113 HR 2124 IH: Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-05-23
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1.
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Title I—Worksite Enforcement That Works
Sec. 101. Employment eligibility verification
process.
Sec. 102. Employment eligibility verification
system.
Sec. 103. Recruitment, referral, and continuation of
employment.
Sec. 104. Good faith defense.
Sec. 105. Repeal.
Sec. 106. Penalties.
Title II—Crime Prevention and Penalties
Sec. 201. Establishment of electronic birth and death
registration systems.
Sec. 202. Enhanced penalties for document fraud.
Sec. 203. Alien smuggling and terrorism prevention.
Sec. 204. Eligibility for State criminal alien assistance
program funding.
Sec. 205. ICE immigration enforcement agents.
Sec. 206. ICE detention enforcement officers.
Sec. 207. Additional ICE deportation officers and support
staff.
Sec. 208. Assisting gang and drug task forces.
Sec. 209. Protecting communities.
Sec. 210. Protecting public safety and removing criminal
aliens.
Sec. 211. Pilot program for electronic field
processing.
Sec. 212. Restricting visas for countries that refuse to
repatriate their nationals.
Sec. 213. Additional ICE detention space.
Sec. 214. Additional immigration judgeships and law
clerks.
Sec. 215. Additional ICE prosecutors.
Sec. 216. Ensuring the safety of ICE officers and
agents.
Sec. 217. ICE Advisory Council.
Title III—Gaining Operational Control of America’s
Borders
Sec. 301. Automated entry-exit control system.
Sec. 302. Measuring border security.
Sec. 303. National strategy to achieve operational control of
America’s borders.
Sec. 304. Improving border technology.
Sec. 305. Ensuring the safety of border patrol
agents.
<enum>I</enum><header>Worksite
Enforcement That Works</header>
<section id="H3C1D3421061245B7ACA8FE9EAF4DECCC"><enum>101.</enum><header>Employment
eligibility verification process</header>
<subsection id="HF8A2C788E721489D826317F1D60CB17E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 274A(b) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61614F4526A14F1DBA0F3B787D3E4311" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H596B21D1D8E44C6C8A18B988B8DEA97A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment
eligibility verification process</header>
<paragraph id="HF531D543C6254C8F8B0F8951B567E527"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New hires,
recruitment, and referral</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
requirements referred to in paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) are, in
the case of a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or referring an
individual for employment in the United States, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8279DA98C3E484D8DFE514F91D82A24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Attestation
after examination of documentation</header>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CC84F7C3A384E17B8E1A5FFC3ACF49E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Attestation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date of hire (as defined in
subsection (h)(4)), the person or entity shall attest, under penalty of perjury
and on a form, including electronic and telephonic formats, designated or
established by the Secretary by regulation not later than 6 months after the
date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the
Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>, that it has verified that the individual is
not an unauthorized alien by—</text>
<subclause id="H7EB9399EC8F3494A956FCAF7DA694412"><enum>(I)</enum><text>obtaining from the
individual the individual’s social security account number and recording the
number on the form (if the individual claims to have been issued such a
number), and, if the individual does not attest to United States nationality
under subparagraph (B), obtaining such identification or authorization number
established by the Department of Homeland Security for the alien as the
Secretary of Homeland Security may specify, and recording such number on the
form; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7F55F3BAD92F4D3F8F628C4F032654CC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>examining—</text>
<item id="H3018647651064340ADB81EA2EB367114"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a document relating to the individual
presenting it described in clause (ii); or</text>
</item><item id="HF36680073F934ABD8A71398F8AEEA3A5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a document relating to the individual
presenting it described in clause (iii) and a document relating to the
individual presenting it described in clause (iv).</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H064EE163C27B4AFDBC62827DF3C31589"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Documents
evidencing employment authorization and establishing identity</header><text>A
document described in this subparagraph is an individual’s—</text>
<subclause id="HDABC4B4A03024D538DBBD7352A37A5B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>unexpired United
States passport or passport card;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD5F0F09BEB5D4F4787410F5116B96784"><enum>(II)</enum><text>unexpired
permanent resident card that contains a photograph;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA11A62D88D924916B5A683AEC5679011"><enum>(III)</enum><text>unexpired
employment authorization card that contains a photograph;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFA00F5EDD09C4F74913A34EAF59B7AD0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a nonimmigrant alien
authorized to work for a specific employer incident to status, a foreign
passport with Form I–94 or Form I–94A, or other documentation as designated by
the Secretary specifying the alien’s nonimmigrant status as long as the period
of status has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict
with any restrictions or limitations identified in the documentation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H435B04B27F6A4E478925926A50FC4BCB"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">passport from the Federated States of
Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with Form I–94
or Form I–94A, or other documentation as designated by the Secretary,
indicating nonimmigrant admission under the Compact of Free Association Between
the United States and the FSM or RMI; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9667C8748A40432B8615A2E340D57912"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>other document
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, if the document—</text>
<item id="HB48697B1540C455DA655D7EB99376AB0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a photograph of the individual and
biometric identification data from the individual and such other personal
identifying information relating to the individual as the Secretary of Homeland
Security finds, by regulation, sufficient for purposes of this clause;</text>
</item><item id="HBD8DEAF0FBAC4C14BAC5F24905987F5F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is
evidence of authorization of employment in the United States; and</text>
</item><item id="H27D6FECF4F5E45B0957B4201E2D49C55"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>contains security
features to make it resistant to tampering, counterfeiting, and fraudulent
use.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9835BB2FCA74CF6A3BF1313146AC9F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Documents
evidencing employment authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A document described in this subparagraph
is an individual's social security account number card (other than such a card
which specifies on the face that the issuance of the card does not authorize
employment in the United States).</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE91F729A3724E0291A6008F001CE288"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Documents
establishing identity of individual</header><text>A document described in this
subparagraph is—</text>
<subclause id="H561CC27515C845A5ACD60E031639A758"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual's unexpired State issued
driver’s license or identification card if it contains a photograph and
information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color, and
address;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8E94FB0261CF4964BD1181070D01B1C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual’s unexpired U.S. military
identification card;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H88E3310DBCA3413782C3CE5FA1EF1A77"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual's unexpired Native American
tribal identification document issued by a tribal entity recognized by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB0666EC3C05A4086A13B47F1335343D7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an individual under 18 years
of age, a parent or legal guardian’s attestation under penalty of law as to the
identity and age of the individual.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA517687805ED4648B7FCDF84BDCA1C82"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Authority to
prohibit use of certain documents</header><text>If the Secretary of Homeland
Security finds, by regulation, that any document described in clause (i), (ii),
or (iii) as establishing employment authorization or identity does not reliably
establish such authorization or identity or is being used fraudulently to an
unacceptable degree, the Secretary may prohibit or place conditions on its use
for purposes of this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC61C6F179033455D85FFE9F7B56F5AD7"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Signature</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such attestation may be manifested by
either a hand-written or electronic signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB609FFE2D06E461E9E7F11D524C91EE6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individual
attestation of employment authorization</header>
<clause id="HBA0EB2C97F534F2AA6D9932A04B8CB02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the
verification period (as defined in subparagraph (F)), the individual shall
attest, under penalty of perjury on the form designated or established for
purposes of subparagraph (A), that the individual is a citizen or national of
the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an
alien who is authorized under this Act or by the Secretary of Homeland Security
to be hired, recruited, or referred for such employment. Such attestation may
be manifested by either a hand-written or electronic signature. The individual
shall also provide that individual’s social security account number (if the
individual claims to have been issued such a number), and, if the individual
does not attest to United States nationality under this subparagraph, such
identification or authorization number established by the Department of
Homeland Security for the alien as the Secretary may specify.</text>
</clause><clause id="H105D39F3A694481CA9A903F4D110DCF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header>
<subclause id="HC158CE8F3E5245CE8096FE3410255FC7"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Offenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual who, pursuant to clause (i),
provides a social security account number or an identification or authorization
number established by the Secretary of Homeland Security that belongs to
another person, knowing that the number does not belong to the individual
providing the number, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code,
imprisoned not less than 1 year and not more than 15 years, or both. Any
individual who, pursuant to clause (i), provides, during and in relation to any
felony violation enumerated in
section
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, a social security
account number or an identification or authorization number established by the
Secretary of Homeland Security that belongs to another person, knowing that the
number does not belong to the individual providing the number, in addition to
the punishment provided for such felony, shall be fined under title 18, United
States Code, imprisoned for a term of 2 years, or both.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEB494DC62F074038A2B05B0C0FAE2B45"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Consecutive
sentence</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text>
<item id="H65B225DCF4654E2889D3B1D5AA562CC5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a
court shall not place on probation any individual convicted of a violation of
this clause;</text>
</item><item id="H322E46D2DDC546639B64C5DE0E360B70"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>except as
provided in item (dd), no term of imprisonment imposed on an individual under
this section shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed
on the individual under any other provision of law, including any term of
imprisonment imposed for the felony enumerated in
section
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, during which the
violation of this section occurred;</text>
</item><item id="HAFCC5136866B4AEFA29E3E259848D567"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in
determining any term of imprisonment to be imposed for the felony enumerated in
section
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, during which the
violation of this clause occurred, a court shall not in any way reduce the term
to be imposed for such crime so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into
account, any separate term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a
violation of this clause; and</text>
</item><item id="H1E9BC60513DB44C18AD21418A5E225BD"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>a
term of imprisonment imposed on an individual for a violation of this clause
may, in the discretion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in part,
only with another term of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at the same
time on that individual for an additional violation of this clause, except that
such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with any applicable guidelines
and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission
pursuant to section
994 of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7703DA8AA75447BE9FD0B37F0A83B12B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Retention of
verification form and verification</header>
<clause id="H6A5DC37D91CF4C83A14E28796503856D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After completion of such form in accordance with
subparagraphs (A) and (B), the person or entity shall—</text>
<subclause id="HA6B6D64EC09C40B0985C0347DEB1C627"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain a paper, microfiche, microfilm, or
electronic version of the form and make it available for inspection by officers
of the Department of Homeland Security, the Special Counsel for
Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, or the Department of Labor
during a period beginning on the date of the recruiting or referral of the
individual, or, in the case of the hiring of an individual, the date on which
the verification is completed, and ending—</text>
<item id="H10C9DC2EAFAF49FBB8C67470F28B3C26"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in
the case of the recruiting or referral of an individual, 3 years after the date
of the recruiting or referral; and</text>
</item><item id="HA2E30C5A01484869B9ED524D7AC79242"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the hiring of an individual,
the later of 3 years after the date the verification is completed or one year
after the date the individual’s employment is terminated; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H820D1A6925C249F1AC74B106E5D1F406"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the verification period (as defined
in subparagraph (F)), make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), using the
verification system to seek verification of the identity and employment
eligibility of an individual.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H321521EA807341CD81E5E7D186FCE06B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Confirmation</header>
<subclause id="H8FA0B37BAE6D4B3193EA5D631EBF99F7"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Confirmation
received</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the person or
other entity receives an appropriate confirmation of an individual’s identity
and work eligibility under the verification system within the time period
specified, the person or entity shall record on the form an appropriate code
that is provided under the system and that indicates a final confirmation of
such identity and work eligibility of the individual.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H001BA73D5A984030B3CE8DD9C7166FA6"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Tentative
nonconfirmation received</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
the person or other entity receives a tentative nonconfirmation of an
individual’s identity or work eligibility under the verification system within
the time period specified, the person or entity shall so inform the individual
for whom the verification is sought. If the individual does not contest the
nonconfirmation within the time period specified, the nonconfirmation shall be
considered final. The person or entity shall then record on the form an
appropriate code which has been provided under the system to indicate a final
nonconfirmation. If the individual does contest the nonconfirmation, the
individual shall utilize the process for secondary verification provided under
subsection (d). The nonconfirmation will remain tentative until a final
confirmation or nonconfirmation is provided by the verification system within
the time period specified. In no case shall an employer terminate employment of
an individual because of a failure of the individual to have identity and work
eligibility confirmed under this section until a nonconfirmation becomes final.
Nothing in this clause shall apply to a termination of employment for any
reason other than because of such a failure. In no case shall an employer
rescind the offer of employment to an individual because of a failure of the
individual to have identity and work eligibility confirmed under this
subsection until a nonconfirmation becomes final. Nothing in this subclause
shall apply to a recission of the offer of employment for any reason other than
because of such a failure.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9069E7B7291743EE984C9912956193BA"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Final
confirmation or nonconfirmation received</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a final confirmation or nonconfirmation
is provided by the verification system regarding an individual, the person or
entity shall record on the form an appropriate code that is provided under the
system and that indicates a confirmation or nonconfirmation of identity and
work eligibility of the individual.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H949C017CF7F741F4986516D6325730DF"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Extension of
time</header><text>If the person or other entity in good faith attempts to make
an inquiry during the time period specified and the verification system has
registered that not all inquiries were received during such time, the person or
entity may make an inquiry in the first subsequent working day in which the
verification system registers that it has received all inquiries. If the
verification system cannot receive inquiries at all times during a day, the
person or entity merely has to assert that the entity attempted to make the
inquiry on that day for the previous sentence to apply to such an inquiry, and
does not have to provide any additional proof concerning such inquiry.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8C4C9E3B3D8948DFA4768343D7455AAD"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Consequences of
nonconfirmation</header>
<item commented="no" id="H1F6DEC15B06B46168156B6F7EE8ADA55"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Termination or
notification of continued employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the person or other entity has received
a final nonconfirmation regarding an individual, the person or entity may
terminate employment of the individual (or decline to recruit or refer the
individual). If the person or entity does not terminate employment of the
individual or proceeds to recruit or refer the individual, the person or entity
shall notify the Secretary of Homeland Security of such fact through the
verification system or in such other manner as the Secretary may
specify.</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="HDD65BA82AD5F48F895C23404E531FBA2"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Failure to
notify</header><text>If the person or entity fails to provide notice with
respect to an individual as required under item (aa), the failure is deemed to
constitute a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) with respect to that
individual.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HA2FF0686D97B496580F6E170C0E06DC2"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Continued
employment after final nonconfirmation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the person or other entity continues to
employ (or to recruit or refer) an individual after receiving final
nonconfirmation, a rebuttable presumption is created that the person or entity
has violated subsection (a)(1)(A).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F3DD880A09C4D87A6A1FE4FDC501E29"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective dates
of new procedures</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H5F5AC5CA718A4EC380B6E639EA3D11B7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Hiring</header><text>The
provisions of this paragraph shall apply to a person or other entity hiring an
individual for employment in the United States as follows:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF30A5F10ADF42B0BAD6096060A719ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 10,000 or
more employees in the United States on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, on the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment
of such Act.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H436EB8610CD34432AD4DD34E0742C72A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 500 or
more employees in the United States, but less than 10,000 employees in the
United States, on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, on the date that is 12 months after the date of the
enactment of such Act.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6EB7727947D42AE981FA710AB027D7C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 20 or more
employees in the United States, but less than 500 employees in the United
States, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>, on the date
that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of such Act.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA3D29B4C074DACA4783D7A6A0B2DB5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having one or
more employees in the United States, but less than 20 employees in the United
States, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>, on the date
that is 24 months after the date of the enactment of such Act.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H45611FD762D649D0BDEEF2F1F7057FE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Recruiting and
referring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
this paragraph shall apply to a person or other entity recruiting or referring
an individual for employment in the United States on the date that is 12 months
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0BB4879279A34AEB8DC51E85A36671C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Transition
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(4), the following shall apply to a person or other entity hiring, recruiting,
or referring an individual for employment in the United States until the
effective date or dates applicable under clauses (i) and (ii):</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HDF1DBB4112794A178B27AEB70CAC3FED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>This subsection,
as in effect before the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HBC6239E959A346FF9AC88F351D2B8366"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Subtitle A of
title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (8 U.S.C.
1324a note), as in effect before the effective date in section
7(c) of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H192ED1DCC8674D04959E1E386C80B183"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other provision of Federal law
requiring the person or entity to participate in the E-Verify Program described
in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a</external-xref> note), as in effect
before the effective date in section 7(c) of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, including Executive Order 13465 (8 U.S.C. 1324a
note; relating to Government procurement).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A00BDEB5D2E4A37B4C20358526F841C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Verification
period defined</header>
<clause id="HC33B3A94DAD64881A56643E6770656D0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
paragraph:</text>
<subclause id="H098923BA7F914D9DA56235571029BB83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>In the case of
recruitment or referral, the term <term>verification period</term> means the
period ending on the date recruiting or referring commences.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEDE8487867194AB9898226CA1D8CDE4A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>In the case of
hiring, the term <term>verification period</term> means the period beginning on
the date on which an offer of employment is extended and ending on the date
that is 3 business days after the date of hire, except as provided in clause
(ii).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HEAC469653E8E4AE2A3ADCB462239CC95"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>Notwithstanding clause (i)(II), in the case of an alien who
is authorized for employment and who provides evidence from the Social Security
Administration that the alien has applied for a social security account number,
the verification period ends 3 business days after the alien receives the
social security account number.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB73617976F294C91B040E7A4DAD1DE9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reverification
for individuals with limited work authorization</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7D766DE5F6544F438AFF8611E5490A90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person or entity
shall make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), using the verification
system to seek reverification of the identity and employment eligibility of all
individuals with a limited period of work authorization employed by the person
or entity during the 3 business days before the date on which the employee's
work authorization expires as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13A0A774E36B4392B12BC6F63FB62ED9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 10,000 or
more employees in the United States on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of the
enactment of such Act.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C2B5C4E7C924472970C49D87BD325E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 500 or
more employees in the United States, but less than 10,000 employees in the
United States, on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, beginning on the date that is 12 months after the date of
the enactment of such Act.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84D752408D3147219DC36CB145B4862E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 20 or more
employees in the United States, but less than 500 employees in the United
States, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>, beginning
on the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of such
Act.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62519F652115494BBE2E74A4C91E726E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employers having 1 or more
employees in the United States, but less than 20 employees in the United
States, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act</short-title>, beginning
on the date that is 24 months after the date of the enactment of such
Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBCC500D9BEA44B9B83FEFEB2E2859E04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reverification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1)(C)(ii) shall apply to
reverifications pursuant to this paragraph on the same basis as it applies to
verifications pursuant to paragraph (1), except that employers shall—</text>
<clause id="H21392318E84645E196A03620B3577477"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use a form
designated or established by the Secretary by regulation for purposes of this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H47C68A9BE1D54EA1BE764DA5FABD054D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain a paper, microfiche, microfilm, or
electronic version of the form and make it available for inspection by officers
of the Department of Homeland Security, the Special Counsel for
Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, or the Department of Labor
during the period beginning on the date the reverification commences and ending
on the date that is the later of 3 years after the date of such reverification
or 1 year after the date the individual’s employment is terminated.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DFD0B67171E450F97A2AB40C2D09FD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Early
compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="H5465AB66ED9843168FBC0780A4E025C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Former E-Verify
required users, including Federal contractors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the deadlines in paragraphs
(1) and (2), beginning on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, the Secretary is authorized to commence requiring employers
required to participate in the E-Verify Program described in section 403(a) of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1324a note), including employers required to participate in such program
by reason of Federal acquisition laws (and regulations promulgated under those
laws, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), to commence compliance
with the requirements of this subsection (and any additional requirements of
such Federal acquisition laws and regulation) in lieu of any requirement to
participate in the E-Verify Program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD67CE5B7AD1D4C1290010462A38BF4D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Former E-Verify
voluntary users and others desiring early
compliance</header><text>Notwithstanding the deadlines in paragraphs (1) and
(2), beginning on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall provide for the voluntary compliance
with the requirements of this subsection by employers voluntarily electing to
participate in the E-Verify Program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a
note) before such date, as well as by other employers seeking voluntary early
compliance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BE7F9364E414CCCBA79E0A95499A0B1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Copying of
documentation permitted</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the person or entity may copy a document presented by an individual
pursuant to this subsection and may retain the copy, but only (except as
otherwise permitted under law) for the purpose of complying with the
requirements of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B046A1CD39D4CC9BA4F8FDD1AD79470"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of forms</header><text>A form designated or established by the Secretary of
Homeland Security under this subsection and any information contained in or
appended to such form, may not be used for purposes other than for enforcement
of this Act and any other provision of Federal criminal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C0AC87D47EA4DF987C7593F1589A512"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Good faith
compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="H3B12F1E7B4E741C7AB475D55019ADF50"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person
or entity is considered to have complied with a requirement of this subsection
notwithstanding a technical or procedural failure to meet such requirement if
there was a good faith attempt to comply with the requirement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CEB4266BF13462DA8DFBFD61CF50E3A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception if
failure to correct after notice</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
if—</text>
<clause id="H54F2F36A503B4FCAA8F1DDDAEAD1016B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the failure is not
de minimus;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A15500375494894ABD77A231C87CCD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security has explained to the person or entity the basis for the
failure and why it is not de minimus;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA82FCC597192479699BFD022E1A075E7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the person or
entity has been provided a period of not less than 30 calendar days (beginning
after the date of the explanation) within which to correct the failure;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7281719C358D481E88F0CB9BD2D04702"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the person or
entity has not corrected the failure voluntarily within such period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1499463FBD4B45C18E9BF660E61FDC4E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception for
pattern or practice violators</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
a person or entity that has or is engaging in a pattern or practice of
violations of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE71CC9DAD1346A99F054AD7128F3D3F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Single extension
of deadlines upon certification</header><text>In a case in which the Secretary
of Homeland Security has certified to the Congress that the employment
eligibility verification system required under subsection (d) will not be fully
operational by the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Keeping the Promise of IRCA
Act</short-title>, each deadline established under this section for an employer
to make an inquiry using such system shall be extended by 6 months. No other
extension of such a deadline shall be
made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H836EB97A2503405987F8DBE9E53ADA43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Date of
hire</header><text>Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2376E21209714CA69172F8F52B28A6E8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE4D10662689047A4B6737461786A7363"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of
date of hire</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this
section, the term <quote>date of hire</quote> means the date of actual
commencement of employment for wages or other remuneration, unless otherwise
specified.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H598A5BBB7F4740E7AFEAC3D8F55D1AE2"><enum>102.</enum><header>Employment
eligibility verification system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274A(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="HCC1575D6557C4E5FB6D5788E81BD0530" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H57F7A8959F464DD2A77745669269396D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Employment
eligibility verification system</header>
<paragraph id="HFAF3054C49A448B0BE5169218EC02352"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Patterned on the employment eligibility confirmation
system established under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a</external-xref> note), the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall establish and administer a verification system
through which the Secretary (or a designee of the Secretary, which may be a
nongovernmental entity)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EA10BCC518F419DA748BD44A4D814B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>responds to
inquiries made by persons at any time through a toll-free telephone line and
other toll-free electronic media concerning an individual’s identity and
whether the individual is authorized to be employed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7B25A36533D4AD69BB75FF5474758DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintains records
of the inquiries that were made, of verifications provided (or not provided),
and of the codes provided to inquirers as evidence of their compliance with
their obligations under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E200DEDF6374FB48EE9A1602F817E45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
response</header><text>The verification system shall provide confirmation or a
tentative nonconfirmation of an individual’s identity and employment
eligibility within 3 working days of the initial inquiry. If providing
confirmation or tentative nonconfirmation, the verification system shall
provide an appropriate code indicating such confirmation or such
nonconfirmation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D18C2FD421C4545BB8E7AA09A558B3E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secondary
confirmation process in case of tentative nonconfirmation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In cases of tentative nonconfirmation, the
Secretary shall specify, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social
Security, an available secondary verification process to confirm the validity
of information provided and to provide a final confirmation or nonconfirmation
not later than 10 working days after the date on which the notice of the
tentative nonconfirmation is received by the employee. The Secretary, in
consultation with the Commissioner, may extend this deadline on a case-by-case
basis, and if the time is extended, shall document such extension within the
verification system. When final confirmation or nonconfirmation is provided,
the verification system shall provide an appropriate code indicating such
confirmation or nonconfirmation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4BE618D9A5A498593C5C0F8542EEB3E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Design and
operation of system</header><text>The verification system shall be designed and
operated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H373B0FFAD3DF4B2BBDB0C6C2B583768B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maximize its
reliability and ease of use by persons and other entities consistent with
insulating and protecting the privacy and security of the underlying
information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE57F4E6958A48FB91A60BB63B61CDF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to respond to all
inquiries made by such persons and entities on whether individuals are
authorized to be employed and to register all times when such inquiries are not
received;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA92FE8FF569B422E999137DF37E623BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with appropriate
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized
disclosure of personal information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E475FB27525420CB36CD7FA5C21867F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to have reasonable
safeguards against the system’s resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices
based on national origin or citizenship status, including—</text>
<clause id="H3060F9BE38CC4AE6BA2DBC82E4CD3E8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the selective or
unauthorized use of the system to verify eligibility; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3BB549B107164482A959FAF582FE140C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the exclusion of
certain individuals from consideration for employment as a result of a
perceived likelihood that additional verification will be required, beyond what
is required for most job applicants; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE0818C9AC03246C1ACD3657BC9AD25BF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to limit the
subjects of verification to the following individuals:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE46D9525684347A9BFE6F5E97D7F827D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Individuals hired,
referred, or recruited, in accordance with paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection
(b).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC00E9346F4254A87B18A5764A421202A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Employees and
prospective employees, in accordance with paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of
subsection (b).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC7A8718ECBB640C4B938E3AB5D383D2C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals seeking to confirm their own
employment eligibility on a voluntary basis.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16FDB5F171D94EB9A2B58F16F4AC7311"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Commissioner of Social Security</header><text>As part of the verification
system, the Commissioner of Social Security, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security (and any designee of the Secretary selected to establish
and administer the verification system), shall establish a reliable, secure
method, which, within the time periods specified under paragraphs (2) and (3),
compares the name and social security account number provided in an inquiry
against such information maintained by the Commissioner in order to validate
(or not validate) the information provided regarding an individual whose
identity and employment eligibility must be confirmed, the correspondence of
the name and number, and whether the individual has presented a social security
account number that is not valid for employment. The Commissioner shall not
disclose or release social security information (other than such confirmation
or nonconfirmation) under the verification system except as provided for in
this section or section 205(c)(2)(I) of the Social Security Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H399035EF9740400FA21F452F194D8B39"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Secretary of Homeland Security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the verification system, the
Secretary of Homeland Security (in consultation with any designee of the
Secretary selected to establish and administer the verification system), shall
establish a reliable, secure method, which, within the time periods specified
under paragraphs (2) and (3), compares the name and alien identification or
authorization number (or any other information as determined relevant by the
Secretary) which are provided in an inquiry against such information maintained
or accessed by the Secretary in order to validate (or not validate) the
information provided, the correspondence of the name and number, whether the
alien is authorized to be employed in the United States, or to the extent that
the Secretary determines to be feasible and appropriate, whether the records
available to the Secretary verify the identity or status of a national of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D9B62F42B7A49148517DAC2E193E045"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Offenses</header>
<subparagraph id="H3817C0EFB75B4ECA8E6E911EA0AA8764"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person or entity
that, in making an inquiry under subsection (b)(1)(C)(i)(II), provides to the
verification system a social security account number or an identification or
authorization number established by the Secretary of Homeland Security that
belongs to a person other than the individual whose identity and employment
authorization are being verified, knowing that the number does not belong to
the individual whose identity and employment authorization are being verified,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not less than 1
year and not more than 15 years, or both. If the person or entity, in making an
inquiry under subsection (b)(1)(C)(i)(II), during and in relation to any felony
violation enumerated in
section
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, provides to the
verification system a social security account number or an identification or
authorization number established by the Secretary of Homeland Security that
belongs to a person other than the individual whose identity and employment
authorization are being verified, knowing that the number does not belong to
the individual whose identity and work authorization are being verified, in
addition to the punishment provided for such felony, shall be fined under title
18, United States Code, imprisoned for a term of 2 years, or both.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H176EF6E012284416877268D3DE71D9E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consecutive
sentence</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text>
<clause id="H3B5D0C108D894B8DAF87DCD5D7B377A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
court shall not place on probation any person or entity convicted of a
violation of this paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H35FD6A65BA164D669507598770809E68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as
provided in clause (iv), no term of imprisonment imposed on a person or entity
under this section shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment
imposed on the person or entity under any other provision of law, including any
term of imprisonment imposed for the felony enumerated in section 1028A(c) of
title 18, United States Code, during which the violation of this paragraph
occurred;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5B22525AFA3474DB22329FEF969B425"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in determining
any term of imprisonment to be imposed for the felony enumerated in section
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, during which the violation of this
section occurred, a court shall not in any way reduce the term to be imposed
for such crime so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, any
separate term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a violation of this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0EEF10BE0D7F4C81B823FBB84CC6E24E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
term of imprisonment imposed on a person or entity for a violation of this
paragraph may, in the discretion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in
part, only with another term of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at
the same time on that person or entity for an additional violation of this
paragraph, except that such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with
any applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States
Sentencing Commission pursuant to
section
994 of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H23C03DB3D1004097B140606DBBFAE08D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Updating
information</header><text>The Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall update their information in a manner that promotes
the maximum accuracy and shall provide a process for the prompt correction of
erroneous information, including instances in which it is brought to their
attention in the secondary verification process described in paragraph
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H083E8282F326424F9EE419ABACA1964C"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of the verification system and any related systems</header>
<subparagraph id="H4251212F3BE04DF99894A53B0FD3D554"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No national
identification card</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize, directly or indirectly, the issuance or use of national
identification cards or the establishment of a national identification
card.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFBF5D8917C3C421AB1F3B861E8508A20"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Critical
infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
may authorize or direct any person or entity responsible for granting access
to, protecting, securing, operating, administering, or regulating part of the
critical infrastructure (as defined in section 1016(e) of the Critical
Infrastructure Protection Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5195c">42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)</external-xref>)) to use the
verification system to the extent the Secretary determines that such use will
assist in the protection of the critical
infrastructure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBEE068FBAB84C809DE508051E1A1CC0"><enum>103.</enum><header>Recruitment,
referral, and continuation of employment</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E3B7B0B9A3B4283B51E9489178C0135"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
changes to rules for recruitment, referral, and continuation of
employment</header><text>Section 274A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C.
1324a(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H889605898A4F48B9A701288C24714289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>for a fee</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAECC2687BC8485DA2AB65473B6595BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C620E376C334364BAEADC005BF207CC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEE29AD566AFF44EA8BE2A02A030D9A5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to hire, continue
to employ, or to recruit or refer for employment in the United States an
individual without complying with the requirements of subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E20A34539734B6C9BDC0D56C7AEDEAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>after hiring an alien for employment in accordance with
paragraph (1),</quote> and inserting <quote>after complying with paragraph
(1),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD173F849B21D4AFFB91E1D2BBA9E9C05"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>hiring,</quote> and inserting <quote>hiring, employing,</quote> each
place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA56B3D45B3DA419A8CFA27B42F334953"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1324a(h)), as amended by section 101(b) of this Act, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91D47FB266BA4EC5BAD0D9FD8EBD8F99" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4878095039A845D5B793D4F3785017BF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definition of
recruit or refer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in
this section, the term <term>refer</term> means the act of sending or directing
a person who is in the United States or transmitting documentation or
information to another, directly or indirectly, with the intent of obtaining
employment in the United States for such person. Only persons or entities
referring for remuneration (whether on a retainer or contingency basis) are
included in the definition, except that union hiring halls that refer union
members or nonunion individuals who pay union membership dues are included in
the definition whether or not they receive remuneration, as are labor service
entities or labor service agencies, whether public, private, for-profit, or
nonprofit, that refer, dispatch, or otherwise facilitate the hiring of laborers
for any period of time by a third party. As used in this section, the term
<term>recruit</term> means the act of soliciting a person who is in the United
States, directly or indirectly, and referring the person to another with the
intent of obtaining employment for that person. Only persons or entities
referring for remuneration (whether on a retainer or contingency basis) are
included in the definition, except that union hiring halls that refer union
members or nonunion individuals who pay union membership dues are included in
this definition whether or not they receive remuneration, as are labor service
entities or labor service agencies, whether public, private, for-profit, or
nonprofit that recruit, dispatch, or otherwise facilitate the hiring of
laborers for any period of time by a third
party.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H62B52DFC7A9E47B78C17EF019F74918C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, except that the amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act insofar as
such amendments relate to continuation of employment.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57E17AE6DDCC434083891E583300EB68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Good faith
defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274A(a)(3) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H427089F7F6FD40DD90F16BEFD45CC79A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6298638BBEA24BF68E4AB2A7006EE135"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Good faith
defense</header>
<subparagraph id="HE2C84A9884E94BFCA454870118CF753D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Defense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer (or person or entity that
hires, employs, recruits, or refers (as defined in subsection (h)(5)), or is
otherwise obligated to comply with this section) who establishes that it has
complied in good faith with the requirements of subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="HD02B73A1120F4190A8D80EE3008B29C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not be
liable to a job applicant, an employee, the Federal Government, or a State or
local government, under Federal, State, or local criminal or civil law for any
employment-related action taken with respect to a job applicant or employee in
good-faith reliance on information provided through the system established
under subsection (d); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H93C77AE233FB4789B1562AF52D140C68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has established
compliance with its obligations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph
(1) and subsection (b) absent a showing by the Secretary of Homeland Security,
by clear and convincing evidence, that the employer had knowledge that an
employee is an unauthorized alien.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07C79791182147889CECD1803E018DE9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to seek
and obtain verification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the effective dates and other
deadlines applicable under subsection (b), in the case of a person or entity in
the United States that hires, or continues to employ, an individual, or
recruits or refers an individual for employment, the following requirements
apply:</text>
<clause id="H361CA53E57E74F1EB2024B10BE1BA8AD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Failure to seek
verification</header>
<subclause id="H74E6001C1A524E449C7BF6631BF4E403"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the person or entity has not made an inquiry, under
the mechanism established under subsection (d) and in accordance with the
timeframes established under subsection (b), seeking verification of the
identity and work eligibility of the individual, the defense under subparagraph
(A) shall not be considered to apply with respect to any employment, except as
provided in subclause (II).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8C31377FE0D2487EB2B04A536B72EA3C"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Special rule
for failure of verification mechanism</header><text>If such a person or entity
in good faith attempts to make an inquiry in order to qualify for the defense
under subparagraph (A) and the verification mechanism has registered that not
all inquiries were responded to during the relevant time, the person or entity
can make an inquiry until the end of the first subsequent working day in which
the verification mechanism registers no nonresponses and qualify for such
defense.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA61D728545364E98A556887FED72A235"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to
obtain verification</header><text>If the person or entity has made the inquiry
described in clause (i)(I) but has not received an appropriate verification of
such identity and work eligibility under such mechanism within the time period
specified under subsection (d)(2) after the time the verification inquiry was
received, the defense under subparagraph (A) shall not be considered to apply
with respect to any employment after the end of such time
period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H96850A7252F5409CB0B76EF6D249C6AD"><enum>105.</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB921512BCDA44FB5ACAC64293E0A2DFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of title
IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C.
1234a note) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H260E145D1D4046A69962F2F1BA5A6BAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in any Federal law, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of, or
pertaining to, the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, or
the Social Security Administration, to the employment eligibility confirmation
system established under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a</external-xref> note) is deemed to
refer to the employment eligibility confirmation system established under
section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by section
102 of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0B97830E21F345C58FA92FC83F15F514"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall take effect on the date that is 36 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H768EC86688E1444FA970BE5A70B9E54A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB12A582963294835A72C6649F5F24108"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C49A810338143AE921F071FA5FA6438"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9CABB2204A646EC98EBFA8D24697EDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Department of Homeland
Security</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35EA0D8642EF4413ACD8CB5326D2BFD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2C6ED3B315E48EF87DEAE343C4A5348"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), in the matter before clause (i), by inserting <quote>, subject to
paragraph (10),</quote> after <quote>in an amount</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5EE944664DE47CEB1D74239B6B51B1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>not less than $250 and not more than $2,000</quote>
and inserting <quote>not less than $2,500 and not more than
$5,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H975B4652D00046048F953B4B1A57AC2F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>not less than $2,000 and not more than
$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $5,000 and not more than
$10,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2690A7816114280AD8A6F527DFBE9BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(iii), by striking <quote>not less than $3,000 and not more than
$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $10,000 and not more than
$25,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A22F87157E5443382F5B7310C1DBBC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1ACE2E213AEA413ABC3818C441D83A11" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF99C4CED31F14C23AE6BA63B5D7BC2F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may require the
person or entity to take such other remedial action as is
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3919CFADF40F48B4974A8F7E5D67C9FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D30425221DE41EE963C7A5E242C6C05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, strike <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">paperwork</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H074CF0CE7921417294E3D56CE70A18EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, subject to paragraphs (10) through (12),</quote> after <quote>in an
amount</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78A370B16519462EB51BEC1A501349CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1598744EB8904FBDB193872EAC45549F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$1,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AF46EB60CBA4B2DB46F78708636F721"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>Failure by a person or entity to utilize the
employment eligibility verification system as required by law, or providing
information to the system that the person or entity knows or reasonably
believes to be false, shall be treated as a violation of subsection
(a)(1)(A).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77A3D4E900494D8581AC77CB9AB84714"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of subsection (e) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9675E2D797F64296AC23E59FA8507801" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H56EADA692DED41CBA289AA3BDC6C6D4E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Exemption from
penalty for good faith violation</header><text>In the case of imposition of a
civil penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to a violation of subsection
(a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) for hiring or continuation of employment or recruitment or
referral by person or entity and in the case of imposition of a civil penalty
under paragraph (5) for a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) for hiring or
recruitment or referral by a person or entity, the penalty otherwise imposed
may be waived or reduced if the violator establishes that the violator acted in
good faith.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H857862402F354EDF8C3BDF7AC7174FC3"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Authority to
debar employers for certain violations</header>
<subparagraph id="H1273BB77623F471C8529911E52A596D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a person or entity
is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be a repeat violator of
paragraph (1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a), or is convicted of a crime under
this section, such person or entity may be considered for debarment from the
receipt of Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in accordance
with the debarment standards and pursuant to the debarment procedures set forth
in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4F1E8ED59DA4C09BB6F130A0BCEA9C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Does not have
contract, grant, agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General wishes to have a
person or entity considered for debarment in accordance with this paragraph,
and such an person or entity does not hold a Federal contract, grant or
cooperative agreement, the Secretary or Attorney General shall refer the matter
to the Administrator of General Services to determine whether to list the
person or entity on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement, and
if so, for what duration and under what scope.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89701D7CF07548C0A1F589FEDDD1DAFB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Has contract,
grant, agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General wishes to have a person
or entity considered for debarment in accordance with this paragraph, and such
person or entity holds a Federal contract, grant or cooperative agreement, the
Secretary or Attorney General shall advise all agencies or departments holding
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the person or entity of the
Government’s interest in having the person or entity considered for debarment,
and after soliciting and considering the views of all such agencies and
departments, the Secretary or Attorney General may refer the matter to any
appropriate lead agency to determine whether to list the person or entity on
the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement, and if so, for what
duration and under what scope.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H458462E212E148FCAF03C35441C8FF6C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any decision to debar a person or entity in
accordance with this paragraph shall be reviewable pursuant to part 9.4 of the
Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2252BF191C444FD6B87BA38118D19282"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Office for
State and local government complaints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish an office—</text>
<subparagraph id="H830D57AF665D4585825E0BA40EA1B654"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to which State and
local government agencies may submit information indicating potential
violations of subsection (a), (b), or (g)(1) that were generated in the normal
course of law enforcement or the normal course of other official activities in
the State or locality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68189D520C0148D5A43510BD9B0A7FFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is required
to indicate to the complaining State or local agency within 5 business days of
the filing of such a complaint by identifying whether the Secretary will
further investigate the information provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5614AC092334FB4AF095DB2197FADEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is required
to investigate those complaints filed by State or local government agencies
that, on their face, have a substantial probability of validity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FFBBD22923C4FBBA75BB6F3D3F59C1D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that is required
to notify the complaining State or local agency of the results of any such
investigation conducted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA4B352D21AB43B5B541E27450F31381"><enum>(E)</enum><text>that is required
to report to the Congress annually the number of complaints received under this
paragraph, the States and localities that filed such complaints, and the
resolution of the complaints investigated by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88A07C0F178C4425B3E31CE080A6F637"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) of subsection (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H69528D54E3E940F6831C9C8AE6329937" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCAF0C9F306854300B5885BCD13992CCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text>Any person or entity which engages in a pattern or
practice of violations of subsection (a) (1) or (2) shall be fined not more
than $15,000 for each unauthorized alien with respect to which such a violation
occurs, imprisoned for not less than one year and not more than 10 years, or
both, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Federal law relating to fine
levels.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Crime Prevention
and Penalties</header>
<section id="H6FB1297B3730418B97D26D9D5EB21C6D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment
of electronic birth and death registration systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Commissioner of Social Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take
the following actions:</text>
<paragraph id="H852450BA5C634F03A408A0A6CCE0C509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Work with the
States to establish a common data set and common data exchange protocol for
electronic birth registration systems and death registration systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37E24D4808E64F59802B2F434757D0DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coordinate
requirements for such systems to align with a national model.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F7F00BD3B284BBCBC929E117A9B1FFB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ensure that fraud
prevention is built into the design of electronic vital registration systems in
the collection of vital event data, the issuance of birth certificates, and the
exchange of data among government agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB44BC3EFA82B48D8AC3324E408EB7308"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensure that
electronic systems for issuing birth certificates, in the form of printed
abstracts of birth records or digitized images, employ a common format of the
certified copy, so that those requiring such documents can quickly confirm
their validity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74D750ABFA7342E38DC56EA0F75C28ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establish uniform
field requirements for State birth registries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4779B77756294828B2C6F85856817AAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish a process with the
Department of Defense that will result in the sharing of data, with the States
and the Social Security Administration, regarding deaths of United States
military personnel and the birth and death of their dependents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H084FFE0BE02A4A02AA379051CF1FA37A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish a process with the
Department of State to improve registration, notification, and the sharing of
data with the States and the Social Security Administration, regarding births
and deaths of United States citizens abroad.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8017848CA24B45A8BEA94685A2A0380D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Not later than 3
years after the date of establishment of databases provided for under this
section, require States to record and retain electronic records of pertinent
identification information collected from requestors who are not the
registrants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D3C9D71AF54450D82BC577C735F9BCE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report
on whether there is a need for Federal laws to address penalties for fraud and
misuse of vital records and whether violations are sufficiently
enforced.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD9A7E6436C2F49BF937291696D7E6A1D"><enum>202.</enum><header>Enhanced
penalties for document fraud</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1028">Section 1028(b)(3)</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE1BCCD63935409AAACAB5A39F399F93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking “or” at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H342E8605426D416CA5DFE44980FE7C2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AC3B7B522AB4874A3D052EA71777587"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0395C5A5530E42C79922BFF74C78CCB4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H487F4343BC6C4F02A527766BBF01AB94"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to facilitate illegal immigration or human
smuggling;
or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6DEA21988EB14C5AAE49CC461077A261"><enum>203.</enum><header>Alien smuggling
and terrorism prevention</header>
<subsection id="HF66E0809E39647D1A1B11988AAA9856C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Checks against
terrorist watchlist</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to the extent practicable, check against
all available terrorist watchlists those persons suspected of alien smuggling
and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at the land, air, and sea borders
of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB51FCEC45F724ADA8C729AEA5C6EC2D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strengthening
prosecution and punishment of alien smugglers</header><text>Section 274(a) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324">8 U.S.C. 1324(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC261E55797D04425A5EAF680910DB828"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
subsection heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Bringing In, Harboring, and Smuggling of
Unlawful and Terrorist Aliens.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H482257686EB241E48F138FD3B1085C18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraphs (1) through (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F01B7C549C84D94B5CE2E907204373D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5A299FA1D1DB45CBBBEBCB4783C032A7" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H99EEADDD90B149B98FD2946F9113BCFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, knowing or in reckless disregard
of the fact that an individual is an alien who lacks lawful authority to come
to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowingly—</text>
<clause id="HF1AB7DC00A514880A7FD3E3FDCF357C5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">brings that individual to the United States
in any manner whatsoever regardless of any future official action which may be
taken with respect to such individual;</text>
</clause><clause id="H91E1947B6FEE43578D0BC6F2F0117221" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recruits, encourages, or induces that
individual to come to, enter, or reside in the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B59713FC1DB4EF7B8FC9FAFD1E98795" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transports or moves that individual
in the United States, in furtherance of their unlawful presence; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DA29F00D85E45B4B12551DFDA1B3AC5" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>harbors, conceals, or shields from
detection the individual in any place in the United States, including any
building or any means of transportation;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">or
attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph
(C).</continuation-text><subparagraph id="H3ED8441010B4499A8071FFB332020F90" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whoever, knowing that an individual
is an alien, brings that individual to the United States in any manner
whatsoever at a place, other than a designated port of entry or place
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, regardless of whether such
individual has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or
reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which
may be taken with respect to such individual, or attempts or conspires to do
so, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94A9BB512A854B2BAF84639DEC9A0FE4" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever commits an offense under this
paragraph shall, for each individual in respect to whom such a violation
occurs—</text>
<clause id="H112BFEADA83F45A0AFF10D2C5197D8F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the offense results in the death of
any person, be fined under title 18, United States Code, and subject to the
penalty of death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life;</text>
</clause><clause id="H85289528919947AEBD037E54F4B3043D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense involves kidnapping, an
attempt to kidnap, the conduct required for aggravated sexual abuse (as defined
in section
2241 of title 18, United States Code, without regard to where
it takes place), or an attempt to commit such abuse, or an attempt to kill, be
fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for any term of years
or life, or both;</text>
</clause><clause id="H077160CC6E314D2393A90D2EEA0129AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense involves an individual who
the defendant knew was engaged in or intended to engage in terrorist activity
(as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)), be fined under title 18, United States
Code, or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CCD944F712542AD898207DA513F0237"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense results in serious bodily
injury (as defined in
section
1365 of title 18, United States Code) or places in jeopardy the
life of any person, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned
not more than 20 years, or both;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB275E3EDD762488FAB10EFF8A7890B34"><enum>(v)</enum><text>if the offense is a violation of
paragraph (1)(A)(i) and was committed for the purpose of profit, commercial
advantage, or private financial gain, or if the offense was committed with the
intent or reason to believe that the individual unlawfully brought into the
United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State
that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, be fined under title
18, United States Code, and imprisoned, in the case of a first or second
violation, not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation,
not less than 5 nor more than 15 years;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3605D6EF54974943B63BEC1283B64933"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense is a violation of paragraphs
(1)(A)(ii), (iii), or (iv), or paragraph (1)(B), and was committed for the
purpose of profit, commercial advantage, or private financial gain, be fined
under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2648E6B027F24412B9098F364B180E3A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>if the offense involves the transit
of the defendant’s spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or niece or
nephew, and the offense is not described in any of clauses (i) through (vi), be
fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H55AA601ADC744FB0AC6D39DE11E5E1C0"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in any other case, be fined under
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or
both.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24E3BB55843244A3B017D5A976969FF9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H13B6BF1F69D0477995F4163B768529F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over
the offenses described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B91174C18FB4D3385B0BB2A112EF263" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In a prosecution for a violation of,
or an attempt or conspiracy to violate, subsection (a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(1)(A)(ii),
or (a)(1)(B), that occurs on the high seas, no defense based on necessity can
be raised unless the defendant—</text>
<clause id="H3734F18FB2ED4CDA8346521DA6B8174D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as soon as practicable, reported to
the Coast Guard the circumstances of the necessity, and if a rescue is claimed,
the name, description, registry number, and location of the vessel engaging in
the rescue; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0062FF5BCF10490590DECE2FB357F048"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>did not bring, attempt to bring, or
in any manner intentionally facilitate the entry of any alien into the land
territory of the United States without lawful authority, unless exigent
circumstances existed that placed the life of that alien in danger, in which
case the reporting requirement set forth in clause (i) is satisfied by
notifying the Coast Guard as soon as practicable after delivering the alien to
emergency medical or law enforcement personnel ashore.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49BB1EC19C2A4E3CB3A41DD15F63CB78" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>It is not a violation of, or an
attempt or conspiracy to violate, clause (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (1)(A), or
paragraph (1)(A)(ii) (except if a person recruits, encourages, or induces an
alien to come to or enter the United States), for a religious denomination
having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or
the agents or officer of such denomination or organization, to encourage,
invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to
perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or
organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an
employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical
assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or
missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDD8D6D1147F4631BDEB66D6B3ECF548" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph and
paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H395DAFB139174916AB724C448EE3B2DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term <term>United States</term>
means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the
United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H373EE4007F994ABFB312A5D6D49CB681"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <term>lawful
authority</term> means permission, authorization, or waiver that is expressly
provided for in the immigration laws of the United States or the regulations
prescribed under those laws and does not include any such authority secured by
fraud or otherwise obtained in violation of law or authority that has been
sought but not
approved.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1EFA919628434B8F8E4D8E06CCA6967D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maritime law
enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="HFFED6E291DA4445EAA07FD71D4F775E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of
section
2237 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H458B771C31CA4D5196DBA66EADE0A6CD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2AEC5AC9553B4242A2069F00D12A1F25"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever intentionally violates this section
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8219154639824E418546D6A1948DF033"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the offense results in death or involves
kidnapping, an attempt to kidnap, the conduct required for aggravated sexual
abuse (as defined in section 2241 without regard to where it takes place), or
an attempt to commit such abuse, or an attempt to kill, be fined under such
title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H956C6C0C9FAA42A78E7F588B817BF405"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the offense
results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title) or
transportation under inhumane conditions, be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 15 years, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88269AC0EDB74BDD87E06835FB0126D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if the offense is
committed in the course of a violation of section 274 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (alien smuggling); chapter 77 (peonage, slavery, and
trafficking in persons), section 111 (shipping), 111A (interference with
vessels), 113 (stolen property), or 117 (transportation for illegal sexual
activity) of this title; chapter 705 (maritime drug law enforcement) of title
46, or title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (chapter 30; 40 Stat. 220), be
fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9AAA1AAA6334B2F82FBE81ACC32DD24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any other case,
be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31DFB757462A4C33B622BFB5178444BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
necessity defense</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2237">Section 2237(c)</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFD75F00B64841A298283C2FF8C6D292"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(c)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE6B514AD0474B3496B563D4ADCA3D13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBE9CABFAEC4848F5804807F49B05A8FF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H14E97E11D9AA4C9183CE9CA83FC08CD9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In a prosecution for a violation of
this section, no defense based on necessity can be raised unless the
defendant—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2C6730364AA44618519969E87ABC9E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as soon as practicable upon reaching
shore, delivered the person with respect to which the necessity arose to
emergency medical or law enforcement personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EBC202839174BF3863D0BF2F30E689C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as soon as practicable, reported to
the Coast Guard the circumstances of the necessity resulting giving rise to the
defense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7631D7F65854783B3BF353311C0FE46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>did not bring, attempt to bring, or in
any manner intentionally facilitate the entry of any alien, as that term is
defined in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(3)), into the land territory of the United States without lawful
authority, unless exigent circumstances existed that placed the life of that
alien in danger, in which case the reporting requirement of subparagraph (B) is
satisfied by notifying the Coast Guard as soon as practicable after delivering
that person to emergency medical or law enforcement personnel
ashore.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB08EEA8CE74A4486BBD2F9C0984E1284"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2237">Section 2237(e)</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36EE4A8D89B34FAE93F15EDA2126E134"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H009110EBD30244F58B859FEDB050F04C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F3F17A0CCAA489B821A7237AC8C707E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F71E4DF19AD4944A1F60A5863CF9B1E" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H6B33396CE0E840D0AB4CBCAE687AC8FD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>transportation under
inhumane conditions</term> means the transportation of persons in an engine
compartment, storage compartment, or other confined space, transportation at an
excessive speed, transportation of a number of persons in excess of the rated
capacity of the means of transportation, or intentionally grounding a vessel in
which persons are being
transported.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD550E29EBCF04691A33EC24BC1028CE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendment to the
sentencing guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="H214BF116D01A4939BD618E8F4AA64F1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Pursuant to its authority under
section
994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with
this section, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and, if
appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable
to persons convicted of alien smuggling offenses and criminal failure to heave
to or obstruction of boarding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC2C33B5992F4683BE4299C1BC854A2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Sentencing Commission, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA5165015FC54B4AA6BD516B1C9B45E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider providing sentencing enhancements
or stiffening existing enhancements for those convicted of offenses described
in subsection (a) that—</text>
<clause id="HFD50B5506796488A8566F226B399D7C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involve a pattern
of continued and flagrant violations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BD68255CBE04C939BC0CEDB655473E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are
part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;</text>
</clause><clause id="H50AA375B4C3043E78E0E0901D0141ABF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involve aliens
who were transported in groups of ten or more;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC6192BC8047B46CEBE4AE3D97DEC18C5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>involve the
transportation or abandonment of aliens in a manner that endangered their
lives; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H80DF4887BE9B4B4A816AA593B3256BC2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve the facilitation of terrorist
activity; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DFB6BBEA1574D0BB5BF1537863A5207"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consider
cross-references to the guidelines for Criminal Sexual Abuse and Attempted
Murder.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H80FCCDE875954AB28836C800502BA4F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expedited
procedures</header><text>The Commission may promulgate the guidelines or
amendments under this section in accordance with the procedures set forth in
section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority under that
Act had not expired.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4CDDEC5EB1BB4629BDF507833ED586FE"><enum>204.</enum><header>Eligibility for
State criminal alien assistance program funding</header>
<subsection id="HA9CA77EDD8B94EF5B3DBFEB603503254"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H44525997488E4045843FE963C8F2BE09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine annually
which State or local jurisdictions are not in compliance with section 642 of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (Public Law
104–208) and shall report such determinations to Congress on March 1 of each
year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A06E6DFFD6948B29AA2196FCBE62ECD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue a report
concerning the compliance of any particular State or local jurisdiction at the
request of any Member of Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA57317E7C7E241C59378D4ADC7EE6202"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incarceration</header><text>Section
241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1231">8 U.S.C. 1231(i)</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3B3C3852199746F5B4380F9E7F303050" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H840843EDC68B4CDBB4A44E289358BA46"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A State (or a
political subdivision of a State) shall not be eligible to enter into a
contractual arrangement under paragraph (1) if the State (or political
subdivision) has been determined by the Attorney General to be out of
compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>). Such State (or political subdivision)
shall remain ineligible until the Attorney General determines that the State
(or political subdivision) has come into
compliance.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H65CAD037F7E241AD92DCC980F8D091C2"><enum>205.</enum><header>ICE immigration
enforcement agents</header>
<subsection id="H6EFD220F61B6434CB02CCCBA9EA52502"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall authorize all immigration enforcement
agents and deportation officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement who have
successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to exercise
the powers conferred by—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEAD3373EC844527A72BA3BDC7E5D31A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section
287(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to arrest for any offense
against the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8BA0087C1EE47C88DBFC54BC0E412B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section
287(a)(5)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to arrest for any
felony;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBE7AB33B6BB4FDB96B0FC9A74730A64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 274(a) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act to arrest for bringing in, transporting, or
harboring certain aliens, or inducing them to enter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF72729883884ACA99078A96280FD24F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 287(a) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act to execute warrants of arrest for
administrative immigration violations issued under section 236 of the Act or to
execute warrants of criminal arrest issued under the authority of the United
States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9377DB1A577B45A28E39A0912A0B63CF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>section 287(a) of
the Act to carry firearms, provided that they are individually qualified by
training and experience to handle and safely operate the firearms they are
permitted to carry, maintain proficiency in the use of such firearms, and
adhere to the provisions of the enforcement standard governing the use of
force.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04044C6F75744C0BAA48E17C0DB0F50E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pay</header><text>Immigration
enforcement agents shall be paid on the same scale as Immigration and Customs
Enforcement deportation officers and shall receive the same benefits.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD76FAF83724D49F58CACA935CDC74331"><enum>206.</enum><header>ICE detention
enforcement officers</header>
<subsection id="HE26D3A105FA24B8CA6425692EA1D474C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to hire 2,500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement
detention enforcement officers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8539FDCC55F4A8CA3FA22288112E037"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Detention
enforcement officers who have successfully completed detention enforcement
officers’ basic training shall be responsible for—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF5B2114BDB24C65A2407065AA162885"><enum>(1)</enum><text>taking and
maintaining custody of any person who has been arrested by an immigration
officer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD719C1E2EBE94EA18C4486704DB67FE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transporting and
guarding immigration detainees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D2992797F874C839DD16A0DC869D7E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>securing ICE
detention facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14060A5FFB934FB59B63D7184A758F15"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assisting in the
processing of detainees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6F4CE115363A42CA8506FCDEA7E1D3E0"><enum>207.</enum><header>Additional ICE
deportation officers and support staff</header>
<subsection id="HC1DBE64390F948BD9EBC8F43786C76C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations for such purpose, increase the number of positions for full-time
active-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers by 5,000
above the number of full-time positions for which funds were appropriated for
fiscal year 2013.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0D5972913934F7481A79146FC4657BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support
staff</header><text>The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations for such purpose, increase the number of positions for full-time
support staff for Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers by
700 above the number of full-time positions for which funds were appropriated
for fiscal year 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H452B5BBD2A974E25ACC2BCAD7A333CE3"><enum>208.</enum><header>Assisting gang
and drug task forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall assign at least one Immigration and Customs Enforcement
deportation officer or immigration enforcement agent to serve as a member of
any State or local gang or drug task force—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB96E307D6BF406FBEF55141AA64A335"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the task force
requests such assistance in writing to an ICE field office; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H070953EC0FBD4DF8B7CEBD97A73AEEAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for as long as the
task force remains active and wants such assistance.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H04F6B7B6F51E47CCA79005042DC28BB7"><enum>209.</enum><header>Protecting
communities</header>
<subsection id="HC6E2EA1B5CB249F78E2683C77F193AAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prisons and
jails</header><text>The Secretary shall assign an Immigration and Customs
Enforcement deportation officer or immigration enforcement agent to every
Federal, State, and County prison or jail facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6A5FFE0C0CC43638B34E543A78ED188"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detainers</header><text>Immigration
and Customs Enforcement deportation officers and immigration enforcement agents
assigned to a prison or jail facility are required to place a detainer on every
alien they determine is unlawfully present in the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H08CF07297C0440458D2B5654B8AEDC95"><enum>210.</enum><header>Protecting
public safety and removing criminal aliens</header>
<subsection id="HC806C9CD0EDC4AD28CBA4A34DC1A596B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notices To
appear</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, immigration
officers who encounter, under any circumstances, an alien listed in subsection
(b) of this section are required to process such aliens and refer them for
removal proceedings by issuing a Notice to Appear.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D28F01EF7A24DCDB00BBCCEB696862C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aliens
covered</header><text>Aliens covered by subsection (a) of this section include
any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, whether such alien
entered without inspection or violated the terms of admission, and who:</text>
<paragraph id="H68506A741F77490784F188FC3E4AF1D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Has been convicted
of any felony;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H984A4CCA53474BB4AE499AEBD65212A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Has been convicted
of any two or more misdemeanors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFE76780D63C4F8EB002B44A82245E5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Has been convicted
of a crime involving moral turpitude;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9E3E8C25D7044FD895F43EA04ACE88A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Has been convicted
of any felony or misdemeanor involving the operation of a vehicle while under
the influence of alcohol or drugs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H692C39C3107445578F62A1CEBFC33B59"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Has been convicted
of any felony or misdemeanor involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or
sexual abuse of a child;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E511E98D943469AA9D40D5650CA2F3B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Has a known or
suspected gang affiliation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H481741354CBD40839F493C6C8853D072"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Assaults any law
enforcement officer; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36EEDC7597B74379B055CBC7FADA9E38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Poses a risk to
public safety or national security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD75B6C794F944FE2898C4BBBDF7D35A0"><enum>211.</enum><header>Pilot program
for electronic field processing</header>
<subsection id="HE10960E4CCF5465AAB8E97627CC796B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program in at least
five of the 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices with the
largest removal caseloads to allow Immigration and Customs deportation officers
and immigration enforcement agents to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF83CA19833CC46C5896FD477543023B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>electronically
process and serve charging documents, including Notices to Appear, while in the
field; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C425C9837F34822AEF4AC9395836C94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>electronically
process and place detainers while in the field.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44F3C7DD6F5D4E3EAA63C7BFF786B8DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
pilot program described in subsection (a) shall be designed to allow
deportation officers and immigration enforcement agents to use handheld or
vehicle-mounted computers to—</text>
<paragraph id="H954266F7298C4C378F67A01D1F45A73C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enter any required
data, including personal information about the alien subject and the reason for
issuing the document;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F72B025F999404C9D0F2DA01F4859BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply the
electronic signature of the issuing officer or agent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3112813716CB44BDBE1ABFB3E9A1CE21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set the date the
alien is required to appear before an immigration judge, in the case of Notices
to Appear;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A6CA62E303A4B1EB0C3677EDBF259AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>print any
documents the alien subject may be required to sign, along with additional
copies of documents to be served on the alien; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB7E9D893FA84BC7988E91C6704771B1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>interface with the
ENFORCE database so that all data is stored and retrievable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE1420CDE5524F0C9775955E6CB28288"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The
pilot program described in subsection (a) shall be designed to replace, to the
extent possible, the current paperwork and data-entry process used for issuing
such charging documents and detainers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H325DF2FA9F2441EF81BE113245450A6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
Secretary shall initiate the pilot program described in subsection (a) within 6
months of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA37B19FF0D0F4C4FB5FA363141F1A239"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Government Accountability Office shall report to the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate and the House of Representatives no later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act on the effectiveness of the pilot program and provide
recommendations for improving it.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEE771BD309D14309BFAD3A629D9287A1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advisory
Council</header><text>The ICE Advisory Council established by section 217 of
this Act shall include an recommendations on how the pilot program should work
in the first quarterly report of the Council, and shall include assessments of
the program and recommendations for improvement in each subsequent
report.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H17C0A607802E4865BD66778BAA8DFC13"><enum>212.</enum><header>Restricting
visas for countries that refuse to repatriate their nationals</header>
<subsection id="H7E96473981494DAD8A1EDB894883BD8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Penalties
related to removal</header><text>Section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1253">8 U.S.C. 1253</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12886E3C69F44A66830D729B1B3129C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Countries to
which aliens may be removed</header><text>Section 241(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1231">8 U.S.C. 1231(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD846C54B32394D8FBF8A2C5E5AFCED8A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFE9CAB030E414A4698CE9130E2F4A171"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Discontinuing
granting certain visas and denying admission to nationals of country denying or
delaying accepting aliens</header>
<subparagraph id="H6FBDD7299DD84019BA76341378E4666C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Discontinuing
granting visas</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (C), if a
country is listed in the most recent quarterly report submitted by the
Secretary of Homeland Security to the Congress under subparagraph (E), the
Secretary of State may not issue a nonimmigrant visa pursuant to section
101(a)(15) to a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such country
until—</text>
<clause id="HC3C09A3CCBBC47E5A2C84A0C756B92CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country should no
longer be so listed; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H00787CA99AA34C7598D703D3A81071A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each alien listed
in the report with respect to such country has otherwise been removed from the
United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07D38E09F9CF433BB8D3FD859910E25F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Denying
admission to nationals and foreign government officials</header><text>Except as
provided under subparagraph (C), if a country is listed in the most recent
quarterly report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to the
Congress under subparagraph (E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall deny admission to any citizen,
subject, national, or resident of that country who has received a nonimmigrant
visa pursuant to section 101(a)(15).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4F39176EE2F491FA0AB2ED4E6A54DC0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraphs
(A) and (B) do not apply if the Secretary of State determines that the life or
freedom of the visa applicant or individual seeking admission would be
threatened in the country listed under subparagraph (E).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6DD87AE47A6452BBA52DF994E4918A2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effect of
unauthorized issuance</header><text>Any visa issued in violation of this
paragraph shall be null and void.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14063290525244BBB45702BD23BF5A2A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Quarterly
reports</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall submit a report to the Congress that—</text>
<clause id="HBC8D46DD273445FE8E3E1ADB562C8BDA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lists all the
countries that deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of at least 10 percent
of the total number of aliens who—</text>
<subclause id="H29416ABF84AA4FE9AF65668BAC25BC72"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are physically
present in the United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEB8BDF9B483B41D99B5E13828CB0031C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are a citizen,
subject, national, or resident of such country; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H00693942AE424390952FE5681979988A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>have received a
final order of removal; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H07A8609A06D64BFBB2B21119E61DC950"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes the
total number of aliens described under clause (i), organized by—</text>
<subclause id="HF182109B2EA74292BD373BADF0BE83C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>name;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFD83D617CE774DE1B01F361839ADF981"><enum>(II)</enum><text>country;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0E43BA18DEBF409CBF678599FCBA9CB3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>detention
status; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB4FFEDB85D92403A82A770322088B829"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>criminal
status.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE4EA7AF19834B93A9EF03610FAEF70D"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Compliance with
repatriation</header><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines
that a country listed in the quarterly report under subparagraph (E) has
accepted each alien listed with respect to that country under subparagraph
(E)(ii), the country shall be removed from the list in the next quarterly
report submitted under subparagraph (E) and shall not be subject to the
sanctions described in this paragraph, unless subparagraph (E) applies to such
country with respect to another alien.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC904551753F4B79960FF0C3A6C0AB41"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Denies or
unreasonably delays</header>
<clause id="H8348D5748C5E4266981E1BB3AF55FA2F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under clause (ii), in this paragraph,
a country <term>denies or unreasonably delays</term> the acceptance of an alien
who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of the country if the country
does not accept the alien within the removal period.</text>
</clause><clause id="H39BAF403860C42978C381571B8035917"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Alien that may
not be removed</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), a country does not
deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of an alien who is a citizen,
subject, national, or resident of the country if such alien may not be removed
pursuant to this
section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC1D6F2B04A9C4216AC5EECF9392EFC60"><enum>213.</enum><header>Additional ICE
detention space</header>
<subsection id="HF046DF64382148B69153F79F963DE0E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make
arrangements for the availability of 10,000 additional beds for detaining
aliens taken into custody by immigration officials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC6D7DC9709D45EF81F9C0AE6AD93701"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Efforts
shall be made to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA522112F48FB49238FADC73260CF0A07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contract private
facilities whenever possible to promote efficient use and to limit the Federal
Government’s maintenance of and liability for additional infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC44FAA83F3C643D5846BCEB0D7896CE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilize State and
local facilities for the provision of additional beds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73C2F423BB39411A8672EF044D16FA08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilize BRAC
facilities or active duty facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H108A7F223D774F4CBAD5FFAB8A1E3BB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The
Department of Homeland Security shall construct facilities as necessary to meet
the remainder of the 10,000 new beds to be provided.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H578D1AE4AA644B379B5533D02F8FE73E"><enum>214.</enum><header>Additional
immigration judgeships and law clerks</header>
<subsection id="H8E34655C057F48A1BF3BED5A96E6B052"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Judgeships</header><text>The
Attorney General shall create and fill twenty additional Immigration Judgeships
within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7DB21E4E2D974298BFF1E3138F574AC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerkships</header><text>The
Attorney General shall also ensure that for every 2 Immigration Judges there
shall be no fewer than one law clerk dedicated to assisting Immigration
Judges.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H18398D7F5A904B8B8FD0E48DCF0F3B87"><enum>215.</enum><header>Additional ICE
prosecutors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
shall increase by sixty the number of full-time trial attorneys working for the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of the Principal Legal
Advisor.</text>
</section><section id="H91117461055E4D01BB0FC2231F05B6AF"><enum>216.</enum><header>Ensuring the
safety of ICE officers and agents</header>
<subsection id="HB53EEC38916D4D05AECEAC0E586C2C20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Body
armor</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that every Immigration and
Customs Enforcement deportation officer and immigration enforcement agent on
duty is issued high-quality body armor that is appropriate for the climate and
risks faced by the agent. Enough body armor must be purchased to cover every
agent in the field.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9DB0A0151C74BB0A436ABE95004C398"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Weapons</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation
officers and immigration enforcement agents are equipped with weapons that are
reliable and effective to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent
third parties from the threats posed by armed criminals. Such weapons shall
include, at a minimum, standard-issue handguns, M–4 (or equivalent) rifles, and
Tasers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB4EF1C8E399F4D12BDA51EDB743AA653"><enum>217.</enum><header>ICE Advisory
Council</header>
<subsection id="H176CF6FD41B74E71A91833D406B8350C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>An
ICE Advisory Council shall be established within 3 months of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0CDEA8B5D5E3480CABFAE2873C9EF187"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
ICE Advisor Council shall be comprised of seven members.</text>
<paragraph id="HD24B30C888AD4BAC8BDC43706C95825F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Members are to be
appointed in the following manner:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0832FA69CE7E40428244BFAEE889A747"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One member shall
be appointed by the President;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE727E8AF6A64A118135FC4363187D52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One member shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of
Representatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H241AEE417BD5427F8011AC85C90EE4AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>One member shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E9E3E9C5F68448580EB73C3323FC73D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>One member shall
be appointed by the Local 511, the ICE prosecutor’s union; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H689D1ADF5FBC4EAAB80F9A44AD29304B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Three members
shall be appointed by the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCBA2E9B2062A4B109EECA5D6EF1DA078"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Members shall
serve renewable, 2-year terms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H515F916540524BD2845A4B947CE2A901"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Membership shall
be voluntary and non-remunerated, except that members will receive
reimbursement from ICE for travel and other related expenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BE3D05558AE4D989FC9DC165C57CEC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Members who are
employed by ICE shall be protected from retaliation by their supervisors,
managers, and other DHS employees for their participation on the
Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE4765A1AA7D4B539C52C4C5A05D0761"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the Council is to advise the Congress and the Director of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on issues including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HC3314EA0062C4816BD221C32658773BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The current status
of ICE immigration enforcement efforts, including prosecutions and removals,
the effectiveness of such efforts, and how enforcement could be
improved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7E22B16C764E369144EF893B7CA2DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The effectiveness
of cooperative efforts between ICE and other law enforcement agencies,
including additional types of enforcement activities that ICE should be engaged
in, such as State and local criminal task forces;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88F52829A9F648589A363E3B8C5B742A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Personnel,
equipment, and other resource needs of ICE field personnel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B47391BDE86474EB66457227F1CAB58"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Improvements that
should be made to ICE’s organizational structure, including whether the
position of immigration enforcement agent should be merged into the deportation
officer position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD813671346D44D49E56832F37361D6A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The effectiveness
of specific enforcement policies and regulations promulgated by ICE
Headquarters, and whether other enforcement priorities should be
considered.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H142686CEFA714374B44FF822F5881CF0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Council shall provide quarterly reports to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of
the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives and to
the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Council members shall
meet directly with the Chairmen and Ranking Members (or their designated
representatives) and with the Director to discuss their reports every 6
months.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Gaining
Operational Control of America’s Borders</header>
<section id="HCD376077BFDC4B3B86355F87C8CF86D4"><enum>301.</enum><header>Automated
entry-exit control system</header>
<subsection id="H09DE29891B62484685CD9A1191CC407D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>System</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall develop the biometric automated entry and exit control system required by
Sec. 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>), which was duly enacted by Congress and signed into
law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDAA65D87348E40CD8C264E07611BCB68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot exit
programs</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall establish biometric exit pilot programs at a
minimum of 10 land ports of entry, including at least two each in California,
Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and at least two on the United States-Canada
border.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C6AE4E15E014EC98BE3F6C3DA88B87F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Such
pilot programs, at a minimum shall match all nonimmigrant visa holders who
depart the United States through the pilot port with their initial entry into
the United States and report whether they departed within the terms of their
visas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H09D329E7219B44A78B5F08674E16CF8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>DHS
Report</header><text>The Secretary shall report to Congress no later than one
year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, on
the effectiveness of the pilot programs, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1A6C4B97FFA4A288238FB7FC1101F20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>what percentage of
aliens leaving the United States through the pilot ports were tracked through
the pilot;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2067DBC2073943479082554F8BA20B57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>what percentage of
tracked aliens violated the duration of their visas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E5FEEC21EA74750A30655BA95B55776"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the rate of visa
compliance by nonimmigrant visa type.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24B52FC6728440D793A6CFDA8845D458"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO
Report</header><text>The General Accountability Office shall report to Congress
no later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act on the
effectiveness of the pilot programs and recommendations for improving their
effectiveness and expanding them nationwide.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5C643FDA12E44C07ACE2AB931F81ADF6"><enum>302.</enum><header>Measuring
border security</header>
<subsection id="HE84B98AF8D9947A5B3FC1D8930929594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Department of Homeland Security shall assess the
effectiveness of border enforcement strategies and tools by using the metric of
<term>operational control</term>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6EB89F006E3143A2A34AF0B0A8BD7F40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operational
Control Defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>operational
control</term> means the prevention of all unlawful entries into the United
States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of
terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D897859E05540698A4B5F04F9603B81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>DHS
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on the progress made toward achieving and maintaining operational
control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United
States in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDF9273CD7B8420BB04DB9152FB2EE20"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GAO
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act and annually thereafter, the General Accountability Office shall
submit to Congress a report on the progress made toward achieving and
maintaining operational control over the entire international land and maritime
borders of the United States in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H00CD6510008E43E1AC16A8F33FCA0EC4"><enum>303.</enum><header>National
strategy to achieve operational control of America’s borders</header>
<subsection id="H573D7D2218BB4ADCAB81E181174AFB6F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
national strategy</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the heads
of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a national strategy to
secure the borders that describes actions to be carried out to achieve
operational control over all ports of entry into the United States and the
international land and maritime borders of the United States by December 31,
2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE51F2E57F99F44C9B7199C8EDA9F266A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
national strategy to secure the borders shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H58553B4005C04E8E98E36F08A3BC05AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the threats posed by terrorists and terrorist groups that may try to infiltrate
the United States at locations along the international land and maritime
borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H890C86B0D9324021A6003554D59B256F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
risk assessment for all United States ports of entry and all portions of the
international land and maritime borders of the United States that includes a
description of activities being undertaken—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86AB2C7D981948E1BA09953D20E7B20B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent the
entry of terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism,
narcotics, and other contraband into the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22EBA1CE87E04E699926BAF85FE64AAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect
critical infrastructure at or near such ports of entry or borders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD241F303ED44A47BC506C0C7FAA07EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of
the most appropriate, practical, and cost-effective means of defending the
international land and maritime borders of the United States against threats to
security and illegal transit, including intelligence capacities, technology,
equipment, personnel, and training needed to address security
vulnerabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14CB250F0017449DAF04443FB431CCE4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
staffing needs for all border security functions, taking into account threat
and vulnerability information pertaining to the borders and the impact of new
security programs, policies, and technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92ED7B09634B4FDA9DEDDC59F4DAE727"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A
description of the border security roles and missions of Federal Government,
State government, local government, and tribal authorities, and recommendations
regarding actions the Secretary can carry out to improve coordination with such
authorities to enable border security and enforcement activities to be carried
out in a more efficient and effective manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC98C53A5BC194990BEB8A19F64AF4FCA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An assessment of
existing efforts and technologies used for border security and the effect of
the use of such efforts and technologies on the safety, civil rights, private
property rights, privacy rights, and civil liberties, including the effects on
Americans living in the border region and local, State, and Federal law
enforcement officers working in the border region.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE12CD9D381464F4485C274B6333D4AAB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A
prioritized list of research and development objectives to enhance the security
of the international land and maritime borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF097010216B4FB89CA61FCCEBF27051"><enum>(8)</enum><text>An assessment of
additional detention facilities and beds that are needed to detain unlawful
aliens apprehended at United States ports of entry or along the international
land borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA517BD425320439CABB846FC2F298F69"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A
schedule for the implementation of the security measures described in said
strategy, including a prioritization of security measures, realistic deadlines
for addressing the security and enforcement needs, an estimate of the resources
needed to carry out such measures, and a description of how such resources
should be allocated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1E8E5B009CB4148998E972875817011"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
developing the national strategy for border security, the Secretary shall
consult with representatives of—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C5AB718E5F145B088B0C9AC7C4A4AD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal governmental authorities with responsibility for locations along the
international land and maritime borders of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDA923ACD818449194D75F5662BBBE50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriate
private sector entities, nongovernmental organizations, and affected
communities that have expertise in areas related to border security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8DBCC69EFF314655A743B06F4945D91E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
national strategy for border security shall be consistent with the National
Strategy for Maritime Security developed pursuant to Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 13, dated December 21, 2004.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4B16AC31B784B1D952C058B3D83D3EC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HCFDD02F93B4D4C37B549DFF8B5199686"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>Not
later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the
national strategy to achieve operational control of U.S. borders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H303EBC572AD4480EB0E5F970FC26FF62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Secretary shall submit to Congress any update of such strategy that the
Secretary determines is necessary, not later than 30 days after such update is
developed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5609583ED984683AE8981925DD34FDC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Immediate
action</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve the
Secretary of the responsibility to take all actions necessary and appropriate
to achieve and maintain immediate operational control over the entire
international land and maritime borders of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2CE1B2E0CBD24FA4A5C6C0EF70357400"><enum>304.</enum><header>Improving
border technology</header>
<subsection id="H87BF143673A84C6EA99F7E6E5BAEA3A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Equipment
sharing between department of homeland security and department of
defense</header><text>The Secretaries of these 2 departments shall develop and
implement a plan to use authorities provided to the Secretary of Defense under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/18">chapter 18</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, to increase the availability and
use of Department of Defense equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles,
tethered aerostat radars, and other surveillance equipment, to assist the
Secretary in carrying out surveillance activities conducted at or near the
international land borders of the United States to prevent illegal
immigration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF569E92E1E14284849FA2659F3BAD4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act (and then annually
from that point), the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report that contains—</text>
<paragraph id="H04BE804E992342DAA26FDB11B7B3905D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
description of the current use of Department of Defense equipment to assist the
Secretary in carrying out surveillance of the international land borders of the
United States and assessment of the potential risks to citizens of the United
States and key foreign policy interests associated with the use of such
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D01873AA14E4E25BE561CE0F055BE4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the plan developed
under subsection (a) to increase the use of Department of Defense equipment to
assist such surveillance activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H542C928CAD87411982C98168CADB3E77"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
description of the types of equipment and other support to be provided by the
Secretary of Defense under such plan during the 1-year period beginning on the
date of the submission of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC41CEF7955A942C38723F69817644C70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Secure
communication</header><text>The secretary shall, as expeditiously as
practicable, develop and implement a plan to improve the use of satellite
communications and other technologies to ensure clear and secure 2-way
communication capabilities—</text>
<paragraph id="HECFF762AD6AF4C28869A999341911052"><enum>(1)</enum><text>among all Border
Patrol agents conducting operations between ports of entry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE7DBBA852B94C78A9B3D223266DB24F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>between Border
Patrol agents and their respective Border Patrol stations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D60CF287B964F86A55F06F95C430F7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>between all
appropriate law enforcement agencies of the Department and State, local, and
tribal law enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H761A5D97CAA84266A7F46AD4D57FB91D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other technology
upgrades</header><text>The Secretary shall purchase and implement new
technology to secure the borders, including, but not limited to drones,
infrared cameras, sensors, mobile lighting units, radar and infrared
heat.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H063B34739B974EDFA27FFB5935FBA002"><enum>305.</enum><header>Ensuring the
safety of border patrol agents</header>
<subsection id="H19C9B1CE682C41EBA1C19C677D94A82B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Body
armor</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that every agent on duty is
issued high-quality body armor that is appropriate for the climate and risks
faced by the agent. Enough body armor must be purchased to cover every agent in
the field.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3114610F92864550B43CF9A52953B1FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Weapons</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that agents are equipped with weapons, including
long-guns, that are reliable and effective to protect themselves, their fellow
agents, and innocent third parties from the threats posed by armed criminals.
The Secretary shall ensure that the policies of the Department authorize all
agents to carry weapons that are suited to the potential threats that they
face, and that all agents receive appropriate training in the use of such
weapons.</text>
</subsection></section>