US Congress House Bill 4646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 90-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. In the absence of a waiver a removal proceeding may not proceed until the alien has received, and had time to review, the documents. DOJ may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any INA proceeding. DHS shall ensure that aliens have access to counsel inside all immigration detention and border facilities. DOJ shall appoint counsel, at government expense if necessary, for an unaccompanied alien child or a particularly vulnerable individual. If DOJ has consolidated any such alien's case with that of any other alien, and that other alien does not have counsel, then the appointed counsel shall be appointed to represent the other alien as well. DHS shall: (1) facilitate access to counsel for all aliens detained in facilities under the supervision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and (2) establish procedures to ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens, including aliens held in CBP facilities. DOJ shall develop and administer a two-year pilot program at not fewer than two immigration courts to grant access to legal information to non-detained aliens with pending asylum claims. DHS shall establish a pilot program to increase the court appearance rates of unaccompanied alien children and particularly vulnerable individuals by contracting with nongovernmental, community-based organizations to provide such aliens with case management services. The pilot program shall not be used to monitor individuals designated as unaccompanied alien children under the Homeland Security Act. If DOJ fails to appoint counsel for an unaccompanied alien child or vulnerable person: (1) no limitation pertaining to the filing of any motion to reopen the removal proceeding shall apply, and (2) the filing of such a motion shall stay the removal of the alien.

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016

Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2016-02-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-02-26	House	Introduced in House

SB2540 (Related) 2016-02-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S876-877)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4646/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4646/BILLS-114hr4646ih.pdf