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1 DIVISION L—PROTECTION OF
2 CENTRAL AMERICAN MINORS
3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

4 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Central American

5 Minors Protection Act of 2019’’.
6 SEC. 102. PURPOSE.

7 The purpose of this division is to establish an asylum

8 processing program outside of the United States that—
9 (1) provides an alternative method of seeking
10 protection in the United States from persecution for
11 minor nationals of El Salvador, of Guatemala, and
12 of Honduras; and
13 (2) reduces the incentive for such persons to
14 make the dangerous journey to the United States
15 southern border to request asylum.
16 SEC. 103. ADMISSION OF ELIGIBLE CENTRAL AMERICAN

17 ALIENS AS ASYLEES.

18 (a) APPLICATIONS.—
19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(a)(2) of the Im-
20 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2))
21 is amended by adding at the end the following:
22 ‘‘(F) AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CENTRAL

23 AMERICAN MINORS TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM.—

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding

25 any other provision of law, including para-

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1 graph (1), and except as provided in clause
2 (ii), a national of El Salvador, Guatemala,
3 or Honduras who is younger than 18 years
4 of age and is outside of the United States
5 as of the date of the enactment of the Cen-
6 tral American Minors Protection Act of
7 2019 shall be ineligible for asylum un-
8 less—
9 ‘‘(I) the alien submits an applica-
10 tion for asylum outside of the United
11 States at a Designated Application
12 Processing Center in Central America;
13 ‘‘(II) the United Nations High
14 Commissioner for Refugees or a non-
15 governmental organization designated
16 by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
17 rity has referred the alien to the Sec-
18 retary of Homeland Security after de-
19 termining that the alien is likely to be
20 eligible for asylum;
21 ‘‘(III) not later than 90 days
22 after the date on which the alien was
23 referred by the United Nations High
24 Commissioner for Refugees or the
25 designated nongovernmental organiza-

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1 tion under subclause (II), the alien
2 submits an application for asylum at
3 a Designated Application Processing
4 Center, in accordance with the re-
5 quirements and procedures established
6 by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
7 rity pursuant to this section;
8 ‘‘(IV) the alien has not been con-
9 victed of a Federal, State, or local
10 criminal offense (excluding a State or
11 local offense for which an essential
12 element was the immigration status of
13 the alien) punishable by imprisonment
14 for a term exceeding 1 year or a simi-
15 lar foreign offense;
16 ‘‘(V) the alien has not been re-
17 moved from the United States;
18 ‘‘(VI) the alien is not subject to
19 an outstanding final order of removal;
20 ‘‘(VII) the Secretary of Home-
21 land Security has determined that the
22 alien is not a public safety or national
23 security risk;
24 ‘‘(VIII) the alien has not had an
25 application for asylum denied;

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1 ‘‘(IX) the alien is younger than
2 18 years of age on the date on which
3 the asylum application is filed;
4 ‘‘(X) the alien has a qualified
5 parent or guardian in the United
6 States capable of taking custody and
7 care of the minor upon arrival in the
8 United States; and
9 ‘‘(XI) the alien is otherwise eligi-
10 ble to apply for and receive asylum
11 under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2).
12 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding
13 clause (i), paragraph (1) shall apply to a
14 national of El Salvador, of Guatemala, or
15 of Honduras if the alien is present in the
16 United States before the date of the enact-
17 ment of the Central American Minors Pro-
18 tection Act of 2019.
19 ‘‘(iii) TIME LIMIT.—The time limit
20 under subparagraph (B) shall not apply to
21 nationals of El Salvador, of Guatemala, or
22 of Honduras who are described in clause
23 (i).’’.
24 (2) SUNSET.—The amendment made by para-
25 graph (1) shall remain in effect until the date that

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1 is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this
2 Act.
3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—
4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(b) of the Immi-
5 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)) is
6 amended—
7 (A) in paragraph (1)—
8 (i) by redesignating subparagraph (B)
9 as subparagraph (C); and
10 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph
11 (A) the following:
12 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN CENTRAL

13 AMERICAN MINORS FOR ASYLUM.—

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of

15 Homeland Security may grant asylum to a
16 minor national of El Salvador, of Guate-
17 mala, or of Honduras who submits an ap-
18 plication under subsection (a)(2)(F)(i)(I)
19 if—
20 ‘‘(I) the alien is otherwise eligible
21 for asylum under subparagraph (A),
22 except that the alien does not need to
23 be outside of his or her country of na-
24 tionality;

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1 ‘‘(II) a grant of asylum to the
2 alien would not cause the number of
3 asylum grants in a fiscal year to ex-
4 ceed the number set forth in clause
5 (iii)(II); and
6 ‘‘(III) the Secretary of Homeland
7 Security determines that—
8 ‘‘(aa) the alien warrants a
9 grant of asylum; and
10 ‘‘(bb) such grant is con-
11 sistent with the national interest.
12 ‘‘(ii) DESIGNATED APPLICATION

13 PROCESSING CENTERS.—

14 ‘‘(I) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not
15 later than 240 days after the date of
16 the enactment of the Central Amer-
17 ican Minors Protection Act of 2019,
18 the Secretary of State shall establish
19 Designated Application Processing
20 Centers, with the consent of the coun-
21 try in which such centers will be lo-
22 cated, if necessary.
23 ‘‘(II) LOCATIONS.—
24 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—The

25 Secretary of State shall ensure

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1 that not fewer than 1 Designated
2 Application Processing Center is
3 established in each of the fol-
4 lowing countries:
5 ‘‘(AA) Belize.
6 ‘‘(BB) Costa Rica.
7 ‘‘(CC) El Salvador.
8 ‘‘(DD) Guatemala.
9 ‘‘(EE) Honduras.
10 ‘‘(FF) Mexico.
11 ‘‘(GG) Nicaragua.
12 ‘‘(HH) Panama.
13 ‘‘(bb) SELECTION.—The
14 Secretary of State, in consulta-
15 tion with the Secretary of Home-
16 land Security, shall select the lo-
17 cation of each Designated Appli-
18 cation Processing Center de-
19 scribed in item (aa).
20 ‘‘(III) DUTIES OF THE SEC-

21 RETARY OF STATE.—The Secretary of

22 State shall ensure that any minor na-
23 tional of El Salvador, Guatemala, or
24 Honduras is permitted—

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1 ‘‘(aa) to apply to a Des-
2 ignated Application Processing
3 Center for asylum under this
4 subparagraph; and
5 ‘‘(bb) if the alien applying
6 for asylum is an unaccompanied
7 alien child (as defined in section
8 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Secu-
9 rity Act of 2002), to have legal
10 counsel present at any interview
11 at no expense to the United
12 States Government.
13 ‘‘(IV) ADJUDICATION BY ASYLUM

14 OR REFUGEE OFFICERS.—Applica-

15 tions submitted to a Designated Ap-

16 plication Processing Center under this
17 subparagraph shall be adjudicated by
18 asylum or refugee officers.
19 ‘‘(iii) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF REFER-

20 RALS AND GRANTS OF ASYLUM.—

21 ‘‘(I) REFERRALS.—The number

22 of aliens whom the Secretary of
23 Homeland Security may accept for
24 processing under this subparagraph

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1 may not exceed 50,000 in any fiscal
2 year.
3 ‘‘(II) ASYLUM GRANTS.—The

4 Secretary of Homeland Security may

5 not grant asylum to more than 15,000
6 aliens under this subparagraph in any
7 fiscal year.
8 ‘‘(iv) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Not-

9 withstanding any other provision of law

10 (statutory or nonstatutory), including sec-
11 tion 2241 of title 28, United States Code,
12 or any other habeas corpus provision, and
13 sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, no
14 court or immigration judge shall have ju-
15 risdiction to review a determination of the
16 Secretary of Homeland Security under
17 clause (i).’’; and
18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-
19 graph (C).
20 (2) SUNSET.—The amendment made by para-
21 graph (1)(A) shall remain in effect until the date
22 that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of
23 this Act.

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1 SEC. 104. APPLICATION FEES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-

3 rity shall—
4 (1) collect a fee from each alien submitting an
5 application under section 208(a)(2)(F)(i)(I) of the
6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
7 1158(a)(2)(F)(i)(I)) for the purpose of receiving,
8 docketing, processing, and adjudicating such applica-
9 tion; and
10 (2) shall deposit all fees collected under para-
11 graph (1) into the Immigration Examinations Fee
12 Account under section 286(m) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
13 1356(m)).
14 (b) AMOUNT.—The fee required under subsection (a)
15 shall be based upon—
16 (1) a consideration of the amount necessary to
17 deter frivolous applications; and
18 (2) the cost of processing the application.
19 (c) SUNSET PROVISION.—This section shall remain
20 in effect until the date that is 3 years after the date of
21 the enactment of this Act.
22 SEC. 105. TERMINATION OF ASYLUM STATUS PURSUANT TO

23 RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY.

24 Section 208(c) of the Immigration and Nationality

25 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(c)) is amended—
26 (1) in paragraph (2)—

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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
2 (A), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland
3 Security or’’ before ‘‘the Attorney General’’;
4 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’
5 at the end;
6 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the
7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
8 (D) by adding at the end the following:
9 ‘‘(F) the alien, since receiving asylum sta-
10 tus, has returned to the country of the alien’s
11 nationality (or, in the case of an alien having
12 no nationality, returns to any country in which
13 such alien last habitually resided), unless—
14 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
15 rity or the Attorney General, in the Sec-
16 retary’s or Attorney General’s sole and
17 unreviewable discretion and pursuant to
18 such rules and regulations as each may
19 adopt, determines that the alien had a
20 compelling reason for the return; and
21 ‘‘(ii) the alien seeks a waiver de-
22 scribed in clause (i) before departing from
23 the United States or upon returning to the
24 United States.’’; and

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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section
2 212(a) and 237(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 212(a)
3 and 237(a)’’.
4 SEC. 106. FRIVOLOUS ASYLUM APPLICATIONS.

5 Section 208(d) of the Immigration and Nationality

6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is amended—
7 (1) in paragraph (4)—
8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
9 (A), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland
10 Security or’’ before ‘‘the Attorney General’’;
11 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and
12 of the consequences, under paragraph (6), of
13 knowingly filing a frivolous application for asy-
14 lum; and’’;
15 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
17 (D) by adding at the end the following:
18 ‘‘(C) ensure that a written warning ap-
19 pears on the asylum application that—
20 ‘‘(i) advises the alien of the con-
21 sequences of filing a frivolous application;
22 and
23 ‘‘(ii) serves as notice to the alien of
24 the consequences of filing a frivolous appli-
25 cation.’’; and

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1 (2) in paragraph (6)—
2 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(A)’’ and in-
3 serting ‘‘paragraph (4)(C)’’;
4 (B) by striking ‘‘If the’’ and inserting the
5 following:
6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of
7 Homeland Security or the’’; and
8 (C) by adding at the end the following:
9 ‘‘(B) EXAMPLES.—For purposes of sub-
10 paragraph (A) and paragraph (4), an applica-
11 tion for asylum is frivolous if—
12 ‘‘(i) the application—
13 ‘‘(I) contains a deliberately fab-
14 ricated material element;
15 ‘‘(II) is supported by a fabricated
16 or false document or other piece of
17 evidence;
18 ‘‘(III) is wholly unfounded in
19 credibility even if not deliberately fab-
20 ricated;
21 ‘‘(IV) was filed, in whole or in
22 part, for a purpose other than seeking
23 protection from persecution, including
24 being filed to obtain work authoriza-
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1 moval proceedings in order to seek an-
2 other type of relief from removal;
3 ‘‘(V) was filed solely to delay re-
4 moval from the United States rather
5 than due to a genuine fear of persecu-
6 tion; or
7 ‘‘(VI) is clearly foreclosed by ap-
8 plicable law, including failure to com-
9 ply with the time limit under section
10 208(a)(2)(B); or
11 ‘‘(ii) the application is withdrawn un-
12 less the alien—
13 ‘‘(I) wholly disclaims the applica-
14 tion and withdraws it with prejudice;
15 ‘‘(II) is eligible for, and agrees to
16 accept, an agreement to voluntary de-
17 part the United States within 30 days
18 at his or her own expense, in accord-
19 ance with section 240B(a);
20 ‘‘(III) withdraws any and all
21 other applications for relief or protec-
22 tion with prejudice; and
23 ‘‘(IV) waives his or her right to
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1 reason, a motion to reopen or recon-
2 sider.
3 ‘‘(C) WORK AUTHORIZATION.—The fact
4 that an alien may receive work authorization
5 following the filing of an asylum application, by
6 itself, is insufficient to show that the applica-
7 tion was filed for that purpose.
8 ‘‘(D) EFFECT OF WARNING.—An alien who
9 has filed an application containing the warning
10 required under section 208(d)(4) need not be
11 given any further opportunity to account for
12 any issues with his or her claim prior to the
13 entry of a frivolous finding.
14 ‘‘(E) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER RELIEF.—A

15 finding under this paragraph that an alien filed

16 a frivolous asylum application does not preclude
17 the alien from seeking—
18 ‘‘(i) withholding of removal under sec-
19 tion 241(b)(3); or
20 ‘‘(ii) withholding of removal or defer-
21 ral of removal pursuant to Article 3 of the
22 Convention Against Torture and Other
23 Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment
24 or Punishment, done at New York, Decem-
25 ber 10, 1984.

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1 ‘‘(F) PERMITTED DISCLOSURES.—Notwith-

2 standing any other provision of law, information

3 contained in an asylum application and infor-
4 mation supporting that application may be dis-
5 closed—
6 ‘‘(i) as part of an investigation to
7 evaluate the allegations contained in the
8 application;
9 ‘‘(ii) as part of the process to adju-
10 dicate the application;
11 ‘‘(iii) as part of any criminal inves-
12 tigation or proceeding; and
13 ‘‘(iv) for any purpose as part of any
14 proceeding arising under this Act.’’.
15 SEC. 107. RESTRICTIONS ON ASYLEE AND REFUGEE AD-

16 JUSTMENT OF STATUS.

17 (a) TERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.—Section

18 207(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8
19 U.S.C. § 1157(c)(4), is amended—
20 (1) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General pursuant
21 to such regulations as the Attorney General may
22 prescribe if the Attorney General’’ and inserting
23 ‘‘the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland
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1 ney General or the Secretary may prescribe, if the
2 Attorney General or the Secretary’’; and
3 (2) by inserting ‘‘, or has been convicted of a
4 felony at any time after being admitted as a ref-
5 ugee’’ before the period at the end.
6 (b) TERMINATION OF ASYLUM.—Section
7 208(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
8 U.S.C. 1158(c)(2)) is amended inserting ‘‘or has been con-
9 victed of a felony at any time after receiving asylum sta-
10 tus’’ before the semicolon at the end.
11 (c) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 209(b) of the
12 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) is
13 amended—
14 (1) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking
15 the comma at the end of each paragraph and insert-
16 ing a semicolon;
17 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and
18 inserting a semicolon;
19 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at
20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
21 (4) by adding at the end the following:
22 ‘‘(6) has not been convicted of a felony.’’.
23 (d) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(10) of the Im-
24 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)) is
25 amended by adding at the end the following:

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1 ‘‘(F) FORMER ASYLEES.—Any alien who
2 was granted asylum under section 208 and
3 whose asylum status has been terminated pur-
4 suant to subsection (c)(2) of such section is in-
5 admissible.’’.
6 (e) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(1) of the Im-
7 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)) is
8 amended by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
9 lowing:
10 ‘‘(F) TERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS

11 OR ASYLUM STATUS.—An alien is deportable if

12 the alien—
13 ‘‘(i) was granted refugee status and
14 such status was terminated pursuant to
15 section 207(c)(4); or
16 ‘‘(ii) was granted asylum status and
17 such status was terminated pursuant to
18 section 208(c)(2).’’.
19 SEC. 108. ENSURING SAFE AND PROMPT RETURN OF MI-

20 NORS TO NONCONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES.

21 Section 235 of the Public Law 110–457 (8 U.S.C.

22 1232) is amended—
23 (1) in subsection (a)—
24 (A) in paragraph (2)—

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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
2 ing ‘‘SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILDREN FROM

3 CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘RULES FOR REUNITING UNACCOMPANIED

5 ALIEN CHILDREN.—’’;

6 (ii) in subparagraph (A), in the mat-

7 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘who
8 is a national or habitual resident of a
9 country that is contiguous with the United
10 States shall be treated in accordance with
11 subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be
12 treated in accordance with subparagraph
13 (B) or subsection (b), as applicable’’;
14 (iii) in subparagraph (C)—
15 (I) in the subparagraph heading,
16 by striking ‘‘CONTIGUOUS COUNTRY

17 AGREEMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘AGREE-

18 MENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES’’;

19 and
20 (II) in the matter preceding
21 clause (i), by striking ‘‘countries con-
22 tiguous to the United States’’ and in-
23 serting ‘‘Canada, El Salvador, Guate-
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1 other country the Secretary deter-
2 mines to be appropriate.’’; and
3 (iv) by adding at the end the following
4 ‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE.—

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of

6 Homeland Security may repatriate an un-
7 accompanied alien child who does not wish
8 to withdraw his or her application for ad-
9 mission to his or her country of nationality
10 or last habitual residence after the child
11 has been interviewed by an immigration of-
12 ficer with specialized training in inter-
13 viewing child trafficking victims, who shall
14 be in plain clothes and may not carry a
15 weapon during such interview.
16 ‘‘(ii) REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.—If the
17 immigration officer determines that it is
18 more probable than not that the unaccom-
19 panied alien child will be trafficked on re-
20 turn to his or her country of nationality or
21 last habitual residence or more probable
22 than not that the unaccompanied alien
23 child could establish eligibility for asylum
24 under section 208 of the Immigration and
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1 companied alien child shall be placed in re-
2 moval proceedings under section 240 of the
3 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
4 1229a).
5 ‘‘(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any

6 repatriation of an unaccompanied alien

7 child under this subparagraph shall not
8 constitute a removal.’’;
9 (B) by striking paragraph (3);
10 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
11 (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
12 (D) by amending paragraph (3), as redes-
13 ignated, to read as follows:
14 ‘‘(3) SCREENING.—Before returning a child to
15 the child’s country of nationality or of last habitual
16 residence, the child shall be interviewed in accord-
17 ance with paragraph (2)(D).’’; and
18 (2) in subsection (c)(4), by striking the first
19 sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Secretary
20 of Health and Human Services shall ensure that
21 custodians receive legal orientation presentations
22 provided through a legal orientation program admin-
23 istered by the Department of Health and Human
24 Services or other appropriate agency.’’.

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1 SEC. 109. APPLYING BARS TO CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS.

2 Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Na-

3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by
4 adding at the end the following: ‘‘An alien cannot establish
5 eligibility for asylum under section 208 if he or she is sub-
6 ject to a limitation or condition under subsection (b)(2)
7 of such section or a regulation promulgated under such
8 subsection.’’.
9 SEC. 110. INCREASE OF LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR ASYLUM

10 FRAUD.

11 Section 3291 of title 18, United States Code, is

12 amended by inserting ‘‘and section 1546,’’ after ‘‘to 1544,
13 inclusive,’’.
14 SEC. 111. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

15 Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act

16 (8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended—
17 (1) in subsection (a)—
18 (A) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting ‘‘the
19 Secretary of Homeland Security or’’ before ‘‘the
20 Attorney General’’; and
21 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the
22 Secretary of Homeland Security or’’ before ‘‘the
23 Attorney General’’;
24 (2) in subsection (b)(2)—
25 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home-
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1 eral’’ each place such term appears (other than
2 in subparagraph (A)(v)); and
3 (B) in subparagraph (A)(v), by striking
4 ‘‘the Attorney General determines, in the Attor-
5 ney General’s discretion,’’ and inserting ‘‘the
6 Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney
7 General determines, in the sole discretion of the
8 Secretary or the Attorney General, as applica-
9 ble,’’;
10 (3) in subsection (c)—
11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Attor-
12 ney General’’ each place it appears and insert-
13 ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and
14 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the
15 Secretary of Homeland Security or’’ before ‘‘the
16 Attorney General’’; and
17 (4) in subsection (d)—
18 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Sec-
19 retary of Homeland Security or the’’ before
20 ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place it appears;
21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Attor-
22 ney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
23 Homeland Security’’; and
24 (C) in paragraph (5)—

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
2 ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
3 retary of Homeland Security’’; and
4 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting
5 ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security or the’’
6 before ‘‘Attorney General’’.
7 SEC. 112. RULEMAKING.

8 Notwithstanding the requirements under section

9 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, not later than 240
10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
11 retary of Homeland Security and the Attorney Generally
12 shall publish, in the Federal Register, interim final rules
13 to implement this division.

January 21, 2019 (7:03 p.m.)