3.0.0 3108 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-10-28 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-28T18:05:42Z 2021-10-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7463) IntroReferral 2021-10-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2021-10-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-28 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-10-28 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-10-28 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2021-10-28 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-10-28 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-10-28 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-10-28 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-10-28 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2021-10-28 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-10-28 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-10-28 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-10-28 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-10-28 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-10-28 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-10-28 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-10-28 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2021-10-28 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-10-28 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-10-28 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2021-10-28 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-10-28 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-10-28 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-10-28 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-10-28 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2021-11-03 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-11-18 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-12-15 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-03-08 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2022-03-08 False Immigration Immigration 00 2021-10-28 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-27T21:20:30Z Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021

This bill provides legal protections for a noncitizen (i.e., an individual referred to as an alien in federal law) who is detained or subject to immigration-related proceedings.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a case involving an unaccompanied child, may appoint or provide counsel at the government's expense to noncitizens in removal proceedings and related appeals.

An unaccompanied child must be represented by counsel paid for and appointed by the government at every stage of such proceedings unless the child has obtained counsel at their own expense. If HHS fails to provide counsel to an unaccompanied child, the deadline for filing a motion to reopen a proceeding shall not apply, and the filing of such a motion shall stay the child's removal from the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must provide a complete copy of a noncitizen's immigration file to the noncitizen (or the noncitizen's counsel) within seven days of a notice to appear for an immigration proceeding, and failure to provide the file shall result in a delay in the proceeding.

DHS must provide access to counsel for all detained noncitizens.

The bill authorizes HHS to enter into contacts or award grants for providing immigration-related legal services to children. The Office of Refugee Resettlement must develop model guidelines for representing noncitizen children in immigration proceedings.

]]> Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021 Display Title Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide counsel for unaccompanied children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3108is/xml/BILLS-117s3108is.xml 2021-10-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7463) 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.