US Congress House Bill 4720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 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]

Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2016 This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: placed in removal proceedings, eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.) The Department of State shall negotiate agreements, in addition to countries contiguous to the United States, between the United States and Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any other appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children. The requirements of this Act are applied to any UAC apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.

Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2016

Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2016-03-07	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2016-03-07	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2016-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-03-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4720/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4720/BILLS-114hr4720ih.pdf