[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3221 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3221

   To establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for 
 nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants 
   and to improve reporting requirements for universities under the 
                  foreign student monitoring program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for 
 nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants 
   and to improve reporting requirements for universities under the 
                  foreign student monitoring program.

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

SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON NONIMMIGRANT FOREIGN STUDENT AND OTHER 
              EXCHANGE PROGRAM VISAS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending 9 months after such date, no nonimmigrant visas shall be 
issued which are described under subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of 
section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
    (b) Exception.--The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, may provide for case-by-case exceptions to the 
prohibition under subsection (a) if the Attorney General determines it 
to be in the national interest of the United States.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIVERSITIES UNDER THE FOREIGN 
              STUDENT MONITORING PROGRAM.

    (a) Timely Submission of Certain Information.--The Attorney General 
shall require, by regulation, that reporting entities under section 
641(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(c)) submit information required to be 
collected under such section regarding any of the following 
circumstances not later than 2 weeks after such information is known by 
the reporting entity.
            (1) An alien who has been granted a visa and is scheduled 
        to enroll and attend the reporting entity fails to do so.
            (2) The alien fails to satisfy half-time student status.
            (3) The alien fails to satisfy the terms and conditions of 
        the academic or other program.
    (b) Inclusion of Information in the National Crime Information 
Center's Interstate Identification Index.--The Attorney General shall 
ensure that appropriate information submitted pursuant to the 
requirements of subsection (a) are included in the National Crime 
Information Center's Interstate Identification Index.
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