1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title;
table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I—Border security
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Border security strategic planning
Sec. 111. National Strategy for Border Security.
Sec. 112. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 113. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Border infrastructure, technology integration, and
security enhancement
Sec. 121. Border security coordination plan.
Sec. 122. Border security advisory committee.
Sec. 123. Programs on the use of technologies for border
security.
Sec. 124. Combating human smuggling.
Sec. 125. Savings clause.
Subtitle C—International Border Enforcement
Sec. 131. North American Security Initiative.
Sec. 132. Information sharing agreements.
Sec. 133. Improving the security of Mexico's southern
border.
TITLE II—State criminal alien assistance
Sec. 201. State criminal alien assistance program authorization
of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Reimbursement of States for indirect costs relating
to the incarceration of illegal aliens.
Sec. 203. Reimbursement of States for pre-conviction costs
relating to the incarceration of illegal aliens.
TITLE III—Essential worker visa program
Sec. 301. Essential workers.
Sec. 302. Admission of essential workers.
Sec. 303. Employer obligations.
Sec. 304. Protection for workers.
Sec. 305. Market-based numerical limitations.
Sec. 306. Adjustment to lawful permanent resident
status.
Sec. 307. Essential Worker Visa Program Task Force.
Sec. 308. Willing worker-willing employer electronic job
registry.
Sec. 309. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE IV—Enforcement
Sec. 401. Document and visa requirements.
Sec. 402. Employment Eligibility Confirmation
System.
Sec. 403. Improved entry and exit data system.
Sec. 404. Department of labor investigative
authorities.
Sec. 405. Protection of employment rights.
Sec. 406. Increased fines for prohibited behavior.
TITLE V—Promoting circular migration patterns
Sec. 501. Labor migration facilitation programs.
Sec. 502. Bilateral efforts with Mexico to reduce migration
pressures and costs.
TITLE VI—Family unity and backlog reduction
Sec. 601. Elimination of existing backlogs.
Sec. 602. Country limits.
Sec. 603. Allocation of immigrant visas.
Sec. 604. Relief for children and widows.
Sec. 605. Amending the affidavit of support
requirements.
Sec. 606. Discretionary authority.
Sec. 607. Family unity.
TITLE VII—H–5B nonimmigrants
Sec. 701. H–5B nonimmigrants.
Sec. 702. Adjustment of status for H–5B
nonimmigrants.
Sec. 703. Aliens not subject to direct numerical
limitations.
Sec. 704. Employer protections.
Sec. 705. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VIII—Protection against immigration fraud
Sec. 801. Right to
qualified representation.
Sec. 802. Protection of witness testimony.
TITLE IX—Civics integration
Sec. 901. Funding for the Office of Citizenship.
Sec. 902. Civics integration grant program.
TITLE X—Promoting Access to Health Care
Sec. 1001. Federal reimbursement of emergency health services
furnished to undocumented aliens.
Sec. 1002. Prohibition against offset of certain Medicare and
Medicaid payments.
Sec. 1003. Prohibition against discrimination against aliens on
the basis of employment in hospital-based versus nonhospital-based
sites.
Sec. 1004. Binational public health infrastructure and health
insurance.
TITLE XI—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1101. Submission to Congress of information regarding H–5A
nonimmigrants.
Sec. 1102. H–5 nonimmigrant petitioner account.
Sec. 1103. Anti-discrimination protections.
Sec. 1104. Women and children at risk of harm.
Sec. 1105. Expansion of S visa.
Sec. 1106. Volunteers.
2.
Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)The Government of the United States has an
obligation to its citizens to secure its borders and ensure the rule of law in
its communities.
(2)The Government of the United States must
strengthen international border security efforts by dedicating adequate and
significant resources for technology, personnel, and training for border region
enforcement.
(3)Federal immigration policies must adhere to
the United States tradition as a nation of immigrants and reaffirm this
Nation's commitment to family unity, economic opportunity, and humane
treatment.
(4)Immigrants have contributed significantly
to the strength and economic prosperity of the United States and action must be
taken to ensure their fair treatment by employers and protection against fraud
and abuse.
(5)Current immigration laws and the
enforcement of such laws are ineffective and do not serve the people of the
United States, the national security interests of the United States, or the
economic prosperity of the United States.
(6)The United States cannot effectively carry
out its national security policies unless the United States identifies
undocumented immigrants and encourages them to come forward and participate
legally in the economy of the United States.
(7)Illegal immigration fosters other illegal
activity, including human smuggling, trafficking, and document fraud, all of
which undermine the national security interests of the United States.
(8)Illegal immigration burdens States and
local communities with hundreds of millions of dollars in uncompensated
expenses for law enforcement, health care, and other essential services.
(9)Illegal immigration creates an underclass
of workers who are vulnerable to fraud and exploitation.
(10)Fixing the broken immigration system
requires a comprehensive approach that provides for adequate legal channels for
immigration and strong enforcement of immigration laws which will serve the
economic, social, and security interests of the United States.
(11)Foreign governments, particularly those
that share an international border with the United States, must play a critical
role in securing international borders and deterring illegal entry of foreign
nationals into the United States.
(12)Federal immigration policy should foster
economic growth by allowing willing workers to be matched with willing
employers when no United States worker is available to take a job.
(13)Immigration reform is a key component to
achieving effective enforcement and will allow for the best use of security and
enforcement resources to be focused on the greatest risks.
(14)Comprehensive immigration reform and strong
enforcement of immigration laws will encourage legal immigration, deter illegal
immigration, and promote the economic and national security interests of the
United States.
<enum>I</enum><header>Border security</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EBF36B39289454AAEE440853A18C3F3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93c8a97bd01a4e1bacbcc819af968059"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id097751F1691C4BF286559F2B2F302663"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF264218A31394286993284588425DD25"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB144629EA1D54852BC2FE2F67D89F72E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B08506860734836BD3FFFC1F9DC746F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDF5C0936FD442569F8B47EB90D33FDD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International
border of the united states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>international border of the
United States</quote> means the international border between the United States
and Canada and the international border between the United States and Mexico,
including points of entry along such international borders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BC989BD034A41B5A3266AA94D4FE940"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, the term
<quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id703A22A468144A19B68B7C3B8B77D480"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>security
plan</quote> means a security plan developed as part of the National Strategy
for Border Security set forth under section 111(a) for the Border Patrol and
the field offices of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the
Department of Homeland Security that has responsibility for the security of any
portion of the international border of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle commented="no" id="id77BC4289757E4C78A1A9E44893DA0762" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Border security strategic planning</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F40CA7F011743B5925E9280293C1CF2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>National Strategy
for Border Security</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76EB73D463714AEC90EC0916CB9EF722"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conjunction with
strategic homeland security planning efforts, the Secretary shall develop,
implement, and update, as needed, a National Strategy for Border Security that
includes a security plan for the Border Patrol and the field offices of the
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security
that has responsibility for the security of any portion of the international
border of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86F483235C6D4E84862AB31008938F23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Strategy for Border Security
shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ebb1fc61947412eac22a81fff13bca1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification and evaluation of the
points of entry and all portions of the international border of the United
States that, in the interests of national security and enforcement, must be
protected from illegal transit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ba42d99886e4c14b843b73d3aa51f9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the most appropriate,
practical, and cost-effective means of defending the international border of
the United States against threats to security and illegal transit, including
intelligence capacities, technology, equipment, personnel, and training needed
to address security vulnerabilities within the United States for the Border
Patrol and the field offices of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
that have responsibility for any portion of the international border of the
United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1b23b265103c445d9c667d3b1d7ae642"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">risk-based priorities for assuring border
security and realistic deadlines for addressing security and enforcement needs
identified in paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdbb770145a4743658ec9e2576189d1a6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategic plan that sets out agreed upon
roles and missions of Federal, State, regional, local, and tribal authorities,
including appropriate coordination among such authorities, to enable security
enforcement and border lands management to be carried out in an efficient and
effective manner;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDef1e374da8344aeeb3b1954afe389188"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a prioritization of research and
development objectives to enhance the security of the international border of
the United States and enforcement needs to promote such security consistent
with the provisions of subtitle B;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF91B5B70EC94BD3AC092F5199BF2B7D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an update of the 2001 Port of Entry
Infrastructure Assessment Study conducted by the United States Customs Service,
in consultation with the General Services Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2488F9887814BD79C136F88B87C0E87"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategic interior enforcement coordination
plans with personnel of Immigration and Customs Enforcement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2FE9C70538E4E569D4ED26A9A708E06"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategic enforcement coordination plans
with overseas personnel of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of State to end human smuggling and trafficking activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID692a668094de415c9456cbb238f92774"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other infrastructure or security plan
or report that the Secretary determines appropriate for inclusion;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58C4C13537634B7F81B4AFD0C47EA696"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of low-risk travelers
and how such identification would facilitate cross-border travel; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6A23847C37B480F904B5D036D4BB53C"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ways to ensure that the trade and commerce
of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs
aimed at securing the homeland.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID26bd6b55225646b7bc0a034553d66f47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority of
National Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
National Strategy for Border Security shall be the governing document for
Federal security and enforcement efforts related to securing the international
border of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id268FC1BE7C6F482E80D91E1D3C776224" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa1b425e684b2459eb424214354282376"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National
strategy</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ABB40E7AC2C4468951A691DDDA4B8DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the
National Strategy for Border Security, including each security plan, to the
appropriate congressional committees. Such plans shall include estimated costs
of implementation and training from a fiscal and personnel perspective and a
cost-benefit analysis of any technological security implementations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf675ab8c00bd443a8dc1f5d4ff75a035"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
submissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the
submission required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees any revisions to the National Strategy for
Border Security, including any revisions to a security plan, not less
frequently than April 1 of each odd-numbered year. The plan shall include
estimated costs for implementation and training and a cost-benefit analysis of
technological security implementations that take place during the time frame
under evaluation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55bf95ac2cf94184816da1e874748ba5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Periodic
progress reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9702ea8399ac4e4b8c6849d1fb0b107b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year, in
conjunction with the submission of the budget to Congress under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an assessment of the progress made on implementing the
National Strategy for Border Security, including each security plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5fe2668b8b5b4c68b313cf0e7c339826"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each progress report submitted under this
subsection shall include any recommendations for improving and implementing the
National Strategy for Border Security, including any recommendations for
improving and implementing a security plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf884c368777a4eb79757d00c1062aff9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Classified
material</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA269E373BA714654B3EAD9C9A25071DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any material included
in the National Strategy for Border Security, including each security plan,
that includes information that is properly classified under criteria
established by Executive order shall be submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees in a classified form.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3888F60D2D7642F5B2BB8D0E682F4FCD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unclassified
version</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As appropriate, an
unclassified version of the material described in paragraph (1) shall be
provided to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D58B48DF8D34F3EAE92EFF6CAD1FF36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to
carry out this subtitle for each of the 5 fiscal years beginning with the
fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act was enacted.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id8C90E0A73F724997825F02916FF0A754" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Border infrastructure, technology
integration, and security enhancement</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id643CEC4E49134E2C9D9940BBC92D34EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>Border security
coordination plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14bf2ccf9eb044fe8c9042cadb568c4f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
coordinate with Federal, State, local, and tribal authorities on law
enforcement, emergency response, and security-related responsibilities with
regard to the international border of the United States to develop and
implement a plan to ensure that the security of such international border is
not compromised—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38b26240fdbe4a21a12361e65a7dd2b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when the jurisdiction for providing such
security changes from one such authority to another such authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a8689988c364956ba2fdc681ba189d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in areas where such jurisdiction is shared
by more than one such authority; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d2afc059f9b4653976604785daeb31d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by one such authority relinquishing such
jurisdiction to another such authority pursuant to a memorandum of
understanding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID978313aea1ac4906be3d0f77cf29d4bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of
Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the plan,
the Secretary shall consider methods to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50879f610e264eb99a4f35073d60c0a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate emergency responses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID46f0f37cae054bef808083f21b4d96aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve data-sharing, communications, and
technology among the appropriate agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfba5a56951c04845bc7800c34483dd48"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote research and development relating
to the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD5F59EFE7644A5A8F43CF56691DB7E2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">combine personnel and resource assets when
practicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaaed1cd6fde84182818f9628a560e726"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after implementing
the plan developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit a report
to the appropriate congressional committees on the development and
implementation of such plan.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6fe70288c2414e3ab46788454da815eb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header>Border security
advisory committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11D783F7476343ACA568D109F35795E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to establish a
Border Security Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Advisory Committee</quote>) to provide advice and recommendations to the
Secretary on border security and enforcement issues.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3d92fc06ab3f43f58a20d8c31c75e7b3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7081FFBA817841439B9F0477178CF757"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The members of the
Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall include
representatives of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EA190995D5B46A39E9393F9AF67F6AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">States that are adjacent to the
international border of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B8C8E4BF5EC462BB80AFAD394AB83F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local law enforcement agencies; community
officials, and tribal authorities of such States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3A4AF19529341D8A6B30D39292389C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other interested parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62DD56975237453DABEE4C5B11E0F507"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall be comprised
of members who represent a broad cross section of perspectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f3386b919774d108489229f04714a31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header>Programs on the use
of technologies for border security</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDed25a8536bb74f3cafe7a6c84e924e29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aerial
surveillance technologies program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b464e01907d4af4977c3e7673c06475"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conjunction with
the border surveillance plan developed under section 5201 of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), the
Secretary, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
shall develop and implement a program to fully integrate aerial surveillance
technologies to enhance the border security of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4703C5A3822C48AFBD04FD2E115195B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment and
consultation requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
developing the program under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb88696bac9204f45a905fd309e629119"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider current and proposed aerial
surveillance technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF39A38725264F5A88B4DD1907ABEB3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the feasibility and advisability of
utilizing such technologies to address border threats, including an assessment
of the technologies considered best suited to address respective
threats;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB3267E2163A4342BA3E0EEFB5C4D0B8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the Secretary of Defense
regarding any technologies or equipment, which the Secretary may deploy along
the international border of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BA7FA4F463E41A5B377BA65DA352485"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration regarding safety, airspace coordination and
regulation, and any other issues necessary for implementation of the
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4a4343e65904ea8b4f1bf6ff7645ecf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2373FC11EFAC47CBBFAFF579A8F69736"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program developed
under this subsection shall include the utilization of a variety of aerial
surveillance technologies in a variety of topographies and areas, including
populated and unpopulated areas located on or near the international border of
the United States, in order to evaluate, for a range of circumstances—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49f09f6d32904b1ebc66c19beb4e4384"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the significance of previous experiences
with such technologies in border security or critical infrastructure
protection;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb44730f5900743be89b37080c4a86deb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost and effectiveness of various
technologies for border security, including varying levels of technical
complexity; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d801c6aa8ca474e8802805da9303756"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">liability, safety, and privacy concerns
relating to the utilization of such technologies for border security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID019ea50608674c69abae700cd3975270"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of unmanned
aerial vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aerial
surveillance technologies utilized in the program shall include unmanned aerial
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC4BCAB4767F41D08435D4AB4513EF2A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Continued use
of aerial surveillance technologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may continue the operation of
aerial surveillance technologies while assessing the effectiveness of their
utilization and until such time the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4dd0b3a8856345fabaf27487d7f360c3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF57D4B6D8EF64E60876658F32697F69C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after implementing
the program under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report on such
program to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC79F631DBE364F4A95BCF3CB2FBF231B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in the report
required by subparagraph (A) a description of the program together with such
recommendations as the Secretary finds appropriate for enhancing the
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6058EA9F4DFA4D28A02DA3F67092EA5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration
programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized, as part of the development and implementation of the National
Strategy for Border Security, to establish and carry out demonstration programs
to strengthen communication, information sharing, technology, security,
intelligence benefits, and enforcement activities that will protect the
international border of the United States without diminishing international
trade and commerce.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id722123754CB74173890F0F697192CF5A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>INSERT
CONTINUED USE OF GROUND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES</header>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc9f47084396426797d1455f4b5c3277" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><header>Combating human
smuggling</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89339A897BA24B65AF97C49E99D1DD9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
develop and implement a plan to improve coordination between the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection of the Department of Homeland Security and any other Federal, State,
local, or tribal authorities, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to
improve coordination efforts to combat human smuggling.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5913AEB1FFF145E88AA667416DF6FA40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the plan required by
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa1eac3bfb18648f3affa84d63988510a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interoperability of databases utilized
to prevent human smuggling;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID81cabdcfc4df458db883be36f009aeb5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate and effective personnel
training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa89386400813498ba07dcba7fb118198"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methods and programs to effectively target
networks that engage in such smuggling;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ecd95102ee349818578af0593ff0cf5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effective utilization of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3cc05aac59e34f2298ef376433d9a3cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">visas for victims of trafficking and other
crimes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9b58a2d93904eb78eee4ee06560115e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigatory techniques, equipment, and
procedures that prevent, detect, and prosecute international money laundering
and other operations that are utilized in smuggling;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3cf1d1340c6141d488654f1865fa5a3a"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">joint measures, with the Secretary of
State, to enhance intelligence sharing and cooperation with foreign governments
whose citizens are preyed on by human smugglers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdf54654e47144cea6547bf708869d83"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other measures that the Secretary considers
appropriate to combating human smuggling.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID121c513b0e0a47b2a9ef73347a5862ad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after implementing
the plan described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on such plan, including any recommendations for legislative action to
improve efforts to combating human smuggling.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1DE0545888147CF97B2DC872E2C6B2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>125.</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle or subtitle A may be construed to provide to any State or local entity
any additional authority to enforce Federal immigration laws.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id28A4489A63554D94B72B532693658CB6" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>International Border Enforcement</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAC17B1DFDA44E5787EF57318DDB9CB8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>North American
Security Initiative</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06D2AB2764094BEEAA5CFFD620B9A6B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State shall enhance the mutual security and safety of the United States,
Canada, and Mexico by providing a framework for better management,
communication, and coordination between the Governments of North
America.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22e1c4dd678b428497f3300d632ee59f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In implementing the provisions of this
subtitle, the Secretary of State shall carry out all of the activities
described in this subtitle.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f5810efd84a46a4a3e3fd0ace125dc9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Information sharing
agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Government of Mexico, is authorized to negotiate an agreement with Mexico
to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70795A5E328E467F8FA5BAE525EC033F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperate in the screening of third-country
nationals using Mexico as a transit corridor for entry into the United States;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9801D2C9D2A645DF8ADCDE3CE943F67B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to support
stronger immigration control at the border with Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9c2eca1845b466e9754f75a0a7032a3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>Improving the
security of Mexico's southern border</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id277BC13C5CFE41CA88F1C73E6BE00A1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Canadian
Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Government of Mexico, shall establish a
program to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04D3FFFABB754412B00085A8809C69E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the specific needs of the
governments of Central American countries in maintaining the security of the
borders of such countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3644930987A0465F8E1555D515C64C23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the assessment made under paragraph (1)
to determine the financial and technical support needed by the governments of
Central American countries from Canada, Mexico, and the United States to meet
such needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF9E87D8C013446A88C2A99D2A5887FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to the
governments of Central American countries to secure issuance of passports and
travel documents by such countries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9F90B6889A64F3D9D35D90073BAE594"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage the governments of Central
American countries to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07B0A2BFFE534424B02215A849A11A91"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">control alien smuggling and
trafficking;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3143697455D4D00A20D4E3B27AD1672"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevent the use and manufacture of
fraudulent travel documents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB96205FABAF47CE878BDD876B43AE38"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">share relevant information with Mexico,
Canada, and the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62985337D8DF4F4390E47268BB8465EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Immigration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and appropriate officials of the
governments of Central American countries shall provide robust law enforcement
assistance to such governments that specifically addresses migratory issues to
increase the ability of such governments to dismantle human smuggling
organizations and gain tighter control over the border.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdd2c357ae6784a9e844e8f67b49f5d05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Border security
between Mexico and Guatemala or Belize</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Government of Mexico, and
appropriate officials of the Governments of Guatemala, Belize, and neighboring
contiguous countries, shall establish a program to provide needed equipment,
technical assistance, and vehicles to manage, regulate, and patrol the
international border between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and
Belize.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A7B683832984E0DBA8166686B7CBC21"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tracking
central american gangs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Government of Mexico,
and appropriate officials of the governments of Central American countries,
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8941D035A66D42458476EB4418BA7A12"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the direct and indirect impact on
the United States and Central America on deporting violent criminal
aliens;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF24131AC2500453EB34DC753F6DCF1E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a program and database to track
Central American gang activities, focusing on the identification of returning
criminal deportees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94D2C795C70746C8A505FFBB9C82D30E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">devise an agreed-upon mechanism for
notification applied prior to deportation and for support for reintegration of
these deportees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79D090541C0347528DF1B375033DC900"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">devise an agreement to share all relevant
information with the appropriate agencies of Mexico and other Central American
countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>State criminal alien assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84B7840A99E04616A59A5C576D385D93" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>State criminal alien
assistance program authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) is amended by
striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6C8ECF084374A029E7631E95B65FAE8" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEEBB4A1DA3448B19AEA1BBED31C13B7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id344A0E42CC674079A7A8883ED888A253"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB416CDB2B90845EE9B406BF7C0DFF378"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2005;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02C0587E554C4E37A21B54471DA86C50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$750,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46F6FC0C7B374E098617A14A36FD276B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF431A2977CED4A089A82A02BB80817D6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$950,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2011.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id518CFE26685448988483E2F32AE6F9C7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts
appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (A) that are distributed to a State or
political subdivision of a State, including a municipality, may be used only
for correctional
purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6863795244F84CC0B6E258868856C8E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Reimbursement of
States for indirect costs relating to the incarceration of illegal
aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 of the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1365) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB3C49AC9261471C83A33B42DC0C86F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76C4D51553344F36A8E5945B51648C82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for the costs</quote>
and inserting the following: “for—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1996E1CBED9D44A7962023EDC3DF6664" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25B4B08A925A4EB4859E92EEC7C9618B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
costs</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE31C9B66FD444EE3A9685311D9FD602E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such State.</quote> and
inserting the following: “such State; and</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4C981EC794D4D94B10BB8816798DCB6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80BD0A268C264F869898A595AC2106B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the indirect costs related to the
imprisonment described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6FBB0EAE6F24100864154D54F3A2A60"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (c) through (e) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E27620F2E7941ECBD194F9D5AD87B53" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6037DA96646E4971968A08160231BC5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Manner of
allotment of reimbursements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursements under this section shall be
allotted in a manner that gives special consideration for any State
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8FC39710E6646B0B2837472ED94F04D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shares a border with Mexico or Canada;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BF2BB8894564A6D9D3B56259731AFCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes within the State an area in which
a large number of undocumented aliens reside relative to the general population
of that area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2DE8EF93CD346D0963584F0960FBDAF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FEA5675C3CF4B5BBC4DE1103241C9C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indirect
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>indirect
costs</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBAAEBB3EFC148A2B969645B480495F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">court costs, county attorney costs,
detention costs, and criminal proceedings expenditures that do not involve
going to trial;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24C2193F6EC5465D943626712F18F6C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indigent defense costs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED700A1FB05748DA809DEBF232863843"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">unsupervised probation costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE583F9EB87CE49DDB07BBDAF828FB5AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> has the meaning
given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99B107EAA8CD42758C19445E9E6250FA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005
through 2011 to carry out subsection
(a)(2).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id057F8062C8F74EE087BD04FA31788CB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reimbursement of
States for pre-conviction costs relating to the incarceration of illegal
aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 241(i)(3)(A) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(3)(a) is amended by
inserting <quote>charged with or</quote> before
<quote>convicted.</quote></text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Essential worker visa program</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d69b5942d6a4f97872e14012e779f0b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Essential
workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(15)(H)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID663de8c2c0394093801552dbeca95962"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(H) an alien
(i)(b)</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC21A1E83772A46EA98BB772AA4DE83C6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1673e84b45fe411aa6fdb2bd343f9be8"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an alien—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D6F7A083B0D4DD2A54D07408EF3AD1A"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4B675FCFD0DC4BAAA5039CAC9D087C1E"><enum>(b)<?LEXA-Enum (b)?></enum>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79d6f6b0c1804b2a8fdfcabe9ce3be72"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or (ii)(a)</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4070914020A48D08E0F5530B94F815B" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC50519A6BEEE4F6899216C5B2308BF16"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5AD7913E55994BBAB17BE581CD713008"><enum>(a)<?LEXA-Enum (a)?></enum>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc727e4765d7490e89c0cbe32e8f6f28"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or (iii)</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80AEBFF16B254D0896F7372C6FC9DA8E" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id280D8ECDB08E4512B5144F0892D3DB45"><enum>(iii)</enum>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91d6ba851b724f94b38f02b6c6b03e83"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C037BA478E3441EB52228BD2EA42149" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA050CE83721E4E4388F265544A62AC16"><enum>(v)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7975743C44754CEE9058D1B3966C531A"><enum>(a)<?LEXA-Enum (a)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to section 218A, having residence
in a foreign country, which the alien has no intention of abandoning, who is
coming temporarily to the United States to initially perform labor or services
(other than those occupation classifications covered under the provisions of
clause (i)(b) or (ii)(a) or subparagraph (L), (O), (P), or (R));
or.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID095730801e584b5bb9f247f281706fc4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Admission of
essential workers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e71339a555940f29df20726fe60ad38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 2 of title II
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 218 the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAED864A6B546481B9CBDB696221BD116" style="traditional">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D4A5DBADDB34898983A29529A71FC81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218A.</enum><header>Admission of temporary h–5A workers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id96D6124316934100BCB3583B07FE2D23"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State may grant a
temporary visa to a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) who
demonstrates an intent to perform labor or services in the United States (other
than those occupational classifications covered under the provisions of clause
(i)(b) or (ii)(a) of section 101(a)(15)(H) or subparagraph (L), (O), (P), or
(R)) of section 101(a)(15).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfe1fcbf131ca42fdb1cdbd26181c3b91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements
for admission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to be
eligible for nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a), an alien
shall meet the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52CD4F61ED4146238FFA644DED8F3DB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility to
work</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien shall
establish that the alien is capable of performing the labor or services
required for an occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCAF5F8CA25047E4B7E386C81B45B585"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evidence of
employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien's
evidence of employment shall be provided through the Employment Eligibility
Confirmation System established under section 274E or in accordance with
requirements issued by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security. In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary
may consider evidence from employers, employer associations, and labor
representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID077eed0c54a04cb68191de23f294eeef"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien shall pay a $500 application fee
to apply for the visa in addition to the cost of processing and adjudicating
such application. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect
consular procedures for charging reciprocal fees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04D50156ECE143DEA130FF085B10609B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Medical
examination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien shall
undergo a medical examination (including a determination of immunization
status) at the alien's expense, that conforms to generally accepted standards
of medical practice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5b567e98c04c453384677fd08cbfb412"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grounds of
inadmissibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID632cf0d15df04e0fa1b6da29e5a8b749"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining an
alien’s admissibility as a nonimmigrant under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID856d868a02454c4d812762bbe521dfee"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraphs (5), (6) (except for
subparagraph (E)), (7), (9), and (10)(B) of section 212(a) may be waived for
conduct that occurred before the date on which the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> was introduced;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID259592b9aefc41e8986e6b3d73267fab"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Homeland Security may not
waive—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd08378f9b44a4255a60a99b2fa7194ed"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (E), (G), (H),
or (I) of section 212(a)(2) (relating to criminals);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf11856566812424cbb53ea2d1ccb5259"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 212(a)(3) (relating to security and
related grounds); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b598fb6994c4a2dbd5f554ff89263da"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (A) or (C) of section
212(a)(10) (relating to polygamists and child abductors);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb5606035d0ab477c8e25ee99bbf356bb"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for conduct that occurred before the date
on which the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act</short-title> was introduced, the Secretary of Homeland
Security may waive the application of any provision of section 212(a) not
listed in subparagraph (B) on behalf of an individual alien for humanitarian
purposes, to ensure family unity, or when such waiver is otherwise in the
public interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa98af6d267a84198aea35a8096ccd7fc"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to
waive the provisions of section 212(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4efbb0bcb6c14094b63c6f5ac4d34fcb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver
fine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is granted
a waiver under subparagraph (1) shall pay a $1,500 fine upon approval of the
alien's visa application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c127c5b733d42dca8a1eb37c823465a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability
of other provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections
240B(d) and 241(a)(5) shall not apply to an alien who initially seeks admission
as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb4ef1fa1552d4a018361f3d78c507701"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Renewal of
authorized admission and subsequent admissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien seeking renewal of authorized
admission or subsequent admission as a nonimmigrant under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) shall establish that the alien is not inadmissible under
section 212(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDebb725ab6d9f4451bfec7cac48727d55"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period of
authorized admission</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8961bd769122491da54482c19b1afdf8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The initial period of
authorized admission as a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a)
shall be 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfa8d8d40e4c341bdabee9d29888d51ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien may seek an extension of the
period described in paragraph (1) for 1 additional 3-year period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ab55fca38d34f9787378c501be637b3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loss of
employment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f068c9f3b3143d0a631b633e6939ec0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(c), the period of authorized admission of a nonimmigrant alien under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) shall terminate if the nonimmigrant is unemployed for 45 or
more consecutive days.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa7e95a8e903e4b59ac2f0d216dfd1005"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Return to
foreign residence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien
whose period of authorized admission terminates under subparagraph (A) shall be
required to return to the country of the alien’s nationality or last
residence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDace0a30e5467469c97af5377cee71ec5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Period of visa
validity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien, whose
period of authorized admission terminates under subparagraph (A), who returns
to the country of the alien’s nationality or last residence under subparagraph
(B), may reenter the United States on the basis of the same visa to work for an
employer, if the alien has complied with the requirements of subsection
(b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6777d5d836c84774be404172f22104bb"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Visits outside
United States</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6b05468ec2494335b6d315a160abe5f5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under regulations
established by the Secretary of Homeland Security, a nonimmigrant alien under
section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5e53d9ea02324223bafaf221312e2377"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may travel outside of the United States;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61043943eda94b9983677e3188a7a556"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be readmitted without having to obtain
a new visa if the period of authorized admission has not expired.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02515cb009f04585936939df55ebaeb8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect on
period of authorized admission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time spent outside the United States under
subparagraph (A) shall not extend the period of authorized admission in the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0755354fc2434b7e8a055dafb7d23e8d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Portability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonimmigrant alien described in this
section, who was previously issued a visa or otherwise provided nonimmigrant
status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a), may accept new employment with a
subsequent employer.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95B4BC1CB3E44D6C925970619A02A386"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Waiver of
rights prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) may not be required
to waive any rights or protections under the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78A032E13BAD419F8E76FF0EA1FFEE3A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Change of
address</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien having
nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) shall comply by
either electronic or paper notification with the change of address reporting
requirements under section 265.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86bfb15a29c44ffaa8171fc3d4f69c89"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bar to future
visas for violations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb93fa1f71f8d4b1097460d7e33f2c7c7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien having the
nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) shall not be
eligible to renew such nonimmigrant status if the alien willfully violates any
material term or condition of such status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3d91fb761e1843ddb56749dbb4057ca1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien may apply for a waiver of the
application of subparagraph (A) for technical violations, inadvertent errors,
or violations for which the alien was not at fault.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85b2986b12f34bbda3d105e6d634b888"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Collection of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All fees collected under
this section shall be deposited in the Treasury in accordance with section
286(w).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0b384294915341d4baeaa7c742480cef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment regarding presumption of nonimmigrant status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) is amended by inserting
<quote>(H)(v)(a),</quote> after <quote>(H)(i),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf5d8ded0fae642408e7ee698a9d2cdfd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 218 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFEC9E2C0042461EBCC97A9248CC3989" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 218A. Admission of
temporary H–5A
workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00249f86eb6a4d108fb46c58dee29465" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Employer
obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Employers
employing a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 301, shall comply with all
applicable Federal, State, and local laws, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFEB7B639C1848B19219E51F50F8A629"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laws affecting migrant and seasonal
agricultural workers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C24EFA69C004572BDB34CD68554A305"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements under section 274E of such
Act, as added by section 402.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc69890b5ea8f4d2bba49d3d7846dcd8f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Protection for
workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 218A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 302, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C895060314F414BB8CAF973973C4A5E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CE58B9B6B90411DBCC10A1C9D3238DD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Application of
labor and other laws</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A39D7BDB39B4860987AD1A412619D12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this subsection and in
subsections (i) through (k):</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC2EE981C1F4AB4979542E6F2BD3B41"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Employ;
employee; employer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms
<term>employ</term>, <term>employee</term>, and <term>employer</term> have the
meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 203).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id401068EA726B4FB69E6D78E0B16A968C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign labor
contractor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foreign labor contractor</term> means any person who for any compensation
or other valuable consideration paid or promised to be paid, performs any
foreign labor contracting activity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC322112E763C4F888443C5F701F2D934"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Foreign labor
contracting activity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foreign labor contracting activity</term> means recruiting, soliciting,
hiring, employing, or furnishing, an individual who resides outside of the
United States for employment in the United States as a nonimmigrant alien
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id422EEC98191F473D935042D0962E3BCD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22084B7700BE46F9802DA66266510531"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonimmigrant alien described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) is prohibited from being treated as an independent
contractor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5000388BFE1440188F43517859D39AE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no person may treat a nonimmigrant alien
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) as an independent contractor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC4BD498508941F7861D216D72F4E3FE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability
of laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonimmigrant alien
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) shall not be denied any right or any
remedy under Federal, State, or local labor or employment law that would be
applicable to a United States worker employed in a similar position with the
employer because of the alien’s status as a nonimmigrant worker.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE59FB4E0B754E308F53E30369C90D5E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tax
responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect
to each employed nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a),
an employer shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local tax and
revenue laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD67C2939A9434636BB463C3D3D3F6EDF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
in employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer
shall provide nonimmigrants issued a visa under this section with the same
wages, benefits, and working conditions that are provided by the employer to
United States workers similarly employed in the same occupation and the same
place of employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B9852B38F20483AA405E60EFB1A6D5D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>No replacement
of striking employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
employer may not hire a nonimmigrant alien described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) as a replacement worker if there is a strike or lockout in
the course of a labor dispute in the occupational classification at the place
of employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc0e29f4ebbe746028ee607138b8a707a"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Waiver of
rights prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) may not be required
to waive any rights or protections under the Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act. Nothing under this provision shall be construed to affect the
interpretation of other laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1fa4aba4261b4bcfa164134c4d3cc79d"><enum>(8)</enum><header>No threatening
of employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be a
violation of this section for an employer who has filed a petition under
section 203(b) to threaten the alien beneficiary of such a petition with
withdrawal of the application, or to withdraw such a petition in retaliation
for the beneficiary’s exercise of a right protected by the Secure America and
Orderly Immigration Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f68224796f543a8907cf5a3471c6cd3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Whistleblower
protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be
unlawful for an employer or a labor contractor of a nonimmigrant alien
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) to intimidate, threaten, restrain,
coerce, retaliate, discharge, or in any other manner, discriminate against an
employee or former employee because the employee or former employee—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e130ba85ce742168c6f3a8d8ec9d685"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">discloses information to the employer or
any other person that the employee or former employee reasonably believes
demonstrates a violation of Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5b9db10f4ad8484e9c501d7db1e558bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperates or seeks to cooperate in an
investigation or other proceeding concerning compliance with the requirements
of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0297186AC85742E0BC124A590F660930"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Labor
recruiters</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id221B784BC2E44C9AAB1FB7B006AA3C44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each employer that
engages in foreign labor contracting activity and each foreign labor contractor
shall ascertain and disclose to each such worker who is recruited for
employment the following information at the time of the worker’s
recruitment:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0D1AF156B9D476DB94D1DFC559F50D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The place of employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD8036221CE14D66B6818C440E5BD1B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The compensation for the employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF15B66812B34D42B735EBE5FDF23ACF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of employment
activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF327EFE215CE4A58AF4EDAEC7AFDAF1B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC96A4898E82F4ED6A0A3F8A1C7E8A106"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other employee benefit to be provided
and any costs to be charged for each benefit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4F9FE37D9884518AEACADCBE2F3365D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any travel or transportation expenses to be
assessed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB0C0D0A67E3D4D8299F9FB1B37777B68"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The existence of any labor organizing
effort, strike, lockout, or other labor dispute at the place of
employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70639816D3E945CDAE8E2A7D41644F1D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The existence of any arrangement with any
owner, employer, foreign contractor, or its agent where such person receives a
commission from the provision of items or services to workers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2C7BA7776BE4B028534D328C1B07A6C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which workers will be
compensated through workers’ compensation, private insurance, or otherwise for
injuries or death, including work related injuries and death, during the period
of employment and, if so, the name of the State workers’ compensation insurance
carrier or the name of the policyholder of the private insurance, the name and
the telephone number of each person who must be notified of an injury or death,
and the time period within which such notice must be given.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBF2DF36FABDA4083B126CDFB4CB3444D"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any education or training to be provided or
required, including the nature and cost of such training, who will pay such
costs, and whether the training is a condition of employment, continued
employment, or future employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57E8CB5D766145B686A252A8465297B6"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement, in a form specified by the
Secretary of Labor, describing the protections of this Act for workers
recruited abroad.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC7B1DBD1F673484B9C8902B77866F25F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>False or
misleading information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
foreign labor contractor or employer who engages in foreign labor contracting
activity shall knowingly provide material false or misleading information to
any worker concerning any matter required to be disclosed in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D0E68A2EBE54D3F899F9BCA73F00F0A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Languages</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information required to be disclosed
under paragraph (1) shall be provided in writing in English or, as necessary
and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited. The Department
of Labor shall make forms available in English, Spanish, and other languages,
as necessary, which may be used in providing workers with information required
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8657D3BAC46747D8B11B3ACA22E685E0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person conducting a foreign labor
contracting activity shall not assess any fee to a worker for such foreign
labor contracting activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C571D729AE54CBC8053C2AE292F313A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employer or foreign labor contractor
shall, without justification, violate the terms of any agreement made by that
contractor or employer regarding employment under this program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB642B0714AE64090B59A553B21B41B7D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Travel
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the foreign labor
contractor or employer charges the employee for transportation such
transportation costs shall be reasonable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB458BEA5E8464246B18279B586BDE651"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Other worker
protections</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29e823f0a015479cb0cedffed0570ef2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every 2 years, each employer shall notify
the Secretary of Labor of the identity of any foreign labor contractor engaged
by the employer in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of
the employer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID034aa015dd3c4274bc8dbc01d9f7e2ae"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Registration of
foreign labor contractors</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9765509f6c12422f8c7899429ef025c5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person shall
engage in foreign labor recruiting activity unless such person has a
certificate of registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying the
activities that such person is authorized to perform. An employer who retains
the services of a foreign labor contractor shall only use those foreign labor
contractors who are registered under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb9729b0ba1924231922f8d0f57a107c8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate regulations
to establish an efficient electronic process for the investigation and approval
of an application for a certificate of registration of foreign labor
contractors not later than 14 days after such application is filed. Such
process shall include requirements under paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of
section 1812 of title 29, United States Code, an expeditious means to update
registrations and renew certificates and any other requirements the Secretary
may prescribe.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a648d2ed84745e99527b9aea05a6096"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless suspended or revoked, a certificate
under this subparagraph shall be valid for 2 years.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe44f0dd36a4f4cb58323977a041ad53c"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Refusal to
issue; revocation; suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with regulations promulgated
by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary may refuse to issue or renew, or may
suspend or revoke, a certificate of registration under this subparagraph. The
justification for such refusal, suspension, or revocation may include the
following:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70015b7df09f458d8e4f5cbf0af93d83"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The application or holder of the
certification has knowingly made a material misrepresentation in the
application for such certificate.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00f326e9c91649f38b01742261df1b5d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant for or holder of the
certification is not the real party in interest in the application or
certificate of registration and the real party in interest is a person who has
been refused issuance or renewal of a certificate, has had a certificate
suspended or revoked, or does not qualify for a certificate under this
paragraph.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d1571c775a64810bd1459a3385b5e92"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant for or holder of the
certification has failed to comply with the Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92f646205cd44d028329881bfc41872c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Remedy for
violations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer
engaging in foreign labor contracting activity and a foreign labor contractor
that violates the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to remedies
for foreign labor contractor violations under subsections (j) and (k). If a
foreign labor contractor acting as an agent of an employer violates any
provision of this subsection, the employer shall also be subject to remedies
under subsections (j) and (k). An employer that violates a provision of this
subsection relating to employer obligations shall be subject to remedies under
this subsections (j) and (k).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfbb94b4eb630406aa0bff998fead1f0f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Employer
notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer
shall notify the Secretary of Labor any time the employer becomes aware of a
violation of this subsection by a foreign labor recruiter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID133b6b0f8c6c43ed8f8bdcd7e1007ca4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Written
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No foreign labor
contractor shall violate the terms of any written agreements made with an
employer relating to any contracting activity or worker protection under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5F6BE0E3ABD483BAC651CD81077D8F8"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Bonding
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Labor may require a foreign labor contractor under this subsection to post a
bond in an amount sufficient to ensure the protection of individuals recruited
by the foreign labor contractor. The Secretary may consider the extent to which
the foreign labor contractor has sufficient ties to the United States to
adequately enforce this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDada59faaa5444cd591642b4fc4dab207"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5E69DE3557D456588FDDC2D0A2DE8FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Labor shall prescribe regulations for the receipt, investigation, and
disposition of complaints by an aggrieved person respecting a violation of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id524508953E784681A20EA8A1E5FD4FBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this subsection, an
<term>aggrieved person</term> is a person adversely affected by the alleged
violation, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb021133bf6fb49febb6e3e35d12edd4c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a worker whose job, wages, or working
conditions are adversely affected by the violation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a12ba9496e545ca96da32d592746832"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative for workers whose jobs,
wages, or working conditions are adversely affected by the violation who brings
a complaint on behalf of such worker.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0e10498665774adbb964090f832ac651"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Filing
deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No investigation or
hearing shall be conducted on a complaint concerning a violation under this
section unless the complaint was filed not later than 12 months after the date
of such violation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03896D7F5B794C27A2CE2FEFA3FB15FC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reasonable
cause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor
shall conduct an investigation under this subsection if there is reasonable
cause to believe that a violation of this section has occurred. The process
established under this subsection shall provide that, not later than 30 days
after a complaint is filed, the Secretary shall determine if there is
reasonable cause to find such a violation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1ff23ec9231648c2bc044c123a32a8e3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notice and
hearing</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8995ECBB0A7645F1BC06B1A13133D6CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the Secretary of Labor makes a determination of reasonable cause
under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall issue a notice to the interested
parties and offer an opportunity for a hearing on the complaint, in accordance
with section 556 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1fb9d26db0a442dbdb5a3a77e9877ce"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Complaint</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Labor, after receiving
a complaint under this subsection, does not offer the aggrieved party or
organization an opportunity for a hearing under subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall notify the aggrieved party or organization of such determination and the
aggrieved party or organization may seek a hearing on the complaint in
accordance with such section 556.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a64ae5341af432da44f5a069dedfced"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Hearing
deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the date of a hearing under this paragraph, the Secretary of Labor
shall make a finding on the matter in accordance with paragraph (6).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9184070b6f5b4b7d8bb2d9ae357f0d7e"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Attorneys'
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A complainant who
prevails with respect to a claim under this subsection shall be entitled to an
award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4e9492f7491842e4a0c30f31dbed14e1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Power of the
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id399F79AF6B6343228BFDC550CB217ECE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to seek remedial action, including
injunctive relief;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id472E3A1A4F4F413C804A690E7A2249AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recover the damages described in
subsection (k); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E530A9E5EA044FDAFB412EA6C238DDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure compliance with terms and
conditions described in subsection (i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED8F45389F9743788F3E5B8063A521FA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Solicitor of
Labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 518(a) of title 28, United States Code, the Solicitor of Labor may
appear for and represent the Secretary of Labor in any civil litigation brought
under this subsection. All such litigation shall be subject to the direction
and control of the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03EEFE56FD284A4B95EF2C24053BA868"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Procedures in
addition to other rights of employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rights and remedies provided to workers
under this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
contractual or statutory rights and remedies of the workers, and are not
intended to alter or affect such rights and remedies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6e60f8a81b4d462095fc56199659fa5f"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD74FEF831EFC48EEBC2CB3889B8CD3A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, after notice and
an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary of Labor finds a violation of
subsection (h) or (i), the Secretary may impose administrative remedies and
penalties, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66CFF936593F497BA3E7DFCB25D58DBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">back wages;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F2B5F7A53C84B19B675BB166CC4C60A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fringe benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F9F0BF444E94D379112037D6FA59A52"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">civil monetary penalties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ABF32CC990A4065BD629636FE4A7FC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Labor may impose, as a civil penalty—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfe18dfe7b8574879b54eb8d0b8b6e77a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a violation of subsection (h)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0e2129632e694ea2a8fa94998615007c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fine in an amount not to exceed $2,000
per violation per affected worker;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d31f606b42d473aaa42491ad2ffcc10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the violation was willful violation, a
fine in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per violation per affected
worker;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16e158bcc7da48e0855427ff77101233"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the violation was willful and if in the
course of such violation a United States worker was harmed, a fine in an amount
not to exceed $25,000 per violation per affected worker; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a2849cfe2704bf19f5f4f1e89994ebb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a violation of subsection (i)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96ad7d16f7c0428c857da471df9f55dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fine in an amount not less than $500 and
not more than $4,000 per violation per affected worker;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67c91cc094ca4753a73982ced1ef664f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the violation was willful, a fine in an
amount not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000 per violation per affected
worker; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0b51e99e43a4fbaa08033664e599ec9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the violation was willful and if in the
course of such violation a United States worker was harmed, a fine in an amount
not less than $6,000 and not more than $35,000 per violation per affected
worker.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A213436FF40421BBADCC30FA90D194E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of civil
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All penalties
collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury in
accordance with section 286(w).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD64B1FA507AF438BA9EB704C86D90DE4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a willful and
knowing violation of subsection (i) causes extreme physical or financial harm
to an individual, the person in violation of such subsection may be imprisoned
for not more than 6 months, fined not more than $35,000 fine, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e05faaaf7764da7bf7ffa23fb4c77db" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Market-based
numerical limitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID228713dfece8470bbe1edea23b1424a2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80bfc640c72942dea76033d418b9e274"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(beginning with fiscal
year 1992)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID37d7cd7b5d884048b82802921b221d73"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting “; and”; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd692b5484aea4a569854df116b3344d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0870E65B8224C3380ECD10C466894F0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID052ed11a935740c9a954fa5a1d3235ec"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a), may not
exceed—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb4268683e2b5499aaee9f2307936eba1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">400,000 for the first fiscal year in which
the program is implemented;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID01404615df6a47b7b581b71a00f77d25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any subsequent fiscal year—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd46723009dbd46419df70a8d1f539dbe"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the total number of visas allocated for
that fiscal year are allotted within the first quarter of that fiscal year,
then an additional 20 percent of the allocated number shall be made available
immediately and the allocated amount for the following fiscal year shall
increase by 20 percent of the original allocated amount in the prior fiscal
year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0dfd70fed1854101814b2d3ba458e486"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the total number of visas allocated for
that fiscal year are allotted within the second quarter of that fiscal year,
then an additional 15 percent of the allocated number shall be made available
immediately and the allocated amount for the following fiscal year shall
increase by 15 percent of the original allocated amount in the prior fiscal
year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e8b277d62a84f60a2ee89277bb1dcc4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the total number of visas allocated for
that fiscal year are allotted within the third quarter of that fiscal year,
then an additional 10 percent of the allocated number shall be made available
immediately and the allocated amount for the following fiscal year shall
increase by 10 percent of the original allocated amount in the prior fiscal
year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4066427dfefe4e348f64942fac1160a1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the total number of visas allocated for
that fiscal year are allotted within the last quarter of that fiscal year, then
the allocated amount for the following fiscal year shall increase by 10 percent
of the original allocated amount in the prior fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd85fe30b6e764ac2804de5793e5f879b"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the exception of the first subsequent
fiscal year to the fiscal year in which the program is implemented, if fewer
visas were allotted the previous fiscal year than the number of visas allocated
for that year and the reason was not due to processing delays or delays in
promulgating regulations, then the allocated amount for the following fiscal
year shall decrease by 10 percent of the allocated amount in the prior fiscal
year.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62183821CCD7453398A060EC83607583"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2775CF9C8DCD4225AF251480E5CB3D56" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF9CF77D8D71430B96A6E5E9F0B0D3F7"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFA8719BBFA2D489889EB04E51D8B3C9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total number of visas allocated for
each fiscal year under paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F19ADF7737B49018557A481C4AA5009" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50,000 visas shall be allocated to
qualifying counties; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id797DD341A2534420A00E5F080159F21B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any of the visas allocated under clause (i)
that are not issued by June 30 of such fiscal year, may be made available to
any qualified applicant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37DA4A2C6595432BB77A4B1D8D1932C1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
this paragraph, the term <term>qualifying county</term> means any county
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id409D29FD86464CEE91B0404FB875032E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is outside a metropolitan statistical
area; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C5E811845FD418A89AFCDD0D6E9806F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the 20-year-period ending on the
last day of the calendar year preceding the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>, experienced a net out-migration of inhabitants from the
county of at least 10 percent of the population of the county at the beginning
of such period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB26F724764234BC1B1D3BDDA50F0C2CF"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In allocating visas under this subsection,
the Secretary of State may take any additional measures necessary to deter
illegal
immigration.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCDFB087D69D46EF9A9B751F88E905F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header>Adjustment to lawful
permanent resident status</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 245 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B83B39F5A084052AEA01111BF29A44A" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b94393e25ef42d8b70b053069ce3a36"><enum>(n)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id601F2ED8F1DB4E3BB19C13F9FFA03192"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of adjustment of status under
subsection (a), employment-based immigrant visas shall be made available to an
alien having nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) upon
the filing of a petition for such a visa—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf10d5d02b3ed43adaf491846c506cab6" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by
the alien’s employer; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf895b98dcc6404b82c64c56c1fedeaf" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by
the alien, if the alien has maintained such nonimmigrant status in the United
States for a cumulative total of 4 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7057d51b40f74bff86efbee39ad16bd6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien having nonimmigrant status
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) may not apply for adjustment of status
under this section unless the alien—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF4A0FB8437F40C898573C0B12E53249"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is
physically present in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6154B1D6490A4DF48AE15DBCB698F449"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien establishes that the
alien—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34D2442C674646148EFECA4280076980"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of section 312;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0528C00FA4AC4056B87C954B62620510"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is satisfactorily pursuing a course of
study to achieve such an understanding of English and knowledge and
understanding of the history and government of the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A5484D368A24765BD41C8D34F11FE7B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who demonstrates that the alien
meets the requirements of section 312 may be considered to have satisfied the
requirements of that section for purposes of becoming naturalized as a citizen
of the United States under title III.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9F1C61AE7F94C3C9019615486072076" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Filing a petition under paragraph (1) on
behalf of an alien or otherwise seeking permanent residence in the United
States for such alien shall not constitute evidence of the alien's
ineligibility for nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC7C6F16406D466C82A5E6193E744D9E" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation under section 302(d)
regarding the period of authorized stay shall not apply to any alien having
nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE59B8DFEA7C146A4AB845A2F1096D07F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
labor certification petition filed under section 203(b) on behalf of such alien
is pending; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id902C9D1192A648DFBB98DE2BAEDF7A07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an
immigrant visa petition filed under section 204(b) on behalf of such alien is
pending.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E3ADC0464AA44D8AB82347ED508C855" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
extend the stay of an alien who qualifies for an exemption under paragraph (5)
in 1-year increments until a final decision is made on the alien's lawful
permanent residence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc0a4b02d5eaa4e959cd59dc50fcc5964" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to prevent an alien having nonimmigrant status described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) from filing an application for adjustment of status under
this section in accordance with any other provision of
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C1C4EF7D34F43F280535CBB03EB05EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Essential Worker
Visa Program Task Force</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0eb98a7145564b268853d54c1e555147"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of task force</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a1210bc41cf4dd3b05fb00b1f8cc97c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established
a task force to be known as the Essential Worker Visa Program Task Force
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Task Force</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID20d9d5708c304e7f9a4b7e6cc2ccac70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Task Force are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3170683DDA44007A3663F1DD1D1F797"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to study the Essential Worker Visa Program
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>) established under
this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E9CBFAE70D443938AB680D321DC428B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make recommendations to Congress with
respect to such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9fd3dbe6b6e5465fbd02f25c946383a4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall be composed of 10
members, of whom—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8993bfd1ed0e4de699cb3fa862e0becd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be appointed by the President and
shall serve as chairman of the Task Force;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ce2c85463bd4525b1208a8fc18478e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be appointed by the leader of the
Democratic Party in the Senate, in consultation with the leader of the
Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, and shall serve as vice
chairman of the Task Force;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4beff798f4c648d6b4b44329c0829304"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be appointed by the majority leader
of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ddda04a58274c57b5c26147039f82bb"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be appointed by the minority leader
of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID842f9234332b478c861ad7155706d998"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41bee61e150c45b2ae2bb60bccf2fdad"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 shall be appointed by the minority leader
of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9af743b770884fa79efbc10f18b48ac5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualifications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf4d630d2b7594464bab93dd8584d2260"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Task
Force shall be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AD4D252DC4843E9B23531B7019672B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals with expertise in economics,
demography, labor, business, or immigration or other pertinent qualifications
or experience; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75A59320A998450FB13CEA98751E9232"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representative of a broad cross-section of
perspectives within the United States, including the public and private sectors
and academia;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa56f60e3116a46c98dcdad63ec36b308"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Political
affiliation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 5
members of the Task Force may be members of the same political party.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f1c16c0870c4596b9f641ec07aa26d1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Nongovernmental
appointees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual
appointed to the Task Force may not be an officer or employee of the Federal
Government or of any State or local government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5f4c2b3eb2ed4b0795f0753308624b5a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All members of
the Task Force shall be appointed not later than 6 months after the Program has
been implemented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F10718A08704A28817346E023B26218"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any vacancy in the Task Force shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae2f582aeaad453f8c9211057cef7082"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ECCE6254CDF4D91B814BBEDD30F793D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall
meet and begin the operations of the Task Force as soon as practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B4A9693A2B64E8DB0B7F689EC6D772C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent
meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After its initial
meeting, the Task Force shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority
of its members.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd72bf4357a844ee08bf5facc5e6535f0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Six members of the Task Force shall
constitute a quorum.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf0e8bdfcc7db4c25a37ecc6885f7edd5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall examine and make
recommendations regarding the Program, including recommendations
regarding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID227c50beafa148b5a840c39dd292ce7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and implementation of the
Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD5FEE81B2004B77905E431FA68B947F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the criteria for the admission of temporary
workers under the Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE2AD2D39DD34189AA16D48BEFDB6A53"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the formula for determining the yearly
numerical limitations of the Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF744082533C041FFB50DA91EE17A606B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the Program on
immigration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14F3F970E77849069770C9D095F7FD8B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the Program on the United
States workforce and United States businesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id822DC4F4FCD242BFAB08EC6C02C8BDFC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other matters regarding the Program
that the Task Force considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7c6711378db94ad2be646cb37f61077c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information and
assistance from Federal agencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID226d81db2086407b9ff9a12bf948e670"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information
from federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Task Force may seek directly from any Federal department or agency such
information, including suggestions, estimates, and statistics, as the Task
Force considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Upon
request of the Task Force, the head of such department or agency shall furnish
such information to the Task Force.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc5ba4d3ab7bb40ec93739f9775397e04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance from
federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator of General Services shall, on a reimbursable base, provide the
Task Force with administrative support and other services for the performance
of the Task Force's functions. The departments and agencies of the United
States may provide the Task Force with such services, funds, facilities, staff,
and other support services as they determine advisable and as authorized by
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd9a9b7520f5640518f2c29fcadffc468"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B001FC8586240D89F79ABDE5B80F9EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years
after the Program has been implemented, the Task Force shall submit a report to
Congress, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security that contains—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E40AEFDEEDB4A23A1994F19AF28CA53"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">findings with respect to the duties of the
Task Force;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BC75F97D77D4B068F0A348D339E6EB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for improving the Program;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36E8CBE5EF924BB1B0F0D00B7FEE3696"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">suggestions for legislative or
administrative action to implement the Task Force recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858DEB091BB84B438C6D8DACEEBFEEC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years
after the submission of the initial report under paragraph (1), the Task Force
shall submit a final report to Congress, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Labor, and the Secretary of Homeland Security that contains additional
findings, recommendations, and suggestions, as described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87e3ef8b606d48dea3748564a4631a00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header> Willing
worker-willing employer electronic job registry</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf3f2864e7645413fbcff80238192b43c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall direct the
coordination and modification of the national system of public labor exchange
services (commonly known as <quote>America's Job Bank</quote>) in existence on
the date of enactment of this Act to provide information on essential worker
employment opportunities available to United States workers and nonimmigrant
workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, as added by this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F478617BD0E4E558BE3A5EE9114D4CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recruitment of
United States workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before
the completion of evidence of employment for a potential nonimmigrant worker
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a), an employer shall attest that the employer has
posted in the Job Registry for not less than 30 days in order to recruit United
States workers. An employer shall maintain records for not less than 1 year
demonstrating why United States workers who applied were not hired.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5b51aa21934749479606d318c0efc322"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Oversight and
maintenance of records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Labor shall maintain electronic job registry records, as
established by regulation, for the purpose of audit or investigation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID83f96b22735644c39eb137c4c843665e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Access to job
registry</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7646fcd573fc4b698ae12c1cef07df5f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Circulation in
interstate employment service system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall ensure that
job opportunities advertised on the electronic job registry established under
this section are accessible by the State workforce agencies, which may further
disseminate job opportunity information to other interested parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7b15bb829dc144448e95ae23b8de3117"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Internet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall ensure that
the Internet-based electronic job registry established or approved under this
section may be accessed by workers, employers, labor organizations, and other
interested parties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF75B27E0B5CF40D0BD40B4A1CB43AD57" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title for the
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the last
day of the sixth fiscal year beginning after the effective date of the
regulations promulgated by the Secretary to implement this title.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10BF54B3B4A74A289D6D6F156FFE7B80" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Document and visa
requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66d8ab38b99940f09cc69585e2bc49e5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id837DCC9A03544603B1E7E80DF550E291" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76fac60e2db843649052e56af488126d" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Visas and immigration related
document requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79F7DB60B9884008A431A748A1F1B6DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visas issued by the Secretary of State and
immigration related documents issued by the Secretary of State or the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall comply with authentication and biometric standards
recognized by domestic and international standards organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFC4FF31DF8F49C597B0BC97A461B978"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such visas and documents shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id573F99C83E114D578AA3FD8AE05184C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be machine-readable and
tamper-resistant;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94F69D08967E45EEAF5F2ACF27451074"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use biometric identifiers that are
consistent with the requirements of section 303 of the Enhanced Border Security
and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1732), and represent the benefits
and status set forth in such section;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE98E44FD37DD4DBD93EF7F20DF85853B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comply with the biometric and document
identifying standards established by the International Civil Aviation
Organization; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id800CE77F88E0442CAB781FB4DE0369F9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be compatible with the United States
Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology and the employment
verification system established under section 274E.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id892D2022CC1A4B7C8FE78902440DB925"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information contained on the visas or
immigration related documents described in subparagraph (B) shall
include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A8673594A75451CAA2899BEC0E6A8D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien’s name, date and place of birth,
alien registration or visa number, and, if applicable, social security
number;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FFCA32D11BD4C4AB30609139DA51204"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien’s citizenship and immigration
status in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4F742E6DE424901893F407CF46D502A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date that such alien’s authorization to
work in the United States expires, if
appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD47ABB115C74AB0A25A73DBBDB7B099"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID732CD02BA5B948D2B17851C79F6DD372" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Employment
Eligibility Confirmation System</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4823FC7900D4E0787223ECF687869D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 8 of title II
of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(8 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 274D the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84C57AC5F1D1415798B4FDD5E33592B9" style="traditional"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD500F5EBB44846AB91EAC8F1AD5F1860" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>274E.</enum><header>Employment
eligibility</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID9A35ACEB7E0E4DF88F20B5CBBA37445E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Employment
Eligibility Confirmation System</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87ED5DFD3CC04BC08285A778F191CC83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of
Social Security, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, shall establish an Employment Eligibility Confirmation
System (referred to in this section as the <quote>System</quote>) through which
the Commissioner responds to inquiries made by employers who have hired
individuals concerning each individual's identity and employment
authorization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23D32FFD8382433B9981C0BC11642A8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintenance of
records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner
shall electronically maintain records by which compliance under the System may
be verified.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FAD733F2779480499FDD078BE24D9AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Objectives of
the system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The System
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49661f8635cf46958a8b4b7088a0361b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate the eventual transition for all
businesses from the employer verification system established in section 274A
with the System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID547f946f19f04ac094c0f6875024670d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilize, as a central feature of the
System, machine-readable documents that contain encrypted electronic
information to verify employment eligibility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9556D912AB1F4D31BE57284F3D56E330"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the evidence of employment
required under section 218A.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29F4C8A744E94FADAE7E76BCC1086D64"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Initial
response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The System shall
provide—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D60981DBADB4EF6A11648539E30E874"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">confirmation or a tentative nonconfirmation
of an individual’s identity and employment eligibility not later than 1 working
day after the initial inquiry; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F655FBC7A3B42C7B0C547657F3E68B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an appropriate code indicating such
confirmation or tentative nonconfirmation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB3AA6A9239FC4556B2C3B46D9735E394"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secondary
verification process in case of tentative nonconfirmation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADACC16AAD4C43BC85CE60E1652BBF42"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For cases of tentative nonconfirmation, the
Commissioner of Social Security, in consultation and coordination with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a secondary verification
process. The employer shall make the secondary verification inquiry not later
than 10 days after receiving a tentative nonconfirmation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B71574365F5434E9B5AA0C4A2199C8D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Discrepancies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an employee chooses to contest a
secondary nonconfirmation, the employer shall provide the employee with a
referral letter and instruct the employee to visit an office of the Department
of Homeland Security or the Social Security Administration to resolve the
discrepancy not later than 10 working days after the receipt of such referral
letter in order to obtain confirmation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D5C62C8625408FADE4C8BF0ABED549"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Failure to
contest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual’s
failure to contest a confirmation shall not constitute knowledge (as defined in
section 274a.1(l) of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID426C860866DD4BF0A8EABE4227C2FFBE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Design and
operation of system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
System shall be designed, implemented, and operated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDFF3E257103F44A398E061FCC526D185"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to maximize its reliability and ease of use
consistent with protecting the privacy and security of the underlying
information through technical and physical safeguards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID12362E3BF2EE4C0D8DA2DB3922E2DAF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow employers to verify that a newly
hired individual is authorized to be employed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6308606BED3346948C880FC5A10EBA01"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to permit individuals to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB3E3EEC5FFB434FB0E650AF82BD4B14"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">view their own records in order to ensure
the accuracy of such records; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C152901FC534378A036078148765291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contact the appropriate agency to correct
any errors through an expedited process established by the Commissioner of
Social Security, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE403749605E24E6A836E8E63EE475A92"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent discrimination based on national
origin or citizenship status under section 274B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE00834AB5E945B5B7EB6F55DA852BF9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Unlawful uses
of system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be an
unlawful immigration-related employment practice—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7486D5B41CE4544A7C57E3F8FBCDD39"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for employers or other third parties to use
the System selectively or without authorization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD42AF80A59494616820DDBD1A0A25156"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use the System prior to an offer of
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99BED3A60D664B9D9053EB5658F23CDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use the System to exclude certain
individuals from consideration for employment as a result of a perceived
likelihood that additional verification will be required, beyond what is
required for most job applicants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id697C24214B744AF1ACF75B94761ECC18"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use the System to deny certain
employment benefits, otherwise interfere with the labor rights of employees, or
any other unlawful employment practice; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44F009DDCF54460E8436C24307F85EE5"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to take adverse action against any person,
including terminating or suspending an employee who has received a tentative
nonconfirmation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA88F785A9D3D4EECB5F4F139B3DFC26B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment
Eligibility Database</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67598F0684EF4C1F9E81C562644AA861"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner of Social Security, in
consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and other
appropriate agencies, shall design, implement, and maintain an Employment
Eligibility Database (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Database</quote>) as described in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE05DF7ECB93648F8A1526572B20AE2DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Database shall include, for each
individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States, but is
authorized or seeking authorization to be employed in the United States, the
individual’s—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id422D5F08171A49B4B16C83B0090F414D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">country of origin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FD762368BB944DA8545DF39C19C0F90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">immigration status;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA1426F8FE774CDABCF8E0EB279317F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment eligibility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC09C9B34A8924A22A1213803EF3C367F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">occupation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84DE1B6AF1594CD49299B4EB9A3CE403"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">metropolitan statistical area of
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5C5BBFC4C594B26A8DC1D42A983BC88"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annual compensation paid;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA019C0E77E8B444892300F4117F766BB"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">period of employment eligibility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F15B664C9504627B80A5802E2C4EA91"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment commencement date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A9EFE850EC5409BAC27A24C650846A5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment termination date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4692877638CD494EADF279AD1828F5F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reverification
of employment eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commissioner of Social Security shall prescribe, by regulation, a system to
annually reverify the employment eligibility of each individual described in
this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DF4BF613B6E43E6B8A94CA45564EE9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by utilizing the machine-readable documents
described in section 221(a)(3); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62B6F8AEF1E74491913E8D6E617A34A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if machine-readable documents are not
available, by telephonic or electronic communication.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB4AB7BD06A3940ADAABE6D9349B320B0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id963B84C7A05E44EA8F93C964CBF0BDE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Access to
database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No officer or
employee of any agency or department of the United States, other than
individuals responsible for the verification of employment eligibility or for
the evaluation of the employment verification program at the Social Security
Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of
Labor, may have access to any information contained in the Database.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6D17D71B3C3446DB1B72B9B8135B273"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protection from
unauthorized disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information in the Database shall be
adequately protected against unauthorized disclosure for other purposes, as
provided in regulations established by the Commissioner of Social Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF651448D57074BF18F0B8EB13D24F659"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to design,
implement, and maintain the Database.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B076EC5688B42F5BBBBA7864C7E311A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Gradual
implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commissioner of Social Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of Labor shall develop a plan to phase all workers
into the Database and phase out the employer verification system established in
section 274A over a period of time that the Commissioner determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58AE1A77EBFF4F4D90EC57DCD8C22472"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Employer
responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
employer shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EC7A5A9BB1B485CA07AFBC229B8CBAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify employees and prospective employees
of the use of the System and that the System may be used for immigration
enforcement purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50245EEB4AD8448CB251850EE1F500F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">verify the identification and employment
authorization status for newly hired individuals described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) not later than 3 days after the date of hire;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id595A81D2131C407E9D92200FD4F31E07"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4A36B51FE344EFE96CC340920A4396F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a machine-readable document described in
subsection (a)(3)(B); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF9863C6559D4526BBCA80A4F73B435A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the telephonic or electronic system to
access the Database;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97F742C409DA43D7BF966C41A7D79547"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, for each employer hired, the
occupation, metropolitan statistical area of employment, and annual
compensation paid;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id831B515DCA2242E79B6096FE6042DCAA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain the code received indicating
confirmation or nonconfirmation, for use in investigations described in section
212(n)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37239F4CE5BB4A859002E2DF5D8D7939"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a copy of the employment
verification receipt to such employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77912C2B1D6A4FEE93D4935081B8C1BA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Good-Faith
compliance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA846A440843142A696E7F1C124F7091A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affirmative
defense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person or entity
that establishes good faith compliance with the requirements of this section
with respect to the employment of an individual in the United States has
established an affirmative defense that the person or entity has not violated
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA42CA1ECEFB40DB8AF261F4FA055FA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply if a person
or entity engages in an unlawful immigration-related employment practice
described in subsection
(a)(7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67E6A27560644719BC63AC1FA55D34E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interim
directive</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the
implementation of the Employment Eligibility Confirmation System (referred to
in this section as the <quote>System</quote>) established under section 274E of
the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a), the
Commissioner of Social Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, implement an interim system
to confirm employment eligibility that is consistent with the provisions of
such section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC9E8961780149139283079EE7CF7BFC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0467AFF025EE4B1F9D3114733DA703DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3
months after the last day of the second year and of the third year that the
System is in effect, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id115EC140D8C1493FBE8CA5E9B7F7237B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AB47513EE5E46B6948CA7ADBC03DFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the impact of the System
on the employment of unauthorized workers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id831CBCDB1B2C4630846AEA140DEBFFCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the accuracy of the
Employment Eligibility Database maintained by the Department of Homeland
Security and Social Security Administration databases, and timeliness and
accuracy of responses from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social
Security Administration to employers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA3CA74FFBEB4407AD53303F0FAA486A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the privacy,
confidentiality, and system security of the System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33539F1285964F509D1987CE8D7E7474"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess whether the System is being
implemented in a nondiscriminatory manner; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB2D187A913B497390C63F23E77B2FA8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include recommendations on whether or not
the System should be modified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB5AB7272AF6F47279BF4FCD208CCE71F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Improved entry and
exit data system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1365a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id263D5749D9204310B1FB02A4107DE191"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB800BE6540464DEAB33713A3D6CFEC5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D948983D1B64BE1A9A717004F88A9CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(C), by striking
<quote>Justice</quote> and inserting <quote>Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62414C7D5AD1404A978C153BD5A8E92A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FD52404CF0346F685290BB347AB2928"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F0168B2D68D4DFBA98F8EC2B9B691C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56DE75548FAC416FB5E1AF3DA5AD5382" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3809FA8670334EA28277365C45D61BE6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collects the biometric machine-readable
information from an alien’s visa or immigration-related document described in
section 221(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(a)(3)
at the time an alien arrives in the United States and at the time an alien
departs from the United States to determine if such alien is entering, or is
present in, the United States
unlawfully.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id253E8E84F69C4A8186FD8623011D8E18"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1), by striking
<quote>Departments of Justice and State</quote> and inserting <quote>Department
of Homeland Security and the Department of State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A8B758764AB42DD9B219920D3B16197" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Department of labor
investigative authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(n)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id710AFF96D16C411EA3AA8369A3CC28FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (H) as
subparagraph (J); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73061F53BAF948BDA278D232A046254C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (G) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id274BA4BD7FA74FC0A9AF919AC611DDC7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCDB510DBF1B457A945CF54194BDDBA0" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3F329B6CF5C843098FE64680326E0217"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor may initiate an
investigation of any employer that employs nonimmigrants described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) if the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id262F22FD70CE4C218AFF30F7882D791D" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifies that reasonable cause exists to
believe that the employer is out of compliance with the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> or section 274E; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3355417F66304C9E8542E73967E52726" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approves the commencement of the
investigation.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA248FE5074549AEA0B655A41C056305" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether reasonable cause
exists to initiate an investigation under this section, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1325e359cc134ae3948b116a45e3eaea"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor the Willing Worker-Willing Employer
Electronic Job Registry;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F7433173D84483886B4B97064729EE8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor the Employment Eligibility
Confirmation System, taking into consideration whether—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id483F5D2B9768404694AA9B29449D05B2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employer's submissions to the System
generate a high volume of tentative nonconfirmation responses relative to other
comparable employers;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id269BAE8864324BA0BE1624108D5B48BE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employer rarely or never screens hired
individuals;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B6122DC7AD847C2B0BBD76FCD94B6C8"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals employed by an employer rarely
or never pursue a secondary verification process as established in section
274E; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893716170A6B4A2992643239D5538F6A"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other indicators of illicit,
inappropriate or discriminatory use of the System, especially those described
in section 274E(a)(6)(D), exist; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID81d516d00d694c6c9e11df99c91f6f5c"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider any additional evidence that the
Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4dc14651484841c0b9c653462da11f16" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Absent other evidence of noncompliance, an
investigation under this subparagraph should not be initiated for lack of
completeness or obvious inaccuracies by the employer in complying with section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23F40D2E88414C4ABCF637E308F38971" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Protection of
employment rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a process
under which a nonimmigrant worker described in clause (ii)(b) or (v)(a) of
section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)) who files a nonfrivolous complaint regarding a violation of
this section and is otherwise eligible to remain and work in the United States
may be allowed to seek other appropriate employment in the United States with
an employer for a period not to exceed the maximum period of stay authorized
for that nonimmigrant classification.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAF8B4348F574A17A230E743DA464B47" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header>Increased fines for
prohibited behavior</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
274B(g)(2)(B)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324b(g)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F00C8B38F9445FBB7066576764C1D0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I), by striking <quote>not
less than $250 and not more than $2,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less
than $500 and not more than $4,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6491C71E4D60476D81984F47CFD00D6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by striking <quote>not
less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less
than $4,000 and not more than $10,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A28B25F05AE4827A5C773C932D80F37"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III), by striking <quote>not
less than $3,000 and not more than $10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not
less than $6,000 and not more than $20,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Promoting circular migration
patterns</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67fe21df8db844918bd9d00c13d5e681" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Labor migration
facilitation programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05782ad4b73c4fe983655022c4062c4d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE644B0E435642F2B9C47071C7EE16F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State is authorized to enter into an agreement to establish and administer a
labor migration facilitation program jointly with the appropriate official of a
foreign government whose citizens participate in the temporary worker program
authorized under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5feaca8d208147ea9937bdc9daaa9039"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing programs under subsection
(a), the Secretary of State shall place a priority on establishing such
programs with foreign governments that have a large number of nationals working
as temporary workers in the United States under such section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a). The Secretary shall enter into such agreements not later
than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act or as soon thereafter as
is practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E23ACC38D8F4253ABDE1A6BED4F0329"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Elements of
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A program established
under paragraph (1) may provide for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfed38faa3417416faf32c01840d3b8a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State, in conjunction with
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Labor, to confer with a
foreign government—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB7214B054F8416EA6978BC5CB83E650"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish and implement a program to
assist temporary workers from such a country to obtain nonimmigrant status
under such section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE782F083E33948B290BD85CD042C4CFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish programs to create economic
incentives for aliens to return to their home country;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID469c0120dc834af7b81792afe67282ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the foreign government to monitor the
participation of its nationals in such a temporary worker program, including
departure from and return to a foreign country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b88ad3a82e04b2a99f08575a175d466"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the foreign government to develop and
promote a reintegration program available to such individuals upon their return
from the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf7f45ce66dfb44568351fe1c05233ce8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the foreign government to promote or
facilitate travel of such individuals between the country of origin and the
United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbe1d02c763274338ad8d971376b59620"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other matters that the foreign
government and United States find appropriate to enable such individuals to
maintain strong ties to their country of origin.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFEDA46BA305C4ED09E88D78086B9F28D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Bilateral efforts
with Mexico to reduce migration pressures and costs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEE52F6C4E93453086E4AB8F329FC6FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE5104231E2D14D0E82BC8123B99874A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Migration from Mexico to the United States
is directly linked to the degree of economic opportunity and the standard of
living in Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD80755FFFF947C9A1D29B2BA590DEBD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mexico comprises a prime source of
migration to the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC311B0CE97C04CAD81F5AC968504048D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remittances from Mexican citizens working
in the United States reached a record high of nearly $17,000,000,000 in
2004.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB98A2D5D5B8C4E19BDDD121A3F7FE892"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Migration patterns may be reduced from
Mexico to the United States by addressing the degree of economic opportunity
available to Mexican citizens.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48310FE1550041BEA6C4B3BF3254019F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Many Mexican assets are held extra-legally
and cannot be readily used as collateral for loans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61BF7BA1D5404E02BE3E6B93712CEB24"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of Mexican businesses are small
or medium size with limited access to financial capital.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35D0364D06DD4227AC26451A392490C9"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">These factors constitute a major impediment
to broad-based economic growth in Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB084E563A54A478D8254FA1E9595FC65"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approximately 20 percent of Mexico’s
population works in agriculture, with the majority of this population working
on small farms and few on large commercial enterprises.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB337C377BE09419E97EADE9A94844F82"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Partnership for Prosperity is a
bilateral initiative launched jointly by the President of the United States and
the President of Mexico in 2001, which aims to boost the social and economic
standards of Mexican citizens, particularly in regions where economic growth
has lagged and emigration has increased.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID011510DDBC0F4BBC8F8049D778DA034A"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Presidents of Mexico and the United
States and the Prime Minister of Canada, at their trilateral summit on March
23, 2005, agreed to promote economic growth, competitiveness, and quality of
life in the agreement on Security and Prosperity Partnership of North
America.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2295ED1A8E264BA08202177487E8FA5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding Partnership for Prosperity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United
States and Mexico should accelerate the implementation of the Partnership for
Prosperity to help generate economic growth and improve the standard of living
in Mexico, which will lead to reduced migration, by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCC15616AC73242F28A5EDC037F98C1D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing access for poor and under served
populations in Mexico to the financial services sector, including credit
unions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF58CBDDDF96C434CB62CB8AD7DC71E8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting Mexican efforts to formalize its
extra-legal sector, including the issuance of formal land titles, to enable
Mexican citizens to use their assets to procure capital;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDACEA2308549043D187A35E5372627458"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitating Mexican efforts to establish
an effective rural lending system for small- and medium-sized farmers that
will—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B721D7CA2F24106B33D67E9EBC3BA55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide long term credit to
borrowers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E35190985FF48FAB3996D11B4EDDDEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a viable network of regional and
local intermediary lending institutions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id911D4C6261EA4B31B3F6C92417F38B01"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extend financing for alternative rural
economic activities beyond direct agricultural production;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0028FFDC08B242C9AB4DD6B261B9FD48"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expanding efforts to reduce the transaction
costs of remittance flows in order to increase the pool of savings available to
help finance domestic investment in Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID360F38EE037B43B78B3D5585EFD612D5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging Mexican corporations to adopt
internationally recognized corporate governance practices, including
anti-corruption and transparency principles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDADAD1A75BCF24A6299D10897DCCF9B6A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhancing Mexican efforts to strengthen
governance at all levels, including efforts to improve transparency and
accountability, and to eliminate corruption, which is the single biggest
obstacle to development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9DAC113699A44982806D34D31D31385A"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting the Government of Mexico in
implementing all provisions of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
(ratified by Mexico on May 27, 1997) and urging the Government of Mexico to
participate fully in the Convention’s formal implementation monitoring
mechanism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE9049930A2AD4C7BAF2B9EE78074BCF3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">helping the Government of Mexico to
strengthen education and training opportunities throughout the country, with a
particular emphasis on improving rural education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD2DC235378714F31823EF9ABD44559BC"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging the Government of Mexico to
create incentives for persons who have migrated to the United States to return
to Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1B9A7CCAE2A4D28A7F7B6313BB16EA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding Bilateral Partnership on Health Care</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
Government of the United States and the Government of Mexico should enter into
a partnership to examine uncompensated and burdensome health care costs
incurred by the United States due to legal and illegal immigration,
including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC095BA81DAA745D192D5BF0604E5E9AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing health care access for poor and
under served populations in Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC29C8C0673DA4B19A657A6C1E368AED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting Mexico in increasing its
emergency and trauma health care facilities along the border, with emphasis on
expanding prenatal care in the United States–Mexico border region;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1161CF429CC341A792FA3BA5C418C78A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitating the return of stable,
incapacitated workers temporarily employed in the United States to Mexico in
order to receive extended, long-term care in their home country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBB6B1B3A798C48AB9EAA5268B73DEE3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">helping the Government of Mexico to
establish a program with the private sector to cover the health care needs of
Mexican nationals temporarily employed in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Family unity and backlog reduction</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50ca9f19290b453f83ec71b699ce6a3b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Elimination of
existing backlogs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04E74E95C60B48A9901A6C961388EA4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Family-Sponsored
immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(c) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0703086FBD843C79F1F759C632B2581" style="traditional">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id753772D78F824E4C8214FA075F9CB866"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The worldwide level of family-sponsored
immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55ca8f31911a44e5b34a1770a52dbd01"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">480,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa2ff48de6a7e457e8c3c2fe1f843e4e8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between the maximum number
of visas authorized to be issued under this subsection during the previous
fiscal year and the number of visas issued during the previous fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C46622FD7E94AF499ABA9AF2A116030"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB9BDD0459384C0180E130EE567E1DA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum number of visas authorized to
be issued under this subsection during fiscal years 2001 through 2005 minus the
number of visas issued under this subsection during those years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66B267C9731D4EC9873B6CC16442F289"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of visas described in
subparagraph (A) that were issued after fiscal year
2005.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75e30453a1724688a813e5ed3d16d00c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment-Based
immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(d) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id658750E4B8404812909D079EB0C0D8AF" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05ca644c15f14410aa4cc5a48ad1f30a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of employment-Based immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The worldwide level of employment-based
immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf10f61d097f4b0c8643d90d5f66df5d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">290,000;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb51f790dd3247f4bb2d45e013d8772e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between the maximum number
of visas authorized to be issued under this subsection during the previous
fiscal year and the number of visas issued during the previous fiscal year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD570A836637845128FD5638541A0B0A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C5A6CA06EC3467A9C2156C667FE8D9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum number of visas authorized to
be issued under this subsection during fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and the
number of visa numbers issued under this subsection during those years;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35B900E7388645838A1E667D5A23A398"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of visas described in
subparagraph (A) that were issued after fiscal year
2005.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a49830b912848418a2da149262fb4cc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header>Country
limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE87A0315BB734A55AC809E58ACFFE53E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB221A2BAE24B44398D19F01F273B4CD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, (4), and (5)</quote>
and inserting <quote>and (4)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CBA729E30C8465F8D58050EAA1FABF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>7 percent (in the case
of a single foreign state) or 2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent
(in the case of a single foreign state) or 5 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB056B02A69D4FB59EAF579947F79C88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe1826be204b1476fb4f5a8a38461ad5f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Allocation of
immigrant visas</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DAEC41FA0A4A23A6307857299E9CB8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38660E0261564F07A790BD5BEEF0D12F" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDef72fe61a3d34b138116040e859da2c5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preference
allocations for family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aliens subject to the worldwide level
specified in section 201(c) for family-sponsored immigrants shall be allocated
visas as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42E79493F03A414397E2ED57730D3E87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unmarried sons
and daughters of citizens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified immigrants who are the unmarried
sons or daughters of citizens of the United States shall be allocated visas in
a quantity not to exceed 10 percent of such worldwide level plus any visas not
required for the class specified in paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9c7c2320d99644a1912c48b71ed3d79b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Spouses and
unmarried sons and daughters of permanent resident aliens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visas in a quantity not to exceed 50
percent of such worldwide level plus any visas not required for the class
specified in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to qualified immigrants—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID162ea6dc74684986a9d0586251b57096"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are the spouses or children of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, which visas shall constitute not
less than 77 percent of the visas allocated under this paragraph; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID853a842c34a24ebc801b84acd2f455a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are the unmarried sons or daughters of
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb46be8efff884c84a231c175a2532d32"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Married sons
and daughters of citizens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified immigrants who are the married
sons and daughters of citizens of the United States shall be allocated visas in
a quantity not to exceed 10 percent of such worldwide level plus any visas not
required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb0df594a35a544769c0b7aa92f83c774"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Brothers and
sisters of citizens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified
immigrants who are the brothers or sisters of citizens of the United States who
are at least 21 years of age shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to
exceed 30 percent of the worldwide level plus any visas not required for the
classes specified in paragraphs (1) through
(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe9e2d4c56af64ca4a27d9c83abb45b48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for employment-based immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71D5E86963EB4380A148508F4FE95BAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>28.6
percent</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd579d5228b024cb3a55068246a89d58e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
<quote>28.6 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5e03eb8f476f4467a57ca780caec27b0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF004F4CDBDE4EDAAD8DC1761B3ADFBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>28.6 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>35 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF72E1534218449B68A910880BB29FF47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb2b8b368a6a743e7ba7d40ed8619f8e1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a84d8ac00e04c7294bfb0cd4e4c191c"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
(4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EC467E8DA7A4A66A9F63BBB284A1553"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated, by
striking <quote>7.1 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5
percent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID322e1493a5f546a58a17e8f83d34284e"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4), as
redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE8BF0EF92E4A30A02DA4AFED973005" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c3599aa29bc4836ba65c847f29ec764"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other
workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visas shall be made
available, in a number not to exceed 30 percent of such worldwide level, plus
any visa numbers not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1)
through (4), to qualified immigrants who are capable, at the time of
petitioning for classification under this paragraph, of performing unskilled
labor that is not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified
workers are determined to be unavailable in the United States, or to
nonimmigrants under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd5ae7bdd8cd74155b43708f7468361fb"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC42BB40D175642CB9D6F7E78AB73F81B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DDD9FF9BD7846018DF82A5603DA2599"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
special immigrant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
101(a)(27)(M) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(M))
is amended by striking <quote>subject to the numerical limitations of section
203(b)(4),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7991C0E7E6B4D48B47590FDE45CAEF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal of
temporary reduction in workers' visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment
and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa2c38a0c3d0b45b9815131b0a0ae223f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header> Relief for children
and widows</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C4195D3D66B47E1826C7EF6AA06B48B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking <quote>spouses, and parents of a
citizen of the United States</quote> and inserting <quote>(and their children
who are accompanying or following to join them), the spouses (and their
children who are accompanying or following to join them), and the parents of a
citizen of the United States (and their children who are accompanying or
following to join them)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F1E07276BA54265AF56CFB0E0228318"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154 (a)(1)(A)(ii) is amended by inserting
<quote>or an alien child or alien parent described in the third sentence of
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote> after <quote>section
201(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID112e075163b94db994bc84b399fdeed7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93C13A66710248A187AEAFFA0C08A1AB" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id758A73BF560E4D0FA6A1CC8865AA6F10"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Applications
for adjustment of status by surviving spouses, children, and parents</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67c418dbbfc94f42b2c5e97a5c355b5b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subsections (a) and (c) (except subsection (c)(6)), any alien described in
paragraph (2) who applied for adjustment of status prior to the death of the
qualifying relative, may have such application adjudicated as if such death had
not occurred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e96789878224d29800b971e8a7fa5fe"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alien
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien described
in this paragraph is an alien who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17a21d3ba77848f5a4e9d18b50a31479"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an immediate relative (as defined in
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2aa43b8f2c8643fcb9fa03190c8f4842"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a family-sponsored immigrant (as
described in subsection (a) or (d) of section 203);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe6f6edb85ad74bb0894b92598898b505"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a derivative beneficiary of an
employment-based immigrant under section 203(b), as described in section
203(d); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDab103937a8b24704a0ea11fab173d57d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a derivative beneficiary of a diversity
immigrant (as described in section
203(c)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe9e8e817b82245cbb150d19c7f63f7ba"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transition
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding a
denial of an application for adjustment of status not more than 2 years before
the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of an alien whose qualifying
relative died before the date of enactment of this Act, such application may be
renewed by the alien through a motion to reopen, without fee, filed not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb322682a39af4ea4b51a62c6504f24e4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>Amending the
affidavit of support requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 213A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEA8DD72EDC24DE99343B10E0A0AD964"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking
<quote>125</quote> and inserting <quote>100</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55dd1ed5b74a4a3ca24c15288167a8a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking
<quote>125</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>100</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34A475FC480C4E18B0D0E127B03464DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header>Discretionary
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(i) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(i)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE6611E1B8CD4D099C51496F22F929D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E93D417D627492980CE5DFFF7E74D39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16B5A609DD1443609B2A57786EA554AD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID838b80af991b4c7bb4094e16390065e9"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5E27B1CA7C3D436EBA05B727DF47FA53"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may
waive the application of subsection (a)(6)(C)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1935BA1E49D64B20BF96B4CA67931EE6" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an immigrant who is the
spouse, parent, son, or daughter of a United States citizen or of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if the Secretary of Homeland
Security determines that the refusal of admission to the United States of such
immigrant alien would result in extreme hardship to the citizen or lawfully
resident spouse, child, son, daughter, or parent of such an alien; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA55C138FD44E4181AA3F3724A1B2EAD9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an alien granted
classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause
(ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B), the alien demonstrates extreme hardship
to the alien or the alien's parent or child if, such parent or child is a
United States citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or a qualified
alien.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0BFBFB7DD6A465BA8B3FA659A9F1A7A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
alien who is granted a waiver under subparagraph (A) shall pay a $2,000
fine.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA38E2D471E484DC3BC5B087DF8371320" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header>Family
unity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(a)(9) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D0C4895E949420EBD5098E07DBA56E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(iii)(I), by striking
<quote>18</quote> and inserting <quote>21</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id993F383038C94982A71FF0A42E86FFA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id952B4FD63B4A4221882FCDBA06345FCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subclauses (1) and (2) as
subclauses (I) and (II); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64FD15E21156483FAF94A0B2364FE478"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), as redesignated, by
redesignating items (A), (B), (C), and (D) as items (aa), (bb), (cc), and (dd);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17E21B283AD54CCF9F02D6536A305A74"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEF7EDF73EBF41739BE15DD9131A53F5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFB004FDBE15427D95037ECF3CF5026D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30388C5193994C3E87463BD2F2BF6B81"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
waive the application of subparagraphs (B) and (C) for an alien who is a
beneficiary of a petition filed under sections 201 and 203 if such petition was
filed on or before the date of introduction of
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA682C05B4A294FBD9333047B85C32AC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is granted a waiver under
clause (i) shall pay a $2,000
fine.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>H–5b nonimmigrants</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID483789C864DB481E8F4B4158185C690E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>H–5B
nonimmigrants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2B3656ACEE10436DB8D6EC5E793A301B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title II
of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 250 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID623614F7E0CE4286AEC090A916393579" style="traditional"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74CFA059B86747AC9A8648DF3F44EB41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>250A.</enum><header>H–5b nonimmigrants</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID0040A540E752403198930EFE3B2AF905"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall adjust the status of an alien to that of a nonimmigrant
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b) if the alien—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04250C7D600F4D0485486E6E332BA738"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submits an application for such adjustment;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBF590563866E4B0D899091635F8B94CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID139DB0C7E947440EB231657D6C0A7AE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presence in the
United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien shall
establish that the alien—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A5624EB38EB42C0B4FDFE9DA394C4BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was present in the United States before the
date on which the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act</short-title> was introduced, and has been continuously in the
United States since such date; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9869EF57E91F4B6C8A61EDD4E083DA48"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not legally present in the United
States on the date on which the <short-title>Secure
America and Orderly Immigration Act</short-title> was introduced under any
classification set forth in section 101(a)(15).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID144ECBC452334CCD80CEE8272DAD7256"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Spouses and
children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, if the person
is otherwise eligible under subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621BF090365C4FD1A0ECFC59DDA13756"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjust the status to that of a nonimmigrant
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b) for, or provide a nonimmigrant visa to, the
spouse or child of an alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD0298B550844BA89994A4674D3740E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjust the status to that of a nonimmigrant
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b) for an alien who, before the date on which
the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> was introduced in Congress, was the spouse or child of an
alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b), or
is eligible for such status, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBAEB480D2A524420B67AD5E69D04B503"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the termination of the qualifying
relationship was connected to domestic violence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF74F325AFEC24D8C9943448F72054A64"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spouse or child has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty by the spouse or parent alien who is provided
nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88F9D034BA044D269A4EA034B81CC784"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
criteria</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92EDC013113347AF956193E5A08E29DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may be
granted nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b), or granted
status as the spouse or child of an alien eligible for such status under
subsection (c), if the alien establishes that the alien—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D38746F270E4096875D2AF8A93BE148"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not inadmissible to the United States
under section 212(a), except as provided in paragraph (2); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4435CF0609044A99D42EB128A3D0DBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not ordered, incited, assisted, or
otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race,
religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political
opinion.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B0795DF7E42421EB3A60AC556A21E8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grounds of
inadmissibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
determining an alien’s admissibility under paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID507244F6062348BBA1BE5DD6A1191963"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraphs (5), (6)(A), (6)(B), (6)(C),
(6)(F), (6)(G), (7), (9), and (10)(B) of section 212(a) shall not apply for
conduct that occurred before the date on which the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> was introduced;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEA1A34EE8FE4405AE1B312D369AD395"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Homeland Security may not
waive—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCD2A9A605184FDE9A7F4F7554808F72"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (E), (G), (H),
or (I) of section 212(a)(2) (relating to criminals);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID213EFF637CB84CB4B8942ABB90E43DC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 212(a)(3) (relating to security and
related grounds); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4478BB286F0142669FFD21127E804975"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (A) or (C) of section
212(a)(10) (relating to polygamists and child abductors);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA26FA35231F8433483E7E4F44937830E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for conduct that occurred before the date
on which the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act</short-title> was introduced, the Secretary of Homeland
Security may waive the application of any provision of section 212(a) not
listed in subparagraph (B) on behalf of an individual alien for humanitarian
purposes, to ensure family unity, or when such waiver is otherwise in the
public interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD74F1FA87B9C452FA47AD0FFCA753AD6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security
other than under this paragraph to waive the provisions of section
212(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID363888866BAB4CEAA331E56A30C9974A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability
of other provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections
240B(d) and 241(a)(5) shall not apply to an alien who is applying for
adjustment of status in accordance with this title for conduct that occurred
before the date on which the <short-title>Secure America
and Orderly Immigration Act</short-title> was introduced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID07310D697A684F8A9F3018008161D982"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Employment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B7CBFFD25A14810B6D1FF882170583F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security may not adjust the status of an alien to that of a
nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b) unless the alien establishes
that the alien—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2536B98792E4B959969B8B5BB3A12F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was employed in the United States, whether
full time, part time, seasonally, or self-employed, before the date on which
the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> was introduced; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB793E6E7BB324E6E805AF8E1D51B8615"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been employed in the United States
since that date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF624A6F74B084E23A877500E8EABD955"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evidence of
employment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40CFEA44CEBE4B468869B9E714E1455C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conclusive
documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may
conclusively establish employment status in compliance with paragraph (1) by
submitting to the Secretary of Homeland Security records demonstrating such
employment maintained by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57CE93419DB9453599D76BDEA89B3051"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Social Security Administration,
Internal Revenue Service, or by any other Federal, State, or local government
agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73B68BBB7E244DFCA53A965C35764A7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employer; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B8A8BEF3A794576A7F92B8320D4CC69"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a labor union, day labor center, or an
organization that assists workers in matters related to employment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0E9E96906AD74321BB65532F578BDECF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is
unable to submit a document described in clauses (i) through (iii) of
subparagraph (A) may satisfy the requirement in paragraph (1) by submitting to
the Secretary at least 2 other types of reliable documents that provide
evidence of employment, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID336DE412F41348E99A1224447630A10A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bank records;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7880AA3D76C347F1BCB99C4121BEE680"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">business records;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7C39DBDE4C514E4EA7C7BB8546BF47D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sworn affidavits from nonrelatives who have
direct knowledge of the alien’s work; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75FBD02F740B40F1AF8C7A518D2AEC88"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remittance records.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86F76AAE14FC4EEEA4A12FBD5BAC6717"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intent of
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the intent of
Congress that the requirement in this subsection be interpreted and implemented
in a manner that recognizes and takes into account the difficulties encountered
by aliens in obtaining evidence of employment due to the undocumented status of
the alien.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF6DDEC68B8264AE88EB729EC34DBA4CD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Burden of
proof</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien described in
paragraph (1) who is applying for adjustment of status under this section has
the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the alien has
satisfied the requirements of this subsection. An alien may meet such burden of
proof by producing sufficient evidence to demonstrate such employment as a
matter of reasonable inference.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B5622D63F874BEEBD5446F00DD6AD75"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special rules
for minors and individuals who entered as minors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employment requirements under this
section shall not apply to any alien under 21 years of age.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30014955598E480CB5B22D5B747E8F12"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Education
permitted</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may
satisfy the employment requirements under this section, in whole or in part, by
full-time attendance at—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAA9EAF1BA27475FBB9AFBDC68F1C462"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education (as
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001));
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0BAC728B20D43B788403338AB9B54D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a secondary school (as defined in section
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80326FFB011F4EFBA7418DB8B143EA02"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Security and
law enforcement background checks</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19F90D00914E40498892D52EACA1A38A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of
fingerprints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may not
be granted nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b), or granted
status as the spouse or child of an alien eligible for such status under
subsection (c), unless the alien submits fingerprints in accordance with
procedures established by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID391FC2237448442CA6852500F9734F83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Background
checks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall utilize fingerprints and other data provided by the
alien to conduct a background check of such alien relating to criminal,
national security, or other law enforcement actions that would render the alien
ineligible for adjustment of status as described in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0EBDA99D351348AB9945C2E46AE8BF6E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expeditious
processing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The background
checks required under paragraph (2) shall be conducted as expeditiously as
possible.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99966C7184364BD4991FDE63C7C2840F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Period of
authorized stay and application fee and fine</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5DC573D5C6734E3388866EC100493CBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Period of
authorized stay</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBA30956A05F4364832E9D5F3498C39B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of
authorized stay for a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b)
shall be 6 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75FCF33ADE2B4609A2CFD30A75775A5E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may not
authorize a change from such nonimmigrant classification to any other immigrant
or nonimmigrant classification until the termination of the 6-year period
described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary may only extend such period to
accommodate the processing of an application for adjustment of status under
section 245B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC805F69D4EDF4666B519B4F3B7A2FE08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application
fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall impose a fee for filing an application for adjustment of status
under this section. Such fee shall be sufficient to cover the administrative
and other expenses incurred in connection with the review of such
applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E6FFC2F070B4DA6B900706670BCF411"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fines</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67EA25A809DE43D4AD22F6EEBE73F6E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
fee required under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may accept
an application for adjustment of status under this section only if the alien
pays a $1,000 fine.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC94DC5E64CEC47D1A88A24F20A9CDFA5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fines paid under this paragraph shall not
be required from an alien under the age of 21.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1186D0E6090149FEA6BC9EF068CF610A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collection of
fees and fines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All fees and
fines collected under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury in
accordance with section 286(w).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8DFD6AD9B9D04A8AAE7E23B8B6C74BD8"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Treatment of
applicants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3BBFA7EBCAA843F6A0AD8DC2E8607DEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who files an
application under this section, including the alien’s spouse or child—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C79ACE0B55B45459036488EB9DF2A69"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be granted employment authorization
pending final adjudication of the alien’s application for adjustment of
status;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCD74D3DA06DA45AD8A2596392E7EB1B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be granted permission to travel
abroad;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7EA6AD66CFBE40B2A87ECA7CFEF2404B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be detained, determined
inadmissible or deportable, or removed pending final adjudication of the
alien’s application for adjustment of status, unless the alien, through conduct
or criminal conviction, becomes ineligible for such adjustment of status;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID395E1D97C9DE4EA78531BDA117FF81C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not be considered an unauthorized alien
(as defined in section 274A(h)(3)) until employment authorization under
subparagraph (A) is denied.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID64D71E55EEAF4BE2A91A52A0F9771C2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Before
application period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an
alien is apprehended after the date of enactment of this section, but before
the promulgation of regulations pursuant to this section, and the alien can
establish prima facie eligibility as a nonimmigrant under section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the alien
with a reasonable opportunity, after promulgation of regulations, to file an
application for adjustment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3058D926F5744D0BA9AA0C8B040AFEA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>During certain
proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any provision of this Act, an alien who is in removal proceedings shall have an
opportunity to apply for adjustment of status under this title unless a final
administrative determination has been made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11D186CBE66446029D91B0939A6F5420"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Relationships
of application to certain orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is present in the United
States and has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart
voluntarily from the United States under any provision of this Act may,
notwithstanding such order, apply for adjustment of status in accordance with
this section. Such an alien shall not be required to file a separate motion to
reopen, reconsider, or vacate the exclusion, deportation, removal, or voluntary
departure order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security grants the application,
the Secretary shall cancel such order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security
renders a final administrative decision to deny the application, such order
shall be effective and enforceable to the same extent as if the application had
not been made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48712B44213D4E769C6AEF1182CA35D5"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Administrative
and judicial review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB921443EF5FC4119B5225A2395249E95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D043DB40B1143428DD50A07CCF2C8E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Single level of
administrative appellate review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish an appellate authority within the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services to provide for a single level of administrative appellate
review of a determination respecting an application for adjustment of status
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9D84CE5622C48BA916AFA65A2EDA3F7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Standard for
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
appellate review referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be based solely upon the
administrative record established at the time of the determination on the
application and upon the presentation of additional or newly discovered
evidence during the time of the pending appeal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17F80F73DFEF44AD8D26E1C5EE4A818C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67861E419C7F4F0396B776B03B5ED3E7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be
judicial review in the Federal courts of appeal of the denial of an application
for adjustment of status under this section. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the standard for review of such a denial shall be governed by
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEF5E5E5222D4504B9E384A4BF35D2CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Standard for
judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial
review of a denial of an application under this section shall be based solely
upon the administrative record established at the time of the review. The
findings of fact and other determinations contained in the record shall be
conclusive unless the applicant can establish abuse of discretion or that the
findings are directly contrary to clear and convincing facts contained in the
record, considered as a whole.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9211E42714BF4BF8AD3A6B4739D9CE9D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Jurisdiction of
courts</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75A446BEDF1249049EB2F094573C48B0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction over any cause or claim arising from a pattern or practice of the
Secretary of Homeland Security in the operation or implementation of this
section that is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise contrary to law, and may
order any appropriate relief.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D8549770D9419CBC91A437236B20F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Remedies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A district court may order any appropriate
relief under clause (i) if the court determines that resolution of such cause
or claim will serve judicial and administrative efficiency or that a remedy
would otherwise not be reasonably available or practicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1322E7CC69F346D9A9D8E94295135932"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stay of
removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aliens seeking
administrative or judicial review under this subsection shall not be removed
from the United States until a final decision is rendered establishing
ineligibility under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63E7E9433054419E8670C019B9A7433E"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Confidentiality
of information</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6840EEC707E43AAB54E90E7B332F8CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, no Federal agency or bureau, nor any officer,
employee, or agent of such agency or bureau, may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2360B53E93234F29811BDF289EC20CCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the information furnished by the
applicant pursuant to an application filed under this section for any purpose
other than to make a determination on the application;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BF45B16BEB94794AEEC03C90A1E7EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make any publication through which the
information furnished by any particular applicant can be identified; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5568DDDF96BC40CE91EA30AEA4AFE5D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permit anyone other than the sworn officers
and employees of such agency or bureau to examine individual
applications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DA58E56E33646FF94E9283F084874F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required
disclosures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall provide the information furnished pursuant to an
application filed under this section, and any other information derived from
such furnished information, to a duly recognized law enforcement entity in
connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution or a national security
investigation or prosecution, in each instance about an individual suspect or
group of suspects, when such information is requested in writing by such
entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF95E412AF42C44ACA71E5564FCF807BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who
knowingly uses, publishes, or permits information to be examined in violation
of this subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE876E98AE01B42268F6212245A4346D1"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Penalties for
false statements in applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BC7AAD7E9474549A4FBF7BCB97BE8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0033BF4FCA5743519F0D3491E4262D86"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any person—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB81EE7FD0462422C9B73AC91AFF4E8D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to file or assist in filing an application
for adjustment of status under this section and knowingly and willfully
falsify, misrepresent, conceal, or cover up a material fact or make any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or make or use any
false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statement or entry; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DD509487F494E6B985749D70436483D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to create or supply a false writing or
document for use in making such an application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88B50FE4DD794BB28917D643CC108B48"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who violates subparagraph (A)
shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE605B7B68D04341B33D62E664E9C994"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inadmissibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is convicted of a crime under
paragraph (1) shall be considered to be inadmissible to the United States on
the ground described in section 212(a)(6)(C)(i).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74972E3F82DA4B8EA1AA697ACCD25577"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), any
alien or other entity (including an employer or union) that submits an
employment record that contains incorrect data that the alien used in order to
obtain such employment before the date on which the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title> is introduced, shall not, on that ground, be determined to
have violated this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60103546C42A4EE8ABC73A39356EE567"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality
Act</act-name> (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 250 the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFF0183DCE0E74878884EDC2CCC91618F" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 250A. H–5B
nonimmigrants.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB9D3D446105E4DED959F8395C5913294" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header>Adjustment of status
for H–5B nonimmigrants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E5BF66FA9CA40A59D29907A70D626D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 5 of title II
of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 245A the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id009017CA7EDA44F098AADE1F816B5389" style="traditional">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID990B371060274ED1A501329AF8287BE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>245B.</enum><header>Adjustment of status of former h–5b nonimmigrant to that of
person admitted for lawful permanent residence</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA3889A1BD955449197D83F00D4B9EB48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall adjust the status of an
alien from nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b) to that of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section if the alien
satisfies the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFDCF3D23252F425FBA12956C17DBE448"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Completion of
employment or education requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien establishes that the alien has
been employed in the United States, either full time, part time, seasonally, or
self-employed, or has met the education requirements of subsection (f) or (g)
of section 250A during the period required by section 250A(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4BD5FA1B1794532A588B2AB3A0FCECE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish regulations
for the timely filing and processing of applications for adjustment of status
for nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4EC0C43D0584D6083C32111A1C397CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application and
fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien who applies for
adjustment of status under this section shall pay the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF64DF3E20534FBF82DA28E1CEB0C06B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who files an
application under section 245B of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration
and Nationality Act</act-name>, shall pay an application fee, set by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599C37D96A974D46B91D037E79BBC5E1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
fine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the adjudication
of an application for adjustment of status filed under this section, an alien
who is at least 21 years of age shall pay a fine of $1,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1CA2F7406EF24702A654F1B5B21A9AEF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Admissible
under immigration laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
alien establishes that the alien is not inadmissible under section 212(a),
except for any provision of that section that is not applicable or waived under
section 250A(d)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID022008BB6FDF4FADA33BD0934EF290D6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Medical
examination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien shall
undergo, at the alien’s expense, an appropriate medical examination (including
a determination of immunization status) that conforms to generally accepted
professional standards of medical practice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2E8C090A2A4A425DB494392D21572240"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payment of
income taxes</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDEA7BAF0052445388D528D40E8DCC650"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the
date on which status is adjusted under this section, the alien shall establish
the payment of all Federal income taxes owed for employment during the period
of employment required by section 250A(e) by establishing that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86FA76AD458A4177B1778D6A6012D444"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no such tax liability exists;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE2A0D120881542EDA773C739E7208A02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all outstanding liabilities have been met;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF827A24A3D434EDA85CA8CA1D642A4FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien has entered into an agreement for
payment of all outstanding liabilities with the Internal Revenue
Service.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0F003ED0842F4DFB936585450C9D985A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>IRS
cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner
of Internal Revenue shall provide documentation to an alien upon request to
establish the payment of all income taxes required by this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E7AD55B14454BAAA6A80D6272E306A9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Basic
citizenship skills</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4057818A6494B528DDC45B422D47950"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the alien shall establish that the alien—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA417C966CB8E480088831DD08B68C756"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of section 312;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11DE4647DFC946B18DE1C4A03FA7ECDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is satisfactorily pursuing a course of
study to achieve such an understanding of English and knowledge and
understanding of the history and government of the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24363DD3BA774E16809D6A55395C8092"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relation to
naturalization examination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
alien who demonstrates that the alien meets the requirements of section 312 may
be considered to have satisfied the requirements of that section for purposes
of becoming naturalized as a citizen of the United States under title
III.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D4CCA4FC6844C9EB0E9B57EF969D44E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Security and
law enforcement background checks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a security and
law enforcement background check in accordance with procedures described in
section 250A(h).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4A195689F934508A0F0D91AC2A72CC8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Military
selective service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The alien
shall establish that if the alien is within the age period required under the
Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="uscapp/50/451">50 U.S.C. App. 451</external-xref> et seq.), that
such alien has registered under that Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA933FB2D88044CFC964FD75C8C1369F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
spouses and children</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A185922C85F41C1A0F2DF312B897515"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC98D9ACFF0F24A8FA7D408F59FC2364E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjust the status to that of a lawful
permanent resident under this section, or provide an immigrant visa to the
spouse or child of an alien who adjusts status to that of a permanent resident
under this section; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEFA7761A303943AF8D3C16C2BE29D47A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjust the status to that of a lawful
permanent resident under this section for an alien who was the spouse or child
of an alien who adjusts status or is eligible to adjust status to that of a
permanent resident under section 245B in accordance with subsection (a),
if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1988FF2C1F8E42088B12858190DDA4C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the termination of the qualifying
relationship was connected to domestic violence; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF5A443883AA24F8882075D9944A7367C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spouse or child has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty by the spouse or parent who adjusts status to that
of a permanent resident under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45999BA8DA164F51980187914D4BD14C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
other law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In acting on
applications filed under this subsection with respect to aliens who have been
battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall apply the provisions of section 204(a)(1)(J) and the protections,
prohibitions, and penalties under section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1367">8 U.S.C. 1367</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A571CEC16EC4676AAFA3E3E685E9AAE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Judicial
review; confidentiality; penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (n), (o), and (p) of section
250A shall apply to this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B0BB7B44C564FA6A50AC716F29A3E0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality
Act</act-name> (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 245A the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD48C1D2E6D6A41EBB513B4E2A759B72B" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 245B. Adjustment of status
of former H–5B nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for lawful permanent
residence.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E839F4ABD584A4292A3748C74186410" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header>Aliens not subject
to direct numerical limitations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44940E0F6D074E43A19D91B4459FBB3C"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94A9CE43FFBB40FF866E3722539FE4F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>subparagraph (A) or (B) of</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA71390DA74B4444B24BD233B44C530C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB328A3C5D4ED48719886C65C86CF47C8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF0DA9C5DB48480F9A1C0F137749D25A" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aliens whose status is adjusted from the
status described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v)(b).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5C879075314495B8AB31225DA0AB4E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header>Employer
protections</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9BC1F5B2B2A40FD9AD4D7C4E91F1C62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Immigration
status of alien</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employers of
aliens applying for adjustment of status under section 245B or 250A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by this title, shall not be subject
to civil and criminal tax liability relating directly to the employment of such
alien prior to such alien receiving employment authorization under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51A072B4A43B4B2CB3D0FFB263199B54"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of
employment records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employers
that provide unauthorized aliens with copies of employment records or other
evidence of employment pursuant to an application for adjustment of status
under section 245B or 250A of the Immigration and Nationality Act or any other
application or petition pursuant to any other immigration law, shall not be
subject to civil and criminal liability under section 274A of such Act for
employing such unauthorized aliens.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FE6189C082F4ED085A990F7B4546C2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability
of other law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section may be used to shield an employer from liability under section 274B of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b) or any other labor or
employment law.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6EF86B48FCF24EF68BCC5EDF58336D7C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B2D44AAE5064076B6263E54DDD2A391"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID007B4D28CD0E4BF886E07F94949F48C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated
pursuant subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1EBA5FEF02F647C88592361932DB5D39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) should
be directly appropriated so as to facilitate the orderly and timely
commencement of the processing of applications filed under sections 245B and
250A of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality
Act</act-name>, as added by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Protection against immigration
fraud</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67236043C87C4D91B0E36448151B70C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Right to qualified
representation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 292 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id396D65737C4A45578D83224CE04DD67B" style="traditional">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC455736ABACF4E2FA4C60085AED9274" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>292.</enum><header>Right to qualified representation in immigration
matters</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE2639A74B41E4113B8E4D4227E0D8BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorized
representatives in immigration matters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only the following individuals are
authorized to represent an individual in an immigration matter before any
Federal agency or entity:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3021DC4107F849269CADFF00AF76C974"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An attorney.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H206FB51FDA294D5098CC01D6CC6EBE88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A law student who is enrolled in an
accredited law school, or a graduate of an accredited law school who is not
admitted to the bar, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F1DD5B7A30149C4BCA9F0976FFF35F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the law student or graduate is appearing at
the request of the individual to be represented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC2589E7A5B14E10A5FAC009C2C41C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a law student, the law
student has filed a statement that the law student is participating, under the
direct supervision of a faculty member, attorney, or accredited representative,
in a legal aid program or clinic conducted by a law school or nonprofit
organization, and that the law student is appearing without direct or indirect
remuneration from the individual the law student represents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF65D5715D16413185BD5746D5105090"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a graduate, the graduate has
filed a statement that the graduate is appearing under the supervision of an
attorney or accredited representative and that the graduate is appearing
without direct or indirect remuneration from the individual the graduate
represents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BF33C3442F24B6F89A53AFE7BF337B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the law student's or graduate's appearance
is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84DF1A7B80464427A50810757BCB59A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permitted by the official before whom the
law student or graduate wishes to appear; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H585C47DFAB6F4017A5B68DF6650ACF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accompanied by the supervising faculty
member, attorney, or accredited representative, to the extent required by such
official.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A4D55FECD04458782CB901FC5C878EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reputable individual, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32E140A287D2479600F2BBF4B38D399C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual is appearing on an
individual case basis, at the request of the individual to be
represented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64546E70E7794F85AC2B640029CEB6B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual is appearing without direct
or indirect remuneration and the individual files a written declaration to that
effect, except as described in subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7438F7F03FC5433E824FC0091484429C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual has a pre-existing
relationship or connection with the individual entitled to representation, such
as a relative, neighbor, clergyman, business associate, or personal friend,
except that this requirement may be waived, as a matter of administrative
discretion, in cases where adequate representation would not otherwise be
available; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF186FED22B49453FB522C3C59B872FC5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if making a personal appearance on behalf
of another individual, the appearance is permitted by the official before whom
the individual wishes to appear, except that such permission shall not be
granted with respect to any individual who regularly engages in immigration and
naturalization practice or preparation, or holds himself or herself out to the
public as qualified to do so.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DC4984AB3A6431D94EC011469F7B8F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual representing a recognized
organization (as described in subsection (f)) who has been approved to serve as
an accredited representative by the Board of Immigration Appeals under
subsection (f)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06A349901B00451CA3D48D5CA8DEF036"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An accredited official, in the United
States, of the government to which an alien owes allegiance, if the official
appears solely in his or her official capacity and with the consent of the
person to be represented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE3C6CB6B46D4273B6F052F7F2C62B67"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who is licensed to practice
law and is in good standing in a court of general jurisdiction of the country
in which the individual resides and who is engaged in such practice, if the
person represents persons only in matters outside the United States and that
the official before whom such person wishes to appear allows such
representation, as a matter of discretion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H254C67BAF8D447BEB7B9582FFC68D175"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An attorney, or an organization represented
by an attorney, may appear, on a case-by-case basis, as amicus curiae, if the
Board of Immigration Appeals grants such permission and the public interest
will be served by such appearance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09103F0424754A7DAC8820D000D93394"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Former
employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No individual
previously employed by the Department of Justice, Department of State,
Department of Labor, or Department of Homeland Security may be permitted to act
as an authorized representative under this section, if such authorization would
violate any other applicable provision of Federal law or regulation. In
addition, any application for such authorization must disclose any prior
employment by or contract with such agencies for services of any nature.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6D578023800491800414F768C43EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advertising</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only an attorney or an individual approved
under subsection (f)(2) as an accredited representative may advertise or
otherwise hold themselves out as being able to provide representation in an
immigration matter. This provision shall in no way be deemed to diminish any
Federal or State law to regulate, control, or enforce laws regarding such
advertisement, solicitation, or offer of representation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54985D87E761467285E54FB1F959AC7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Removal
proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any proceeding
for the removal of an individual from the United States and in any appeal
proceedings from such proceeding, the individual shall have the privilege, as
the individual shall choose, of being represented (at no expense to the
Government) by an individual described in subsection (a). Representation by an
individual other than a person described in subsection (a) may cause the
representative to be subject to civil penalties or such other penalties as may
be applicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8254115F3E904C2294C08B008D716CA0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Benefits
filings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any filing or
submission for an immigration related benefit or a determination related to the
immigration status of an individual made to the Department of Homeland
Security, the Department of Labor, or the Department of State, the individual
shall have the privilege, as the individual shall choose, of being represented
(at no expense to the Government) by an individual described in subsection (a).
Representation by an individual other than an individual described in
subsection (a) is cause for the representative to be subject to civil or
criminal penalties, as may be applicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C32DBD6417540038593F2ADBC00407"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Recognized
organizations and accredited representatives</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5212F2164DB64D03A4D8AE64CDFCC25C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recognized
organizations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB457A2CDD14B4AC6B216389CE5F2C6D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board of
Immigration Appeals may determine that a person is a recognized organization if
such person—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA152C0341DC6458E830B6F53662F56A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a nonprofit religious, charitable,
social service, or similar organization established in the United States
that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id955095A4BD0443969999A30F12BA87D2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is recognized by the Board of Immigration
Appeals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E27E42E7D349BE96CA6A0B2512D327"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is authorized to designate a representative
to appear in an immigration matter before the Department of Homeland Security
or the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the Department of Justice;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C1F51EEBECA4B5CBC2E8BDDA1F9AA31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates to the Board that such
person—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDBF88EAFC374EF5B4C000353F511356"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes only nominal charges and assesses no
excessive membership dues for individuals given assistance; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7386939B848E446E9BA39D2CCFD42414"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has at its disposal adequate knowledge,
information, and experience.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF723AD45CA1242B0B8ED2F9B09210002"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bonding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board, in its discretion, may impose a
bond requirement on new organizations seeking recognition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B2DA3AB780C4DA7AAFCA77E526DED8F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reporting
obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recognized
organizations shall promptly notify the Board when the organization no longer
meets the requirements for recognition or when an accredited representative
employed by the recognized organization ceases to be employed by the recognized
organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4776298D73BE4C4A92DF6CA330854600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accredited
representatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board of
Immigration Appeals shall approve any qualified individual designated by a
recognized organization to serve as an accredited representative. Such
individual must be employed by the recognized organization and must meet all
requirements set forth in this section and in the accompanying regulations to
be authorized to represent individuals in an immigration matter. Accredited
representatives, through their recognized organizations, must certify their
continuing eligibility for accreditation every 3 years with the Board of
Immigration Appeals. Accredited representatives who fail to comply with these
requirements shall not have authority to represent persons in an immigration
matter for the recognized organization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB30DCF84A80C445EB1A2279651B15AF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual, other
than an individual authorized to represent an individual under this section,
may not—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC220A24CEC344C0AF2D5E472D97153E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">directly or indirectly provide or offer
representation regarding an immigration matter for compensation or
contribution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE3D4E1C1793477D98B5A363544896E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advertise or solicit representation in an
immigration matter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCD05106AC244E66AE3B7DFFA4B83759"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain any compensation provided for a
prohibited act described in paragraph (1) or (2), regardless of whether any
petition, application, or other document was filed with any government agency
or entity and regardless of whether a petition, application, or other document
was prepared or represented to have been prepared by such individual;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6047854A7B548D58C00DB0072CCF21"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">represent directly or indirectly that the
individual is an attorney or supervised by or affiliated with an attorney, when
such representation is false; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB859E73A258F47089592AC3A87D81CC5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">violate any applicable civil or criminal
statute or regulation of a State regarding the provision of representation by
providing or offering to provide immigration or immigration-related assistance
referenced in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F8169FE6F7F4F0500415575F2618656"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Civil
enforcement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72BF98BEB05F41B797BB1800FF54EF17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person, or any
entity acting for the interests of itself, its members, or the general public
(including a Federal law enforcement official or agency or law enforcement
official or agency of any State or political subdivision of a State), that has
reason to believe that any person is being or has been injured by reason of a
violation of subsection (g) may commence a civil action in any court of
competent jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H862A2931B81F4952879281A86618D690"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EBF12035ED74E4F85417873ADC0702"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Damages</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any civil action brought under this
subsection, if the court finds that the defendant has violated subsection (g),
it shall award actual damages, plus the greater of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09F829C8E11040D8B5498F6F16377800"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount treble the amount of actual
damages; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5AAB89DC08641EFA512BC0272C8007F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000 per violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEF541DD394A4021955EA08D5F48193F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Injunctive
relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court may award
appropriate injunctive relief, including temporary, preliminary, or permanent
injunctive relief, and restitution. Injunctive relief may include, where
appropriate, an order temporarily or permanently enjoining the defendant from
providing any service to any person in any immigration matter. The court may
make such orders or judgments, including the appointment of a receiver, as may
be necessary to prevent the commission of any act described in subsection
(g).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC005DBC95F3B49BCB6BA878FE339CB20"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Attorney’s
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court shall also
grant a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, including
expert witness fees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DFB808C1BD143C2831119BADF49131F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The court may also
assess a civil penalty not exceeding $50,000 for a first violation, and not
exceeding $100,000 for subsequent violations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81BEE7359C9E48EBBA9B54DBDC9DAAB"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Cumulative
remedies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise
expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided under this paragraph are
cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all
other Federal laws or laws of the jurisdiction where the violation
occurred.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06B89D24BBC1438E97EB9324A8F30257"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonpreemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to preempt any other private right of action or any right of action
pursuant to the laws of any jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84FBEC83415343D3B743D18915E2A570"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Discovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information obtained through discovery in a
civil action under this subsection shall not be used in any criminal action.
Upon the request of any party to a civil action under this subsection, any part
of the court file that makes reference to information discovered in a civil
action under this subsection may be sealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEB98F0B6B744300A5E5D10DC225AAFF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nonpreemption
of more protective State and local laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this section supersede
laws, regulations, and municipal ordinances of any State only to the extent
such laws, regulations, and municipal ordinances impede the application of any
provision of this section. Any State or political subdivision of a State may
impose requirements supplementing those imposed by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E6A8A6BF99F4684B421DD0AB63B471E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id216BB430B0014C288700CC6249B76398"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>attorney</term> means a
person who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2CA7D6B8A234E32874D818D08D11E25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a member in good standing of the bar of
the highest court of a State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id178C55C402414EC2A84FCA46994E449E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not under any order of any court
suspending, enjoining, restraining, disbarring, or otherwise restricting such
person in the practice of law;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C6E269D10E640BB8178A4872C4DDEAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>compensation</term> means
money, property, labor, promise of payment, or any other consideration provided
directly or indirectly to an individual</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78E1FCB9322842809C6A6F966E63C854"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>immigration matter</term>
means any proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or
citizenship status of any person, which arises under any immigration or
nationality law, Executive order, Presidential proclamation, or action of any
Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1C4F2017B7C4094A90AB05C3C09E50F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>representation</term>, when
used with respect to the representation of a person, includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA716B089F558454EB4A04483B15BFBE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appearance, either in person or through
the preparation or filing of any brief or other document, paper, application,
or petition on behalf of another person or client, before any Federal agency or
officer; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id809047E4D9F54705A4301F1259617F1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study of the facts of a case and the
applicable laws, coupled with the giving of advice and auxiliary activities,
including the incidental preparation of papers; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAD987B09BC24EA49EE0278D612E74EA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>State</term> includes a
State or an outlying possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D525449A6674A9BB9D34F3C18A17542" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header>Protection of
witness testimony</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5DA8589A6004F0CA21AFC219598A661"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a)(15)(U)(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(i)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id471D25B45A694FE6AB6D0877B1E1450B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting in subclause (I) after the
phrase <quote>clause (iii)</quote> the following: <quote>or has suffered
substantial financial, physical, or mental harm as the result of a prohibited
act described in section 292;</quote></text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6650DA6BBC374C5EB44B5FDF67EAA15D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting in subclause (II) after the
phrase <quote>clause (iii)</quote> the following: <quote>or section
292</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37A22CB0CAC546978EDAD4FBAAD4626F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting in subclause (III) after the
phrase <quote>clause (iii)</quote> the following: <quote>or section
292</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5701035E1FB48358FCEFF8F765C6BB9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting in subclause (IV) after the
phrase <quote>clause (iii)</quote> the following: <quote>or section
292</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD44981A212B44885886D014420E86F32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Admission of
nonimmigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(p)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act of (8 U.S.C. 1184(p)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C2708A617DD4B20BEA98D3DB96BB1C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or
section 274E</quote> after <quote>section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii)</quote> each place
it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D990D39CEFF456DA01CEE9E0D5D0D07"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
<quote>10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>15,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Civics integration</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id109C2A33C9654F478EF94281DB439CA5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Funding for the
Office of Citizenship</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id229E8556CE3845AEA7B23763D8591043"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting
through the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, is
authorized to establish the United States Citizenship Foundation (referred to
in this section as the <quote>Foundation</quote>), an organization duly
incorporated in the District of Columbia, exclusively for charitable and
educational purposes to support the functions of the Office of Citizenship (as
described in section 451(f)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
271(f)(2)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACB00A3B2D6E41919FE515939B713D68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Gifts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC394CD83437E41A3B6A579631823B4DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>To
foundation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foundation may
solicit, accept, and make gifts of money and other property in accordance with
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16EAEB5290D44EC2878B9F2207E18144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>From
foundation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of
Citizenship may accept gifts from the Foundation to support the functions of
the Office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6765A6C693C94CC983990FE7DACDF01F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
mission of the Office of Citizenship.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68C57E1C129A49B2B148CA3AC7FAA69D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header>Civics integration
grant program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED58C4AAAA5D4CF1956F5288F7C845F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall establish a competitive grant program to fund—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id400243255514453684E19F72EBE8D674"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts by entities certified by the Office
of Citizenship to provide civics and English as a second language courses;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE87E954E488C4F97B9B795A209ABEB16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities approved by the Secretary
to promote civics and English as a second language.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA777CDFD66A3486E974F192166C38C73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceptance of
gifts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
accept and use gifts from the United States Citizenship Foundation for grants
under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80AB13A4EA074B358F5543E75CE8C111"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Promoting Access to Health Care</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F7796B8B4B942B1B69DCA8304425BAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Federal
reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented
aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1011 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42
U.S.C. 1395dd note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE1AB0F12DF84844BE12B14AB368F1F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2008</quote> and
inserting <quote>2011</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FDF02CC17F34F10AEE646CFF2D50B48"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(5), by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE743E8969E5645D7B484B5D8632E8753" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E5E14923F9E42119E47E1AD9D43B58E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonimmigrants described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(v)</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id022D1F123FD64960A7695E4EAC79B87B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Prohibition against
offset of certain medicare and medicaid payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Payments made under section 1011 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42
U.S.C. 1395dd note)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC207B90F00D44ED39BBDBAC0061F3BA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be considered <quote>third party
coverage</quote> for the purposes of section 1923 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396r–4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2431E138AC2543ACB1A74A9A5E020054"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not impact payments made under such
section of the Social Security Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530006087AE84509A1826292000BA69E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Prohibition against
discrimination against aliens on the basis of employment in hospital-based
versus nonhospital-based sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(l)(1)(C) of the Immigrant and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(C) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AD4B7DEF4D8444C814DCE590D9B1482"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84DD1C845DA343E9A85B0193CE82CD17"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1430050567BA4670A72C6D4069B2206B" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FED9BA89ECE48EA970FE45C39C2598A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such interested Federal agency or
interested State agency, in determining which aliens will be eligible for such
waivers, does not utilize selection criteria, other than as described in this
subsection, that discriminate on the basis of the alien's employment in a
hospital-based versus nonhospital-based facility or organization;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6223F5C944B44457AECB35593F9E8BEA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Binational public
health infrastructure and health insurance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDca2fa6ab336a40c0887559c1e6e0af3f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CAF84DE890E45218F0FCE2192087806"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall contract with the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Institute</quote>) to study binational public health infrastructure and
health insurance efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C6AACA5D6D84ACD8797F1E6838B5FC0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under paragraph
(1), the Institute shall solicit input from border health experts and health
insurance companies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbd080762506d4bc6b6089d5c25108d83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7603E02B6A4B46F181A0E8A7569359E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters into
a contract under subsection (a), the Institute shall submit a report concerning
the study conducted under subsection (a) to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A228E6CC3014478AAAF63F738FCB68B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include the recommendations of the Institute on ways to expand or improve
binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6CD3489A9024333836587D9FFA41E56" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Submission to
congress of information regarding H–5A nonimmigrants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id522E673E04724BDDA6FFC7EF6CD027BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ensuring
accurate count</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall maintain an accurate
count of the number of aliens subject to the numerical limitations under
section 214(g)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(g)(1)(C)) who are issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant
status.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB08D78DD27CF41C7A82D0E84C3687EB0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of
information</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54B3C55741D2420D9548C6063CCB2F5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quarterly
notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with
the first fiscal year after regulations are promulgated to implement this Act,
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
quarterly reports to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives containing the
numbers of aliens who were issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant
status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a) of the Immigrant and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a)) during the preceding 3-month period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12BB562DF97E4E87B1CC93E06610A4B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual
submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the
first fiscal year after regulations are promulgated to implement this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit annual reports to the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives, containing information on the countries of origin and
occupations of, geographic area of employment in the United States, and
compensation paid to, aliens who were issued visas or otherwise provided
nonimmigrant status under such section 101(a)(15)(H)(v)(a). The Secretary shall
compile such reports based on the data reported by employers to the Employment
Eligibility Confirmation System established in section 402.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id805924522F304499AAAD7C10BBCCABA1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1102.</enum><header>H–5 nonimmigrant
petitioner account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 286
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01484396D8574B339F392253F7DCE697" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD257FE250DC4469CB01C7720CC717035"><enum>(w)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id29301C94995D4DC1B25C403DCCBB12BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the general fund of
the Treasury of the United States an account, which shall be known as the
<quote>H–5 Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DA5E19BDFB54B09AA9022181D9097E0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be deposited as offsetting
receipts into the H–5 Nonimmigrant Petitioners Account—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98B5DDA1D32E45F4B3762F9F94550537"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all fees collected under section 218A;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DD73074A2B84900BF68EE8A9DDAD7A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all fines collected under section
212(n)(2)(I).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6822b63674df4721b002245cf79685d8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the fees and fines deposited into the
H–5 Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAA12E5A73F24C70906A901B6BAC9930"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">53
percent shall remain available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for
efforts related to the adjudication and implementation of the H–5 visa programs
described in sections 221(a) and 250A and any other efforts necessary to carry
out the provisions of the <short-title>Secure America and
Orderly Immigration Act</short-title> and the amendments made by such Act, of
which the Secretary shall allocate—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52B9708F106947849CF0004670325363"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent shall remain available to the
Secretary of Homeland Security for the border security efforts described in
title I of the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly
Immigration Act</short-title>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id803FA60C6E4C4A659FA15CF464FE6C36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 1 percent to promote public
awareness of the H–5 visa program, to protect migrants from fraud, and to
combat the unauthorized practice of law described in title III of the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0FF9A4D48474F5084D7596E76579E69"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 1 percent to the Office of
Citizenship to promote civics integration activities described in section 901
of the <short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51036D604BEF4B64B59D3BEC85CC8A55"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 percent for the Civics Integration Grant
Program under section 902 of the <short-title>Secure
America and Orderly Immigration Act</short-title>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BB771BC90B54655B8A1D8B9D6D58AE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">15
percent shall remain available to the Secretary of Labor for the enforcement of
labor standards in those geographic and occupational areas in which H–5A visa
holders are likely to be employed and for other enforcement efforts under the
<short-title>Secure America and Orderly Immigration
Act</short-title>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id402CC35D83E24EF388742D51279CC224"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">15
percent shall remain available to the Commissioner of Social Security for the
creation and maintenance of the Employment Eligibility Confirmation System
described in section 402 of the <short-title>Secure
America and Orderly Immigration Act</short-title>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53F4325BD48F4D78B53B5C407B91FEC7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">15
percent shall remain available to the Secretary of State to carry out any
necessary provisions of the <short-title>Secure America
and Orderly Immigration Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id929B982217DC42CC8964724AED4F6AD8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2
percent shall remain available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
for the reimbursement of hospitals serving individuals working under programs
established in this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0962D27E46C64B119E3E55058347153D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Anti-discrimination
protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
274B(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B))
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2A9164DB8AA48CDA7C075EBF6DE747F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE22B07876F444C595B7C277205A5838"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an alien who is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADD261B96A3446C6AB63603FC2419735"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lawfully admitted for permanent
residence;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BD869C5A90F4447A63E6C4FA807B575"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">granted the status of an alien lawfully
admitted for temporary residence under section 210(a) or 245(a)(1);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA119944ABB934AA5B38AEA3CAAF2A275"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">admitted as a refugee under section
207;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FFEFB2F0FA941A59F6664A4BE8F9E65"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">granted asylum under section 208; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D7490EE92A0490B95280EA8FED76B07"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">granted the status of nonimmigrant under
section
101(a)(15)(H)(v).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID60CBE2CC10AC4F69A2A331E56FA29820" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Women and children
at risk of harm</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF277C6B6172446CB7ECEBBA41AB56A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certain
children and women at risk of harm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/101(a)(27)">Section 101(a)(27)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101(a)(27)">8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(27)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCB76F38F56D146E689347D00F6B0C884"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (L), by inserting a
semicolon at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08A0CE22BC6346899EDF9D7527C6EEAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (M), by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B3417854FC641E685292BDA91230073"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID643D9CFB967B4E37BCB21F1E94770616" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A970871A75344A4BDE872A3BF302DB0"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subsection (j), an immigrant who
is not present in the United States—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94F0B6C73063487DB829B7E7B0ADB73C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4AA87961AE548A299AA1248FA55D7EC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">referred to a consular, immigration, or
other designated official by a United States Government agency, an
international organization, or recognized nongovernmental entity designated by
the Secretary of State for purposes of such referrals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95F342643E5541FE9CC9EE4B1518D41E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined by such official to be a minor
under 18 years of age (as determined under subsection (j)(5))—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3676EFE8EA04FDAAE251DA32546CD81"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for whom no parent or legal guardian is
able to provide adequate care;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1108D210AD6144B597D1D6CE86FEF685"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who faces a credible fear of harm related
to his or her age;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID148B97101E23477BB8E5F8F31E344206"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who lacks adequate protection from such
harm; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9EA49D0072C14EEAABA8211C2BA0E808"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for whom it has been determined to be in
his or her best interests to be admitted to the United States; or</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E3F1B909C284A95B279396D9F2E618D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22D44548EBD84E38BFAED113257E9906"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">referred to a consular or immigration
official by a United States Government agency, an international organization or
recognized nongovernmental entity designated by the Secretary of State for
purposes of such referrals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5C4E9540645E48EAAF54D65FDEC987BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined by such official to be a female
who has—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70E60DC76B2F4483B2C3000187A45F23"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a credible fear of harm related to her sex;
and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6A92E9FC8B9C44C9BB029855074D316B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a lack of adequate protection from such
harm.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE2F4DDDBC592492F8474DA60578522B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/101">Section 101</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C.
1101</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3710B97134BB48B0BB2F965435244F26" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID811962A60B5440D7971BB3226C4635F0"><enum>(j)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF43C1BFE40D841B6A227F3BDF58E71CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No natural parent or prior adoptive parent
of any alien provided special immigrant status under subsection (a)(27)(N)(i)
shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right,
privilege, or status under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D55EEDB9E614564AEBBCA6F97EE7C70" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID6E92E2B465504D0500D188558DE6DB46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No alien who qualifies for a special
immigrant visa under subsection (a)(27)(N)(ii) may apply for derivative status
or petition for any spouse who is represented by the alien as missing,
deceased, or the source of harm at the time of the alien’s application and
admission. The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive this requirement for an
alien who demonstrates that the alien’s representations regarding the spouse
were bona fide.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84EBD3C3918E4D2AAFB5FED46DCAD926" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who qualifies for a special
immigrant visa under subsection (a)(27)(N) may apply for derivative status or
petition for any sibling under the age of 18 years or children under the age of
18 years of any such alien, if accompanying or following to join the alien. For
purposes of this subparagraph, a determination of age shall be made using the
age of the alien on the date the petition is filed with the Department of
Homeland Security.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB4B0DFB3B1B8427CA5A53252954EE728" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who qualifies for a special
immigrant visa under subsection (a)(27)(N) shall be treated in the same manner
as a refugee solely for purposes of section 412.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4D7B3973FB54F8987A4F2B40569DE42" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5), and
(7)(A) of section 212(a) shall not be applicable to any alien seeking admission
to the United States under subsection (a)(27)(N), and the Secretary of Homeland
Security may waive any other provision of such section (other than paragraph
(2)(C) or subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3)) with respect to
such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is
otherwise in the public interest. Any such waiver by the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall be in writing and shall be granted only on an individual basis
following an investigation. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide
for the annual reporting to Congress of the number of waivers granted under
this paragraph in the previous fiscal year and a summary of the reasons for
granting such waivers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7E223A51F654895BC428C4F78545492" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection
(a)(27)(N)(i)(II), a determination of age shall be made using the age of the
alien on the date on which the alien was referred to the consular, immigration,
or other designated official.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36B1CD4A0F7C402D9C69976F8B693CC7" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
waive any application fee for a special immigrant visa for an alien described
in section
101(a)(27)(N).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAF935F3DF0F04B828591BE6D50A4C85C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
special immigrant visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(b)(4) of the Immigration
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153(b)(4)">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>(A) or (B) thereof</quote> and inserting <quote>(A),
(B), or (N) of such section</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14835C9C0187469D812B00C6E165B879"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expedited
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45
days after the date of referral to a consular, immigration, or other designated
official as described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/101(a)(27)(N)">section
101(a)(27)(N)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration
and Nationality Act</act-name>, as added by subsection (a), special immigrant
status shall be adjudicated and, if granted, the alien shall be—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id066E1D2A0FEE496A820EA2EACDB30997"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paroled to the United States pursuant to
section 212(d)(5) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182(d)(5)">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)</external-xref>);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CD782E222AE47168FFF88CF10EEDE0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allowed to apply for adjustment of status
to permanent residence under section 245 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>) not
later than 1 year after the alien’s arrival in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE28C4E0ECEA436D9A4885D0AA611F44"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement
prior to entry into the Untied States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE4F1D00EC2E411C9AE660202902F3A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Database
search</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may not be
admitted to the United States under this section or an amendment made by this
section until the Secretary of Homeland Security has ensured that a search of
each database maintained by an agency or department of the United States has
been conducted to determine whether such alien is ineligible to be admitted to
the Untied States on criminal, security, or related grounds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id213D39DE464B4D0A98F4F7CF6D9FB7A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation and
schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security and the head of each appropriate agency or department of the
United States shall work cooperatively to ensure that each database search
required by paragraph (1) is completed not later than 45 days after the date on
which an alien files a petition seeking a special immigration visa under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/101(a)(27)(N)">section
101(a)(27)(N)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration
and Nationality Act</act-name>, as added by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3DBBF646EDE41BA88CC4B65E977471E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirement
after entry into the United States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E6AF935194746C59BB6CA3F24E2AE34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to
submit fingerprints</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D90CDC0FAF64B7C87CA394F11241B0B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30
days after the date that an alien enters the United States under this section
or an amendment made by this section, the alien shall be fingerprinted and
submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security such fingerprints and any other
personal biometric data required by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C69D2CAEEB64A6EB9E435EDCCB54AD6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security may prescribe regulations that permit fingerprints submitted
by an alien under section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1302) or any other provision of law to satisfy the requirement to submit
fingerprints under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B7856962973439F8357B1B2D4FDD4EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Database
search</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall ensure that a search of each database that contains
fingerprints that is maintained by an agency or department of the United States
be conducted to determine whether such alien is ineligible for an adjustment of
status under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101 et seq.) on criminal, security, or related grounds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA47F46465954A7AA0572F8F51E2A3E9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperation and
schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security and the head of each appropriate agency or department of the
United States shall work cooperatively to ensure that each database search
required under paragraph (2) is completed not later than 180 days after the
date on which the alien enters the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA03F9AA7C214F948C3309E718AF4EDF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative
and judicial review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AB3CE02B10C44A2B63F540D207DE66F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administrative
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is
admitted to the United States under this section or an amendment made by this
section who is determined to be ineligible for an adjustment of status pursuant
to section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) may
appeal such a determination through the Administrative Appeals Office of the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland
Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that a determination
on such appeal is made not later than 60 days after the date on which the
appeal is filed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9661D15860A94535B27B8B593BF4184D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section, or in an amendment made by this section, may preclude application of
section 242(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1252(a)(2)(B)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10C08342EF6C4893AFCADE00024E58C2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on the progress of
the implementation of this section and the amendments made by this section,
including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5CC00C264A049CF9CC6A90023777495"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data related to the implementation of this
section and the amendments made by this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC06E938C736F4844B0E281E000BD21D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data regarding the number of placements of
females and children who faces a credible fear of harm as referred to in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/101(a)(27)(N)">section
101(a)(27)(N)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration
and Nationality Act</act-name>, as added by subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA862203E775D4DF48BEDF404295C25EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information that the Secretary of
Homeland Security determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID975F61958376403D89FFEE8B93AED665"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
section and the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB4999F8278314187B4277006828FB26F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Expansion of S
visa</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE138CB6446D646F08B5A98E2C395DB0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of S
Visa Classification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
101(a)(15)(S) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality
Act</act-name> (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(S)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID952C09B519AF48CF9337A5107B9B2C11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B3FE57C03D543E9A48A1AAB3C0E5A66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
each place that term appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80BE6AEB49C247BE99F3016E541E87A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID837CFEC747474FDFB39C8D4EF9E973C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3DA17E3F3B654147A7045522E7F4384D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB307BA194EAD4B63AFF75AB9AEFB6F9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “1956,” and all that follows
through “the alien;” and inserting the following: “1956; or</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID967672230FA9470FA76CB3311859F29A" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCCE35E69815D4AFF890D4E72141A3412" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who the Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of Central
Intelligence, jointly determine—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF68E077F8DFF49978911685DF6177120"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in possession of critical reliable
information concerning the activities of governments or organizations, or their
agents, representatives, or officials, with respect to weapons of mass
destruction and related delivery systems, if such governments or organizations
are at risk of developing, selling, or transferring such weapons or related
delivery systems; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E82CC34F3B147409D3B212757A6BBCB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is willing to supply or has supplied, fully
and in good faith, information described in subclause (I) to appropriate
persons within the United States Government;</text>
</subclause></clause><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">and, if the
Secretary of Homeland Security (or with respect to clause (ii), the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security jointly) considers it to be
appropriate, the spouse, married and unmarried sons and daughters, and parents
of an alien described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) if accompanying, or
following to join, the
alien;</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76280D3604DF406F80CFE26CC77F723D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Numerical
limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(k)(1)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>
(8 U.S.C. 1184(k)(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46561E90E5474E4FBD028761DB16FBAB" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id898CEC477DD8482092A414E225E040D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of aliens who may be provided a
visa as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(S) in any fiscal year may not
exceed
3,500.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEF65F5EA8B44697AD16F7AFE4F957BD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is not a violation of clauses (ii),
(iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) for a religious denomination described in
section 101(a)(27)(C)(i) or an affiliated religious organization described in
section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(III), or their agents or officers, to encourage,
invite, call, allow, or enable an alien, who is already present in the United
States in violation of law to carry on the violation described in section
101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(I), as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee,
notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, and other basic living
expenses.</text>
</section>