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[H.R. 3525 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3525

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
   To enhance the border security of the United States, and for other 
                                purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Border 
Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

                            TITLE I--FUNDING

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for hiring and training 
          Government personnel.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations for improvements in technology 
          and infrastructure.
Sec. 103. Machine-readable visa fees.

                TITLE II--INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING

Sec. 201. Interim measures for access to and coordination of law 
          enforcement and other information.
Sec. 202. Interoperable law enforcement and intelligence data system 
          with name-matching capacity and training.
Sec. 203. Commission on interoperable data sharing.
Sec. 204. Personnel management authorities for positions involved in the 
          development and implementation of the interoperable electronic 
          data system (``Chimera system'').

                        TITLE III--VISA ISSUANCE

Sec. 301. Electronic provision of visa files.
Sec. 302. Implementation of an integrated entry and exit data system.
Sec. 303. Machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
Sec. 304. Terrorist lookout committees.
Sec. 305. Improved training for consular officers.
Sec. 306. Restriction on issuance of visas to nonimmigrants who are from 
          countries that are state sponsors of international terrorism.
Sec. 307. Designation of program countries under the Visa Waiver 
          Program.
Sec. 308. Tracking system for stolen passports.
Sec. 309. Identification documents for certain newly admitted aliens.

              TITLE IV--INSPECTION AND ADMISSION OF ALIENS

Sec. 401. Study of the feasibility of a North American National Security 
          Program.
Sec. 402. Passenger manifests.
Sec. 403. Time period for inspections.
Sec. 404. Joint United States-Canada projects for alternative 
          inspections services.

             TITLE V--FOREIGN STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS

Sec. 501. Foreign student monitoring program.
Sec. 502. Review of institutions and other entities authorized to enroll 
          or sponsor certain nonimmigrants.

                   TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 601. Extension of deadline for improvement in border crossing 
          identification cards.
Sec. 602. General Accounting Office study.
Sec. 603. International cooperation.
Sec. 604. Statutory construction.
Sec. 605. Report on aliens who fail to appear after release on own 
          recognizance.
Sec. 606. Retention of nonimmigrant visa applications by the Department 
          of State.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given the term 
    in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
    U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)).
        (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate 
    committees of Congress'' means the following:
            (A) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate.
            (B) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on International 
        Relations of the House of Representatives.
        (3) Chimera system.--The term ``Chimera system'' means the 
    interoperable electronic data system required to be developed and 
    implemented by section 202(a)(2).
        (4) Federal law enforcement agencies.--The term ``Federal law 
    enforcement agencies'' means the following:
            (A) The United States Secret Service.
            (B) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
            (C) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (D) The Immigration and Naturalization Service.
            (E) The United States Marshall Service.
            (F) The Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
            (G) The Coastal Security Service.
            (H) The Diplomatic Security Service.
            (I) The United States Postal Inspection Service.
            (J) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
            (K) The United States Customs Service.
            (L) The National Park Service.
        (5) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
    community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the 
    National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
        (6) President.--The term ``President'' means the President of 
    the United States, acting through the Assistant to the President 
    for Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
    the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, the Attorney 
    General, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of the 
    Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Transportation, 
    the Commissioner of Customs, and the Secretary of the Treasury.
        (7) USA PATRIOT Act.--The term ``USA PATRIOT Act'' means the 
    Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools 
    Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act 
    of 2001 (Public Law 107-56).

                            TITLE I--FUNDING

SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIRING AND TRAINING 
              GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL.

    (a) Additional Personnel.--
        (1) INS inspectors.--Subject to the availability of 
    appropriations, during each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006, 
    the Attorney General shall increase the number of inspectors and 
    associated support staff in the Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service by the equivalent of at least 200 full-time employees over 
    the number of inspectors and associated support staff in the 
    Immigration and Naturalization Service authorized by the USA 
    PATRIOT Act.
        (2) INS investigative personnel.--Subject to the availability 
    of appropriations, during each of the fiscal years 2003 through 
    2006, the Attorney General shall increase the number of 
    investigative and associated support staff of the Immigration and 
    Naturalization Service by the equivalent of at least 200 full-time 
    employees over the number of investigators and associated support 
    staff in the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorized by 
    the USA PATRIOT Act.
        (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
    subsection, including such sums as may be necessary to provide 
    facilities, attorney personnel and support staff, and other 
    resources needed to support the increased number of inspectors, 
    investigative staff, and associated support staff.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations for INS Staffing.--
        (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
    the Department of Justice such sums as may be necessary to provide 
    an increase in the annual rate of basic pay effective October 1, 
    2002--
            (A) for all journeyman Border Patrol agents and inspectors 
        who have completed at least one year's service and are 
        receiving an annual rate of basic pay for positions at GS-9 of 
        the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 
        States Code, from the annual rate of basic pay payable for 
        positions at GS-9 of the General Schedule under such section 
        5332, to an annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at 
        GS-11 of the General Schedule under such section 5332;
            (B) for inspections assistants, from the annual rate of 
        basic pay payable for positions at GS-5 of the General Schedule 
        under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, to an annual 
        rate of basic pay payable for positions at GS-7 of the General 
        Schedule under such section 5332; and
            (C) for the support staff associated with the personnel 
        described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), at the appropriate GS 
        level of the General Schedule under such section 5332.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Training.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary--
        (1) to appropriately train Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service personnel on an ongoing basis--
            (A) to ensure that their proficiency levels are acceptable 
        to protect the borders of the United States; and
            (B) otherwise to enforce and administer the laws within 
        their jurisdiction;
        (2) to provide adequate continuing cross-training to agencies 
    staffing the United States border and ports of entry to effectively 
    and correctly apply applicable United States laws;
        (3) to fully train immigration officers to use the appropriate 
    lookout databases and to monitor passenger traffic patterns; and
        (4) to expand the Carrier Consultant Program described in 
    section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
    1225A(b)).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Consular Functions.--
        (1) Responsibilities.--The Secretary of State shall--
            (A) implement enhanced security measures for the review of 
        visa applicants;
            (B) staff the facilities and programs associated with the 
        activities described in subparagraph (A); and
            (C) provide ongoing training for consular officers and 
        diplomatic security agents.
        (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated for the Department of State such sums as may be 
    necessary to carry out paragraph (1).

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN 
              TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) Funding of Technology.--
        (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to funds 
    otherwise available for such purpose, there are authorized to be 
    appropriated $150,000,000 to the Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service for purposes of--
            (A) making improvements in technology (including 
        infrastructure support, computer security, and information 
        technology development) for improving border security;
            (B) expanding, utilizing, and improving technology to 
        improve border security; and
            (C) facilitating the flow of commerce and persons at ports 
        of entry, including improving and expanding programs for 
        preenrollment and preclearance.
        (2) Waiver of fees.--Federal agencies involved in border 
    security may waive all or part of enrollment fees for technology-
    based programs to encourage participation by United States citizens 
    and aliens in such programs. Any agency that waives any part of any 
    such fee may establish its fees for other services at a level that 
    will ensure the recovery from other users of the amounts waived.
        (3) Offset of increases in fees.--The Attorney General may, to 
    the extent reasonable, increase land border fees for the issuance 
    of arrival-departure documents to offset technology costs.
    (b) Improvement and Expansion of INS, State Department, and Customs 
Facilities.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service and the Department of State such sums as may 
be necessary to improve and expand facilities for use by the personnel 
of those agencies.

SEC. 103. MACHINE-READABLE VISA FEES.

    (a) Relation to Subsequent Authorization Acts.--Section 140(a) of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
(Public Law 103-236) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Fee Amount.--The machine-readable visa fee charged by the 
Department of State shall be the higher of $65 or the cost of the 
machine-readable visa service, as determined by the Secretary of State 
after conducting a study of the cost of such service.
    (c) Surcharge.--The Department of State is authorized to charge a 
surcharge of $10, in addition to the machine-readable visa fee, for 
issuing a machine-readable visa in a nonmachine-readable passport.
    (d) Availability of Collected Fees.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, amounts collected as fees described in this section 
shall be credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for 
the Department of State to recover costs of providing consular 
services. Amounts so credited shall be available, until expended, for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which credited.

               TITLE II--INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING

SEC. 201. INTERIM MEASURES FOR ACCESS TO AND COORDINATION OF LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER INFORMATION.

    (a) Interim Directive.--Until the plan required by subsection (c) 
is implemented, Federal law enforcement agencies and the intelligence 
community shall, to the maximum extent practicable, share any 
information with the Department of State and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service relevant to the admissibility and deportability 
of aliens, consistent with the plan described in subsection (c).
    (b) Report Identifying Law Enforcement and Intelligence 
Information.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
    appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying Federal law 
    enforcement and the intelligence community information needed by 
    the Department of State to screen visa applicants, or by the 
    Immigration and Naturalization Service to screen applicants for 
    admission to the United States, and to identify those aliens 
    inadmissible or deportable under the Immigration and Nationality 
    Act.
        (2) Repeal.--Section 414(d) of the USA PATRIOT Act is hereby 
    repealed.
    (c) Coordination Plan.--
        (1) Requirement for plan.--Not later than one year after the 
    date of enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act, the President shall 
    develop and implement a plan based on the findings of the report 
    under subsection (b) that requires Federal law enforcement agencies 
    and the intelligence community to provide to the Department of 
    State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service all 
    information identified in that report as expeditiously as 
    practicable.
        (2) Consultation requirement.--In the preparation and 
    implementation of the plan under this subsection, the President 
    shall consult with the appropriate committees of Congress.
        (3) Protections regarding information and uses thereof.--The 
    plan under this subsection shall establish conditions for using the 
    information described in subsection (b) received by the Department 
    of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service--
            (A) to limit the redissemination of such information;
            (B) to ensure that such information is used solely to 
        determine whether to issue a visa to an alien or to determine 
        the admissibility or deportability of an alien to the United 
        States, except as otherwise authorized under Federal law;
            (C) to ensure the accuracy, security, and confidentiality 
        of such information;
            (D) to protect any privacy rights of individuals who are 
        subjects of such information;
            (E) to provide data integrity through the timely removal 
        and destruction of obsolete or erroneous names and information; 
        and
            (F) in a manner that protects the sources and methods used 
        to acquire intelligence information as required by section 
        103(c)(6) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-
        3(c)(6)).
        (4) Criminal penalties for misuse of information.--Any person 
    who obtains information under this subsection without authorization 
    or exceeding authorized access (as defined in section 1030(e) of 
    title 18, United States Code), and who uses such information in the 
    manner described in any of the paragraphs (1) through (7) of 
    section 1030(a) of such title, or attempts to use such information 
    in such manner, shall be subject to the same penalties as are 
    applicable under section 1030(c) of such title for violation of 
    that paragraph.
        (5) Advancing deadlines for a technology standard and report.--
    Section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT Act is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2 years'' and inserting 
        ``15 months''; and
            (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``18 months'' and 
        inserting ``one year''.

SEC. 202. INTEROPERABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE DATA SYSTEM 
              WITH NAME-MATCHING CAPACITY AND TRAINING.

    (a) Interoperable Law Enforcement and Intelligence Electronic Data 
System.--
        (1) Requirement for integrated immigration and naturalization 
    data system.--The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall 
    fully integrate all databases and data systems maintained by the 
    Service that process or contain information on aliens. The fully 
    integrated data system shall be an interoperable component of the 
    electronic data system described in paragraph (2).
        (2) Requirement for interoperable data system.--Upon the date 
    of commencement of implementation of the plan required by section 
    201(c), the President shall develop and implement an interoperable 
    electronic data system to provide current and immediate access to 
    information in databases of Federal law enforcement agencies and 
    the intelligence community that is relevant to determine whether to 
    issue a visa or to determine the admissibility or deportability of 
    an alien (also known as the ``Chimera system'').
        (3) Consultation requirement.--In the development and 
    implementation of the data system under this subsection, the 
    President shall consult with the Director of the National Institute 
    of Standards and Technology (NIST) and any such other agency as may 
    be deemed appropriate.
        (4) Technology standard.--
            (A) In general.--The data system developed and implemented 
        under this subsection, and the databases referred to in 
        paragraph (2), shall utilize the technology standard 
        established pursuant to section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT Act, 
        as amended by section 201(c)(5) and subparagraph (B).
            (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 403(c) of the USA 
        PATRIOT Act, as amended by section 201(c)(5), is further 
        amended--
                (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, including 
            appropriate biometric identifier standards,'' after 
            ``technology standard''; and
                (ii) in paragraph (2) --

                    (I) by striking ``Integrated'' and inserting 
                ``Interoperable''; and
                    (II) by striking ``integrated'' and inserting 
                ``interoperable''.

        (5) Access to information in data system.--Subject to paragraph 
    (6), information in the data system under this subsection shall be 
    readily and easily accessible--
            (A) to any consular officer responsible for the issuance of 
        visas;
            (B) to any Federal official responsible for determining an 
        alien's admissibility to or deportability from the United 
        States; and
            (C) to any Federal law enforcement or intelligence officer 
        determined by regulation to be responsible for the 
        investigation or identification of aliens.
        (6) Limitation on access.--The President shall, in accordance 
    with applicable Federal laws, establish procedures to restrict 
    access to intelligence information in the data system under this 
    subsection, and the databases referred to in paragraph (2), under 
    circumstances in which such information is not to be disclosed 
    directly to Government officials under paragraph (5).
    (b) Name-Search Capacity and Support.--
        (1) In general.--The interoperable electronic data system 
    required by subsection (a) shall--
            (A) have the capacity to compensate for disparate name 
        formats among the different databases referred to in subsection 
        (a);
            (B) be searchable on a linguistically sensitive basis;
            (C) provide adequate user support;
            (D) to the extent practicable, utilize commercially 
        available technology; and
            (E) be adjusted and improved, based upon experience with 
        the databases and improvements in the underlying technologies 
        and sciences, on a continuing basis.
        (2) Linguistically sensitive searches.--
            (A) In general.--To satisfy the requirement of paragraph 
        (1)(B), the interoperable electronic database shall be 
        searchable based on linguistically sensitive algorithms that--
                (i) account for variations in name formats and 
            transliterations, including varied spellings and varied 
            separation or combination of name elements, within a 
            particular language; and
                (ii) incorporate advanced linguistic, mathematical, 
            statistical, and anthropological research and methods.
            (B) Languages required.--
                (i) Priority languages.--Linguistically sensitive 
            algorithms shall be developed and implemented for no fewer 
            than 4 languages designated as high priorities by the 
            Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney 
            General and the Director of Central Intelligence.
                (ii) Implementation schedule.--Of the 4 linguistically 
            sensitive algorithms required to be developed and 
            implemented under clause (i)--

                    (I) the highest priority language algorithms shall 
                be implemented within 18 months after the date of 
                enactment of this Act; and
                    (II) an additional language algorithm shall be 
                implemented each succeeding year for the next three 
                years.

        (3) Adequate user support.--The Secretary of State and the 
    Attorney General shall jointly prescribe procedures to ensure that 
    consular and immigration officers can, as required, obtain 
    assistance in resolving identity and other questions that may arise 
    about the names of aliens seeking visas or admission to the United 
    States that may be subject to variations in format, 
    transliteration, or other similar phenomenon.
        (4) Interim reports.--Six months after the date of enactment of 
    this Act, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate 
    committees of Congress on the progress in implementing each 
    requirement of this section.
        (5) Reports by intelligence agencies.--
            (A) Current standards.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Director of Central 
        Intelligence shall complete the survey and issue the report 
        previously required by section 309(a) of the Intelligence 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. 403-3 note).
            (B) Guidelines.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence 
        shall issue the guidelines and submit the copy of those 
        guidelines previously required by section 309(b) of the 
        Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. 
        403-3 note).
        (6) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the 
    provisions of this subsection.

SEC. 203. COMMISSION ON INTEROPERABLE DATA SHARING.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act, the President shall establish a 
Commission on Interoperable Data Sharing (in this section referred to 
as the ``Commission''). The purposes of the Commission shall be to--
        (1) monitor the protections described in section 201(c)(3);
        (2) provide oversight of the interoperable electronic data 
    system described in section 202; and
        (3) report to Congress annually on the Commission's findings 
    and recommendations.
    (b) Composition.--The Commission shall consist of nine members, who 
shall be appointed by the President, as follows:
        (1) One member, who shall serve as Chair of the Commission.
        (2) Eight members, who shall be appointed from a list of 
    nominees jointly provided by the Speaker of the House of 
    Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of 
    Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the 
    Minority Leader of the Senate.
    (c) Considerations.--The Commission shall consider recommendations 
regarding the following issues:
        (1) Adequate protection of privacy concerns inherent in the 
    design, implementation, or operation of the interoperable 
    electronic data system.
        (2) Timely adoption of security innovations, consistent with 
    generally accepted security standards, to protect the integrity and 
    confidentiality of information to prevent the risks of accidental 
    or unauthorized loss, access, destruction, use modification, or 
    disclosure of information.
        (3) The adequacy of mechanisms to permit the timely correction 
    of errors in data maintained by the interoperable data system.
        (4) Other protections against unauthorized use of data to guard 
    against the misuse of the interoperable data system or the data 
    maintained by the system, including recommendations for 
    modifications to existing laws and regulations to sanction misuse 
    of the system.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section.

SEC. 204. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES FOR POSITIONS INVOLVED IN 
              THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEROPERABLE 
              ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEM (``CHIMERA SYSTEM'').

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
relating to position classification or employee pay or performance, the 
Attorney General may hire and fix the compensation of necessary 
scientific, technical, engineering, and other analytical personnel for 
the purpose of the development and implementation of the interoperable 
electronic data system described in section 202(a)(2) (also known as 
the ``Chimera system'').
    (b) Limitation on Rate of Pay.--Except as otherwise provided by 
law, no employee compensated under subsection (a) may be paid at a rate 
in excess of the rate payable for a position at level III of the 
Executive Schedule.
    (c) Limitation on Total Calendar Year Payments.--Total payments to 
employees under any system established under this section shall be 
subject to the limitation on payments to employees under section 5307 
of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Operating Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives an 
operating plan--
        (1) describing the Attorney General's intended use of the 
    authority under this section; and
        (2) identifying any provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
    being waived for purposes of the development and implementation of 
    the Chimera system.
    (e) Termination Date.--The authority of this section shall 
terminate upon the implementation of the Chimera system.

                        TITLE III--VISA ISSUANCE

SEC. 301. ELECTRONIC PROVISION OF VISA FILES.

    Section 221(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(a)) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs 
    (A) and (B), respectively;
        (2) by inserting ``(1)'' immediately after ``(a)''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The Secretary of State shall provide to the Service an 
electronic version of the visa file of each alien who has been issued a 
visa to ensure that the data in that visa file is available to 
immigration inspectors at the United States ports of entry before the 
arrival of the alien at such a port of entry.''.

SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED ENTRY AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.

    (a) Development of System.--In developing the integrated entry and 
exit data system for the ports of entry, as required by the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106-215), the Attorney General and the Secretary of State 
shall--
        (1) implement, fund, and use a technology standard under 
    section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT Act (as amended by sections 
    201(c)(5) and 202(a)(4)(B)) at United States ports of entry and at 
    consular posts abroad;
        (2) establish a database containing the arrival and departure 
    data from machine-readable visas, passports, and other travel and 
    entry documents possessed by aliens; and
        (3) make interoperable all security databases relevant to 
    making determinations of admissibility under section 212 of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182).
    (b) Implementation.--In implementing the provisions of subsection 
(a), the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of 
State shall--
        (1) utilize technologies that facilitate the lawful and 
    efficient cross-border movement of commerce and persons without 
    compromising the safety and security of the United States; and
        (2) consider implementing the North American National Security 
    Program described in section 401.

SEC. 303. MACHINE-READABLE, TAMPER-RESISTANT ENTRY AND EXIT DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Report.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
    State, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
    (NIST), acting jointly, shall submit to the appropriate committees 
    of Congress a comprehensive report assessing the actions that will 
    be necessary, and the considerations to be taken into account, to 
    achieve fully, not later than October 26, 2004--
            (A) implementation of the requirements of subsections (b) 
        and (c); and
            (B) deployment of the equipment and software to allow 
        biometric comparison and authentication of the documents 
        described in subsections (b) and (c).
        (2) Estimates.--In addition to the assessment required by 
    paragraph (1), the report required by that paragraph shall include 
    an estimate of the costs to be incurred, and the personnel, man-
    hours, and other support required, by the Department of Justice, 
    the Department of State, and NIST to achieve the objectives of 
    subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
    (b) Requirements.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than October 26, 2004, the Attorney 
    General and the Secretary of State shall issue to aliens only 
    machine-readable, tamper-resistant visas and other travel and entry 
    documents that use biometric identifiers. The Attorney General and 
    the Secretary of State shall jointly establish document 
    authentication standards and biometric identifiers standards to be 
    employed on such visas and other travel and entry documents from 
    among those biometric identifiers recognized by domestic and 
    international standards organizations.
        (2) Readers and scanners at ports of entry.--
            (A) In general.--Not later than October 26, 2004, the 
        Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
        shall install at all ports of entry of the United States 
        equipment and software to allow biometric comparison and 
        authentication of all United States visas and other travel and 
        entry documents issued to aliens, and passports issued pursuant 
        to subsection (c)(1).
            (B) Use of readers and scanners.--The Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, shall utilize 
        biometric data readers and scanners that--
                (i) domestic and international standards organizations 
            determine to be highly accurate when used to verify 
            identity;
                (ii) can read the biometric identifiers utilized under 
            subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1); and
                (iii) can authenticate the document presented to verify 
            identity.
        (3) Use of technology standard.--The systems employed to 
    implement paragraphs (1) and (2) shall utilize the technology 
    standard established pursuant to section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT 
    Act, as amended by section 201(c)(5) and 202(a)(4)(B).
    (c) Technology Standard for Visa Waiver Participants.--
        (1) Certification requirement.--Not later than October 26, 
    2004, the government of each country that is designated to 
    participate in the visa waiver program established under section 
    217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall certify, as a 
    condition for designation or continuation of that designation, that 
    it has a program to issue to its nationals machine-readable 
    passports that are tamper-resistant and incorporate biometric and 
    document authentication identifiers that comply with applicable 
    biometric and document identifying standards established by the 
    International Civil Aviation Organization. This paragraph shall not 
    be construed to rescind the requirement of section 217(a)(3) of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act.
        (2) Use of technology standard.--On and after October 26, 2004, 
    any alien applying for admission under the visa waiver program 
    under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall 
    present a passport that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) 
    unless the alien's passport was issued prior to that date.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, 
including reimbursement to international and domestic standards 
organizations.

SEC. 304. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall require a 
terrorist lookout committee to be maintained within each United States 
mission to a foreign country.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of each committee established under 
subsection (a) shall be--
        (1) to utilize the cooperative resources of all elements of the 
    United States mission in the country in which the consular post is 
    located to identify known or potential terrorists and to develop 
    information on those individuals;
        (2) to ensure that such information is routinely and 
    consistently brought to the attention of appropriate United States 
    officials for use in administering the immigration laws of the 
    United States; and
        (3) to ensure that the names of known and suspected terrorists 
    are entered into the appropriate lookout databases.
    (c) Composition; Chair.--The Secretary shall establish rules 
governing the composition of such committees.
    (d) Meetings.--Each committee established under subsection (a) 
shall meet at least monthly to share information pertaining to the 
committee's purpose as described in subsection (b)(2).
    (e) Periodic Reports to the Secretary of State.--Each committee 
established under subsection (a) shall submit monthly reports to the 
Secretary of State describing the committee's activities, whether or 
not information on known or suspected terrorists was developed during 
the month.
    (f) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary of State shall submit a 
report on a quarterly basis to the appropriate committees of Congress 
on the status of the committees established under subsection (a).
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

SEC. 305. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS.

    (a) Training.--The Secretary of State shall require that all 
consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa applications, 
before undertaking to perform consular responsibilities, receive 
specialized training in the effective screening of visa applicants who 
pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. 
Such officers shall be specially and extensively trained in the 
identification of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) (A) and 
(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interagency and 
international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and terrorism, 
and cultural-sensitivity toward visa applicants.
    (b) Use of Foreign Intelligence Information.--As an ongoing 
component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State shall coordinate with the Assistant to the President for Homeland 
Security, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence 
community to compile and disseminate to the Bureau of Consular Affairs 
reports, bulletins, updates, and other current unclassified information 
relevant to terrorists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants 
who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United 
States.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

SEC. 306. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS TO NONIMMIGRANTS FROM 
              COUNTRIES THAT ARE STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL 
              TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--No nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) shall be 
issued to any alien from a country that is a state sponsor of 
international terrorism unless the Secretary of State determines, in 
consultation with the Attorney General and the heads of other 
appropriate United States agencies, that such alien does not pose a 
threat to the safety or national security of the United States. In 
making a determination under this subsection, the Secretary of State 
shall apply standards developed by the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Attorney General and the heads of other 
appropriate United States agencies, that are applicable to the 
nationals of such states.
    (b) State Sponsor of International Terrorism Defined.--
        (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``state sponsor of 
    international terrorism'' means any country the government of which 
    has been determined by the Secretary of State under any of the laws 
    specified in paragraph (2) to have repeatedly provided support for 
    acts of international terrorism.
        (2) Laws under which determinations were made.--The laws 
    specified in this paragraph are the following:
            (A) Section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 
        1979 (or successor statute).
            (B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.
            (C) Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

SEC. 307. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER THE VISA WAIVER 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Reporting Passport Thefts.--Section 217 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended--
        (1) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(2) the following new 
    subparagraph:
            ``(D) Reporting passport thefts.--The government of the 
        country certifies that it reports to the United States 
        Government on a timely basis the theft of blank passports 
        issued by that country.''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(5)(A)(i), by striking ``5 years'' and 
    inserting ``2 years''; and
        (3) by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following new 
    paragraph:
        ``(5) Failure to report passport thefts.--If the Attorney 
    General and the Secretary of State jointly determine that the 
    program country is not reporting the theft of blank passports, as 
    required by subsection (c)(2)(D), the Attorney General shall 
    terminate the designation of the country as a program country.''.
    (b) Check of Lookout Databases.--Prior to the admission of an alien 
under the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service shall determine that the applicant for admission 
does not appear in any of the appropriate lookout databases available 
to immigration inspectors at the time the alien seeks admission to the 
United States.

SEC. 308. TRACKING SYSTEM FOR STOLEN PASSPORTS.

    (a) Entering Stolen Passport Identification Numbers in the 
Interoperable Data System.--
        (1) In general.--Beginning with implementation under section 
    202 of the law enforcement and intelligence data system, not later 
    than 72 hours after receiving notification of the loss or theft of 
    a United States or foreign passport, the Attorney General and the 
    Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall enter into such system 
    the corresponding identification number for the lost or stolen 
    passport.
        (2) Entry of information on previously lost or stolen 
    passports.--To the extent practicable, the Attorney General, in 
    consultation with the Secretary of State, shall enter into such 
    system the corresponding identification numbers for the United 
    States and foreign passports lost or stolen prior to the 
    implementation of such system.
    (b) Transition Period.--Until such time as the law enforcement and 
intelligence data system described in section 202 is fully implemented, 
the Attorney General shall enter the data described in subsection (a) 
into an existing data system being used to determine the admissibility 
or deportability of aliens.

SEC. 309. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR CERTAIN NEWLY ADMITTED ALIENS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall ensure that, immediately upon the arrival in 
the United States of an individual admitted under section 207 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), or immediately upon an 
alien being granted asylum under section 208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1158), the alien will be issued an employment authorization document. 
Such document shall, at a minimum, contain the fingerprint and 
photograph of such alien.

              TITLE IV--INSPECTION AND ADMISSION OF ALIENS

SEC. 401. STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NORTH AMERICAN NATIONAL 
              SECURITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The President shall conduct a study of the 
feasibility of establishing a North American National Security Program 
to enhance the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, 
and Mexico.
    (b) Study Elements.--In conducting the study required by subsection 
(a), the President shall consider the following:
        (1) Preclearance.--The feasibility of establishing a program 
    enabling foreign national travelers to the United States to submit 
    voluntarily to a preclearance procedure established by the 
    Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
    to determine whether such travelers are admissible to the United 
    States under section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
    U.S.C. 1182). Consideration shall be given to the feasibility of 
    expanding the preclearance program to include the preclearance both 
    of foreign nationals traveling to Canada and foreign nationals 
    traveling to Mexico.
        (2) Preinspection.--The feasibility of expanding preinspection 
    facilities at foreign airports as described in section 235A of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225). Consideration 
    shall be given to the feasibility of expanding preinspections to 
    foreign nationals on air flights destined for Canada and Mexico, 
    and the cross training and funding of inspectors from Canada and 
    Mexico.
        (3) Conditions.--A determination of the measures necessary to 
    ensure that the conditions required by section 235A(a)(5) of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225a(a)(5)) are 
    satisfied, including consultation with experts recognized for their 
    expertise regarding the conditions required by that section.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report setting forth the findings of the study conducted 
under subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 402. PASSENGER MANIFESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1221(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e);
        (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (j); and
        (3) by striking ``Sec. 231.'' and inserting the following:
    ``Sec. 231. (a) Arrival Manifests.--For each commercial vessel or 
aircraft transporting any person to any seaport or airport of the 
United States from any place outside the United States, it shall be the 
duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide 
to any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) at 
that port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and 
other occupant transported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival 
at that port.
    ``(b) Departure Manifests.--For each commercial vessel or aircraft 
taking passengers on board at any seaport or airport of the United 
States, who are destined to any place outside the United States, it 
shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection 
(d) to provide any United States border officer (as defined in 
subsection (i)) before departure from such port manifest information 
about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant to be 
transported.
    ``(c) Contents of Manifest.--The information to be provided with 
respect to each person listed on a manifest required to be provided 
under subsection (a) or (b) shall include--
        ``(1) complete name;
        ``(2) date of birth;
        ``(3) citizenship;
        ``(4) sex;
        ``(5) passport number and country of issuance;
        ``(6) country of residence;
        ``(7) United States visa number, date, and place of issuance, 
    where applicable;
        ``(8) alien registration number, where applicable;
        ``(9) United States address while in the United States; and
        ``(10) such other information the Attorney General, in 
    consultation with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of 
    Treasury determines as being necessary for the identification of 
    the persons transported and for the enforcement of the immigration 
    laws and to protect safety and national security.
    ``(d) Appropriate Officials Specified.--An appropriate official 
specified in this subsection is the master or commanding officer, or 
authorized agent, owner, or consignee, of the commercial vessel or 
aircraft concerned.
    ``(e) Deadline for Requirement of Electronic Transmission of 
Manifest Information.--Not later than January 1, 2003, manifest 
information required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall 
be transmitted electronically by the appropriate official specified in 
subsection (d) to an immigration officer.
    ``(f) Prohibition.--No operator of any private or public carrier 
that is under a duty to provide manifest information under this section 
shall be granted clearance papers until the appropriate official 
specified in subsection (d) has complied with the requirements of this 
subsection, except that, in the case of commercial vessels or aircraft 
that the Attorney General determines are making regular trips to the 
United States, the Attorney General may, when expedient, arrange for 
the provision of manifest information of persons departing the United 
States at a later date.
    ``(g) Penalties Against Noncomplying Shipments, Aircraft, or 
Carriers.--If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Attorney 
General that an appropriate official specified in subsection (d), any 
public or private carrier, or the agent of any transportation line, as 
the case may be, has refused or failed to provide manifest information 
required by subsection (a) or (b), or that the manifest information 
provided is not accurate and full based on information provided to the 
carrier, such official, carrier, or agent, as the case may be, shall 
pay to the Commissioner the sum of $1,000 for each person with respect 
to whom such accurate and full manifest information is not provided, or 
with respect to whom the manifest information is not prepared as 
prescribed by this section or by regulations issued pursuant thereto. 
No commercial vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance pending 
determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such 
penalty, or while it remains unpaid, and no such penalty shall be 
remitted or refunded, except that clearance may be granted prior to the 
determination of such question upon the deposit with the Commissioner 
of a bond or undertaking approved by the Attorney General or a sum 
sufficient to cover such penalty.
    ``(h) Waiver.--The Attorney General may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a) or (b) upon such circumstances and conditions as the 
Attorney General may by regulation prescribe.
    ``(i) United States Border Officer Defined.--In this section, the 
term `United States border officer' means, with respect to a particular 
port of entry into the United States, any United States official who is 
performing duties at that port of entry.''.
    (b) Extension to Land Carriers.--
        (1) Study.--The President shall conduct a study regarding the 
    feasibility of extending the requirements of subsections (a) and 
    (b) of section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
    1221), as amended by subsection (a), to any commercial carrier 
    transporting persons by land to or from the United States. The 
    study shall focus on the manner in which such requirement would be 
    implemented to enhance the national security of the United States 
    and the efficient cross-border flow of commerce and persons.
        (2) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a 
    report setting forth the findings of the study conducted under 
    paragraph (1).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to persons arriving in, or departing from, the 
United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 403. TIME PERIOD FOR INSPECTIONS.

    (a) Repeal of Time Limitation on Inspections.--Section 286(g) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(g)) is amended by 
striking ``, within forty-five minutes of their presentation for 
inspection,''.
    (b) Staffing Levels at Ports of Entry.--The Immigration and 
Naturalization Service shall staff ports of entry at such levels that 
would be adequate to meet traffic flow and inspection time objectives 
efficiently without compromising the safety and security of the United 
States. Estimated staffing levels under workforce models for the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be based on the goal of 
providing immigration services described in section 286(g) of such Act 
within 45 minutes of a passenger's presentation for inspection.

SEC. 404. JOINT UNITED STATES-CANADA PROJECTS FOR ALTERNATIVE 
              INSPECTIONS SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--United States border inspections agencies, 
including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, acting jointly 
and under an agreement of cooperation with the Government of Canada, 
may conduct joint United States-Canada inspections projects on the 
international border between the two countries. Each such project may 
provide alternative inspections services and shall undertake to 
harmonize the criteria for inspections applied by the two countries in 
implementing those projects.
    (b) Annual report.--The Attorney General and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prepare and submit annually to Congress a report on the 
joint United States-Canada inspections projects conducted under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Exemption from Administrative Procedure Act and Paperwork 
Reduction Act.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the ``Administrative Procedure Act'') and 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
``Paperwork Reduction Act'') shall not apply to fee setting for 
services and other administrative requirements relating to projects 
described in subsection (a), except that fees and forms established for 
such projects shall be published as a notice in the Federal Register.

            TITLE V--FOREIGN STUDENTS AND EXCHANGE VISITORS

SEC. 501. FOREIGN STUDENT MONITORING PROGRAM.

    (a) Strengthening Requirements for Implementation of Monitoring 
Program.--
        (1) Monitoring and verification of information.--Section 641(a) 
    of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
    of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
    following:
        ``(3) Aliens for whom a visa is required.--The Attorney 
    General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
    establish an electronic means to monitor and verify--
            ``(A) the issuance of documentation of acceptance of a 
        foreign student by an approved institution of higher education 
        or other approved educational institution, or of an exchange 
        visitor program participant by a designated exchange visitor 
        program;
            ``(B) the transmittal of the documentation referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) to the Department of State for use by the 
        Bureau of Consular Affairs;
            ``(C) the issuance of a visa to a foreign student or an 
        exchange visitor program participant;
            ``(D) the admission into the United States of the foreign 
        student or exchange visitor program participant;
            ``(E) the notification to an approved institution of higher 
        education, other approved educational institution, or exchange 
        visitor program sponsor that the foreign student or exchange 
        visitor participant has been admitted into the United States;
            ``(F) the registration and enrollment of that foreign 
        student in such approved institution of higher education or 
        other approved educational institution, or the participation of 
        that exchange visitor in such designated exchange visitor 
        program, as the case may be; and
            ``(G) any other relevant act by the foreign student or 
        exchange visitor program participant, including a changing of 
        school or designated exchange visitor program and any 
        termination of studies or participation in a designated 
        exchange visitor program.
        ``(4) Reporting requirements.--Not later than 30 days after the 
    deadline for registering for classes for an academic term of an 
    approved institution of higher education or other approved 
    educational institution for which documentation is issued for an 
    alien as described in paragraph (3)(A), or the scheduled 
    commencement of participation by an alien in a designated exchange 
    visitor program, as the case may be, the institution or program, 
    respectively, shall report to the Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service any failure of the alien to enroll or to commence 
    participation.''.
        (2) Additional requirements for data to be collected.--Section 
    641(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
    Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(c)(1)) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(E) the date of entry and port of entry;
            ``(F) the date of the alien's enrollment in an approved 
        institution of higher education, other approved educational 
        institution, or designated exchange visitor program in the 
        United States;
            ``(G) the degree program, if applicable, and field of 
        study; and
            ``(H) the date of the alien's termination of enrollment and 
        the reason for such termination (including graduation, 
        disciplinary action or other dismissal, and failure to re-
        enroll).''.
        (3) Reporting requirements.--Section 641(c) of the Illegal 
    Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
    U.S.C. 1372(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
    paragraph:
        ``(5) Reporting requirements.--The Attorney General shall 
    prescribe by regulation reporting requirements by taking into 
    account the curriculum calendar of the approved institution of 
    higher education, other approved educational institution, or 
    exchange visitor program.''.
    (b) Information Required of the Visa Applicant.--Prior to the 
issuance of a visa under subparagraph (F), subparagraph (M), or, with 
respect to an alien seeking to attend an approved institution of higher 
education, subparagraph (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), each alien applying for 
such visa shall provide to a consular officer the following 
information:
        (1) The alien's address in the country of origin.
        (2) The names and addresses of the alien's spouse, children, 
    parents, and siblings.
        (3) The names of contacts of the alien in the alien's country 
    of residence who could verify information about the alien.
        (4) Previous work history, if any, including the names and 
    addresses of employers.
    (c) Transitional Program.--
        (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
    enactment of this Act and until such time as the system described 
    in section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
    Responsibility Act (as amended by subsection (a)) is fully 
    implemented, the following requirements shall apply:
            (A) Restrictions on issuance of visas.--A visa may not be 
        issued to an alien under subparagraph (F), subparagraph (M), 
        or, with respect to an alien seeking to attend an approved 
        institution of higher education, subparagraph (J) of section 
        101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101(a)(15)), unless--
                (i) the Department of State has received from an 
            approved institution of higher education or other approved 
            educational institution electronic evidence of 
            documentation of the alien's acceptance at that 
            institution; and
                (ii) the consular officer has adequately reviewed the 
            applicant's visa record.
            (B) Notification upon visa issuance.--Upon the issuance of 
        a visa under section 101(a)(15) (F) or (M) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)) to an 
        alien, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Immigration 
        and Naturalization Service a notification of the issuance of 
        that visa.
            (C) Notification upon admission of alien.--The Immigration 
        and Naturalization Service shall notify the approved 
        institution of higher education or other approved educational 
        institution that an alien accepted for such institution or 
        program has been admitted to the United States.
            (D) Notification of failure of enrollment.--Not later than 
        30 days after the deadline for registering for classes for an 
        academic term, the approved institution of higher education or 
        other approved educational institution shall inform the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service through data-sharing 
        arrangements of any failure of any alien described in 
        subparagraph (C) to enroll or to commence participation.
        (2) Requirement to submit list of approved institutions.--Not 
    later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
    Attorney General shall provide the Secretary of State with a list 
    of all approved institutions of higher education and other approved 
    educational institutions that are authorized to receive 
    nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15) (F) or (M) of the 
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)).
        (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
    subsection.

SEC. 502. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO 
              ENROLL OR SPONSOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Periodic Review of Compliance.--Not later than two years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the 
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, shall conduct a review of the institutions 
certified to receive nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), 
or (J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F), 
(M), or (J)). Each review shall determine whether the institutions are 
in compliance with--
        (1) recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive 
    nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) of that Act 
    (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J)); and
        (2) recordkeeping and reporting requirements under section 641 
    of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
    of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
    (b) Periodic Review of Sponsors of Exchange Visitors.--
        (1) Requirement for reviews.--Not later than two years after 
    the date of enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, 
    the Secretary of State shall conduct a review of the entities 
    designated to sponsor exchange visitor program participants under 
    section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
    U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)).
        (2) Determinations.--On the basis of reviews of entities under 
    paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the entities 
    are in compliance with--
            (A) recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive 
        nonimmigrant exchange visitor program participants under 
        section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)); and
            (B) recordkeeping and reporting requirements under section 
        641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
        Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
    (c) Effect of Material Failure To Comply.--Material failure of an 
institution or other entity to comply with the recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements to receive nonimmigrant students or exchange 
visitor program participants under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) (F), (M), 
or (J)), or section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372), shall result in the 
suspension for at least one year or termination, at the election of the 
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, of the institution's 
approval to receive such students, or result in the suspension for at 
least one year or termination, at the election of the Secretary of 
State, of the other entity's designation to sponsor exchange visitor 
program participants, as the case may be.

                   TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN BORDER CROSSING 
              IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    Section 104(b)(2) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by striking 
``5 years'' and inserting ``6 years''.

SEC. 602. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY.

    (a) Requirement for Study.--
        (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
    shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and utility of 
    implementing a requirement that each nonimmigrant alien in the 
    United States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration and 
    Naturalization each year a current address and, where applicable, 
    the name and address of an employer.
        (2) Nonimmigrant alien defined.--In paragraph (1), the term 
    ``nonimmigrant alien'' means an alien described in section 
    101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
    1101(a)(15)).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on 
the results of the study under subsection (a). The report shall include 
the Comptroller General's findings, together with any recommendations 
that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

    (a) International Electronic Data System.--The Secretary of State 
and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in consultation 
with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, shall 
jointly conduct a study of the alternative approaches (including the 
costs of, and procedures necessary for, each alternative approach) for 
encouraging or requiring Canada, Mexico, and countries treated as visa 
waiver program countries under section 217 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to develop an intergovernmental network of 
interoperable electronic data systems that--
        (1) facilitates real-time access to that country's law 
    enforcement and intelligence information that is needed by the 
    Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
    to screen visa applicants and applicants for admission into the 
    United States to identify aliens who are inadmissible or deportable 
    under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.);
        (2) is interoperable with the electronic data system 
    implemented under section 202; and
        (3) performs in accordance with implementation of the 
    technology standard referred to in section 202(a).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth the 
findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 604. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose requirements that 
are inconsistent with the North American Free Trade Agreement or to 
require additional documents for aliens for whom documentary 
requirements are waived under section 212(d)(4)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)).

SEC. 605. ANNUAL REPORT ON ALIENS WHO FAIL TO APPEAR AFTER RELEASE ON 
              OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

    (a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than January 15 of each 
year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the total number of aliens who, during the 
preceding year, failed to attend a removal proceeding after having been 
arrested outside a port of entry, served a notice to appear under 
section 239(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229(a)(1)), and released on the alien's own recognizance. The report 
shall also take into account the number of cases in which there were 
defects in notices of hearing or the service of notices of hearing, 
together with a description and analysis of the effects, if any, that 
the defects had on the attendance of aliens at the proceedings.
    (b) Initial Report.--Notwithstanding the time for submission of the 
annual report provided in subsection (a), the report for 2001 shall be 
submitted not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 606. RETENTION OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF STATE.

    The Department of State shall retain, for a period of seven years 
from the date of application, every application for a nonimmigrant visa 
under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) in a form that will be admissible in the courts of 
the United States or in administrative proceedings, including removal 
proceedings under such Act, without regard to whether the application 
was approved or denied.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.