133 STAT. 1023  PUBLIC LAW 116–26—JULY 1, 2019  beds in State-licensed facilities in response to funding opportunity  HHS–2017–ACF–ORR–ZU–1132, and of which not less than  $185,000,000 shall be available for expansion grants to add beds  in State-licensed facilities and open new State-licensed facilities,  and for contract costs to acquire, activate, and operate facilities  that will include small- and medium-scale hard-sided facilities for  which the Secretary intends to seek State licensure in an effort  to phase out the need for shelter beds in unlicensed facilities:  Provided further , That not less than $100,000,000 of amounts pro- vided under this heading shall be used for post-release services,  child advocates, and legal services:  Provided further , That not less  than $8,000,000 of amounts provided under this heading shall  be used for the purposes of hiring additional Federal Field Special- ists and for increasing case management and case coordination  services, with the goal of more expeditiously placing unaccompanied  alien children with sponsors and reducing the length of stay in  ORR custody:  Provided further , That not less than $1,000,000 of  amounts provided under this heading shall be used for the purposes  of hiring project officers and program monitor staff dedicated to  pursuing strategic improvements to the Unaccompanied Alien Chil- dren program and for the development of a discharge rate improve- ment plan which shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro- priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within  120 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further , That of the  amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be trans- ferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General’’  and shall remain available until expended for oversight of activities  supported with funds appropriated under this heading:  Provided  further , That such amount is designated by the Congress as being  for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)  of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.  SEC. 401. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (the  ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prioritize use of community-based residential care  (including long-term and transitional foster care and small group  homes) and shelter care other than large-scale institutional shelter  facilities to house unaccompanied alien children in its custody.  The Secretary shall prioritize State-licensed and hard-sided dor- mitories.  GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE  Determination.  SEC. 402. The Office of Refugee Resettlement shall ensure  that its grantees and, to the greatest extent practicable, potential  sponsors of unaccompanied alien children are aware of current  law regarding the use of information collected as part of the sponsor  suitability determination process.  SEC. 403. (a) None of the funds provided by this or any prior  appropriations Act may be used to reverse changes in procedures  made by operational directives issued to providers by the Office  of Refugee Resettlement on December 18, 2018, March 23, 2019,  and June 10, 2019 regarding the Memorandum of Agreement on  Information Sharing executed April 13, 2018.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may make  changes to such operational directives upon making a determination  that such changes are necessary to prevent unaccompanied alien  children from being placed in danger, and the Secretary shall pro- vide a written justification to Congress and the Inspector General 