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[S. 1685 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1685

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility 
                  verification, 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 ``Basic Pilot Program Extension and 
Expansion Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking 
``6-year period'' and inserting ``11-year period''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
is amended by inserting after ``United States'' the following: ``, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand the operation of the 
program to all 50 States not later than December 1, 2004''.
    (b) Report.--Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting:
    ``(a) In General.--The'', and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Report on Expansion.--Not later than June 1, 2004, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report--
        ``(1) evaluating whether the problems identified by the report 
    submitted under subsection (a) have been substantially resolved; 
    and
        ``(2) describing what actions the Secretary of Homeland 
    Security shall take before undertaking the expansion of the basic 
    pilot program to all 50 States in accordance with section 
    401(c)(1), in order to resolve any outstanding problems raised in 
    the report filed under subsection (a).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 402(c) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``or entity electing--'' 
    and all that follows through ``(ii) the citizen attestation pilot 
    program'' and inserting ``or entity electing the citizen 
    attestation pilot program'';
        (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
        (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (d) Additional Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title IV of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each 
place that term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
Security''.

SEC. 4. PILOT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Processing Priority Under Pilot Immigration Program for 
Regional Centers To Promote Economic Growth.--Section 610 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
    appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) In processing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) for 
classification under section 203(b)(5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)(5)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may give priority to 
petitions filed by aliens seeking admission under the pilot program 
described in this section. Notwithstanding section 203(e) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1153(e)), immigrant visas made available under such section 
203(b)(5) may be issued to such aliens in an order that takes into 
account any priority accorded under the preceding sentence.''.
    (b) Extension.--Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by striking ``10 years'' and 
inserting ``15 years''.

SEC. 5. GAO STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall report to Congress on 
the immigrant investor program created under section 203(b)(5) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)).
    (b) Contents.--The report described in subsection (a) shall include 
information regarding--
        (1) the number of immigrant investors that have received visas 
    under the immigrant investor program in each year since the 
    inception of the program;
        (2) the country of origin of the immigrant investors;
        (3) the localities where the immigrant investors are settling 
    and whether those investors generally remain in the localities 
    where they initially settle;
        (4) the number of immigrant investors that have sought to 
    become citizens of the United States;
        (5) the types of commercial enterprises that the immigrant 
    investors have established; and
        (6) the types and number of jobs created by the immigrant 
    investors.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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