3.0.0 2540 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z Senate S 2016-02-11 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-11T14:42:49Z Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 114 4646 HR 2016-04-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS Refugee Protection Act of 2016 114 5851 HR 2016-08-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Related bill CRS Secure the Northern Triangle Act 114 5850 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2016-02-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S876-877) IntroReferral 2016-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-02-11 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2016-02-11 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2016-02-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-02-11 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2016-02-11 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-02-11 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2016-02-11 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2016-02-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-02-22 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-02-22 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2016-02-22 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-02-24 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-02-29 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-03-01 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-03-07 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-04-06 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2016-04-07 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2016-04-11 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-04-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2016-04-20 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2016-04-21 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2016-04-25 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-04-28 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2016-05-09 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2016-05-09 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2016-05-24 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2016-05-25 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2016-05-26 False Immigration Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Child health Child safety and welfare Crime victims Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Disability and paralysis Elementary and secondary education Immigration status and procedures Judicial procedure and administration Lawyers and legal services Mental health Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Immigration 00 2016-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-11T22:05:40Z Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to 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.

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.

]]> Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 Display Title Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide access to counsel for unaccompanied children and other vulnerable populations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2540is/xml/BILLS-114s2540is.xml 2016-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S876-877) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.