child and sponsor case management system. TITLE IV—Protections and access to certain services for special immigrant juveniles and other vulnerable immigrants Sec. 401. Eliminating annual employment-based visa caps for special immigrant juveniles. Sec. 402. Elimination of annual numerical limitation on U visas. Sec. 403. Access to Medicaid for certain children granted status. TITLE V—Stopping child labor trafficking Sec. 501.

Victims of serious labor and employment violations or crime. Sec. 502. Labor enforcement actions. TITLE VI—General provisions Sec. 601. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 602. Supplemental appropriation.