[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 1618 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1618

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2001

Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Border Security Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO AND COORDINATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Report Identifying Law Enforcement and Intelligence 
Information.--
            (1) Requirement for report.--Not later than 90 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the 
        Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and the 
        Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying the 
        information being collected by all of the United States law 
        enforcement agencies and the intelligence community that is 
        needed by the Department of State and the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service to screen visa applicants and applicants 
        for admission to the United States to identify those aliens 
        inadmissible or deportable under the Act.
            (2) Cooperation by sources of information.--Upon receipt of 
        a request from the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of 
        Immigration and Naturalization, the Director of Central 
        Intelligence, or the Director of the Office of Homeland 
        Security for assistance or cooperation in the preparation of 
        the report under this subsection, the head of a United States 
        law enforcement agency or the appropriate official within the 
        intelligence community shall provide the requested assistance 
        or cooperation.
    (b) Coordination Plan.--
            (1) Requirement for plan.--Based on the findings of the 
        report under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, the 
        Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and the 
        Director of Central Intelligence shall, not later than 120 days 
        after the submittal of the report under that subsection, 
        jointly develop and implement a plan that requires United 
        States law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community 
        to provide to the Department of State and the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service all information identified in the report 
        under subsection (a) as expeditiously as practicable.
            (2) Consultation requirement.--In the preparation and 
        implementation of the plan under this subsection, the Secretary 
        of State, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, 
        and the Director of Central Intelligence 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 (a) 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 of alien to the United 
                States;
                    (C) to ensure the accuracy, security, 
                confidentiality, and destruction of such information;
                    (D) to protect any privacy rights of individuals 
                who are subjects of such information;
                    (E) to provide for the timely removal of obsolete 
                or inaccurate information; and
                    (F) in a manner that protects the source and method 
                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)).
    (c) Interoperable Law Enforcement and Intelligence Data System.--
            (1) Requirement for interoperable data system.--Not later 
        than one year after the commencement of implementation of the 
        plan required by subsection (b), the Secretary of State, the 
        Attorney General, the Commissioner of Immigration and 
        Naturalization, and the Director of Central Intelligence shall 
        develop and implement a unified electronic data system to 
        provide current and immediate access to information in 
        databases of United States law enforcement agencies and the 
        intelligence community that is relevant to determine whether to 
        issue a visa or to determine the admissibility of an alien to 
        the United States.
            (2) Consultation requirement.--In the development and 
        implementation of the data system under this subsection, the 
        Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of 
        Immigration and Naturalization, and the Director of Central 
        Intelligence shall consult with the Director of the Office of 
        Homeland Security, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, 
        United States law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence 
        community.
            (3) Technology standard.--The data system developed and 
        implemented under this subsection, and the databases referred 
        to in paragraph (1), shall utilize the technology standard 
        established pursuant to section 403(c) of the United and 
        Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required 
        to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.
            (4) Access to information in data system.--Subject to 
        paragraph (5), information in the data system under this 
        subsection shall be readily and easily accessible as follows:
                    (A) To any foreign service office responsible for 
                the issuance of visas.
                    (B) To any Federal agent responsible for 
                determining the admissibility of an alien to the United 
                States.
            (5) Limitation on access.--The Secretary of State, the 
        Attorney General, and the Director of Central Intelligence 
        shall establish procedures to restrict access to intelligence 
        information in the data system under this subsection, and the 
        databases referred to in paragraph (1), under circumstances in 
        which such information is not to be disclosed directly to 
        government officials under paragraph (4).
    (d) Additional Consultation Requirements.--In the preparation of 
the report required by subsection (a), and in the development and 
implementation of the plan required by subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and the 
Director of Central Intelligence shall consult with the Director of the 
Office of Homeland Security and the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task 
Force.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means 
        the following:
                    (A) The Committee on the Judiciary and the Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
                    (B) The Committee on the Judiciary and the 
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (2) 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)).

SEC. 3. ENSURING ADEQUATE PERSONNEL AT PORTS OF ENTRY AND TECHNOLOGY 
              IMPROVEMENTS AT PORTS OF ENTRY AND CONSULAR POSTS.

    (a) FTE Limitation.--The Attorney General is authorized to waive 
any limitation on the number of full-time equivalent personnel assigned 
to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    (b) INS Staffing.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to meet the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service staffing levels estimated as required by the current Workforce 
Analysis Models for United States ports of entry. Such staffing level 
authorization shall require the necessary numbers of border patrol and 
inspectors payable at a GS-11 level, inspections assistants to be paid 
at a GS-7 level, and the associated clerical support staff at the 
specified General Schedule level in such models.
    (c) Training.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary--
            (1) to appropriately train Border Patrol personnel, United 
        States Customs Service personnel, and Immigration inspectors on 
        an ongoing basis to ensure that their proficiency levels are 
        acceptable to protect the borders of the United States; and
            (2) to provide adequate continuing cross training to 
        agencies staffing the United States ports of entry to 
        effectively and correctly apply applicable United States laws.
    (d) United States Department of State; Bureau of Consular 
Affairs.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary--
            (1) to implement enhanced security measures for the review 
        of visa applicants;
            (2) to enhance intelligence interface with United States 
        and international intelligence information;
            (3) to staff the associated infrastructure; and
            (4) to provide ongoing training for consular officers.
    (e) Funding of Technology.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to funds 
        otherwise available for such purpose, there are authorized to 
        be appropriated $50,000,000 to the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service, and $50,000,000 to the United States 
        Customs Service, for purposes of--
                    (A) making improvements in technology (including 
                infrastructure support, computer security, and 
                information technology development) for improving 
                border security; and
                    (B) expanding, utilizing, and improving technology 
                at ports of entry to improve border security.
            (2) Waiver of fees.--Federal agencies involved in border 
        security shall, when practicable, waive enrollment fees for 
        technology-based programs to encourage alien participation in 
        such programs.
            (3) Offset of increases in fees.--The Attorney General 
        shall, to the extent reasonable, increase land border fees for 
        the issuance of arrival-departure documents to offset 
        technology costs.
    (f) Machine Readable Visa Fees.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations 
        Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-
        236) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
            (2) Amount.--The machine readable visa fee charged by the 
        Department of State initially shall be the higher of $65 or the 
        cost of the machine readable visa service, as determined by the 
        Department of State through a cost-of-service study.
            (3) 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 non-machine 
        readable passport.
            (4) Availability of collected fees.--Amounts collected as 
        fees described in this subsection 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.

SEC. 4. PERIMETER NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM.

    (a) Study of Perimeter National Security Program.--The Secretary of 
State and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and 
the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, shall jointly conduct a 
study of the costs, procedures, and implementation alternatives of a 
Perimeter National Security Program, which shall involve a review of, 
at least the following:
            (1) North american national security cooperative.--The 
        feasibility of establishing a cooperative task force of the 
        appropriate representatives of Canada, Mexico, and the United 
        States to establish, implement, and monitor an intercountry 
        system to evaluate and determine the admission of foreign 
        nationals based on national security concerns, including the 
        monitoring of the entry and exit of foreign nationals from such 
        countries.
            (2) Preclearance.--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 traveler is admissible to the United States under 
        section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1182). For each traveler determined to be admissible under such 
        procedure, the processing of the traveler's admission upon 
        arrival to the United States shall be expedited upon 
        confirmation of identity. In the conduct of the element of the 
        study under this paragraph, 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.
            (3) Preinspection.--The number, location, and cost of 
        establishing, staffing, and providing for the training of 
        inspectors to be assigned to foreign preinspection facilities 
        to determine admissibility to the United States under section 
        212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including--
                    (A) the feasibility of expanding foreign 
                preinspections to foreign nationals on flights destined 
                for Canada and Mexico; and
                    (B) the feasibility of cross training and funding 
                of inspectors from Canada and Mexico.
            (4) Conditions.--The measures necessary to satisfy the 
        conditions required by section 235A(a)(5) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225a(a)(5)).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Immigration 
and Naturalization shall, in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Homeland Security, jointly submit to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
setting forth the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED ENTRY AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.

    (a) Implementation of Integrated Entry and Exit System at Ports of 
Entry and Enhancement of Security of Land Border Ports of Entry.--In 
light of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the United States on 
September 11, 2001, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, fully implement the 
integrated entry and exit data system for ports of entry, as specified 
in the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management 
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-215), with all deliberate speed 
and as expeditiously as practicable.
    (b) Development of Entry and Exit System and Enhanced Security at 
Ports of Entry.--In developing the integrated entry and exit data 
system for the ports of entry as specified in subsection (a), the 
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and the Secretary of 
State shall consider--
            (1) implementing the Perimeter National Security Program's 
        implementation;
            (2) implementing, funding, and using a technology standard 
        to confirm identity at United States ports of entry and at 
        consular posts abroad;
            (3) using biometric identifiers in conjunction with 
        issuance of any arrival-departure record, any type of visa to 
        be issued by the Department of State, and any travel document 
        issued to an alien by either the Department of State or the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service;
            (4) requiring machine readable visas and passports for 
        entry;
            (5) creating a database containing the arrival and 
        departure data from machine readable visas, passports, and 
        arrival-departure records;
            (6) integrating all security databases relevant to making 
        an admissibility determination under section 212 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182);
            (7) using visa issuance data from the Department of State's 
        visa issuance database to create the initial record for 
        travelers for whom the visa requirements are not waived under 
        section 214 or 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or 
        any other provision of such Act; and
            (8) implementing technologies that facilitate the cross-
        border movement of persons and commerce without compromising 
        the safety and security of the United States.

SEC. 6. FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TRAINING.

    (a) Training.--The Secretary of State shall require that all 
Foreign Service officers, 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. These 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 communication regarding 
terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward visa 
applicants.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 
regarding the establishment of relevant training programs.
    (c) Use of Foreign Intelligence Information.--As an ongoing 
component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State shall coordinate with the Director of the Office of Homeland 
Security, United States law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence 
community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)), 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.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

SEC. 7. PASSENGER MANIFEST INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Every international commercial air carrier 
arriving in the United States from a foreign state shall be required to 
provide to the Attorney General manifest information specified in 
subsection (b) in advance of such arrival.
    (b) Information.--The information to be provided with respect to 
each person listed on the manifest may 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; and
            (9) such other information as the Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, determines is 
        reasonable to protect safety and national security.
    (c) Review.--Information provided under this section shall be 
reviewed against all intelligence and law enforcement databases 
available to the Attorney General.
    (d) Procedures for the Electronic Transmission of Manifest 
Information.--Not later than January 1, 2003, every international 
commercial air carrier subject to the requirements of this section 
shall develop procedures to permit the electronic transmission of 
manifest information required by this section.

SEC. 8. FOREIGN STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.

    (a) Data Collection.--Section 641(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) 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; and
                    ``(G) 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).''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--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 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 program 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 15 days after 
        the commencement of 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 pursuant to the certification of that 
        institution or program.''.

SEC. 9. SPECIAL PROVISION FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS.

    No nonimmigrant visa shall be issued to any alien from a country 
designated by the Secretary of State to be a state sponsor of terrorism 
until appropriate clearances are conducted on such alien and it has 
been determined that such alien does not pose a threat to the safety or 
national security of the United States.

SEC. 10. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES AUTHORIZED TO ENROLL 
              OR SPONSOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Periodic Review of Compliance.--The Commissioner of Immigration 
and Naturalization, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 
shall conduct periodic reviews of the institutions certified to receive 
nonimmigrant students under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. Each review shall determine whether 
the institutions are in compliance with--
            (1) recordkeeping and reporting requirements to receive 
        nonimmigrant students under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) 
        of that Act; 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.--The Secretary of State shall 
        conduct periodic reviews of the entities designated to sponsor 
        exchange visitor program participants under section 
        101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
            (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; 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 Failure To Comply.--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, or section 641 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1372), may, at the election of the Commissioner of Immigration and 
Naturalization, result in the termination of the institution's approval 
to receive such students or the termination of the other entity's 
designation to sponsor exchange visitor program participants, as the 
case may be.

SEC. 11. TREATMENT OF IMMIGRATION INSPECTORS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              OFFICERS OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8331 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (20), by inserting ``, and an immigration 
        inspector'' after ``administrative position'' in the first 
        sentence;
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (27)(B);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (28) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(29) `immigration inspector' means--
                    ``(A) an employee in a position in the Immigration 
                and Naturalization Service the principal duties of 
                which are to control and guard the boundaries and 
                borders of the United States against illegal entry of 
                aliens at ports of entry; and
                    ``(B) an employee of the Immigration and 
                Naturalization Service who is serving in a supervisory 
                or administrative position to which the employee was 
                transferred from a position described in subparagraph 
                (A).''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8401 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (17)--
                    (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 new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(E) an immigration inspector;'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (33);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph
            ``(35) `immigration inspector' means--
                    ``(A) an employee in a position in the Immigration 
                and Naturalization Service the principal duties of 
                which are to control and guard the boundaries and 
                borders of the United States against illegal entry of 
                aliens at ports-of-entry; and
                    ``(B) an employee of the Immigration and 
                Naturalization Service who is serving in a supervisory 
                or administrative position to which the employee was 
                transferred directly from a position described in 
                subparagraph (A) after having served in such a position 
                for at least three years.''.
    (c) Effective Date and Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall--
                    (A) shall take effect on the first day of the first 
                applicable pay period that begins on or after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) shall apply with respect to service performed 
                on or after such effective date.
            (2) Supervisors and administrators.--In the administration 
        of paragraph (1)(B), a person serving in a supervisory or 
        administrative position as described in section 8331(29)(B) or 
        8401(35)(B) of title 5, United States Code, on the effective 
        date of this Act shall be treated as serving in a law 
        enforcement officer position beginning on such date for the 
        purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of such title and 
        chapter 84 of such title.

SEC. 12. CERTAIN BORDER CROSSING IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

    (a) Extension of Deadline for Presentation.--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''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for the Immigration and Naturalization Service such sums 
as may be necessary for the Service to purchase and implement the 
technology for electronically reading border crossing identification 
cards and for access to appropriate databases.

SEC. 13. 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,''.
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