[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2481 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2481

 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
  Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not 
   required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit 
 control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians 
 who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border 
                     crossing identification card.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1997

 Mr. LaFalce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
  Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not 
   required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit 
 control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians 
 who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border 
                     crossing identification card.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN ALIENS FROM ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 110(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1221 note) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 
        2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Attorney General shall develop an automated entry and exit 
        control system that will--
                    ``(A) collect a record of departure for every alien 
                departing the United States and match the records of 
                departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the 
                United States; and
                    ``(B) enable the Attorney General to identify, 
                through on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted 
                nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond 
                the period authorized by the Attorney General.
            ``(2) Exemption for certain aliens.--The system under 
        paragraph (1) shall not collect a record of arrival or 
        departure for an alien--
                    ``(A) who is--
                            ``(i) a Canadian national; or
                            ``(ii) an alien having a common nationality 
                        with Canadian nationals and who has his or her 
                        residence in Canada; and
                    ``(B) who is not otherwise required by law to be in 
                possession, for purposes of establishing eligibility 
                for admission into the United States, of--
                            ``(i) a visa;
                            ``(ii) a passport; or
                            ``(iii) a border crossing identification 
                        card.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 
110 Stat. 3009-546).
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