; and (2) by striking subsection (e) ( 8 U.S.C. 1153 note). (b) Repeal of certain transition rule Section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–208 ; division C; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(5), by striking subparagraph (C); (2) by striking subsection (f); (3) by striking subsection (g); and (4) by striking subsection (h). (c) Repeal of exception for certain aliens from annual limitation on cancellation of removals Paragraph (3) of section 240A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229b(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (3) Exception for certain aliens Paragraph (1) shall not apply to aliens in deportation proceedings prior to April 1, 1997, who applied for suspension of deportation under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect before the date of the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996). . (d) Transition rule The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019. III Unaccompanied Alien Children; Interior Immigration Enforcement 3101. Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (a) In general Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by amending the heading to read as follows: Rules for unaccompanied alien children.— ; (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking who is a national or habitual resident of a country that is contiguous with the United States ; (II) in clause (i), by inserting and at the end; (III) in clause (ii), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (IV) by striking clause (iii); (iii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may— and inserting ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)— ; (II) in clause (i), by inserting before permit such child to withdraw the following: may