1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Securing America's Borders
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Reference to the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Border enforcement
Subtitle A—Assets for controlling United States
borders
Sec. 101. Enforcement personnel.
Sec. 102. Technological assets.
Sec. 103. Infrastructure.
Sec. 104. Border patrol checkpoints.
Sec. 105. Ports of entry.
Sec.
106. Construction of strategic border
fencing and vehicle barriers.
Subtitle B—Border security plans, strategies, and
reports
Sec. 111. Surveillance plan.
Sec. 112. National Strategy for Border Security.
Sec. 113. Reports on improving the exchange of information on
North American security.
Sec. 114. Improving the security of Mexico's southern
border.
Subtitle C—Other border security initiatives
Sec. 121. Biometric data enhancements.
Sec. 122. Secure communication.
Sec. 123. Border patrol training capacity review.
Sec. 124. US-VISIT System.
Sec. 125. Document fraud detection.
Sec. 126. Improved document integrity.
Sec. 127. Cancellation of visas.
Sec. 128. Biometric entry-exit system.
Sec. 129. Border study.
Sec. 130. Secure Border
Initiative financial accountability.
TITLE II—Interior Enforcement
Sec. 201. Removal and denial of benefits to terrorist
aliens.
Sec. 202. Detention and removal of aliens ordered
removed.
Sec. 203. Aggravated felony.
Sec. 204. Terrorist bars.
Sec. 205. Increased criminal penalties related to gang
violence, removal, and alien smuggling.
Sec. 206. Illegal entry or unlawful presence of an
alien.
Sec. 207. Illegal reentry.
Sec. 208. Reform of passport, visa, and immigration fraud
offenses.
Sec. 209. Inadmissibility and removal for passport and
immigration fraud offenses.
Sec. 210. Incarceration of criminal aliens.
Sec. 211. Encouraging aliens to depart voluntarily.
Sec. 212. Deterring aliens ordered removed from remaining in
the United States unlawfully.
Sec. 213. Prohibition of the sale of firearms to, or the
possession of firearms by certain aliens.
Sec. 214. Uniform statute of limitations for certain
immigration, naturalization, and peonage offenses.
Sec. 215. Diplomatic security service.
Sec. 216. Field agent
allocation and background checks.
Sec. 217. Denial of benefits to terrorists and
criminals.
Sec. 218. State criminal alien assistance program.
Sec. 219. Transportation and
processing of illegal aliens apprehended by State and local law enforcement
officers.
Sec. 220. State and local law
enforcement of Federal immigration laws.
Sec. 221. Reducing illegal immigration and alien smuggling on
tribal lands.
Sec. 222. Alternatives to detention.
Sec. 223. Conforming amendment.
Sec. 224. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 225. Mandatory detention for aliens apprehended at or
between ports of entry.
Sec. 226. Removal of drunk
drivers.
Sec. 227. Expedited
removal.
Sec. 228. Protecting immigrants from
convicted sex offenders
Sec. 229. Law enforcement authority of
States and political subdivisions and transfer to Federal custody.
Sec. 230. Listing of immigration violators
in the National Crime Information Center database.
Sec. 231. Laundering of monetary
instruments.
Sec. 232. Severability.
TITLE III—Unlawful employment of aliens
Sec. 301. Unlawful employment of aliens.
Sec. 302. Employer Compliance Fund.
Sec. 303. Additional worksite enforcement and fraud detection
agents.
Sec. 304. Clarification of ineligibility for
misrepresentation.
TITLE IV—Backlog reduction and visas for students and aliens with
advanced degrees
Sec. 401. Elimination of existing backlogs.
Sec. 402. Country limits.
Sec. 403. Allocation of immigrant visas.
Sec. 404. Relief for minor children.
Sec. 405. Student visas.
Sec. 406. Visas for individuals with advanced
degrees.
Sec. 407. Medical services in
underserved areas.
TITLE V—Immigration litigation reduction
Sec. 501. Consolidation of immigration appeals.
Sec. 502. Additional immigration personnel.
Sec. 503. Board of immigration appeals removal order
authority.
Sec. 504. Judicial review of visa revocation.
Sec. 505. Reinstatement of removal orders.
Sec. 506. Withholding of removal.
Sec. 507. Certificate of reviewability.
Sec. 508. Discretionary decisions on motions to reopen or
reconsider.
Sec. 509. Prohibition of attorney fee awards for review of
final orders of removal.
Sec. 510. Board of Immigration
Appeals.
TITLE VI—Miscellaneous
Sec. 601. Technical and conforming amendments.
2.Reference to the
Immigration and Nationality ActExcept as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
3.In this Act:
(1)Except
as otherwise provided, the term Department means the Department of
Homeland Security.
(2)Except
as otherwise provided, the term Secretary means the Secretary of
Homeland Security.
<enum>I</enum><header>Border
enforcement</header>
<subtitle id="id6697633227E843CFB61643ABE00DF888"><enum>A</enum><header>Assets for
controlling United States borders</header>
<section id="ID795d3ea4ea7d4a5f96d42e7176127093"><enum>101.</enum><header>Enforcement
personnel</header>
<subsection id="IDfc56efd0ada041bdaa9dbcfead9fcdb8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
personnel</header>
<paragraph id="idC16E947880D24400AC3635C46B9B3566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Customs and
border protection officers</header><text>In each of the fiscal years 2007
through 2011, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations, increase by not less than 250 the number of positions for
full-time active duty Customs and Border Protection officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9dcb0a939d714b0b9ee029be853f5058"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Port of entry
inspectors</header><text>In each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the
Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, increase by not
less than 250 the number of positions for full-time active duty port of entry
inspectors and provide appropriate training, equipment, and support to such
additional inspectors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC38743D1A18040EFB6C1063E0B13BAA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Border Patrol
agent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5202 of the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458;
118 Stat. 3734) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0BE4D4A63D34072A1E516C3617FE82E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2010</quote> both places
it appears and inserting <quote>2011</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H168ABE15D703429400077674172EC9F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>2,400</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5134f224799341d5bea7b4acf53e02d0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Investigative
personnel</header>
<subparagraph id="id28ED1D96FE2F410199DA8CC1A89A2B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Immigration and
customs enforcement inspectors</header><text>Section 5203 of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat.
3734) is amended by striking <quote>800</quote> and inserting
<quote>1000</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05c212ec9e364671956a61d1c305e9fd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
personnel</header><text>In addition to the positions authorized under section
5203 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, as
amended by subparagraph (A), during each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011,
the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, increase by
not less than 200 the number of positions for personnel within the Department
assigned to investigate alien smuggling.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0369ace05da44aada61f5f2ebe2d4c5a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID61760020fe484b4a9ca0ec308c128ef6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Customs and
border protection officers</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out paragraph (1) of subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB147A6B9ED7D4E6688C50102ED9EBC50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Port of entry
inspectors</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007
through 2011 to carry out paragraph (2) of subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe1561a3762f4ae991c95f41e93f9a65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Border patrol
agents</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to
carry out section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3734), as amended by subsection
(a)(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa44bc067704d4225a4993e756837f8ed"><enum>102.</enum><header>Technological
assets</header>
<subsection id="IDf0a02a92333845559dcec5f8a093a488"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Acquisition</header><text>Subject
to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall procure additional
unmanned aerial vehicles, cameras, poles, sensors, and other technologies
necessary to achieve operational control of the international borders of the
United States and to establish a security perimeter known as a <quote>virtual
fence</quote> along such international borders to provide a barrier to illegal
immigration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDaee39196e2d34f1fa1880e0d095adcff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increased
availability of equipment</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of
Defense shall develop and implement a plan to use authorities provided to the
Secretary of Defense under chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, to
increase the availability and use of Department of Defense equipment, including
unmanned aerial vehicles, tethered aerostat radars, and other surveillance
equipment, to assist the Secretary in carrying out surveillance activities
conducted at or near the international land borders of the United States to
prevent illegal immigration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idDFFC770558F248CAA01765307B4FF1F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that
contains—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa2ffe249186347c9a9dceb9ba20ef8bb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the current use of Department of Defense equipment to assist the Secretary in
carrying out surveillance of the international land borders of the United
States and assessment of the risks to citizens of the United States and foreign
policy interests associated with the use of such equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID445cfb9cd96f40419e6a332ab2faa000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the plan
developed under subsection (b) to increase the use of Department of Defense
equipment to assist such surveillance activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe3fc66420cc04fcdaf649f324417dfd4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the types of equipment and other support to be provided by the Secretary of
Defense under such plan during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the
submission of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0757eebd13ad40afbd023fcacf11777a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007
through 2011 to carry out subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb26d7ae61876444483c4f39e4f60db51"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section may be construed as altering or amending the prohibition on the
use of any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus under section
1385 of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID48ef80cd7ad24d87ab2c2e0f688804fe"><enum>103.</enum><header>Infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="ID1845fa17b13847bea0dda87509117875"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Construction of
border control facilities</header><text>Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary shall construct all-weather roads and acquire
additional vehicle barriers and facilities necessary to achieve operational
control of the international borders of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd8d5674f23654d8a909e3ca487172f38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007
through 2011 to carry out subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDded00494362449f6875983db4751e0ee"><enum>104.</enum><header>Border patrol
checkpoints</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may
maintain temporary or permanent checkpoints on roadways in border patrol
sectors that are located in proximity to the international border between the
United States and Mexico.</text>
</section><section id="IDa4c9bd631ae44dcb9ebba777f34b3900"><enum>105.</enum><header>Ports of
entry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8a0e012c12944e29b5042f8b550f635b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>construct
additional ports of entry along the international land borders of the United
States, at locations to be determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID89fdb23e1be44d6ea868c144e437eef7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make necessary
improvements to the ports of entry in existence on the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDb621866bce264afeb958fc5507d7c218"><enum>106.</enum><header>Construction
of strategic border fencing and vehicle barriers</header>
<subsection id="IDd365277c1fa44725a89797abc3e92b55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tucson
sector</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID64f28e9eb6cd4c7387eb2ad1998d4449"><enum>(1)</enum><text>replace all aged,
deteriorating, or damaged primary fencing in the Tucson Sector located
proximate to population centers in Douglas, Nogales, Naco, and Lukeville,
Arizona with double- or triple-layered fencing running parallel to the
international border between the United States and Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID199e2ac192054516aec033aa517664e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>extend the
double- or triple-layered fencing for a distance of not less than 2 miles
beyond urban areas, except that the double- or triple-layered fence shall
extend west of Naco, Arizona, for a distance of 25 miles; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID498bd66640c948a6bc2c37063a678191"><enum>(3)</enum><text>construct not
less than 150 miles of vehicle barriers and all-weather roads in the Tucson
Sector running parallel to the international border between the United States
and Mexico in areas that are known transit points for illegal cross-border
traffic.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1183b1eae4f2447698b66e019466d512"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Yuma
sector</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0f4445a78af24dc7909be5c0d33cb1ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>replace all aged,
deteriorating, or damaged primary fencing in the Yuma Sector located proximate
to population centers in Yuma, Somerton, and San Luis, Arizona with double- or
triple-layered fencing running parallel to the international border between the
United States and Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4cd1462b240467681afef38cd6e45e0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>extend the
double- or triple-layered fencing for a distance of not less than 2 miles
beyond urban areas in the Yuma Sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID717995cdff804b29af2192d079c02967"><enum>(3)</enum><text>construct not
less than 50 miles of vehicle barriers and all-weather roads in the Yuma Sector
running parallel to the international border between the United States and
Mexico in areas that are known transit points for illegal cross-border
traffic.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7835689E4F7841D886C2B01F4F1B8287"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction
deadline</header><text>The Secretary shall immediately commence construction of
the fencing, barriers, and roads described in subsections (a) and (b), and
shall complete such construction not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3D2CD9143BB44E9F8BDC6D583CCA5D72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that describes the
progress that has been made in constructing the fencing, barriers, and roads
described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID366720bd23e24fcb850f9763394cb68d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id08474317D61D4AC6AE46421F65683EF5"><enum>B</enum><header>Border security
plans, strategies, and reports</header>
<section id="id8E64AC0F6C854D4CA729A1077AACD0BF"><enum>111.</enum><header>Surveillance
plan</header>
<subsection id="ID443a91bb32084fb282bffa470e5832c4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
plan</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a comprehensive plan for the
systematic surveillance of the international land and maritime borders of the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7E1A51D1B5BB48C9BE1FF0ADA7889872"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID3c99dc04423145ab9a18e09122b2cd57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
existing technologies employed on the international land and maritime borders
of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDadd6a9e261c84592a78b3dd984030a1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the compatibility of new surveillance technologies with surveillance
technologies in use by the Secretary on the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce7c3f5d6d8d4328b64d8ecb46fa9df0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of
how the Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the
Department is working, or is expected to work, with the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology of the Department to identify and test surveillance
technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID916396172c7a493fbb9ae041972cd993"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of
the specific surveillance technology to be deployed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID72e5dd145cd74830b489c1f30fb8fd27"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Identification of
any obstacles that may impede such deployment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaf2aac23d6c04f6e8d7b2dc58173d80b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A detailed
estimate of all costs associated with such deployment and with continued
maintenance of such technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71cbd7b03770438ab838e9c9627311bb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of
how the Secretary is working with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration on safety and airspace control issues associated with the use of
unmanned aerial vehicles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCB5363AD346C44FE9C36F63FE37D73A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the plan required by this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID669f7cf025274e75a0c2165bb1146c2d"><enum>112.</enum><header>National
Strategy for Border Security</header>
<subsection id="id39ED3A4E31B84993BDA31499275D3B9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in
consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall
develop a National Strategy for Border Security that describes actions to be
carried out to achieve operational control over all ports of entry into the
United States and the international land and maritime borders of the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id791432A9DD9045709B36858839413221"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Strategy for Border Security
shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID44be94dfef6c4468997365d3d8a00aab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The
implementation schedule for the comprehensive plan for systematic surveillance
described in section 111.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0d031fe6c8045548c99a15b73049517"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of
the threat posed by terrorists and terrorist groups that may try to infiltrate
the United States at locations along the international land and maritime
borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84a6627eb23349b98cea251f23124ab0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A risk assessment
for all United States ports of entry and all portions of the international land
and maritime borders of the United States that includes a description of
activities being undertaken—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID56aa9046f3e241bfa87d3a538e9190b2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent the
entry of terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism,
narcotics, and other contraband into the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4701a4e3bda44664b90d9c3fca6a5cf7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect
critical infrastructure at or near such ports of entry or borders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID126ef89bb43b4eb9ac96b8c1e228e485"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
the legal requirements that prevent achieving and maintaining operational
control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0904fe4994c1457ba3031c8622500296"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of
the most appropriate, practical, and cost-effective means of defending the
international land and maritime borders of the United States against threats to
security and illegal transit, including intelligence capacities, technology,
equipment, personnel, and training needed to address security
vulnerabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe97bb44592674057b7b8e85c25f9d6c7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An assessment of
staffing needs for all border security functions, taking into account threat
and vulnerability information pertaining to the borders and the impact of new
security programs, policies, and technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa218a7e577524dd4917cebd725ffc129"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of
the border security roles and missions of Federal, State, regional, local, and
tribal authorities, and recommendations regarding actions the Secretary can
carry out to improve coordination with such authorities to enable border
security and enforcement activities to be carried out in a more efficient and
effective manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d174486fb9e48c3b61e680cb94b43b7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>An assessment of
existing efforts and technologies used for border security and the effect of
the use of such efforts and technologies on civil rights, personal property
rights, and civil liberties, including an assessment of efforts to take into
account asylum seekers, trafficking victims, unaccompanied minor aliens, and
other vulnerable populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdd440de71f334eb8b848c6904737112a"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A prioritized
list of research and development objectives to enhance the security of the
international land and maritime borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd31638c1394b4f76b96bfbed4862db4f"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A description of
ways to ensure that the free flow of travel and commerce is not diminished by
efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the international land and
maritime borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20de0e8ad79d4066b5288cfbaccd5227"><enum>(11)</enum><text>An assessment of
additional detention facilities and beds that are needed to detain unlawful
aliens apprehended at United States ports of entry or along the international
land borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcd8d3daf92144bf7a75ecc0040f1accb"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A description of
the performance metrics to be used to ensure accountability by the bureaus of
the Department in implementing such Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID03ca699b65354bfb8a8aa45de2fc4e2c"><enum>(13)</enum><text>A schedule for
the implementation of the security measures described in such Strategy,
including a prioritization of security measures, realistic deadlines for
addressing the security and enforcement needs, an estimate of the resources
needed to carry out such measures, and a description of how such resources
should be allocated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4d9f845cd96d4c5ea33f6c039535060b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
developing the National Strategy for Border Security, the Secretary shall
consult with representatives of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf74fa09456e1478b9242bb10768dce2b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal authorities with responsibility for locations along the international
land and maritime borders of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID061535061c874eabafd0097c35a4e463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriate
private sector entities, nongovernmental organizations, and affected
communities that have expertise in areas related to border security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcc84db890122441b9a9b3615a29ec68e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
National Strategy for Border Security shall be consistent with the National
Strategy for Maritime Security developed pursuant to Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 13, dated December 21, 2004.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id52717C8B76B940B3895C5E419D7C0A15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="idF2D901854A47408AB5BD466E1C3A3456"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the National
Strategy for Border Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9AC48F3168EB46E9946EA543D79D935C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to Congress any
update of such Strategy that the Secretary determines is necessary, not later
than 30 days after such update is developed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe9bbb0d14fa44bf5a929583667d37ccd"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Immediate
Action</header><text>Nothing in this section or section 111 may be construed to
relieve the Secretary of the responsibility to take all actions necessary and
appropriate to achieve and maintain operational control over the entire
international land and maritime borders of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0ada38ee368d49249d4675161cd4e9e9"><enum>113.</enum><header>Reports on
improving the exchange of information on North American security</header>
<subsection id="ID3a3e3276ae784a9bb42365a9cd206b83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with
the Secretary and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit
to Congress a report on improving the exchange of information related to the
security of North America.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID48aff7a7240d42fe96d2ce41899b7726"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report submitted under subsection (a) shall contain a description of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID6733e95757944919b5fe1c91d377e36e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Security
clearances and document integrity</header><text>The progress made toward the
development of common enrollment, security, technical, and biometric standards
for the issuance, authentication, validation, and repudiation of secure
documents, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID468c75c3eab64ae5b70419b41d496b77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technical and
biometric standards based on best practices and consistent with international
standards for the issuance, authentication, validation, and repudiation of
travel documents, including—</text>
<clause id="IDd15cc582d8ed4153a815a88827fd16c4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>passports;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID91fcb17612544b209fc42fb577e31cd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>visas;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9793410ea6c84e4eb10a9e8db1306e3f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>permanent
resident cards;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7e650cb0cb6448388fce32243fd8f978"><enum>(B)</enum><text>working with
Canada and Mexico to encourage foreign governments to enact laws to combat
alien smuggling and trafficking, and laws to forbid the use and manufacture of
fraudulent travel documents and to promote information sharing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc584cafeb2a3413198b34c62c1a434a5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>applying the
necessary pressures and support to ensure that other countries meet proper
travel document standards and are committed to travel document verification
before the citizens of such countries travel internationally, including travel
by such citizens to the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff22adff5c8c4c0dbd4d83e82bc42adb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance for the development and maintenance of a national database
built upon identified best practices for biometrics associated with visa and
travel documents.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe3c013d6bc814615ade76d3d16a29760"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Immigration and
visa management</header><text>The progress of efforts to share information
regarding high-risk individuals who may attempt to enter Canada, Mexico, or the
United States, including the progress made—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf83cb64e0cc5479594de8ac2ec5d748c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in implementing
the Statement of Mutual Understanding on Information Sharing, signed by Canada
and the United States in February 2003; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5588d8d696fa4a719f7ac7de7e17cb77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in identifying
trends related to immigration fraud, including asylum and document fraud, and
to analyze such trends.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c9546b180f341138773f65263554fd1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Visa policy
coordination and immigration security</header><text>The progress made by
Canada, Mexico, and the United States to enhance the security of North America
by cooperating on visa policy and identifying best practices regarding
immigration security, including the progress made—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcdbb44a0fd3242409ae54b076df463f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in enhancing
consultation among officials who issue visas at the consulates or embassies of
Canada, Mexico, or the United States throughout the world to share information,
trends, and best practices on visa flows;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID52029292ea2d4f29a5355c4a95819cf6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in comparing the
procedures and policies of Canada and the United States related to visitor visa
processing, including—</text>
<clause id="ID8c90b15e695646e89d7733159621de1f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>application
process;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa75688d3a8ad451295cf0b07aeed0c75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interview
policy;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9b2b30d53ae641a3820b2294da6d8f36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>general
screening procedures;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc5171d9ba4c340aebe65a0e5dd7f9752"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>visa
validity;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2b34a6ea3c2b48fcbf15b2f771868f75"><enum>(v)</enum><text>quality control
measures; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd6f4b3fc8dbe4dc198fbf090d6c8ea5f"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>access to appeal
or review;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe03f0599f6ea499aa90b4af495100a06"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in exploring
methods for Canada, Mexico, and the United States to waive visa requirements
for nationals and citizens of the same foreign countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccb99855aa8545758682b2332718b5c2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in providing
technical assistance for the development and maintenance of a national database
built upon identified best practices for biometrics associated with immigration
violators;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID79fe571be435466795415bfdf83be7ab"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in developing and
implementing an immigration security strategy for North America that works
toward the development of a common security perimeter by enhancing technical
assistance for programs and systems to support advance automated reporting and
risk targeting of international passengers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e7709b84634476581692be010dc6e11"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in sharing
information on lost and stolen passports on a real-time basis among immigration
or law enforcement officials of Canada, Mexico, and the United States;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe121db630356482e8d5f5d1d44691042"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in collecting 10
fingerprints from each individual who applies for a visa.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b860882bf94466e82195689ea8ef733"><enum>(4)</enum><header>North American
visitor overstay program</header><text>The progress made by Canada and the
United States in implementing parallel entry-exit tracking systems that, while
respecting the privacy laws of both countries, share information regarding
third country nationals who have overstayed their period of authorized
admission in either Canada or the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9184774ac3a740f5a21b5c89849ca30f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terrorist watch
lists</header><text>The progress made in enhancing the capacity of the United
States to combat terrorism through the coordination of counterterrorism
efforts, including the progress made—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID51e06e68f7304bf4b9823e723db0f46d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in developing and
implementing bilateral agreements between Canada and the United States and
between Mexico and the United States to govern the sharing of terrorist watch
list data and to comprehensively enumerate the uses of such data by the
governments of each country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f1f370f010d46819f18ef13220bc5e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in establishing
appropriate linkages among Canada, Mexico, and the United States Terrorist
Screening Center; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc231d547a662446ca3cb437aac6d2a90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in exploring with
foreign governments the establishment of a multilateral watch list mechanism
that would facilitate direct coordination between the country that identifies
an individual as an individual included on a watch list, and the country that
owns such list, including procedures that satisfy the security concerns and are
consistent with the privacy and other laws of each participating
country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8728f49a43f945a0810420a6a89dedbb"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Money
laundering, currency smuggling, and alien smuggling</header><text>The progress
made in improving information sharing and law enforcement cooperation in
combating organized crime, including the progress made—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf94612d4e1f548738a8f3345f759a74c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in combating
currency smuggling, money laundering, alien smuggling, and trafficking in
alcohol, firearms, and explosives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbbc5c4e9fa5b42c089203dc851ad999b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in implementing
the agreement between Canada and the United States known as the Firearms
Trafficking Action Plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID21af280b6c9b437b8fd483ebe952bd28"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in determining
the feasibility of formulating a firearms trafficking action plan between
Mexico and the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID833208975fe54508b3df9dc3c6937018"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in developing a
joint threat assessment on organized crime between Canada and the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe57392724b5941c988e166b8f1a7b667"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in determining
the feasibility of formulating a joint threat assessment on organized crime
between Mexico and the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6ef0cc9f937a401b8c20f579dfa3627a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in developing
mechanisms to exchange information on findings, seizures, and capture of
individuals transporting undeclared currency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdfda08c18e8d401b93d9218ccda6f50d"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in developing and
implementing a plan to combat the transnational threat of illegal drug
trafficking.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb79e227ccb6c466d983c2a33e07f45e9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Law enforcement
cooperation</header><text>The progress made in enhancing law enforcement
cooperation among Canada, Mexico, and the United States through enhanced
technical assistance for the development and maintenance of a national database
built upon identified best practices for biometrics associated with known and
suspected criminals or terrorists, including exploring the formation of law
enforcement teams that include personnel from the United States and Mexico, and
appropriate procedures for such teams.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2f0451dfb62b49969655825fd64d61ee"><enum>114.</enum><header>Improving the
security of Mexico's southern border</header>
<subsection id="ID4d14266ccc8445809b5d54892e853088"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary, shall work to cooperate with the head of Foreign Affairs Canada and
the appropriate officials of the Government of Mexico to establish a
program—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe4e488bfc38944f28a9544f45a1d42d1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assess the
specific needs of Guatemala and Belize in maintaining the security of the
international borders of such countries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07aa584c4c50410291a9fcb86c592de5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to use the
assessment made under paragraph (1) to determine the financial and technical
support needed by Guatemala and Belize from Canada, Mexico, and the United
States to meet such needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54366fa7c6c347b7b3a666db4e7ea724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide
technical assistance to Guatemala and Belize to promote issuance of secure
passports and travel documents by such countries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5da7575316ff414abe370c8bd2983fa0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to encourage
Guatemala and Belize—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID429fb080181b47a6aecdb45c882a0c86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to control alien
smuggling and trafficking;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30e77eb69bc446acab0eab04cea9c980"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prevent the
use and manufacture of fraudulent travel documents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0c3c96d38b544235903fe637684edc18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to share relevant
information with Mexico, Canada, and the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60C0D37C97034CEE8D711E26694B27D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Border security
for Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, shall work to cooperate—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B7DFA8B30C54A2DA2AF9ADAEDB5EF71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with the
appropriate officials of the Government of Guatemala and the Government of
Belize to provide law enforcement assistance to Guatemala and Belize that
specifically addresses immigration issues to increase the ability of the
Government of Guatemala to dismantle human smuggling organizations and gain
additional control over the international border between Guatemala and Belize;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0160DF76599E4B26A4B8187470ACA9A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the
appropriate officials of the Government of Belize, the Government of Guatemala,
the Government of Mexico, and the governments of neighboring contiguous
countries to establish a program to provide needed equipment, technical
assistance, and vehicles to manage, regulate, and patrol the international
borders between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and Belize.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb9558745415548f8a7a7e5f17827e28f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tracking
Central American gangs</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
shall work to cooperate with the appropriate officials of the Government of
Mexico, the Government of Guatemala, the Government of Belize, and the
governments of other Central American countries—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfaeb7e2d0b6a4d3aa9bce7386b3f3b71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assess the
direct and indirect impact on the United States and Central America of
deporting violent criminal aliens;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID58891ac6f4f94ed3930b80408ccacf5d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to establish a
program and database to track individuals involved in Central American gang
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53f4bc49fc7644fb9ac636f315fc721a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to develop a
mechanism that is acceptable to the governments of Belize, Guatemala, Mexico,
the United States, and other appropriate countries to notify such a government
if an individual suspected of gang activity will be deported to that country
prior to the deportation and to provide support for the reintegration of such
deportees into that country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf2df08d263ea4bd7937487def9fac3d0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to develop an
agreement to share all relevant information related to individuals connected
with Central American gangs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idC558838DCC654792A00DE1A5032577D2"><enum>C</enum><header>Other border
security initiatives</header>
<section id="IDc9173532ba5343f789ab1e52977a2093"><enum>121.</enum><header>Biometric data
enhancements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than
October 1, 2007, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb88cf1dc3d554c05b5245b6c6f995daa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in consultation
with the Attorney General, enhance connectivity between the Automated Biometric
Fingerprint Identification System (IDENT) of the Department and the Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to ensure more expeditious data searches; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID43a7f7c9de4c4fb8ab1283cb5020a363"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in consultation
with the Secretary of State, collect all fingerprints from each alien required
to provide fingerprints during the alien's initial enrollment in the integrated
entry and exit data system described in section 110 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID72647a5161a449a79a2362c66417e030"><enum>122.</enum><header>Secure
communication</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
shall, as expeditiously as practicable, develop and implement a plan to improve
the use of satellite communications and other technologies to ensure clear and
secure 2-way communication capabilities—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbb0c53a068b04058b5c3754bef64c49b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>among all Border
Patrol agents conducting operations between ports of entry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc61e5ec805ac49d2a48aa7ae4a7fcfcc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>between Border
Patrol agents and their respective Border Patrol stations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID13054e18292b4fbe817fb0603bb0cf7f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>between Border
Patrol agents and residents in remote areas along the international land
borders of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2ead8f2c41a74d4fac7b8f6c4f65c5ff"><enum>(4)</enum><text>between all
appropriate border security agencies of the Department and State, local, and
tribal law enforcement agencies.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID46d7caeaadcb4d0faff9a359493b06ae"><enum>123.</enum><header>Border patrol
training capacity review</header>
<subsection id="ID5552512c825a4fca9dcbc326c99d0c8d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a review of the basic training provided to Border Patrol agents by the
Secretary to ensure that such training is provided as efficiently and
cost-effectively as possible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbd229096d9cc43d285dd7d7cd3704cba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Components of
review</header><text>The review under subsection (a) shall include the
following components:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf4a27460466e4c108ae3a2e6c057cdeb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An evaluation of
the length and content of the basic training curriculum provided to new Border
Patrol agents by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including a
description of how such curriculum has changed since September 11, 2001, and an
evaluation of language and cultural diversity training programs provided within
such curriculum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7be957c7426e4109a67d791db3d10690"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A review and a
detailed breakdown of the costs incurred by the Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to train 1 new
Border Patrol agent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID327a302f6b0c4ebdbec80db4efb53b97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A comparison,
based on the review and breakdown under paragraph (2), of the costs,
effectiveness, scope, and quality, including geographic characteristics, with
other similar training programs provided by State and local agencies, nonprofit
organizations, universities, and the private sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35d86b35deb34854a6783d6e313f5089"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An evaluation of
whether utilizing comparable non-Federal training programs, proficiency
testing, and long-distance learning programs may affect—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID704517d7ca0442cda65fabd23350c879"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
cost-effectiveness of increasing the number of Border Patrol agents trained per
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F4C608ADB474FDB95935B0EDC753DB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the per agent
costs of basic training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64c93e3e270547539132f4e4bb9cc9a7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the scope and
quality of basic training needed to fulfill the mission and duties of a Border
Patrol agent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID4a4eddcad1954d9e82fae99725cbb281"><enum>124.</enum><header>US-VISIT
System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation
with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress
a schedule for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5643702ba3ae412dbea70bc96040af56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>equipping all
land border ports of entry of the United States with the U.S.-Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US–VISIT) system implemented under
section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID30961c4ea4e14395ba05c4c6a1451463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing and
deploying at such ports of entry the exit component of the US–VISIT system;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8483bcae5ad344eda5376837d40a0e7e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>making
interoperable all immigration screening systems operated by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID0982b9a272e14e3a971bd4834a860454"><enum>125.</enum><header>Document fraud
detection</header>
<subsection id="ID543bc7f4414e4dbe97b5e3263ee887e6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Subject
to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide all Customs
and Border Protection officers with training in identifying and detecting
fraudulent travel documents. Such training shall be developed in consultation
with the head of the Forensic Document Laboratory of the Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa156471c9c2d42118bb9e5ebf0076c5a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forensic
document laboratory</header><text>The Secretary shall provide all Customs and
Border Protection officers with access to the Forensic Document
Laboratory.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID047ac047ec434a6b9499797f9e40b2bb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="id88DD01043A664DD2A163DCA17E1DE5B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
assessment</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department shall conduct
an independent assessment of the accuracy and reliability of the Forensic
Document Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68A92A3EBB0B4E799854A31B955DBDCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to Congress the findings of the
assessment required by paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6bf364c024e44810b0636674c26841d6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through
2011 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6e18fbb0cc2e4d8cb632fdd906e5b240"><enum>126.</enum><header>Improved
document integrity</header>
<subsection id="ID2e0e87139e1c4e02bb37dab56b080653"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 303 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa
Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1732) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfd2d91c162e14e8faf69bd71bebdf181"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa095c4112be549a1948c61b6cc4f4512"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">entry and exit
documents</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">travel and entry documents and evidence of
status</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa562ad1c00034f28b7d40dc310a6f438"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID99ec8aad0ffd4cbd8782cc29739489b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Not later than October 26, 2004, the</quote> and inserting
<quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53c8f4d0d7924cae8d5f3eed0f0524a5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>visas and</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>visas,
evidence of status, and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a0336827f0345dead2f760e631bbb79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7cd6d18f29674f8fa3b004cf5376e0c5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC43C3C427C8450EB8617BD8AB528608" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID60dc831a1f2b4b5391de3c4be38a183c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
documents</header><text>Not later than October 26, 2007, every document, other
than an interim document, issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, which
may be used as evidence of an alien's status as an immigrant, nonimmigrant,
parolee, asylee, or refugee, shall be machine-readable and tamper-resistant,
and shall incorporate a biometric identifier to allow the Secretary of Homeland
Security to verify electronically the identity and status of the
alien.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID782912df0b914b858313f99751295d0d"><enum>127.</enum><header>Cancellation
of visas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222(g) (8
U.S.C. 1202(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf54e675b687441e5a054c6e0c7af8219"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0B1626F7226A42CD9073AE68A8A2FE79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2359DE54C2594E8CBA5DA91FCACD86B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and any other nonimmigrant visa issued by the United States that is in
the possession of the alien</quote> after <quote>such visa</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe738765a50d44c549423095bc45c6a30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking <quote>(other than the visa described in paragraph (1))
issued in a consular office located in the country of the alien's
nationality</quote> and inserting <quote>(other than a visa described in
paragraph (1)) issued in a consular office located in the country of the
alien's nationality or foreign residence</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID9af6170d6c494d5793be7cdfa1234353"><enum>128.</enum><header>Biometric
entry-exit system</header>
<subsection id="IDa87dd10e998f4dfda64dd8c987f3421a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of
biometric data from aliens departing the United States</header><text>Section
215 (8 U.S.C. 1185) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf634ae8565c44275ac49d9c981507bfe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC6E7290431C947B3A4791E2A75828001"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by moving
subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1), to the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4015c641413940539f46a4925782237f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7CCC4357F3E46E2ADFFCC3164D461BA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID3a74b49548a544808747ef5f638fa655"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Homeland Security is authorized to require aliens departing the United States
to provide biometric data and other information relating to their immigration
status.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID35a7c7287ae846c69cb49cd1a2888a19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspection of
applicants for admission</header><text>Section 235(d) (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D90F99FDBF44A4B8C6887BBD757D340" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID34ee120bd6f348b1bf26025983904df6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authority to
collect biometric data</header><text>In conducting inspections under subsection
(b), immigration officers are authorized to collect biometric data from—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8bfd9a649b374d36a02db692f53b2e81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any applicant for
admission or alien seeking to transit through the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDae0760cbcc25422d91d703615a5fedb5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any lawful
permanent resident who is entering the United States and who is not regarded as
seeking admission pursuant to section
101(a)(13)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfcc9a482dcfe45baa52e0e071bef76f9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collection of
biometric data from alien crewmen</header><text>Section 252 (8 U.S.C. 1282) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DF79A048F704882B12F15D818DEB509" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id68F2060E26EF41B18C3056FA4ED0B77D"><enum>(d)</enum><text>An immigration
officer is authorized to collect biometric data from an alien crewman seeking
permission to land temporarily in the United
States.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfeee62c1082c4e6d8a09ab4194793b18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grounds of
inadmissibility</header><text>Section 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID447c8d29548644e89f774d7ae84ac23d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(7), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66BBDA576F0B4E13B9AC0F53488D187D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID9aa56deada364df2be6d2b0fe1949c3b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Withholders of
biometric data</header><text>Any alien who knowingly fails to comply with a
lawful request for biometric data under section 215(c) or 235(d) is
inadmissible.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID016439e12cdf43b4b3b897a0ab89fc1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id738BEC21E385456281AAA2152CBBEE6B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID7d71d818c1ef497ab8944b1aa6305a7a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall determine whether a ground for inadmissibility exists
with respect to an alien described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(7) and
may waive the application of such subparagraph for an individual alien or a
class of aliens, at the discretion of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcaa141b8770a4054803fdcf92aae8c06"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Section
7208 of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID28b87084050c43bead5a241f56ba786f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1981128FEEB84DAC90AFD260D88C352F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID44e3df8099434be58e1728be14a84636"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>In
fully implementing the automated biometric entry and exit data system under
this section, the Secretary is not required to comply with the requirements of
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the
Administrative Procedure Act) or any other law relating to rulemaking,
information collection, or publication in the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc059723c2c2c42e2962d75e0737e621a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(l)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID076913e4319741809ae11741aa2b4256"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>There are authorized</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A3E293DC3C44644AE1ACD07C190BF8C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID00b9f27c140143b9a49b41a3bed28964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are
authorized</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32b2667ec98e469ca8f13c48ae33ee2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE37724A0E4254E78B1148A50698AC2B4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID4fb252cf4e264b34a620a8fb2dc5699b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation
at all land border ports of entry</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 and
2008 to implement the automated biometric entry and exit data system at all
land border ports of
entry.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa44fae5c08b64fc6b57288627feee68c"><enum>129.</enum><header>Border
study</header>
<subsection id="IDd9be43addaad42ad804caf3881e2926b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Southern border
study</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General,
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, shall conduct a study on the construction of a system of
physical barriers along the southern international land and maritime border of
the United States. The study shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="IDeb2ffaee08c94b5faa9ba7a66322dbc4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the necessity of constructing such a system, including the identification of
areas of high priority for the construction of such a system determined after
consideration of factors including the amount of narcotics trafficking and the
number of illegal immigrants apprehended in such areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0516416b0c3244fc83357106cd22a11e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of
the feasibility of constructing such a system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78f752026cb644fdb34b6826079c5af1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
the international, national, and regional environmental impact of such a
system, including the impact on zoning, global climate change, ozone depletion,
biodiversity loss, and transboundary pollution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ba2a4233df34539bacab8b69b9f957a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of
the necessity for ports of entry along such a system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfdaf853821f24265a405208ff567076e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment of
the impact such a system would have on international trade, commerce, and
tourism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0b40ae80a604206906b26162827ee77"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of
the effect of such a system on private property rights including issues of
eminent domain and riparian rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9bd7dcfef279420493c662e56893ad29"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an estimate of
the costs associated with building a barrier system, including costs associated
with excavation, construction, and maintenance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa15df4d4e4c34cd6a40f5b522c94be43"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an assessment of
the effect of such a system on Indian reservations and units of the National
Park System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3fa5028caf4d406ab590cc5954af022a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the study described in subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3873E494E013405FA75A91D30987596D"><enum>130.</enum><header>Secure border
initiative financial accountability</header>
<subsection id="ID4472bf0ca24d44468f24987942d3a0b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department shall review each
contract action relating to the Secure Border Initiative having a value of more
than $20,000,000, to determine whether each such action fully complies with
applicable cost requirements, performance objectives, program milestones,
inclusion of small, minority, and women-owned business, and time lines. The
Inspector General shall complete a review under this subsection with respect to
each contract action—</text>
<paragraph id="ID53ab138915f24cc789241ef8cc45fb23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 60
days after the date of the initiation of the action; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID336211855d6d4923aa4f540382350f0d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>upon the
conclusion of the performance of the contract.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID708d18aed5f14a0994083486be47a937"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspector
General</header>
<paragraph id="id946D104997B24A698C5127D277E9EC7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Action</header><text>If
the Inspector General becomes aware of any improper conduct or wrongdoing in
the course of conducting a contract review under subsection (a), the Inspector
General shall, as expeditiously as practicable, refer information relating to
such improper conduct or wrongdoing to the Secretary, or to another appropriate
official of the Department, who shall determine whether to temporarily suspend
the contractor from further participation in the Secure Border
Initiative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBAEE3731345F4E01B76C0E915E3AD35E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon
the completion of each review described in subsection (a), the Inspector
General shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security a report containing
the findings of the review, including findings regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5540226E1E5641BC8F0596381F79408D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cost
overruns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D5E059CC34E465988471495773254BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>significant
delays in contract execution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E2DC073131F4487BC0F2CA37B6E2080"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lack of rigorous
departmental contract management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD38DDE20E7214B32AC9D2117D41E1235"><enum>(D)</enum><text>insufficient
departmental financial oversight;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD3DCA03CD91A47678D0F9F288A200C1C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>bundling that
limits the ability of small businesses to compete; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2CB2C89E496343AA849D09D1299B1B7C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other high risk
business practices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa44218166e604640b8cd45d213f9f36c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports by the
Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="idD8E63A7265B943E69C8B5ECDE396B085"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the receipt of each report
required under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall submit a report, to the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives, that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3230A5DA170C4EB6A9209E00C069F85B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of
the report received from the Inspector General; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B7294D6DACE43FC847BCC774CD0D39C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the steps the
Secretary has taken, or plans to take, to address the problems identified in
such report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b8684628b8d43428198cee1d039b281"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts with
foreign companies</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the initiation of
each contract action with a company whose headquarters is not based in the
United States, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives, regarding the Secure Border Initiative.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6255BD407BD24B7AB029B0A09388C47F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports on
United States ports</header><text>Not later that 30 days after receiving
information regarding a proposed purchase of a contract to manage the
operations of a United States port by a foreign entity, the Committee on
Foreign Investment in the United States shall submit a report to Congress that
describes—</text>
<paragraph id="idB45174A01C914E888D08B8166E969EBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the proposed
purchase;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8562FD2F41074E0DB37F38904C584A7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any security
concerns related to the proposed purchase; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8C4BB128DB654E939332CE44B5D2ABF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the manner in
which such security concerns have been addressed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf027cc235dd04aaa8dc243ea4ee8d58f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts that are otherwise
authorized to be appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Office, to enable
the Office to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id090B74943AA04F9C96857CD85E1FD3F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2007, not less than 5 percent of the overall budget of the Office for such
fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id439D6131445E4C89BA3451DE7A61DDF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2008, not less than 6 percent of the overall budget of the Office for such
fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id863C3A69F2D949FAA483A962FF4CCB2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2009, not less than 7 percent of the overall budget of the Office for such
fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Interior
Enforcement</header>
<section id="ID9403695a5ace4d1e87448e30fd6ed524"><enum>201.</enum><header>Removal and
denial of benefits to terrorist aliens</header>
<subsection id="IDbb47db28e9c54c5291c2a713deee5d3b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Asylum</header><text>Section
208(b)(2)(A)(v) (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)(v)) is amended by striking <quote>or
(VI)</quote> and inserting <quote>(V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf092dafdb6b24f208ab699fc77fd3435"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cancellation of
removal</header><text>Section 240A(c)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1229b(c)(4)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1fd8a944264547dfb4c6270260c450ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>inadmissible under</quote> and inserting <quote>described in</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52ad1bc45cb34f29af71057563dbe82b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>deportable under</quote> and inserting <quote>described
in</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID14aae33720dd45cb8b26b1a557174170"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Voluntary
departure</header><text>Section 240B(b)(1)(C) (8 U.S.C. 1229c(b)(1)(C)) is
amended by striking <quote>deportable under section 237(a)(2)(A)(iii) or
section 237(a)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>described in paragraph
(2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 237(a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3B48E467A82B455BB181B5648D34744A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Restriction on
removal</header><text>Section 241(b)(3)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id84E19BF0A61D4CA4B02B025EC54CAC39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id229CE3F57D63483A8DB76877E9B08434"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iv) by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id788901AC8EE4454A9B4E4DE433859A5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (iv) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE34D3C69DA24115A975099CABBF638E" style="OLC">
<clause id="id6FD85FDF6B1F4AAF9694125E9357AD9E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the alien is
described in section 237(a)(4)(B) (other than an alien described in section
212(a)(3)(B)(i)(IV) if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that there
are not reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a danger to the security
of the United States).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E6746813D7F4041B759182CCC88659E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the
undesignated paragraph, by striking <quote>For purposes of clause (iv), an
alien who is described in section 237(a)(4)(B) shall be considered to be an
alien with respect to whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a
danger to the security of the United States.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0699bdf12b514b05acb673342b42095f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Record of
admission</header><text>Section 249 (8 U.S.C. 1259) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6B0D7A6689F468EBA09AC92AE6B5284" style="OLC">
<section id="id2CBCA29500CD492184D2165A39FD902D"><enum>249.</enum><header>Record of
admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens who entered the
United States prior to January 1, 1972</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A record of lawful admission for permanent
residence may be made, in the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security
and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, for any alien, as of
the date of the approval of the alien’s application or, if entry occurred
before July 1, 1924, as of the date of such entry if no such record is
otherwise available, if the alien establishes that the alien—</text>
<paragraph id="id126ACE248FC44D2EAF270FBDDE6180C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not described in section 212(a)(3)(E) or
in section 212(a) (insofar as it relates to criminals, procurers, other immoral
persons, subversives, violators of the narcotics laws, or smugglers of
aliens);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8BE042FFC160445BA3F43EDBF18B8666"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entered the United States before January 1,
1972;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6D6D4EAD3C2D4BD1A16CD74342A012BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has resided in
the United States continuously since such entry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5A050C38CAE84FA38BAE192CF637536E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a person of
good moral character;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id762CDFFBFD224D728528860FECEF21D7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is not ineligible
for citizenship; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDFCDB2BAC5664DC9A1F2F3F7DFEA0214"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is not described
in section
237(a)(4)(B).</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id217B165E329146DD955456DD47354949"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date
and application</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idEEB8D696E161424EA5670EFED5B75BCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9E329614EAE24EFF835A0AB65E0841B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id879CA230C99345F78EC6974A13333595"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any aliens in a
removal, deportation, or exclusion proceeding pending on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1BCC4D1C7E014A94BBD7DC36A649E180"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any act or
condition constituting a ground for inadmissibility, excludability, or removal
occurring or existing before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID296522b564d0480e9ec2100d42e1bd1c"><enum>202.</enum><header>Detention and
removal of aliens ordered removed</header>
<subsection id="ID315072b340a34d65a073ac1b89ca9105"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="id7A831411A82A4373A48A88A08A3CFE38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section
241(a) (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDab7d5e0c7ade4183bc61b64564be94d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B5C13F339DF4F5BB494485652C2C87F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> any other place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf499afba92ef494691314ac6a009bd2b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idA0E39CC8A7DE4C62B20EB820508254BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C29CB8563B14900964363BF3500D261" style="OLC">
<clause id="id770CF9758A984A419E9FC5E91A266894"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If a court, the
Board of Immigration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of the
removal of the alien, the expiration date of the stay of
removal.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id842080756C094DB2BFB426294B20B905"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A64243284C14C3C88C9D78A9FA5E9B8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id920BC25821B544ABB74F62FD995F38ED"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Extension of
period</header><text>The removal period shall be extended beyond a period of 90
days and the alien may remain in detention during such extended period if the
alien fails or refuses to—</text>
<clause id="id224FECFD2FD246BF965251084E92B438"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make all
reasonable efforts to comply with the removal order; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id9A51A0BE6AFD4AC2AA150E44FCE67DD1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fully cooperate
with the Secretary’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and carry out
the removal order, including failing to make timely application in good faith
for travel or other documents necessary to the alien’s departure, or conspiring
or acting to prevent the alien’s
removal.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id2C5902B589AC4090977E9F5C78A6F202"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id730979FE76E144EFA974B558E8C28126" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id42B45712DEB040918626FC74B37F7B07"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Tolling of
period</header><text>If, at the time described in subparagraph (B), the alien
is not in the custody of the Secretary under the authority of this Act, the
removal period shall not begin until the alien is taken into such custody. If
the Secretary lawfully transfers custody of the alien during the removal period
to another Federal agency or to a State or local government agency in
connection with the official duties of such agency, the removal period shall be
tolled, and shall recommence on the date on which the alien is returned to the
custody of the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6cb03b1ea4f349d9b16aba53d90bdeaf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by adding at the end the following: <quote>If a court, the Board of Immigration
Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien who is
subject to an administrative final order of removal, the Secretary, in the
exercise of discretion, may detain the alien during the pendency of such stay
of removal.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3eea4dc9a3ca4d18b7b803b493aa23cd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9159AFACB294998B03FB355FBF352F9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idE3A57FCCBD8E4C9581833FC468B4CCBF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to obey
reasonable restrictions on the alien’s conduct or activities, or to perform
affirmative acts, that the Secretary prescribes for the alien—</text>
<clause id="id089237C123EE43AE84BD8EDDF525DAAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to prevent the
alien from absconding;</text>
</clause><clause id="id177635126D8B4C8A8364A1EE41A005FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the
protection of the community; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idFC5ED6A71D224E1C8B2007ED0969DFFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for other
purposes related to the enforcement of the immigration
laws.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID26c76f87b16a4a7792d12aadaf419440"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>removal period and, if released,</quote> and inserting
<quote>removal period, in the discretion of the Secretary, without any
limitations other than those specified in this section, until the alien is
removed. If an alien is released, the alien</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdd24f30dd3594daca81ae1644509e4d6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (10); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3F8EB396940D4138834C4673C1DF5661"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0483FCD979C40A7BC04A05063450627" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID8b2cbd18908e427f8b34e619e8bdd2c3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Parole</header><text>If
an alien detained pursuant to paragraph (6) is an applicant for admission, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's discretion, may parole the
alien under section 212(d)(5) and may provide, notwithstanding section
212(d)(5), that the alien shall not be returned to custody unless either the
alien violates the conditions of the alien's parole or the alien's removal
becomes reasonably foreseeable, provided that in no circumstance shall such
alien be considered admitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7cf2fddc66344518a868cabaee5c9243"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Additional
rules for detention or release of aliens</header><text>The following procedures
shall apply to an alien detained under this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7a8143d407314869b02964907de5dbe0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Detention
review process for aliens who have effected an entry and fully cooperate with
removal</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an
administrative review process to determine whether an alien described in
subparagraph (B) should be detained or released after the removal period in
accordance with subparagraphs (C) and (E).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id015E507871F14CC992C849D32F9F5B9D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alien
described</header><text>An alien is described in this subparagraph if the
alien—</text>
<clause id="id3E4EDB65B09B41F9B7A061180F72364A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has effected an
entry into the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="id90F5B65AE64D403A966EE077B89BDB2D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has made all
reasonable efforts to comply with the alien’s removal order;</text>
</clause><clause id="idAA31786A4EB044C08CDC90E36942B80F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has cooperated
fully with the Secretary’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and to
carry out the removal order, including making timely application in good faith
for travel or other documents necessary for the alien’s departure; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF2037C6EEF8F4CE7978A58F9D2462847"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>has not
conspired or acted to prevent removal.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id538742997161413190418C173B20213E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Evidence</header><text>In
making a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="id8B463497EB6B496F947FC2E6BC6CDF9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall consider
any evidence submitted by the alien;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD5DDE025BD884673AFC57DC0C6C55B8A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may consider any
other evidence, including—</text>
<subclause id="id72CC0AD4DDFC4331B7BEC30AEFE5771B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any information
or assistance provided by the Department of State or other Federal agency;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id275B6FEEDD894D7399E129D15753B53A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other
information available to the Secretary pertaining to the ability to remove the
alien.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1564658bb946430b8e93faf9e88e85e3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Authority to
detain for 90 days beyond removal period</header><text>The Secretary, in the
exercise of the Secretary's discretion and without any limitations other than
those specified in this section, may detain an alien for 90 days beyond the
removal period (including any extension of the removal period under paragraph
(1)(C)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A15201760E9400EA18420F4A2B0DA2A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Authority to
detain for additional period</header><text>The Secretary, in the exercise of
the Secretary's discretion and without any limitations other than those
specified in this section, may detain an alien beyond the 90-day period
authorized under subparagraph (D) until the alien is removed, if the
Secretary—</text>
<clause id="id03F39D4DD4714D6D97732814121CFFFF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that
there is a significant likelihood that the alien will be removed in the
reasonably foreseeable future; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6586730e62374f72a1419fe762bb0115"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certifies in
writing—</text>
<subclause id="id47835384D5F94631847E856DADAA9F58"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in consultation
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that the alien has a highly
contagious disease that poses a threat to public safety;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA9DEBEA33A7249409D39A578D449A1A2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>after receipt of
a written recommendation from the Secretary of State, that the release of the
alien would likely have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the
United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb3307990d9d74edc8f3ae9b178d03f29"><enum>(III)</enum><text>based on
information available to the Secretary (including classified, sensitive, or
national security information, and regardless of the grounds upon which the
alien was ordered removed), that there is reason to believe that the release of
the alien would threaten the national security of the United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID93cc2665a78b4fac834cefb08fcc4f97"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>that—</text>
<item id="idF247C31A8BB34D7ABADBCB6E59202A28"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the release of
the alien would threaten the safety of the community or any person, and
conditions of release cannot reasonably be expected to ensure the safety of the
community or any person; and</text>
</item><item id="id1C92AB9E54464986B309F6610A83482C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
alien—</text>
<subitem id="id24CC13C41AB5439FBFEC9DF9CAEF15BB"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>has been
convicted of 1 or more aggravated felonies (as defined in section
101(a)(43)(A)), or of 1 or more attempts or conspiracies to commit any such
aggravated felonies or such crimes, for an aggregate term of imprisonment of at
least 5 years; or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="ID22ecdc303091419db3c15ca41470665e"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>has committed a
crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code,
but not including a purely political offense) and, because of a mental
condition or personality disorder and behavior associated with that condition
or disorder, is likely to engage in acts of violence in the future; or</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="IDdf0f6269a2eb41cb8dafc8ee063ed365"><enum>(V)</enum><text>that—</text>
<item id="idA6E6C3393ACC4E8381A94CCC8140E884"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the release of
the alien would threaten the safety of the community or any person,
notwithstanding conditions of release designed to ensure the safety of the
community or any person; and</text>
</item><item id="idC28DB7CB24AA40E0A63595A22FA37A6A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the alien has
been convicted of 1 or more aggravated felonies (as defined in section
101(a)(43)) for which the alien was sentenced to an aggregate term of
imprisonment of not less than 1 year.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f7242ed0c264663b581f9d2309a7525"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Administrative
review process</header><text>The Secretary, without any limitations other than
those specified in this section, may detain an alien pending a determination
under subparagraph (E)(ii), if the Secretary has initiated the administrative
review process identified in subparagraph (A) not later than 30 days after the
expiration of the removal period (including any extension of the removal period
under paragraph (1)(C)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE458E5BBC6694A65833F14C8DE0DA0F3"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Renewal and
delegation of certification</header>
<clause id="IDb0ba0f2ada744aad8f36a76663623231"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>The
Secretary may renew a certification under subparagraph (E)(ii) every 6 months,
without limitation, after providing the alien with an opportunity to request
reconsideration of the certification and to submit documents or other evidence
in support of that request. If the Secretary does not renew such certification,
the Secretary shall release the alien, pursuant to subparagraph (H).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID01b0415f1f9f4622b5d1599b7404788c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary may not delegate the authority to
make or renew a certification described in subclause (II), (III), or (V) of
subparagraph (E)(ii) to any employee reporting to the Assistant Secretary for
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDac561dfdcb764a4baf9e754a4454047f"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Hearing</header><text>The
Secretary may request that the Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney
General, provide for a hearing to make the determination described in
subparagraph (E)(ii)(IV)(bb)(BB).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea889f74017b41a183ea153c04357de6"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Release on
conditions</header><text>If it is determined that an alien should be released
from detention, the Secretary may, in the Secretary’s discretion, impose
conditions on release in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to
paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDae07ff7af31e4bbfba6d8651320fcb04"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Redetention</header><text>The
Secretary, without any limitations other than those specified in this section,
may detain any alien subject to a final removal order who has previously been
released from custody if—</text>
<clause id="id9293D4FAEBCF47E5B889A202761DE64A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien fails
to comply with the conditions of release;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF872A2F454364D258A12B49F309FA0C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien fails
to continue to satisfy the conditions described in subparagraph (B); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id946DEFB75B7B4C9082F84932D5F2AA75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upon
reconsideration, the Secretary determines that the alien can be detained under
subparagraph (E).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD51AA154CE34B209CEAF1829714C354"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
paragraph and paragraphs (6) and (7) shall apply to any alien returned to
custody under subparagraph (I) as if the removal period terminated on the day
of the redetention.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5998bf6be7574042b164907920544903"><enum>(K)</enum><header>Detention
review process for aliens who have effected an entry and fail to cooperate with
removal</header><text>The Secretary shall detain an alien until the alien makes
all reasonable efforts to comply with a removal order and to cooperate fully
with the Secretary’s efforts, if the alien—</text>
<clause id="idAE5E4023B1F348F99E6B27E21F178BFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has effected an
entry into the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id629F8F5C0BAD4BA1A53E7715149C9BFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id69F6283D70584AB9B1E778D971D97D65"><enum>(I)</enum><text>and the alien faces a
significant likelihood that the alien will be removed in the reasonably
foreseeable future, or would have been removed if the alien had not—</text>
<item id="id973011B4A6E74685BF37EE8AB2A6EC54" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>failed or refused to make all
reasonable efforts to comply with a removal order;</text>
</item><item id="idAD8A093DD84146699AF9D377B531923E" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>failed or refused to fully cooperate
with the Secretary’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and carry out
the removal order, including the failure to make timely application in good
faith for travel or other documents necessary to the alien’s departure;
or</text>
</item><item id="id55A5E375707343B887C5D8162A1E0259" indent="up1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>conspired or acted to prevent
removal; or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id016D9C09816F430082F41A14B71517DF" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary makes a certification as
specified in subparagraph (E), or the renewal of a certification specified in
subparagraph (G).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccba3c0e76ea4aecbf4bd172d259f36f"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Detention
review process for aliens who have not effected an entry</header><text>Except
as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the Secretary shall follow the
guidelines established in section 241.4 of title 8, Code of Federal
Regulations, when detaining aliens who have not effected an entry. The
Secretary may decide to apply the review process outlined in this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4da3d876f1540f98b1006904b3aa480"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Without regard to the place of confinement, judicial
review of any action or decision made pursuant to paragraph (6), (7), or (8)
shall be available exclusively in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia and only if the alien
has exhausted all administrative remedies (statutory and nonstatutory)
available to the alien as of
right.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID78ddb9128b614681ad187a46c2ff2020"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDE47E1E9E56843BB9AAE96D2ADD64A9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50226845A5904ADCB7A183057B4CCBB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall apply
to—</text>
<clause id="IDf4ce4942343c4e9189fcfa7d0dba0026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any
alien subject to a final administrative removal, deportation, or exclusion
order that was issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2475c6d65e444a3e9e99838dcd10bda2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any act or
condition occurring or existing before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID28f247723bcf4d1b9d322a8c66ff6094"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criminal
detention of aliens</header><text>Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf1eae6d69c6146febb1e2aaaad47c826"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66AB754AD1064A6D81FFEBB2DDB87C5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id645102505F354AD086F5EF6825DA5408"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>If, after a hearing</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8DDEDE923C6446F9B6C43D4EFF57A440"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraphs
(B) and (C), as redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id815D1F8946C34A1E95500AE05097E8F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding after
subparagraph (C), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DEF2A310EB446B8A8AD51D730FD56FB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id38FDCC3AF5494FF4BE07A5669457886D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subject to rebuttal by the person, it
shall be presumed that no condition or combination of conditions will
reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required if the judicial
officer finds that there is probable cause to believe that the person—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3C79DB254B724B4CB09B0544AAC9365F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an alien; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41F595C0FD7049A0B71B104994B85A69"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8A9A068FB4D44E51A08C5BE32820638F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has no lawful
immigration status in the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="id0EA484A2D5214EAAA46A792DEA04F445" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the subject of a final order of
removal; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idFB3CCFD5343A4A8899F16E85F4FEF4CF" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has committed a felony offense under
section 911, 922(g)(5), 1015, 1028, 1425, or 1426 of this title, chapter 75 or
77 of this title, or section 243, 274, 275, 276, 277, or 278 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253, 1324, 1325, 1326, 2327, and
1328).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID074f13cf6a714bc9ad1880024aaa4cbf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id85E13573770A41B7ACFC03FFD0ACF77B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F4FD10AB4FA407097A0A40DDEA799EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC62F51680C414570B57DA23DA58BE57A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDd0b2cb3115bc445a92ead729174666cf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the person’s
immigration status;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID978e72a9417f4ef8b0c4fb0d2c116f46"><enum>203.</enum><header>Aggravated
felony</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(43) (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf028be7ff84f48f6b66be5ad6e825f6f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The term <term>aggravated felony</term> means—</quote> and inserting
<quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any provision
providing an effective date), the term <term>aggravated felony</term> applies
to an offense described in this paragraph, whether in violation of Federal or
State law and to such an offense in violation of the law of a foreign country,
for which the term of imprisonment was completed within the previous 15 years,
even if the length of the term of imprisonment is based on recidivist or other
enhancements and regardless of whether the conviction was entered before, on,
or after September 30, 1996, and means—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id660BDE05C42B4A89A617D71A5AC80CC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(N), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(A) or (2) of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57c53f64e7774a10a75f137c99d5f772"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(O), by striking <quote>section 275(a) or 276 committed by an alien who was
previously deported on the basis of a conviction for an offense described in
another subparagraph of this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>section 275
or 276 for which the term of imprisonment is at least 1 year</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1931bf4a80ba478ab07492601ba88909"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(U), by striking <quote>an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense described
in this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>aiding or abetting an offense
described in this paragraph, or soliciting, counseling, procuring, commanding,
or inducing another, attempting, or conspiring to commit such an
offense</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa06d9bc4864048c2ba357429f80eefce"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking the
undesignated matter following subparagraph (U).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID541600ed6f194e298c20fb7ab8b0c4a4"><enum>204.</enum><header>Terrorist
bars</header>
<subsection id="ID45fe40125e574d179baa7fbe744eb862"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
good moral character</header><text>Section 101(f) (8 U.S.C. 1101(f)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID08f7b106a66e4125a63c0f150a44b067"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE73A2B71EE9643158B25A18C11DDD25F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id1C3BB57231E243A7ABEA75ACD470B9B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an alien
described in section 212(a)(3) or 237(a)(4), as determined by the Secretary of
Homeland Security or Attorney General based upon any relevant information or
evidence, including classified, sensitive, or national security
information;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7546A8FF2B3E4BC9AA5E53FF218C7E2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>(as defined in subsection (a)(43))</quote> and inserting the
following: “, regardless of whether the crime was defined as an aggravated
felony under subsection (a)(43) at the time of the conviction, unless—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE40C3865A7F548059C5C4BD30EF22A1E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id73F972F41CE6498390904EBDCF676255"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the person
completed the term of imprisonment and sentence not later than 10 years before
the date of application; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7E855289D374BCAB8AE587D4943028D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security or the Attorney General waives the application of this
paragraph; or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04A9B121CAB6499F9BDC63FC7B5C5FD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the
undesignated matter following paragraph (9), by striking <quote>a finding that
for other reasons such person is or was not of good moral character</quote> and
inserting the following: <quote>a discretionary finding for other reasons that
such a person is or was not of good moral character. In determining an
applicant’s moral character, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General may take into consideration the applicant’s conduct and acts
at any time and are not limited to the period during which good moral character
is required.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbc2d8600b9e04383953f6ca6ae586a01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pending
proceedings</header><text>Section 204(b) (8 U.S.C. 1154(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: <quote>A petition may not be approved under
this section if there is any administrative or judicial proceeding (whether
civil or criminal) pending against the petitioner that could directly or
indirectly result in the petitioner’s denaturalization or the loss of the
petitioner’s lawful permanent resident status.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3e88e940d4914cacb5af3faa7e35e9d5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status</header>
<paragraph id="id60E600D78A94489DA027E2FDD13E2A0D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 216(e) (8 U.S.C. 1186a(e)) is amended by
inserting <quote>if the alien has had the conditional basis removed pursuant to
this section</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA09516C95B5446669EE3892501F5FDE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain alien
entrepreneurs</header><text>Section 216A(e) (8 U.S.C. 1186b(e)) is amended by
inserting <quote>if the alien has had the conditional basis removed pursuant to
this section</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3ae0b2dc679c4a20ac61812087a248e6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Judicial review
of naturalization applications</header><text>Section 310(c) (8 U.S.C. 1421(c))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID55000d48a31346aa9bca3a7ff36e88ec"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, not later than 120 days after the Secretary of Homeland Security’s
final determination,</quote> after <quote>may</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f4103690de045e3bd954880b83a9f5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: “The petitioner shall have the burden of showing that the
Secretary’s denial of the application was contrary to law. Except in a
proceeding under section 340, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no court shall have jurisdiction to determine, or to review a determination of
the Secretary regarding, whether, for purposes of an application for
naturalization, an alien—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A141D165A12407E8F8F209B3B233949" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idAC390B26647848A9ABD6F1CB664D552D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a person of
good moral character;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id77DEC89DCA3144B1A72F992CF3F0DE2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>understands and
is attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4817B3674D024180A97F88FBC888DF77"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is well disposed
to the good order and happiness of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb0ccc65225c64c288dc198cea0dd9960"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Persons
endangering national security</header><text>Section 316 (8 U.S.C. 1427) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74124D2B9F2B47A2ACF758F62DAAB6F2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idE2643DF94D9D4CDDA295B32E5E09255E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Persons
endangering the national security</header><text>A person may not be naturalized
if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, based upon any relevant
information or evidence, including classified, sensitive, or national security
information, that the person was once an alien described in section 212(a)(3)
or
237(a)(4).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9864cfd5a9ac4e3cb84425db6208e64d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Concurrent
naturalization and removal proceedings</header><text>Section 318 (8 U.S.C.
1429) is amended by striking <quote>the Attorney General if</quote> and all
that follows and inserting: <quote>the Secretary of Homeland Security or any
court if there is pending against the applicant any removal proceeding or other
proceeding to determine the applicant’s inadmissibility or deportability, or to
determine whether the applicant’s lawful permanent resident status should be
rescinded, regardless of when such proceeding was commenced. The findings of
the Attorney General in terminating removal proceedings or canceling the
removal of an alien under this Act shall not be deemed binding in any way upon
the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the question of whether such
person has established eligibility for naturalization in accordance with this
title.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa3a2b0817f8e48f9b24de693ca80b63b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>District court
jurisdiction</header><text>Section 336(b) (8 U.S.C. 1447(b)) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB46FC1EF9ADD468BBBADAFE0B503BCD2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID58b25eb5090a44da8ad5d55d855388b5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Request for
hearing before district court</header><text>If there is a failure to render a
final administrative decision under section 335 before the end of the 180-day
period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security
completes all examinations and interviews required under such section, the
applicant may apply to the district court for the district in which the
applicant resides for a hearing on the matter. Such district court shall only
have jurisdiction to review the basis for delay and remand the matter to the
Secretary of Homeland Security for the Secretary’s determination on the
application.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7219f891c2c34e569e92c7bef4336c54"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id772B336CE3A649DA8CC07048C50F29F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE9D0E35070564033859BE63773C53579"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall apply to
any act that occurred before, on, or after such date of enactment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCA50A8ABF392420F95807388403536EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall apply to
any application for naturalization or any other case or matter under the
immigration laws pending on, or filed after, such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID7bac5768d31d4b17b938861ec81d7dba"><enum>205.</enum><header>Increased
criminal penalties related to gang violence, removal, and alien
smuggling</header>
<subsection id="IDb0fe3d0589a249f6a2ecbc76084b5fae"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criminal street
gangs</header>
<paragraph id="ID78ad594f911c42e98238975d190ce993"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inadmissibility</header><text>Section
212(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDca8d2fad47db437fa789e86607eef5ee"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (J); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDba79a0552e55404f9c385e7e2018c41d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6892A6D8C977491EA25DCD464DBE3F2E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID4cde3b90af0a49e3b1f63158edb89fdb"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Members of
criminal street gangs</header><text>Unless the Secretary of Homeland Security
or the Attorney General waives the application of this subparagraph, any alien
who a consular officer, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland
Security knows or has reason to believe—</text>
<clause id="IDdb20b18fcc7641208a7c9f640857ff51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is, or has been,
a member of a criminal street gang (as defined in section 521(a) of title 18,
United States Code); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa5f4a106ad744e9b9b0f5a7881f0dfe2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has participated
in the activities of a criminal street gang, knowing or having reason to know
that such activities promoted, furthered, aided, or supported the illegal
activity of the criminal gang,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">is
inadmissible.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID006932716a9a4232a886f3aa5df24e0d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deportability</header><text>Section
237(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8F636CD61C7434EAEA6E3A0EA977F13" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID373caad292ed4b74a1d6de9a2622b3ff"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Members of
criminal street gangs</header><text>Unless the Secretary of Homeland Security
or the Attorney General waives the application of this subparagraph, any alien
who the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General knows or has
reason to believe—</text>
<clause id="IDe5f6b161135a4f2ea4a5be59dfa6d312"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is, or at any
time after admission has been, a member of a criminal street gang (as defined
in section 521(a) of title 18, United States Code); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf82b4255c5a84a2091ab893d225206af"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has participated
in the activities of a criminal street gang, knowing or having reason to know
that such activities promoted, furthered, aided, or supported the illegal
activity of the criminal gang,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">is
deportable.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e894a796beb47d58cf3f30a73a433f7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Temporary
protected status</header><text>Section 244 (8 U.S.C. 1254a) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDabd672e9a4bf435493d3b2d85b6e5053"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4977f553f4ef45be85308e311c81cc49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)—</text>
<clause id="id3939B4EBE4AA481FB33557DA3E78D545"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking the last sentence and inserting the following:
<quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary of
Homeland Security may, for any reason (including national security), terminate
or modify any designation under this section. Such termination or modification
is effective upon publication in the Federal Register, or after such time as
the Secretary may designate in the Federal Register.</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6bf2d88868314371879e793660f267b1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>a period of 12 or 18 months</quote> and
inserting <quote>any other period not to exceed 18 months</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0537a93c216c4791bd95918324090ed4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<clause id="id66D6CF98B4C44389B17A8834FA7E40D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>The amount of any such fee shall not
exceed $50.</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf8832e7c3feb41e6bbb44bf00f13d5f1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<subclause id="ID387d6a81be80481db3afb47fc94733e8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>, or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID64f1f298c28b4e6fbd1475f9a4afdf4d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID333978fb77c447ac866509278ab4a5c7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E8F2071323D483ABFF9BA7B86EA40F4" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDd5106d8a580a40dbaf1a6c31500be492"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the alien is,
or at any time after admission has been, a member of a criminal street gang (as
defined in section 521(a) of title 18, United States
Code).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID09a37858909c4e308354f9948dfb832f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<clause id="idC1738CFA69AA44DC88941E8FA9FA922F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5eeca1ea71794fb6a23aa9fe77001e07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Secretary of
Homeland Security may detain an alien provided temporary protected status under
this section whenever appropriate under any other provision of
law.</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDad41425492c048bbbfe3d3dc5ab49465"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties
related to removal</header><text>Section 243 (8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDec6654bea35d43cb9959f61b52e24ccf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb7f4664c05134da1aaeabd2a0f7fe41d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>212(a) or</quote> after
<quote>section</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbc66daa828ca4455b59562badaf2837a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
following subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="id5AC279D49AEF49A0BF7A66BF34FE2809"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or imprisoned not more than four years</quote> and inserting
<quote>and imprisoned for not less than 6 months or more than 5 years</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1655B5A5DA704286B7E9A2B30B6B2151"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>, or both</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd95f8667b96b413db90185d6ff60ce91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>not more than $1000 or imprisoned for not more than one
year, or both</quote> and inserting <quote>under title 18, United States Code,
and imprisoned for not less than 6 months or more than 5 years (or for not more
than 10 years if the alien is a member of any of the classes described in
paragraphs (1)(E), (2), (3), and (4) of section 237(a))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4A2AAE0910314127B5CC58BA2E608ADB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (d) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A81A23F34A340EDBA9169B80A6ECB40" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id5BCC742FD3614EDD85C10F4F4B68E188"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Denying visas
to nationals of country denying or delaying accepting alien</header><text>The
Secretary of Homeland Security, after making a determination that the
government of a foreign country has denied or unreasonably delayed accepting an
alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after
the alien has been ordered removed, and after consultation with the Secretary
of State, may instruct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to any citizen,
subject, national, or resident of that country until the country accepts the
alien that was ordered
removed.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDec97659848bb43ceb046142f5f3cd328"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Alien smuggling
and related offenses</header>
<paragraph id="id31212077297D4E46A4A101AE3AAB42B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 274 (8 U.S.C. 1324), is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9580F5E9456F43D7921C59160F531F3F" style="OLC">
<section id="IDd3c8a39fa53241daa4aaf85c08cf5db4"><enum>274.</enum><header>Alien
smuggling and related offenses</header>
<subsection id="id646B80090D864999953C21AB12123A4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criminal
offenses and penalties</header>
<paragraph id="ID387a47857fe945088aed02a738ec22b0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibited
activities</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person shall be
punished as provided under paragraph (2), if the person—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1f65a7987e0848ecbda42929af8d4540"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facilitates,
encourages, directs, or induces a person to come to or enter the United States,
or to cross the border to the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard
of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to come to,
enter, or cross the border to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5514cc91180d442fbe9b0b50b3862a3e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitates,
encourages, directs, or induces a person to come to or enter the United States,
or to cross the border to the United States, at a place other than a designated
port of entry or place other than as designated by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an
alien and regardless of whether such alien has official permission or lawful
authority to be in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcbd855f0d144003b6542826101955ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>transports,
moves, harbors, conceals, or shields from detection a person outside of the
United States knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is
an alien in unlawful transit from 1 country to another or on the high seas,
under circumstances in which the alien is seeking to enter the United States
without official permission or legal authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ea026204757491e9f83c80416539cab"><enum>(D)</enum><text>encourages or
induces a person to reside or remain in the United States, knowing or in
reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful
authority to reside in or remain in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd14541d3d189455f91c9c88e54befd94"><enum>(E)</enum><text>transports or
moves a person in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the
fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority to enter or be in
the United States, if the transportation or movement will further the alien’s
illegal entry into or illegal presence in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6f5054d02dbe4d2ab61fcad81615d5ad"><enum>(F)</enum><text>harbors,
conceals, or shields from detection a person in the United States, knowing or
in reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful
authority to be in the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID47de29fba4af44a69f1ef9fdfcf08800"><enum>(G)</enum><text>conspires or
attempts to commit any of the acts described in subparagraphs (A) through
(F).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd2a5275f93b04c958dc130ad84de727b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>A person who violates any provision under paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID25ca1c0a82ce495891aba8a3b1d95ac0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraphs (C) through (G), if the offense was not committed for
commercial advantage, profit, or private financial gain, shall be fined under
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or
both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID42bacddd58ff48c4b38a1a9374a9a100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraphs (C) through (G), if the offense was committed for
commercial advantage, profit, or private financial gain—</text>
<clause id="ID2135b05687de4760963f9ff56fe889f0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the violation
is the offender’s first violation under this subparagraph, shall be fined under
such title, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID670759bc2e2840b4bbfb12681b9d25ef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the violation
is the offender’s second or subsequent violation of this subparagraph, shall be
fined under such title, imprisoned for not less than 3 years or more than 20
years, or both;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd9760ccdb4b6455990d02554abfcdd88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the offense
furthered or aided the commission of any other offense against the United
States or any State that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,
shall be fined under such title, imprisoned for not less than 5 years or more
than 20 years, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID21f96a8beba74245aea5fa466481c844"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall be fined
under such title, imprisoned not less than 5 years or more than 20 years, or
both, if the offense created a substantial and foreseeable risk of death, a
substantial and foreseeable risk of serious bodily injury (as defined in
section 2119(2) of title 18, United States Code), or inhumane conditions to
another person, including—</text>
<clause id="IDfa76c609f1a74bee8b3bccbd635e347a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transporting the
person in an engine compartment, storage compartment, or other confined
space;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbe250ebe4e3b4c37b880ec46ec81ddf9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transporting the
person at an excessive speed or in excess of the rated capacity of the means of
transportation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb7d15bc3b25e4b74b6aaf7e81cd6f606"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transporting
the person in, harboring the person in, or otherwise subjecting the person to
crowded or dangerous conditions;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea09a9cb001c46eb945667f5ed98f83e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>if the offense
caused serious bodily injury (as defined in section 2119(2) of title 18, United
States Code) to any person, shall be fined under such title, imprisoned for not
less than 7 years or more than 30 years, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaf627c836f8a4221ad17407d9ad9d589"><enum>(F)</enum><text>shall be fined
under such title and imprisoned for not less than 10 years or more than 30
years if the offense involved an alien who the offender knew or had reason to
believe was—</text>
<clause id="ID8b1a269717a74276ab0b7c9b1b896dcb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>engaged in
terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID27ae17e047684168ab67c8358831079f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>intending to
engage in terrorist activity;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe2300e35478d4deb97e2b0151eb028b3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the offense
caused or resulted in the death of any person, shall be punished by death or
imprisoned for a term of years not less than 10 years and up to life, and fined
under title 18, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b44729aa2e9451ab0f4b4f4b5905ce2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>It
is not a violation of subparagraph (D), (E), or (F) of paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0419917179A14473A828304BBE7502E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a religious
denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United
States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to
encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United
States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination
or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as
an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical
assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or
missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least 1 year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5025f704ca524fd6944f6841121c9be9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for an individual
to provide an alien with emergency humanitarian assistance, including emergency
medical care and food, or to transport the alien to a location where such
assistance can be rendered, provided that such assistance is rendered without
compensation or the expectation of compensation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f93a3e181e040449e5a2026c24cd38f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Extraterritorial
jurisdiction</header><text>There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over
the offenses described in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5619e636091c43558c903cf09bb4224f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment of
unauthorized aliens</header>
<paragraph id="id8CE41660D1DF4F9A8365B6D3983925F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
offense and penalties</header><text>Any person who, during any 12-month period,
knowingly employs 10 or more individuals with actual knowledge or in reckless
disregard of the fact that the individuals are aliens described in paragraph
(2), shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more
than 10 years, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID180237fba2fd459faa25cfde222fbfc9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>An
alien described in this paragraph is an alien who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID35f6f1717ac24ba081ec574f56837cea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an
unauthorized alien (as defined in section 274A(h)(3));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4652460f7eb245b8867bd5d223387ebc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is present in the
United States without lawful authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E0A6C53AD154F52937E12C6EA3B2F5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been brought
into the United States in violation of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4247dd8e836c4438882ceb3aa9de02d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Seizure and
forfeiture</header>
<paragraph id="ID862dec2db77441c6b8cb24aca1fa1311"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any real or personal property used to commit or
facilitate the commission of a violation of this section, the gross proceeds of
such violation, and any property traceable to such property or proceeds, shall
be subject to forfeiture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID67ccd52361ba4f2890353c255a91c191"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
procedures</header><text>Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall
be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code,
relating to civil forfeitures, except that such duties as are imposed upon the
Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in section 981(d)
shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be
designated for that purpose by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID51a4104e258842e7a3e53e14ac186388"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prima facie
evidence in determinations of violations</header><text>In determining whether a
violation of subsection (a) has occurred, prima facie evidence that an alien
involved in the alleged violation lacks lawful authority to come to, enter,
reside in, remain in, or be in the United States or that such alien had come
to, entered, resided in, remained in, or been present in the United States in
violation of law shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0acee64ab3b748d0a3e5c48a87e9c301"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any order,
finding, or determination concerning the alien’s status or lack of status made
by a Federal judge or administrative adjudicator (including an immigration
judge or immigration officer) during any judicial or administrative proceeding
authorized under Federal immigration law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDba706a281df8472585d87481b9437386"><enum>(B)</enum><text>official records
of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the
Department of State concerning the alien’s status or lack of status; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID47506b2179714191a5513f5f9a5a4e5c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>testimony by an
immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning the
alien’s status or lack of status.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc7f82b63643c452687b33dfa5abc497c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority to
arrest</header><text>No officer or person shall have authority to make any
arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except—</text>
<paragraph id="id02F43237E7EA4B019981595D189AE48C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>officers and
employees designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, either individually
or as a member of a class; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73E56C1739A44907A5FD507881E8F834"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other officers
responsible for the enforcement of Federal criminal laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc0f015b6dda64ad494d693a46d42721d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Admissibility
of videotaped witness testimony</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of
the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped or otherwise audiovisually
preserved deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been
deported or otherwise expelled from the United States, or is otherwise
unavailable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for
that violation if—</text>
<paragraph id="id736CCABED4C8487F93D7714674CAAB7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the witness was
available for cross examination at the deposition by the party, if any,
opposing admission of the testimony; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id408C4ABE6FB945FF9C257DB5A25D3638"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the deposition
otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5E862DECC6A047E0B542849962BF0CC6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Outreach
program</header>
<paragraph id="id72DA9C0C2C0C4E7A8B7530DC98033EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8F7E40A4C0E14A848C7892B5A7124CC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and
implement an outreach program to educate people in and out of the United States
about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this
section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53050C4934B7412F95607F26EFD3CDCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the
American Local and Interior Enforcement Needs (ALIEN) Task Force to identify
and respond to the use of Federal, State, and local transportation
infrastructure to further the trafficking of unlawful aliens within the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id917C3E5F017B4054AC6A50FC210DC3D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Field
offices</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, after consulting with
State and local government officials, shall establish such field offices as may
be necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID06e578bd19314e229c4c9249117f20ff"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums are necessary for the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb0320ab0a57a44a4b47ff6826da8a1f7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CE2C6E0FCD6403C8EBFA078B427E02D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Crossed the
border into the united states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien is deemed to have crossed the
border into the United States regardless of whether the alien is free from
official restraint.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34de68b731074703a51cb22bd20fc374"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lawful
authority</header><text>The term <term>lawful authority</term> means
permission, authorization, or license that is expressly provided for in the
immigration laws of the United States or accompanying regulations. The term
does not include any such authority secured by fraud or otherwise obtained in
violation of law or authority sought, but not approved. No alien shall be
deemed to have lawful authority to come to, enter, reside in, remain in, or be
in the United States if such coming to, entry, residence, remaining, or
presence was, is, or would be in violation of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDed62ca4095354732bcd1c3ce4c75479a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proceeds</header><text>The
term <term>proceeds</term> includes any property or interest in property
obtained or retained as a consequence of an act or omission in violation of
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb07c441065cc4ae6bf2a5445a72cc83e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Unlawful
transit</header><text>The term <term>unlawful transit</term> means travel,
movement, or temporary presence that violates the laws of any country in which
the alien is present or any country from which the alien is traveling or
moving.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6CBA0565613B4FB2BC3DDABF78C05CB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents is amended by striking the item
relating to section 274 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="idd2fb0ddf-a0d6-448b-ad1e-cfe186653902" style="traditional">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="IDd3c8a39fa53241daa4aaf85c08cf5db4" level="section">Sec. 274. Alien smuggling and related
offenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9679104398fd4412b42c868ba255406c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibiting
carrying or using a firearm during and in relation to an alien smuggling
crime</header><text>Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc4320bfad7e4401c9162ecee865183bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2EBAB91088804D5C962FD736A33C9B22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, alien smuggling crime,</quote> after <quote>any
crime of violence</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF227C9C51E33486A946DC19BB9F25B80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, alien smuggling crime,</quote> after <quote>such
crime of violence</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID350770f0c3674d3f8c65e197c44db2ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)(ii), by inserting <quote>, alien smuggling crime,</quote> after
<quote>crime of violence</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1cb9063bdf954169849f13a803095c8d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A5CD4EB4A5C4589AD4A6C20331F8620" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC12973125FEA49B882F4F6CFE4FC7EA4" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the
term <term>alien smuggling crime</term> means any felony punishable under
section 274(a), 277, or 278 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324(a), 1327, and
1328).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID3f5ce1b5dc7242cc91e81f9e723139cc"><enum>206.</enum><header>Illegal entry
or unlawful presence of an alien</header>
<subsection id="idFD7F676C8947403EA5B5D00DC77972C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 275 (8 U.S.C.
1325) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE08E8479F1ED496B9B3A26984B5BD3FA" style="OLC">
<section id="ID7c6c7b844cde4d5ab988ee4a4ecfca4d"><enum>275.</enum><header>Illegal entry
or unlawful presence of an alien</header>
<subsection id="idF7AADBC0F6B349C5A97BA73DE2AA5639"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="IDa36ee948184449538b6ad2f7c7ed6412"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
offenses</header><text>An alien shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
paragraph (2) if the alien—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2546e9a3a6ee42fc99168ff3d52be113"><enum>(A)</enum><text>knowingly enters
or crosses the border into the United States at any time or place other than as
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID486e7dcb130146fea9361d42c7989f82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>knowingly eludes
examination or inspection by an immigration officer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcc055e5795e45bf99e293fc435934ae"><enum>(C)</enum><text>knowingly enters
or crosses the border to the United States by means of a knowingly false or
misleading representation or the knowing concealment of a material fact;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43b62751048d4839ae275bcf9f38c322"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is otherwise
present in the United States, knowing that such presence violates the terms and
conditions of any admission, parole, immigration status, or authorized stay
granted the alien under this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10A24608C9EB444892B7D5612B28145F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>Any alien who violates any provision under paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7668A29B9E3A4E789B7353B5F3B6EF3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall, for the
first violation, be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not
more than 6 months, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D28229C26C2453A90DCBBDD30503913"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall, for a
second or subsequent violation, or following an order of voluntary departure,
be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe4c1133722664493927ceebe4500ac0b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the violation
occurred after the alien had been convicted of 3 or more misdemeanors or for a
felony, shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID02f2a52329da4b8c827e511cdcb84d2a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if the violation
occurred after the alien had been convicted of a felony for which the alien
received a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months, shall be fined
under such title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe18cd7fb0c8a41468ac6f1adf8bb919a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>if the violation
occurred after the alien had been convicted of a felony for which the alien
received a term of imprisonment of not less than 60 months, such alien shall be
fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID53d55370512949968db37273f176172f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior
convictions</header><text>The prior convictions described in subparagraphs (C)
through (E) of paragraph (2) are elements of the offenses described in that
paragraph and the penalties in such subparagraphs shall apply only in cases in
which the conviction or convictions that form the basis for the additional
penalty are—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE93389E08D71488E8F12B1C598321707"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alleged in the
indictment or information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDBE3ED81522740548A0DFF671263F5FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proven beyond a
reasonable doubt at trial or admitted by the defendant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c1bef157e294e19bb0f726f99e7e2fe"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of
offense</header><text>An offense under this subsection continues until the
alien is discovered within the United States by an immigration officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe4868c790bb649878e0ec5cbbc163ddb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Improper time
or place; civil penalties</header>
<paragraph id="id4090199CEA5E47E593AF41BCF4A74DD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any alien who is apprehended while entering, attempting
to enter, or knowingly crossing or attempting to cross the border to the United
States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers
shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any criminal or other civil
penalties that may be imposed under any other provision of law, in an amount
equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID49845cb6fac642049481fb24f63a84ac"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $50
or more than $250 for each such entry, crossing, attempted entry, or attempted
crossing; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb89196496ddf405abd97ef5da49cbe49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>twice the amount
specified in paragraph (1) if the alien had previously been subject to a civil
penalty under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID629f63ee21024c499bcb5bd03eabd8c6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crossed the
border defined</header><text>In this section, an alien is deemed to have
crossed the border if the act was voluntary, regardless of whether the alien
was under observation at the time of the
crossing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idB4E623E849EF49FE96B0C7ED6ACF175A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents is amended by striking the item
relating to section 275 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id7ed920d1-3533-4c88-844a-b7b5f2ef2512" style="traditional">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID7c6c7b844cde4d5ab988ee4a4ecfca4d" level="section">Sec. 275. Illegal entry or unlawful presence of an
alien.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID46cf94ababc847058d7570b2be303fed"><enum>207.</enum><header>Illegal
reentry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 276 (8 U.S.C.
1326) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2879CA9A59E1498BBAB75BB6C98F17D3" style="OLC">
<section id="idD658C89D412D4FBA8E585BA8E91DE7A0"><enum>276.</enum><header>Reentry of
Removed Alien</header>
<subsection id="id830DD55C639E495DBFFFD4DEEEF7E9CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reentry after
removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien who has
been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed, or who has departed the
United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is
outstanding, and subsequently enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to,
attempts to cross the border to, or is at any time found in the United States,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 2
years, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID333734a41f444df786866ffc68be77f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reentry of
criminal offenders</header><text>Notwithstanding the penalty provided in
subsection (a), if an alien described in that subsection—</text>
<paragraph id="ID721e4e1c60a94cdc82de2b825fe7d4fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was convicted for
3 or more misdemeanors or a felony before such removal or departure, the alien
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID543ca3ec8f314b7bb88ba1fe050f2b86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>was convicted for
a felony before such removal or departure for which the alien was sentenced to
a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months, the alien shall be fined
under such title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c8f8b98c488435ba11216f4f86b091a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>was convicted for
a felony before such removal or departure for which the alien was sentenced to
a term of imprisonment of not less than 60 months, the alien shall be fined
under such title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d5ccfd1256849a38daf1012259d73ca"><enum>(4)</enum><text>was convicted for
3 felonies before such removal or departure, the alien shall be fined under
such title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0fc2e6197b94a84b635a1a81e976b03"><enum>(5)</enum><text>was convicted,
before such removal or departure, for murder, rape, kidnaping, or a felony
offense described in chapter 77 (relating to peonage and slavery) or 113B
(relating to terrorism) of such title, the alien shall be fined under such
title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcb49c020d7da4dcb967203df7c838a1c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reentry after
repeated removal</header><text>Any alien who has been denied admission,
excluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter enters, attempts
to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is at any
time found in the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States
Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID41e1588190484b448b7e3642ed6e02d8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Proof of prior
convictions</header><text>The prior convictions described in subsection (b) are
elements of the crimes described in that subsection, and the penalties in that
subsection shall apply only in cases in which the conviction or convictions
that form the basis for the additional penalty are—</text>
<paragraph id="idD96765C1B717413D8A92833A98817BAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>alleged in the
indictment or information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6EB3900277FF456C857A9DF11DEF0C53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>proven beyond a
reasonable doubt at trial or admitted by the defendant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdc0336763c6c4a219be10ed3a9af7470"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Affirmative
defenses</header><text>It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of
this section that—</text>
<paragraph id="idFB962631383E448DA2599E27669FF045"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prior to the
alleged violation, the alien had sought and received the express consent of the
Secretary of Homeland Security to reapply for admission into the United States;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id774999164A8D4D419574E4CD7E178820"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to
an alien previously denied admission and removed, the alien—</text>
<subparagraph id="id955010EF6DC54AEEB3A00DEDD944E952"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was not required
to obtain such advance consent under the Immigration and Nationality Act or any
prior Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id468AD368C8604E26AA919C872C67F89F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had complied with
all other laws and regulations governing the alien’s admission into the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID95bf551588c842f8a12edf43352d9d7b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
collateral attack on underlying removal order</header><text>In a criminal
proceeding under this section, an alien may not challenge the validity of any
prior removal order concerning the alien unless the alien demonstrates by clear
and convincing evidence that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID573330ab33f046019a904c50a6b25bb4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the alien
exhausted all administrative remedies that may have been available to seek
relief against the order;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID68d57fd2a17840e3a24f0656739e74fe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the removal
proceedings at which the order was issued improperly deprived the alien of the
opportunity for judicial review; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21eb4508e5bd4890ab11bb2b07b75eb0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the entry of the
order was fundamentally unfair.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfe6a0a27b40a480293778ef7bce2612e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reentry of
alien removed prior to completion of term of imprisonment</header><text>Any
alien removed pursuant to section 241(a)(4) who enters, attempts to enter,
crosses the border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is at any time found
in, the United States shall be incarcerated for the remainder of the sentence
of imprisonment which was pending at the time of deportation without any
reduction for parole or supervised release unless the alien affirmatively
demonstrates that the Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to
the alien’s reentry. Such alien shall be subject to such other penalties
relating to the reentry of removed aliens as may be available under this
section or any other provision of law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID46fe0c8708ec4201a434e6950889f92b"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>It
is not aiding and abetting a violation of this section for an individual to
provide an alien with emergency humanitarian assistance, including emergency
medical care and food, or to transport the alien to a location where such
assistance can be rendered, provided that such assistance is rendered without
compensation or the expectation of compensation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID73604190d6d440f49609d6f959ee4e8f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf083cc60d6cd4ba180fb30205a6cc6cb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Crosses the
border</header><text>The term <term>crosses the border</term> applies if an
alien acts voluntarily, regardless of whether the alien was under observation
at the time of the crossing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id27CB5A0230384C55BD2544F9F98A7984"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Felony</header><text>Term
<term>felony</term> means any criminal offense punishable by a term of
imprisonment of more than 1 year under the laws of the United States, any
State, or a foreign government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D78CC982C4E4D6B904F05EF72CF97A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Misdemeanor</header><text>The
term <term>misdemeanor</term> means any criminal offense punishable by a term
of imprisonment of not more than 1 year under the applicable laws of the United
States, any State, or a foreign government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbbe87216c7a24cb0aae719f2409a86c3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>The
term <term>removal</term> includes any denial of admission, exclusion,
deportation, or removal, or any agreement by which an alien stipulates or
agrees to exclusion, deportation, or removal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdb377ba8b5e4437f922ceed48b363b89"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID15f40cdc2524411191041d1b7bf19a57"><enum>208.</enum><header>Reform of
passport, visa, and immigration fraud offenses</header>
<subsection id="idA9BA3C7C4CFE476FA66EE368623AEAD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 75 of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82782DDE86964DDAA1DFF300B8C8C137" style="USC">
<chapter id="id473FAE3593D44083B84128BC091B4389"><enum>75</enum><header>Passport, visa,
and immigration fraud</header>
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID70d179fffc73436aa8d3586bd68d41bf" level="section">1541. Trafficking in passports.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID5b304d9b285c44d799a056b02e8a8e52" level="section">1542. False statement in an application for a
passport.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID599535c0567240a58c14653f13c8ea7f" level="section">1543. Forgery and unlawful production of a
passport.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID6bdb923f30f44db3bca15d6ce099cca1" level="section">1544. Misuse of a passport.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID8af2f5b72d12440f9cf4c5ae60bad121" level="section">1545. Schemes to defraud aliens.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID8ae04dddf51c4d2da8dcbeb8e8c7d244" level="section">1546. Immigration and visa fraud.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1547. Marriage
fraud.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID5622d3851849469b9ae45fc734301dd6" level="section">1548. Attempts and conspiracies.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID32d45bd2fd6844029128fe69a8b1241a" level="section">1549. Alternative penalties for certain offenses.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID200ac52155c741a9b40e1316baa6874c" level="section">1550. Seizure and forfeiture.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID89c3015c25c5461ab6a8dc5fe1c09509" level="section">1551. Additional jurisdiction.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID03232d2f10fa4a0f94a351e0cfe3ea83" level="section">1552. Additional venue.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="IDf816a9bca0ae4000b2f64f674e4d8710" level="section">1553. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="ID21c8b8dd33484e1dbd740508a96707fe" level="section">1554. Authorized law enforcement activities.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section id="ID70d179fffc73436aa8d3586bd68d41bf"><enum>1541.</enum><header>Trafficking
in passports</header>
<subsection id="ID1979d8831afd4016a547b15a15d244c8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiple
passports</header><text>Any person who, during any 3-year period,
knowingly–</text>
<paragraph id="ID4776559b83764cc49ce6d3987ce6301c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>and without
lawful authority produces, issues, or transfers 10 or more passports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID81fa1b7044e44961ad44aa3a5b3540a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>forges,
counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes 10 or more passports;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc5ceed5e1c684007bb32ab28551151f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>secures,
possesses, uses, receives, buys, sells, or distributes 10 or more passports,
knowing the passports to be forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely made,
stolen, procured by fraud, or produced or issued without lawful authority;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcb558ba1c02b480ab5f52256c5d44822"><enum>(4)</enum><text>completes, mails,
prepares, presents, signs, or submits 10 or more applications for a United
States passport (including any supporting documentation), knowing the
applications to contain any false statement or representation,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID31b6552dcc34482e8833e27808efd713"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Passport
materials</header><text>Any person who knowingly and without lawful authority
produces, counterfeits, secures, possesses, or uses any official paper, seal,
hologram, image, text, symbol, stamp, engraving, plate, or other material used
to make a passport shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20
years, or both.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID5b304d9b285c44d799a056b02e8a8e52"><enum>1542.</enum><header>False
statement in an application for a passport</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person who knowingly—</text>
<paragraph id="IDddf29e082f574341a73a8dcf264f893a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes any false
statement or representation in an application for a United States passport
(including any supporting documentation);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf40cdc562f7f426eb5af6105a8df79c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>completes, mails,
prepares, presents, signs, or submits an application for a United States
passport (including any supporting documentation) knowing the application to
contain any false statement or representation; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3ca08732464477f8358a5a881a62b44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>causes or
attempts to cause the production of a passport by means of any fraud or false
application for a United States passport (including any supporting
documentation), if such production occurs or would occur at a facility
authorized by the Secretary of State for the production of passports,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></section><section id="ID599535c0567240a58c14653f13c8ea7f"><enum>1543.</enum><header>Forgery and
unlawful production of a passport</header>
<subsection id="IDdd3856ab783a44ccb07023a3eda73347"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Forgery</header><text>Any
person who—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4dde609e7f834a70a414ee7a904f5bec"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly forges,
counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any passport; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42c1a2f6d557405981395ecd6f71a3da"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly
transfers any passport knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely
made, stolen, or to have been produced or issued without lawful
authority,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID0f64077fe98344a6940efdd1be7dddff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Unlawful
production</header><text>Any person who knowingly and without lawful
authority—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7e9b806e82564587a280a15be4f7102f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>produces, issues,
authorizes, or verifies a passport in violation of the laws, regulations, or
rules governing the issuance of the passport;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDff0793cea79145998981d24bce09c3c9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>produces, issues,
authorizes, or verifies a United States passport for or to any person not owing
allegiance to the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID621a99ddc2e146f6a39502524ec1f81a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>transfers or
furnishes a passport to a person for use when such person is not the person for
whom the passport was issued or designed,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection></section><section id="ID6bdb923f30f44db3bca15d6ce099cca1"><enum>1544.</enum><header>Misuse of a
passport</header>
<subsection id="ID06d5b26f58ce43a28bc8d59e6653c4c9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who—</text>
<paragraph id="IDefd58ba133ea4ca794a8e38ccb52be7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly uses
any passport issued or designed for the use of another;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd428e0925a954e929dea8a4f1b94621b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly uses
any passport in violation of the conditions or restrictions therein contained,
or in violation of the laws, regulations, or rules governing the issuance and
use of the passport;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDef5353733ab741638b7cbc0fac6a7c5c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>knowingly
secures, possesses, uses, receives, buys, sells, or distributes any passport
knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely made, procured by
fraud, or produced or issued without lawful authority; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9186cacb15a5449aba58daa6ea69ecb7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>knowingly
violates the terms and conditions of any safe conduct duly obtained and issued
under the authority of the United States,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="IDa60cd4ba07c544b7b13ac5450230aa8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Entry;
fraud</header><text>Any person who knowingly uses any passport, knowing the
passport to be forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely made, procured by fraud,
produced or issued without lawful authority, or issued or designed for the use
of another—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7ae8c18aa96f43c18034da07bb180091"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enter or to
attempt to enter the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6254ffbb28144313ab34f19689166317"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to defraud the
United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection></section><section id="ID8af2f5b72d12440f9cf4c5ae60bad121"><enum>1545.</enum><header>Schemes to
defraud aliens</header>
<subsection id="ID70648e8c0b694c958986d582553f553e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who knowingly executes a scheme or artifice,
in connection with any matter that is authorized by or arises under Federal
immigration laws, or any matter the offender claims or represents is authorized
by or arises under Federal immigration laws—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0398a0e64e994f56b25f24ede4499dad"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to defraud any
person, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2211ec0aae0248ad9e40a8f3788c0036"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to obtain or
receive from any person, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
representations, promises, money or anything else of value,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID5f2900462c57416fa904a04a9e85ed8b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Misrepresentation</header><text>Any
person who knowingly and falsely represents himself to be an attorney in any
matter arising under Federal immigration laws shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8ae04dddf51c4d2da8dcbeb8e8c7d244"><enum>1546.</enum><header>Immigration
and visa fraud</header>
<subsection id="IDd567622c21c144f1b2cb7eefa906e066"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who knowingly—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd34b5f96097a4dde9e94a460af19bd2a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>uses any
immigration document issued or designed for the use of another;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc6b028c30b0049c2aba58dc67f3d0861"><enum>(2)</enum><text>forges,
counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any immigration document;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID82a8be15922740ac8099e3418b042b16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>completes, mails,
prepares, presents, signs, or submits any immigration document knowing it to
contain any materially false statement or representation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe8397b1eb43948bab71a3440103f0171"><enum>(4)</enum><text>secures,
possesses, uses, transfers, receives, buys, sells, or distributes any
immigration document knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely
made, stolen, procured by fraud, or produced or issued without lawful
authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID432c091090d243f382093249678728b3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>adopts or uses a
false or fictitious name to evade or to attempt to evade the immigration laws;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID537695c1586f4f1fbcd39a6cca4a20d3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>transfers or
furnishes an immigration document to a person without lawful authority for use
if such person is not the person for whom the immigration document was issued
or designed,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID8f311b2f984045d88ec4150eecdad8eb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multiple
violations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who,
during any 3-year period, knowingly—</text>
<paragraph id="ID57a761e2683e4d998d46db437c8ce3be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>and without
lawful authority produces, issues, or transfers 10 or more immigration
documents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a2c8172a5284d3abf9a784b38c3c58b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>forges,
counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes 10 or more immigration documents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd635af499c56419fad158a8ce451ac8f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>secures,
possesses, uses, buys, sells, or distributes 10 or more immigration documents,
knowing the immigration documents to be forged, counterfeited, altered, stolen,
falsely made, procured by fraud, or produced or issued without lawful
authority; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID43170519391442158694c9ae078469eb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>completes, mails,
prepares, presents, signs, or submits 10 or more immigration documents knowing
the documents to contain any materially false statement or
representation,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="IDbf8a5a2fbc804130833fa97875d29348"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Immigration
document materials</header><text>Any person who knowingly and without lawful
authority produces, counterfeits, secures, possesses, or uses any official
paper, seal, hologram, image, text, symbol, stamp, engraving, plate, or other
material, used to make an immigration document shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idD33AAC3E7A774981BB6106F41CFDDA33"><enum>1547.</enum><header>Marriage
fraud</header>
<subsection id="id637BEF4A09EB423E8D9B4DEA04FE9D1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Evasion or
misrepresentation</header><text>Any person who—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8d96068f101748c89f342347c30539fb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly enters
into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration
laws; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1d29039ef28c401ab903018c8d6bc2eb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly
misrepresents the existence or circumstances of a marriage—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7fb882443ee7457a9e6ebfbd7bfb9a8e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in an application
or document authorized by the immigration laws; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5dc4c373e5e45468b07fc8a4384d103"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during any
immigration proceeding conducted by an administrative adjudicator (including an
immigration officer or examiner, a consular officer, an immigration judge, or a
member of the Board of Immigration Appeals),</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID935e5b17e307497b854d53fde8d0f393"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multiple
marriages</header><text>Any person who—</text>
<paragraph id="IDce78ca73a54a435d80c50da008e4a8aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly enters
into 2 or more marriages for the purpose of evading any immigration law;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb52c77f07dd40f8be26d19838df1284"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly
arranges, supports, or facilitates 2 or more marriages designed or intended to
evade any immigration law,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="id8592FA6788B24BB380802C8303D73C48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Commercial
enterprise</header><text>Any person who knowingly establishes a commercial
enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or
both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8CF254D605444AA69D004B58AE3A68C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duration of
offense</header>
<paragraph id="id33612F1CF9F44A5FA09A136E58735C29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An offense under subsection (a) or (b) continues until
the fraudulent nature of the marriage or marriages is discovered by an
immigration officer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FB891790ABE48C7ABEF97EA05829196"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial
enterprise</header><text>An offense under subsection (c) continues until the
fraudulent nature of commercial enterprise is discovered by an immigration
officer or other law enforcement officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5622d3851849469b9ae45fc734301dd6"><enum>1548.</enum><header>Attempts and
conspiracies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person who
attempts or conspires to violate any section of this chapter shall be punished
in the same manner as a person who completed a violation of that
section.</text>
</section><section id="ID32d45bd2fd6844029128fe69a8b1241a"><enum>1549.</enum><header>Alternative
penalties for certain offenses</header>
<subsection id="ID7a1c998dcd184a9eb77526bb48b16721"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Terrorism</header><text>Any
person who violates any section of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="ID09f3b7467b7348049491ee036db49c78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowing that such
violation will facilitate an act of international terrorism or domestic
terrorism (as those terms are defined in section 2331); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID62420b3338644268992254fb086404a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the intent
to facilitate an act of international terrorism or domestic terrorism,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="ID8cee80cfa6764f4580ee4fadeca78cf3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Offense against
government</header><text>Any person who violates any section of this
chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8f54d6968c6245aaac2a8852b5568ac8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowing that such
violation will facilitate the commission of any offense against the United
States (other than an offense in this chapter) or against any State, which
offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID431bba4b99d047cd9e9a30e1c3564963"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with the intent
to facilitate the commission of any offense against the United States (other
than an offense in this chapter) or against any State, which offense is
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection></section><section id="ID200ac52155c741a9b40e1316baa6874c"><enum>1550.</enum><header>Seizure and
forfeiture</header>
<subsection id="IDa98392ef81324a50aaec548364168635"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header><text>Any
property, real or personal, used to commit or facilitate the commission of a
violation of any section of this chapter, the gross proceeds of such violation,
and any property traceable to such property or proceeds, shall be subject to
forfeiture.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa207da711b7b45668dcf024612056881"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>Seizures and forfeitures under this section shall be governed
by the provisions of chapter 46 relating to civil forfeitures, except that such
duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws
described in section 981(d) shall be performed by such officers, agents, and
other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID89c3015c25c5461ab6a8dc5fe1c09509"><enum>1551.</enum><header>Additional
jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="ID40e818c72cbe4356953e91e3b5f41f7d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any person who commits an offense under this chapter
within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States
shall be punished as provided under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb5dca2a4fcbd4b6f954fbedd6bf4d6ad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extraterritorial
jurisdiction</header><text>Any person who commits an offense under this chapter
outside the United States shall be punished as provided under this chapter
if—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc9a7198b662a4d25aeba34cf75ffdaac"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the offense
involves a United States immigration document (or any document purporting to be
such a document) or any matter, right, or benefit arising under or authorized
by Federal immigration laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4bbad140f47f417f892daa6970c58933"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the offense is in
or affects foreign commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2b61e24349e04096b76ef2f001b8baf1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the offense
affects, jeopardizes, or poses a significant risk to the lawful administration
of Federal immigration laws, or the national security of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb4169a25a0a94828a4ada9497cbaba56"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the offense is
committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in
section 2331) or a drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a)(2))
that affects or would affect the national security of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeea1e889c9e14d94a4066d65bb254f55"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the offender is a
national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22))) or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States (as defined in section
101(a)(20) of such Act); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb41be48f6d71430ca52df90a9309c354"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the offender is a
stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID03232d2f10fa4a0f94a351e0cfe3ea83"><enum>1552.</enum><header>Additional
venue</header>
<subsection id="ID4ef31c3ba22f4901bea42741dc65ea26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An offense under section 1542 may be prosecuted
in—</text>
<paragraph id="ID444a87da8f42493caaa66fa1536d4b95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any district in
which the false statement or representation was made;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa9d7a5af96b84cb095fd1d2f8859e19f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any district in
which the passport application was prepared, submitted, mailed, received,
processed, or adjudicated; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35d6f5fded03452b96d7875ad62fe979"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of an
application prepared and adjudicated outside the United States, in the district
in which the resultant passport was produced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9c99eca96e7a4561b3cd2e06aa425709"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text>Nothing in this section limits the venue otherwise
available under sections 3237 and 3238.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDf816a9bca0ae4000b2f64f674e4d8710"><enum>1553.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this chapter:</text>
<paragraph id="IDde1226c96e9943c5a8b1c89d4d7eeef5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>falsely make</term> means to prepare or complete an immigration document
with knowledge or in reckless disregard of the fact that the document—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1378f4f74106451388283402a49baf43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contains a
statement or representation that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdb29980d25ab471f8377fa9fa7756421"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has no basis in
fact or law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70c9f234f6004a57be6b1485a2e3c8fe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>otherwise fails
to state a fact which is material to the purpose for which the document was
created, designed, or submitted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb7a90f74e4d4d608f4b45b9a3552061"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term a
<term>false statement or representation</term> includes a personation or an
omission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e314d002e60443ea80a0be485722d62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>felony</term> means any criminal offense punishable by a term of
imprisonment of more than 1 year under the laws of the United States, any
State, or a foreign government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0905286e9be4644b105f35ceabbe0ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>immigration document</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="idADC190E06C024C64AEEE9F2347862626"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means—</text>
<clause id="ID4e61d5dc92e74195b598f6015501643d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any passport or
visa; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8327a3cb9604426a8c97d73d4fcf1301"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any application,
petition, affidavit, declaration, attestation, form, identification card, alien
registration document, employment authorization document, border crossing card,
certificate, permit, order, license, stamp, authorization, grant of authority,
or other evidentiary document, arising under or authorized by the immigration
laws of the United States; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4E46F4251EE4EF0883236D6E19AFBE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any
document, photograph, or other piece of evidence attached to or submitted in
support of an immigration document.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7247b657dcba4ded82f641b5cbc33abc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<term>immigration laws</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf4b6547595bd4602beb962d5b657f53b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the laws
described in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID448f52b8942746f89775ba5f54be5551"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the laws relating
to the issuance and use of passports; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6f0c08edd0054f1397cc72f5d6bca3da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the regulations
prescribed under the authority of any law described in paragraphs (1) and
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD3C0E937794419EAC79615F9F99BCD2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term
<term>immigration proceeding</term> includes an adjudication, interview,
hearing, or review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID597a4bdabdbc45cf987c9ccadfc25524"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A person does not
exercise <term>lawful authority</term> if the person abuses or improperly
exercises lawful authority the person otherwise holds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID426e7a173f9f412e8ba832bfe1390847"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term
<term>passport</term> means a travel document attesting to the identity and
nationality of the bearer that is issued under the authority of the Secretary
of State, a foreign government, or an international organization; or any
instrument purporting to be the same.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb61928875b1549bb82e8b5545c15086b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The term
<term>produce</term> means to make, prepare, assemble, issue, print,
authenticate, or alter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID988a02ae036546bb9d30ea7dc07ccf8e"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The term
<term>State</term> means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID21c8b8dd33484e1dbd740508a96707fe"><enum>1554.</enum><header>Authorized
law enforcement activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any
lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a
law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, or an intelligence agency of the United States, or any
activity authorized under title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970
(84 Stat.
933).</text>
</section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id6917C708A40049E984C4DA35FB8EB852"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of chapters in title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 75 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62D6F0586F3840CFAFD01FF5C1FC4B16" style="USC">
<toc>
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>75.</toc-enum><level-header level="part"> Passport,
visa, and immigration
fraud</level-header><target>1541</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID298385aedd2b453f80260a13902ed944"><enum>209.</enum><header>Inadmissibility
and removal for passport and immigration fraud offenses</header>
<subsection id="IDcdccfe2df78d4aedafb1d5b4451e31b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inadmissibility</header><text>Section
212(a)(2)(A)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)) is amended–</text>
<paragraph id="IDbb1efd8e5de34314b373fa52d6ec3471"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>, or</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c28560a9a054d92869632110438890c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking the comma at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61a0d10f21c94a2eb053149ab05dc107"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subclause (II) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD83844B775DF4FD797ECB0FC60ECB64C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="ID4a663331007647ef9cc1fe9eacccc9b3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a violation of
(or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any provision of chapter 75 of title
18, United States
Code,</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1f94151de1cd458d8cccf0c297a88178"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>Section
237(a)(3)(B)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65A9DB38F6FF492FBD8ACBB7D3C0C32C" style="OLC">
<clause id="id19304825FC74413E9EA2E7A399EB05A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>of a violation
of any provision of chapter 75 of title 18, United States
Code,</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3667a1563bd94fc6a4ada1189581e5db"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply
to proceedings pending on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID4ffd5d398f4946fc9f51d9100f88f2ce"><enum>210.</enum><header>Incarceration
of criminal aliens</header>
<subsection id="ID15401490b00f40bd99e03b9f7edca239"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Institutional
removal program</header>
<paragraph id="ID8df2dbad973b496d9232bcf35c4e878a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuation</header><text>The
Secretary shall continue to operate the Institutional Removal Program (referred
to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>) or shall develop and
implement another program to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID527dde64e51a4b01b9913fd8ff18ceb4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify
removable criminal aliens in Federal and State correctional facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3d9b671111854deaa262d49c4fa16d66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that such
aliens are not released into the community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e4f5b6ede1b4a89959868726601307c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>remove such
aliens from the United States after the completion of their sentences.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe65f044ccfe9436a99fb796bcf329ece"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>The
Secretary may extend the scope of the Program to all States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1aa2bc083e4f4f688ce5f8520cd2240a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
for detention after completion of State or local prison
sentence</header><text>Law enforcement officers of a State or political
subdivision of a State may—</text>
<paragraph id="ID62dc947a95c74188898a96388ffc5307"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hold an illegal
alien for a period not to exceed 14 days after the completion of the alien’s
State prison sentence to effectuate the transfer of the alien to Federal
custody if the alien is removable or not lawfully present in the United States;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd2ec8d13f1848bf83120041f3286ff9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue a detainer
that would allow aliens who have served a State prison sentence to be detained
by the State prison until authorized employees of the Bureau of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement can take the alien into custody.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3238ed4e2b374758aafdc718c437afda"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technology
usage</header><text>Technology, such as videoconferencing, shall be used to the
maximum extent practicable to make the Program available in remote locations.
Mobile access to Federal databases of aliens, such as IDENT, and live scan
technology shall be used to the maximum extent practicable to make these
resources available to State and local law enforcement agencies in remote
locations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2e88bdd02a784c249a8749e22d7fdb71"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to
Congress on the participation of States in the Program and in any other program
authorized under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID64a176a9649e44fb8cdd6e7aef935ae5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry
out the Program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDbb4a2ec3a9ad4b27a694b03c4e922ce4"><enum>211.</enum><header>Encouraging
aliens to depart voluntarily</header>
<subsection id="idBC573937EDE148C0AC68E4E4F653347E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 240B (8
U.S.C. 1229c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID05cf7027a5bc45b1b9ab59629ab7a9c1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2A16BDFC1749421BAE63EA563799A6F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF9DFC90DD9741B19E3F14A3ECD8B0BF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID4f6220f77b214659988a66a4a7360ec0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Instead of
removal proceedings</header><text>If an alien is not described in paragraph
(2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 237(a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may
permit the alien to voluntarily depart the United States at the alien’s own
expense under this subsection instead of being subject to proceedings under
section
240.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3333c1b9b69d439a9a6397bb6f218a6e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3bd9b84532734f95b577bdff68159794"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf665035688914a82a27c6673756bfd16"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAC869A51052471B97896BCDC3FF9827" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID71a6f438dbc948e691f209171a8b0fc2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Before the
conclusion of removal proceedings</header><text>If an alien is not described in
paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 237(a), the Attorney General may permit
the alien to voluntarily depart the United States at the alien’s own expense
under this subsection after the initiation of removal proceedings under section
240 and before the conclusion of such proceedings before an immigration
judge.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID756000b0071b4bc1823e1ba1659501e5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
as redesignated—</text>
<clause id="idF06049AA3093451B9D3289E0E6511D2A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D17274E3514875B035EEE1B927ECC7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDfb61a35a7c544ab9bc0ad558211ae278"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Instead of
removal</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), permission to voluntarily
depart under paragraph (1) shall not be valid for any period in excess of 120
days. The Secretary may require an alien permitted to voluntarily depart under
paragraph (1) to post a voluntary departure bond, to be surrendered upon proof
that the alien has departed the United States within the time
specified.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="ID45a747e8cb494542820c24af7c8a8ed4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as paragraphs (C), (D), and (E),
respectively;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb2c920112e17490aa5fc10aabb250446"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88D5B3AA949D47788960888175688E4C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID8a5e53ef902645a5bb1fd285edc5d31c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Before the
conclusion of removal proceedings</header><text>Permission to voluntarily
depart under paragraph (2) shall not be valid for any period in excess of 60
days, and may be granted only after a finding that the alien has the means to
depart the United States and intends to do so. An alien permitted to
voluntarily depart under paragraph (2) shall post a voluntary departure bond,
in an amount necessary to ensure that the alien will depart, to be surrendered
upon proof that the alien has departed the United States within the time
specified. An immigration judge may waive the requirement to post a voluntary
departure bond in individual cases upon a finding that the alien has presented
compelling evidence that the posting of a bond will pose a serious financial
hardship and the alien has presented credible evidence that such a bond is
unnecessary to guarantee timely
departure.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="IDd731a17f6a6349c6b900f8159f8f5068"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by striking <quote>subparagraphs (C)
and(D)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (D) and
(E)(ii)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4de628ba9fca4c729b5b375f0dc6a00d"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)</quote>
each place that term appears and inserting <quote>subparagraph (C)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID79fff5d2ef994f5a8b2c02be505173aa"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)</quote>
each place that term appears and inserting <quote>subparagraph (C)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5cf6fe9e27ba44ff8fe9ef9f4206b1f2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1)
and (2)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID417fb23b4a58499fac528464b23f9593"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>a period exceeding 60 days</quote> and inserting
<quote>any period in excess of 45 days</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6421900364C4E8B82A066DDC1DCFBA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id759FC73D4EE743FA8A72ED1B50B01169" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID94a921f1b8b5482e991c50a059219850"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions on
voluntary departure</header>
<paragraph id="IDbff570d8281f4ffb9623931e968602b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary
departure agreement</header><text>Voluntary departure may only be granted as
part of an affirmative agreement by the alien. A voluntary departure agreement
under subsection (b) shall include a waiver of the right to any further motion,
appeal, application, petition, or petition for review relating to removal or
relief or protection from removal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3577f860c2c44e9483bb309ee8445ba8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Concessions by
the secretary</header><text>In connection with the alien’s agreement to depart
voluntarily under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security may agree
to a reduction in the period of inadmissibility under subparagraph (A) or
(B)(i) of section 212(a)(9).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc1fd2b8821e04385ae6b55cb7e8af822"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advisals</header><text>Agreements
relating to voluntary departure granted during removal proceedings under
section 240, or at the conclusion of such proceedings, shall be presented on
the record before the immigration judge. The immigration judge shall advise the
alien of the consequences of a voluntary departure agreement before accepting
such agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID16a561a402364f87b8e15ef2b88652be"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Failure to
comply with agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="idBE0DBBAEA5784B4DBA73730D7F8D57B1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If an alien agrees to voluntary departure under this
section and fails to depart the United States within the time allowed for
voluntary departure or fails to comply with any other terms of the agreement
(including failure to timely post any required bond), the alien is—</text>
<clause id="id701BEB66C6584E00B5396EB9B9AE51A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ineligible for
the benefits of the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC2EA0E38CFE341B6869EB0CCFDC2153E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the
penalties described in subsection (d); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC91BF6C44A6E4816AEC63E52ED5F9CFF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subject to an
alternate order of removal if voluntary departure was granted under subsection
(a)(2) or (b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id357F78D455094F9E89A066BD07F8AE65"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of
filing timely appeal</header><text>If, after agreeing to voluntary departure,
the alien files a timely appeal of the immigration judge’s decision granting
voluntary departure, the alien may pursue the appeal instead of the voluntary
departure agreement. Such appeal operates to void the alien’s voluntary
departure agreement and the consequences of such agreement, but precludes the
alien from another grant of voluntary departure while the alien remains in the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24AFD80E52524B5B913A5476651BCF3B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Voluntary
departure period not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as expressly agreed to by the
Secretary in writing in the exercise of the Secretary’s discretion before the
expiration of the period allowed for voluntary departure, no motion, appeal,
application, petition, or petition for review shall affect, reinstate, enjoin,
delay, stay, or toll the alien’s obligation to depart from the United States
during the period agreed to by the alien and the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5340d6ccaad74dd0b22b04063394c00b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (d) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC097F7E95031426F863252C945D06AD9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID556a1b53abd74747b46689ffbcc5311d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties for
failure To depart</header><text>If an alien is permitted to voluntarily depart
under this section and fails to voluntarily depart from the United States
within the time period specified or otherwise violates the terms of a voluntary
departure agreement, the alien will be subject to the following
penalties:</text>
<paragraph id="ID52f98e9ed1514ea6a009c3724da94ca4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text>The alien shall be liable for a civil penalty of $3,000.
The order allowing voluntary departure shall specify the amount of the penalty,
which shall be acknowledged by the alien on the record. If the Secretary
thereafter establishes that the alien failed to depart voluntarily within the
time allowed, no further procedure will be necessary to establish the amount of
the penalty, and the Secretary may collect the civil penalty at any time
thereafter and by whatever means provided by law. An alien will be ineligible
for any benefits under this chapter until this civil penalty is paid.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID96dc13f604ba467a89049d445e429695"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for relief</header><text>The alien shall be ineligible during the time the
alien remains in the United States and for a period of 10 years after the
alien’s departure for any further relief under this section and sections 240A,
245, 248, and 249. The order permitting the alien to depart voluntarily shall
inform the alien of the penalties under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd746a4659d34874a8abbcc7b10c8921"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reopening</header><text>The
alien shall be ineligible to reopen the final order of removal that took effect
upon the alien’s failure to depart, or upon the alien’s other violations of the
conditions for voluntary departure, during the period described in paragraph
(2). This paragraph does not preclude a motion to reopen to seek withholding of
removal under section 241(b)(3) or protection against torture, if the
motion—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE74934C2FD5D439A9AA5D952AF197356"><enum>(A)</enum><text>presents material
evidence of changed country conditions arising after the date of the order
granting voluntary departure in the country to which the alien would be
removed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEB60E7B7718148D2A4C7054C07CE1DC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>makes a
sufficient showing to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the alien
is otherwise eligible for such
protection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3e21285127964955aa4f1167db5bce5d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DAB7ACBD9F34B3A8870BE169456CE96" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID692890d576a0495e974b66d10f475b2d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="IDc106eeb61d7646859c504bd484c33a91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior grant of
voluntary departure</header><text>An alien shall not be permitted to
voluntarily depart under this section if the Secretary of Homeland Security or
the Attorney General previously permitted the alien to depart
voluntarily.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0f3bdb31cc1642d28e4beb5db57d8d33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The
Secretary may promulgate regulations to limit eligibility or impose additional
conditions for voluntary departure under subsection (a)(1) for any class of
aliens. The Secretary or Attorney General may by regulation limit eligibility
or impose additional conditions for voluntary departure under subsections
(a)(2) or (b) of this section for any class or classes of
aliens.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe2e044336fce48e7abd40eef30544581"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Notwithstanding section
242(a)(2)(D) of this Act, sections 1361, 1651, and 2241 of title 28, United
States Code, any other habeas corpus provision, and any other provision of law
(statutory or nonstatutory), no court shall have jurisdiction to affect,
reinstate, enjoin, delay, stay, or toll the period allowed for voluntary
departure under this section.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc837db1971ae4a22887284b7799467d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The
Secretary shall promulgate regulations to provide for the imposition and
collection of penalties for failure to depart under section 240B(d) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c(d)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID148737ea7b324875a82d11e1f411436d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="IDa45a739978244528a55015ec20a40c1f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall apply with respect to all orders granting voluntary
departure under section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1229c) made on or after the date that is 180 days after the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID910099b77b054497997822f3481b3c91"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a)(6) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to any petition for review
which is filed on or after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6590d27e3b2a4aac9aec1757a2a42711"><enum>212.</enum><header>Deterring
aliens ordered removed from remaining in the United States unlawfully</header>
<subsection id="ID95618077485943bc83efb13e78031159"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inadmissible
aliens</header><text>Section 212(a)(9)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(A)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf2dc6eeb40a04491962377df8a45c314"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>seeks admission within 5 years of the date of such removal (or
within 20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>seeks admission not later than 5
years after the date of the alien’s removal (or not later than 20 years after
the alien’s removal</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID05fbfae159264c95935bf2d366e5fd5a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>seeks admission within 10 years of the date of such alien’s
departure or removal (or within 20 years of</quote> and inserting <quote>seeks
admission not later than 10 years after the date of the alien’s departure or
removal (or not later than 20 years after</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd48c524233e5441f9bf2623802243fa5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bar on
discretionary relief</header><text>Section 274D (9 U.S.C. 324d) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC2389B528485461F8067C034C918664D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>Commissioner</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of
Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4781BE4322DE4B508F564CC99DDD33EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58F1ABF63E0A4920B65453FB8DE914D4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDd6021c36530247a2a7fdd785458cf6a8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for relief</header>
<paragraph id="ID233d2a07f97641da83432fd3a793c876"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Unless a timely motion to reopen is granted under section
240(c)(6), an alien described in subsection (a) shall be ineligible for any
discretionary relief from removal (including cancellation of removal and
adjustment of status) during the time the alien remains in the United States
and for a period of 10 years after the alien’s departure from the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDea568228e00741b4a68a813c168ce3c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) shall preclude a motion to
reopen to seek withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) or protection
against torture, if the motion—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF6B3F576903749ED8635CD62B67E9614"><enum>(A)</enum><text>presents material
evidence of changed country conditions arising after the date of the final
order of removal in the country to which the alien would be removed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCA8FF9C8E934922A467D4B23286458C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>makes a
sufficient showing to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the alien
is otherwise eligible for such
protection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID52725607be554e07baed114da5bee7d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to aliens who are subject to
a final order of removal, whether the removal order was entered before, on, or
after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDbdb727e710ed4588a41be6c3f0537d2b"><enum>213.</enum><header>Prohibition of
the sale of firearms to, or the possession of firearms by certain
aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 922 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB011C9D85CAB4CA5B457CAD0B06E3178"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1025fc781100442aa1dbbdc581a43100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID752ee33de14143f0b073e3507f43c524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>(y)(2)</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>(y), is in a nonimmigrant classification; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8a5fd75a23b44bc69c8d16cfb44d4a44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07AAF74F9FFD4B7D874F8C4BA103D77A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID1a6b95784c924ad78aea2353eeb658cf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been paroled
into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5));</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID07d48bd235d64d288e60593058a95255"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID35aa6114acbe491ea33478332641b009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdd7bc820e7914175a3dac0b5d10c74c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>(y)(2)</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>(y), is in a nonimmigrant classification; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID485fed71137940188fc9790eb93654af"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04F2803875E448A2AD0447857D45059E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID9adcf9a424cd4659801bb8be3d94fd48"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been paroled
into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(d)(5));</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID92a86a014fec41e594449094fec1dc52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(y)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf74970cc72354153847ad9b88e587c30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the header, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">admitted under
nonimmigrant visas</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">in a nonimmigrant
classification</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f8dcf9e8a954b97a0ccbb8808bedf10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD920528C1D064704A061FD174AE1325B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id673C8F23237F45188A3D147D42024214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term
<term>nonimmigrant classification</term> includes all classes of nonimmigrant
aliens described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), or otherwise described in the immigration laws (as
defined in section 101(a)(17) of such
Act).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0762d245a00f45eca23918a921d46658"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>has been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
nonimmigrant visa</quote> and inserting <quote>is in a nonimmigrant
classification</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID50a3f7bd4a8844d7a000dbfd66074cd9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), by striking <quote>Any individual who has been admitted to the United
States under a nonimmigrant visa may receive a waiver from the requirements of
subsection (g)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>Any alien in a nonimmigrant
classification may receive a waiver from the requirements of subsection
(g)(5)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID4746a87423f44482aa65ab57ce493aaf"><enum>214.</enum><header>Uniform
statute of limitations for certain immigration, naturalization, and peonage
offenses</header>
<subsection id="idC16985BFB2EF4565B073173EF43EA632"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3291 of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C17D8B18CD946B980F27640C1460421" style="USC">
<section id="ID180f7025317b463a98ba35efb1f400f7"><enum>3291.</enum><header>Immigration,
naturalization, and peonage offenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or
punished for a violation of any section of chapters 69 (relating to nationality
and citizenship offenses), 75 (relating to passport, visa, and immigration
offenses), or 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons),
for an attempt or conspiracy to violate any such section, for a violation of
any criminal provision under section 243, 266, 274, 275, 276, 277, or 278 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253, 1306, 1324, 1325, 1326,
1327, and 1328), or for an attempt or conspiracy to violate any such section,
unless the indictment is returned or the information filed not later than 10
years after the commission of the
offense.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9EB7DBCAE7AD462F8E442A182B29988E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 213 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 3291
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id5586c27a-b7a8-4f37-bf15-db5bc446c039" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID180f7025317b463a98ba35efb1f400f7" level="section">3291. Immigration, naturalization, and peonage
offenses.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDa7aaaf4b1016438e91258b6e4aa4a99e"><enum>215.</enum><header>Diplomatic
security service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2709(a)(1) of title 22, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D94E93A1B7C4816BA7D50B849FF8594" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDe84467f206d04018b2e9a5392711ffd1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct
investigations concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe3158fe80055444da0e68984e1bc6872"><enum>(A)</enum><text>illegal passport
or visa issuance or use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ef120356323498db89344577f57f067"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identity theft or
document fraud affecting or relating to the programs, functions, and
authorities of the Department of State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7efca21edc154ae4bac8d7855effb5cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>violations of
chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa9c3b941d04d422bb50a2aa6d2bdc399"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Federal offenses
committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States (as defined in section 7(9) of title 18, United States
Code);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDf7df474f392140f1b7242c4287eef125"><enum>216.</enum><header>Field agent
allocation and background checks</header>
<subsection id="id71D34863E04744BA81AC510F13F0808C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 (8 U.S.C.
1103) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5428D1A181D04E82A31786810DD2D3AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09C506FD0CCC4761B5CB3F9FE8A2B11A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID0dafded2218b4cd4b46e1dbda557672a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minimum number
of agents in States</header>
<paragraph id="idF1A1D3A3DC6949B2990FD363E5CC7D85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall allocate to each
State—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb1a3c14221274affb2081e823a4eceee"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not fewer than 40
full-time active duty agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement to—</text>
<clause id="idBA8C470361184A0CA61781BF8AC8E039"><enum>(i)</enum><text>investigate
immigration violations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id693E9387C355481897D8B887A6F1C74D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure the
departure of all removable aliens; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID179c8e5209ca4a24ae7ac2843f735be0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not fewer than 15
full-time active duty agents of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services to carry out immigration and naturalization adjudication
functions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id668A3F44195B4A15991FB3EBF5D58127"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) for any State with a
population of less than 2,000,000, as most recently reported by the Bureau of
the Census</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50926560DB234D9AA5B0A4E4734632FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85315368F8494CCD9CAF9FDB68DD51C1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID1db4604934a54d64940da5e0eca181a3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, appropriate background and security checks, as
determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall be completed and
assessed and any suspected or alleged fraud relating to the granting of any
status (including the granting of adjustment of status), relief, protection
from removal, or other benefit under this Act shall be investigated and
resolved before the Secretary or the Attorney General may—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfe72b9b913df4c5caf95e07e2f598843"><enum>(1)</enum><text>grant or order
the grant of adjustment of status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID10850531a7ba4e8e89d32db6020bf561"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grant or order
the grant of any other status, relief, protection from removal, or other
benefit under the immigration laws; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDef29924a9ec64d27845d5d2b6c6a9dd3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>issue any
documentation evidencing or related to such grant by the Secretary, the
Attorney General, or any
court.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id651911FFDAFD45D88C22589549C9A67E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall take effect on
the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0e6f4657070f42eeb6ff566b49671cf2"><enum>217.</enum><header>Denial of
benefits to terrorists and criminals</header>
<subsection id="idDCF479A81665447BA6D6C7F9A92FEC67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 4 of title
III (8 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F0331E064504D12A9DCAEFD88C11A09" style="OLC">
<section id="ID2cdd31fdbc814411a06f8b080938ce54"><enum>362.</enum><header>Construction</header>
<subsection id="id2BBF5856BB814F5496305B5492F790A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act
or in any other provision of law shall be construed to require the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Labor, or any other authorized head of any Federal agency to grant any
application, approve any petition, or grant or continue any status or benefit
under the immigration laws by, to, or on behalf of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe7aea6c070fc49809bdd9722d3d006ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any alien
described in subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(iii), (B), or (F) of section 212(a)(3) or
subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(iii), or (B) of section 237(a)(4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9fd091d8e73b47b2ab9f11c2f184b524"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any alien with
respect to whom a criminal or other investigation or case is pending that is
material to the alien’s inadmissibility, deportability, or eligibility for the
status or benefit sought; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93431011d26f4d21b25aa3327da63bc9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any alien for
whom all law enforcement checks, as deemed appropriate by such authorized
official, have not been conducted and resolved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf33a7c7a4251432696af28b2bd13671f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Denial;
withholding</header><text>An official described in subsection (a) may deny or
withhold (with respect to an alien described in subsection (a)(1)) or withhold
pending resolution of the investigation, case, or law enforcement checks (with
respect to an alien described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a)) any
such application, petition, status, or benefit on such
basis.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idB1882D8A078349F9A523FAE800D49BDB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 361 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id77b3e409-28ee-4ce6-9f4d-2833db908e7d" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID2cdd31fdbc814411a06f8b080938ce54" level="section">Sec. 362.
Construction.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDb047ca0470674998bc5eaa2070d882fa"><enum>218.</enum><header>State criminal
alien assistance program</header>
<subsection id="ID72872d7de7d14fe1b6577bbc80af91d1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reimbursement
for costs associated with processing criminal illegal aliens</header><text>The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall reimburse States and units of local
government for costs associated with processing undocumented criminal aliens
through the criminal justice system, including—</text>
<paragraph id="id0C59C50DCF6D447AA42A710156AACA9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>indigent
defense;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id83DB263069634F8BB7CC6A398F4E7998"><enum>(2)</enum><text>criminal
prosecution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75C2E7876F9A4045AB00C9146E5009E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>autopsies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2C3F4265D1E24B94941D8127C906B713"><enum>(4)</enum><text>translators and
interpreters; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id548EE7BB22234B4B8CC5DC7661461667"><enum>(5)</enum><text>courts
costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID01062C5A1A4E43F7A2AACF2DF127E836"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idD778A356849C42B08342F898F7B1D4A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Processing
criminal illegal aliens</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated
$400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id57017493DF6B4DC2AF4B3F7CE016B10B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation
upon request</header><text>Section 241(i)(5) (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2483310C7D414287A817617EA558E97E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id996BAA34B2754CB5BD396537766D6FC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="id59C36F71ADAC41BFBA460FCBA4856DFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2007;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCABBFFC33D1043A0A8EDCF303313E53D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$750,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF5A69DD1091B4205938B3971B47A5C8A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$850,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A2F1FB3C6C1433086B8AA84B2582890"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$950,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2010 through
2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID47fa4f1fe95b4996ad642715138507af"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>Section 501 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1365) is amended by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idA4889175A8954DC8AFD53B22F01E0A96"><enum>219.</enum><header>Transportation
and processing of illegal aliens apprehended by State and local law enforcement
officers</header>
<subsection id="idFBDD2DBB90C04FBA925C9457378597F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide
sufficient transportation and officers to take illegal aliens apprehended by
State and local law enforcement officers into custody for processing at a
Department of Homeland Security detention facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA7440935C7AB49238EDFAFD64D440947"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4F4DEB87C0654DAAB4034CBAD58B4C00"><enum>220.</enum><header>State and local
enforcement of Federal immigration laws</header>
<subsection id="H1DBA94DC238D4404A6FAECB71F611C9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 287(g) (8
U.S.C. 1357(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1AC06F8BCA0047E9ACDB00A6984BC3C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by adding at the end the following: <quote>If such training is provided by a
State or political subdivision of a State to an officer or employee of such
State or political subdivision of a State, the cost of such training (including
applicable overtime costs) shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id98C424A334834A52AB4CA5AC95AE026B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by adding at the end the following: <quote>The cost of any equipment required
to be purchased under such written agreement and necessary to perform the
functions under this subsection shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of
Homeland Security.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04E77FC8CF97486785249946D35ACDA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section and the
amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDac7b045bea08411f88d7a6fb0c1c6f5e"><enum>221.</enum><header>Reducing
illegal immigration and alien smuggling on tribal lands</header>
<subsection id="IDfd38a6befe6543cb99d123a8ff6fe366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>The Secretary may award grants to Indian tribes with
lands adjacent to an international border of the United States that have been
adversely affected by illegal immigration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc0e8cdd501cc401dadc011896412be84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Grants awarded under subsection (a) may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="IDaad420263b6c4547a9e0b28fafbd91e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>law enforcement
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc5486ab0727c43f39b66a75398667a32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>health care
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c7ca2e6901e4ead84a40181928a059a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>environmental
restoration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7c521b7f0e8e489990231ad46f4fb1b7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the preservation
of cultural resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe3fd78580fea4de4b868b9aff516b00e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7f4b36b9f7044bb294dc5ee76ae8be10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
level of access of Border Patrol agents on tribal lands;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4aa5c453bc7f45eeb1c84cbb8cd170f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describes the
extent to which enforcement of immigration laws may be improved by enhanced
access to tribal lands;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0d6d86a1b5fa446aac57b8ae837c5219"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contains a
strategy for improving such access through cooperation with tribal authorities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7c76f47dab9b4fde884024d30df7e065"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifies grants
provided by the Department for Indian tribes, either directly or through State
or local grants, relating to border security expenses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID46f50fad0d2543f3baeb8b7ea30aecfa"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to
carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDf32f15c8eeff47bc9039842143df12dd"><enum>222.</enum><header>Alternatives
to detention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
shall conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="id2FDAC5C95CB7422689D92E4E05B7EDB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of alternatives to
detention, including electronic monitoring devices and intensive supervision
programs, in ensuring alien appearance at court and compliance with removal
orders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAAE16A0417FA4DD7A5F0BE5206936978"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the Intensive
Supervision Appearance Program and the costs and benefits of expanding that
program to all States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20CA1149E810431183FDD8E68E950758"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other alternatives to detention,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID14577bc6d01b47f4aba4c1c69fdd30f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>release on an
order of recognizance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc94ece3367a841dbb8a749e7d248f073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appearance bonds;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID109e028799234259bc2237b63c3f4f16"><enum>(C)</enum><text>electronic
monitoring devices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDd6203ae1a42742a3bfb0f42227bb562b"><enum>223.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
101(a)(43)(P) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(P)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID83c271ce43d0469b811aa863864ede63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(i) which either is falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, mutilating,
or altering a passport or instrument in violation of section 1543 of title 18,
United States Code, or is described in section 1546(a) of such title (relating
to document fraud) and (ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>which is described in
chapter 75 of title 18, United States Code, and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe14307a52de74964bb1550f2e84065ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting the
following: <quote>that is not described in section 1548 of such title (relating
to increased penalties), and</quote> after <quote>first offense</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID4e82ffd2797443e892216e77ba73873a"><enum>224.</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header>
<subsection id="IDd9e855b04b264b09905d0c5c2ccc5b9c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarifying
address reporting requirements</header><text>Section 265 (8 U.S.C. 1305) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID10975515a6f34e0baa2fd94978807d4c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8A27ED8937AA4ACCA13104EE377C63DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>notify the Attorney General in writing</quote> and inserting
<quote>submit written or electronic notification to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in a manner approved by the Secretary,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70CBD2A07D644D67A4190292F8373B4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Attorney General may require by regulation</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Secretary may require</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8c95cdf99cb2403aaca7efdc3019b9c7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>If the alien is involved in proceedings before an
immigration judge or in an administrative appeal of such proceedings, the alien
shall submit to the Attorney General the alien’s current address and a
telephone number, if any, at which the alien may be contacted.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID891daddf2ead4561b8b3586f046cb48e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears
and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID275875db3f4b468380e83514e2117819"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>given to such parent</quote> and inserting <quote>given
by such parent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5bc0801395204043a8a4bb02c902ce9e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6397B978B2304A2F9D9D352F44380AC6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDa52459f295b94f7eb8f4d232e5f76e61"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Address To be
provided</header>
<paragraph id="id904A6145D5484000B851FFEB35844DBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary under
paragraph (2), an address provided by an alien under this section shall be the
alien’s current residential mailing address, and shall not be a post office box
or other non-residential mailing address or the address of an attorney,
representative, labor organization, or employer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id524F49134A2C47B483F66135966FDE47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
requirements</header><text>The Secretary may provide specific requirements with
respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id082CC36E48CB4202A59FE11EA1B76E36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designated
classes of aliens and special circumstances, including aliens who are employed
at a remote location; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89FBA0A48D2A472B893BA9E272F6A7AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reporting of
address information by aliens who are incarcerated in a Federal, State, or
local correctional facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id493A500912D140F395992F918070F389"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Detention</header><text>An
alien who is being detained by the Secretary under this Act is not required to
report the alien’s current address under this section during the time the alien
remains in detention, but shall be required to notify the Secretary of the
alien’s address under this section at the time of the alien’s release from
detention.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3303f9d4606e47528e312b53ded734a4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of most
recent address provided by the alien</header>
<paragraph id="id76EED33B9DED42AB9E5DDC9207507026"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
may provide for the appropriate coordination and cross referencing of address
information provided by an alien under this section with other information
relating to the alien’s address under other Federal programs, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCBE559915B5A4F228CF6319C73FD94EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any information
pertaining to the alien, which is submitted in any application, petition, or
motion filed under this Act with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66D4DA32A118448885701CA529578CC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any information
available to the Attorney General with respect to an alien in a proceeding
before an immigration judge or an administrative appeal or judicial review of
such proceeding;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4E0EB1692324AFE9D67380B297E6B43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any information
collected with respect to nonimmigrant foreign students or exchange program
participants under section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA2EAF2D44F05410DB627B202945599D2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any information
collected from State or local correctional agencies pursuant to the State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id161EFAD99B2A486BBC44A54D9BB32966"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reliance</header><text>The
Secretary may rely on the most recent address provided by the alien under this
section or section 264 to send to the alien any notice, form, document, or
other matter pertaining to Federal immigration laws, including service of a
notice to appear. The Attorney General and the Secretary may rely on the most
recent address provided by the alien under section 239(a)(1)(F) to contact the
alien about pending removal proceedings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA4005061763B4A25B56FBAD1D3968E32"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Obligation</header><text>The
alien’s provision of an address for any other purpose under the Federal
immigration laws does not excuse the alien’s obligation to submit timely notice
of the alien’s address to the Secretary under this section (or to the Attorney
General under section 239(a)(1)(F) with respect to an alien in a proceeding
before an immigration judge or an administrative appeal of such
proceeding).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID93b30f98744a413d8128696e244189a3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
changes with respect to registration requirements</header><text>Chapter 7 of
title II (8 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDB11B0C9A42A4679AE055B166EAE318B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
262(c), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb32760aeced54c098d0cff6237414adf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
263(a), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71fb7221d8454dbfb92e7d2764b12d36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
264—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID202b3770b41d4c0dac03d4b31668f18b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (d), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID771e067505e248b99050eb568a43fbd6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<clause id="id0AB7C3E86AE24BCB86067B3A15FFACE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Attorney General is authorized</quote> and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney General are
authorized</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBE43A10BE3F145EEB4241579A1BC81F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Attorney General or the Service</quote> and inserting
<quote>Secretary or the Attorney General</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5bd3eb77ae0a40cdaf50a0460301544e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Section
266 (8 U.S.C. 1306) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9163ba8abf2e46e4b5b6676ab1140232"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ADB8DE711334F08B740522F53B0CA27" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID051fd2451cf54a4d8851aa782fd0cefb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Failure To
provide notice of alien’s current address</header>
<paragraph id="idC3DEAEB5D3C445C6A032DA24753BDC0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>Any alien or any parent or legal guardian in the United
States of any minor alien who fails to notify the Secretary of Homeland
Security of the alien’s current address in accordance with section 265 shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 6
months, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD16B7D115DCD496191473C74B4E332A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on
immigration status</header><text>Any alien who violates section 265 (regardless
of whether the alien is punished under paragraph (1)) and does not establish to
the satisfaction of the Secretary that such failure was reasonably excusable or
was not willful shall be taken into custody in connection with removal of the
alien. If the alien has not been inspected or admitted, or if the alien has
failed on more than 1 occasion to submit notice of the alien’s current address
as required under section 265, the alien may be presumed to be a flight risk.
The Secretary or the Attorney General, in considering any form of relief from
removal which may be granted in the discretion of the Secretary or the Attorney
General, may take into consideration the alien’s failure to comply with section
265 as a separate negative factor. If the alien failed to comply with the
requirements of section 265 after becoming subject to a final order of removal,
deportation, or exclusion, the alien’s failure shall be considered as a
strongly negative factor with respect to any discretionary motion for reopening
or reconsideration filed by the
alien.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92de02f5c7384e9cbe1d9f185ad62f0d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by inserting <quote>or a notice of current address</quote> before
<quote>containing statements</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8af857cdbdd47a79faa5669d6931174"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsections
(c) and (d), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf508ade6918646e78092f1c1b1e6be6f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="ID8188cbce733148739a7cf7c50220e321"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall apply to proceedings initiated on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88975822cb284b53b70acc557f901de1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming and
technical amendments</header><text>The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(A),
(1)(B), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) are effective as if enacted on March 1,
2003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6844CB848A084802B51F49A7671C3EFA"><enum>225.</enum><header>Mandatory
detention for aliens apprehended at or between ports of entry</header>
<subsection id="ID9E9AFA6B63014DA392D4AC152898AB17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Beginning on October 1, 2006, an alien who is attempting
to illegally enter the United States and who is apprehended at a United States
port of entry or along the international land or maritime border of the United
States shall be detained until removed or a final decision granting admission
has been determined, unless the alien—</text>
<paragraph id="IDAB5C331D95DB4FEEA1E020985E24D641"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is permitted to
withdraw an application for admission under section 235(a)(4) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1225(a)(4)) and immediately departs from the United States pursuant to
such section; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDD6DD75D1A9E487A97F5B928AB7B0515"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is paroled into
the United States by the Secretary for urgent humanitarian reasons or
significant public benefit in accordance with section 212(d)(5)(A) of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF1B9D5F5406A43418249D47397A1ADD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements
During Interim Period</header><text>Beginning 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2006, an alien described in
subsection (a) may be released with a notice to appear only if—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA3E21F451C814F7D96D09F7DA69543B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines, after conducting all appropriate background and security checks on
the alien, that the alien does not pose a national security risk; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF932A7338664B82BB5B08D95CA73A48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the alien
provides a bond of not less than $5,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6DE21E6F988D41C7A03617FE65EEA930"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rules of
Construction</header>
<paragraph id="ID6BE2DBB2E50A4DE19F46FCF9DB5F3BB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Asylum and
removal</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting
the right of an alien to apply for asylum or for relief or deferral of removal
based on a fear of persecution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID357D7E704ADB43ECA3831A735E72A8A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain aliens</header><text>The mandatory detention requirement in subsection
(a) shall not apply to any alien who is a native or citizen of a country in the
Western Hemisphere with whose government the United States does not have full
diplomatic relations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB2A7805C7FCF4B5D9A98413012DDE4F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Discretion</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary,
in the Secretary’s sole unreviewable discretion, to determine whether an alien
described in clause (ii) of section 235(b)(1)(B) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> shall
be detained or released after a finding of a credible fear of persecution (as
defined in clause (v) of such section).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id32F4F23EB911454DBC3AAD4D251B9772"><enum>226.</enum><header>Removal of
drunk drivers</header>
<subsection id="id399F4EBFD4CA4286943F16B7AE626C04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 101(a)(43)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(F)) is amended by inserting <quote>, including a
third drunk driving conviction, regardless of the States in which the
convictions occurred or whether the offenses are classified as misdemeanors or
felonies under State or Federal law,</quote> after
<quote>offense)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBA23334649E04870B0645A5D1FCFCA4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id094EAA65006B40B3B983281CBD92F65F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id98843C2140094606AE517BAB13B9C918"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply to
convictions entered before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6C2C3EB64C9426782855DC5648CFAF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>227.</enum><header>Expedited
removal</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D3545E550194B1CAF737484EB4CF53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 238 (8 U.S.C.
1228) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21BB2D7896C8433FB102D1E95536CA7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">Expedited
removal of criminal aliens</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H315D76F67CA34288B3ABB90626C93552"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking the
subsection heading and inserting: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Expedited Removal From Correctional
Facilities</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76593370F3784C2087BDF7E09371B6E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking the
subsection heading and inserting: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Removal of Criminal Aliens</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA09EB7077A9C41FAA5DD473182C5006C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs
(1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8315A823BBB14A948007EC4080916578" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07A1D7ADCDA14744AF01327125941FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security may, in the case of an alien described in paragraph (2),
determine the deportability of such alien and issue an order of removal
pursuant to the procedures set forth in this subsection or section 240.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A386F08D29B479595D4A3F85411B7E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aliens
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien is
described in this paragraph if the alien, whether or not admitted into the
United States, was convicted of any criminal offense described in subparagraph
(A)(iii), (C), or (D) of section
237(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51A2AD9E30C7481D93B72D8F8B8C1316"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection (c) that relates to
presumption of deportability, by striking <quote>convicted of an aggravated
felony</quote> and inserting <quote>described in subsection
(b)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2F368A007984648BA4061B52542C0A6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the subsection (c) that
relates to judicial removal as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H321EA6948D7D4841AA5F012F2795E5E1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(5) (as so redesignated),
by striking <quote>, who is deportable under this Act,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF06D5CE127E2480D9F81B039F295116E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application to
certain aliens</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id406B1F4F300B454FB673F4E04324F6FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(iii))
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8f7efbc592d0455f89cb3b384c1bc55c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of
Homeland Security</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ec70e16333a46c6b9de1d0dd5ef23d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF946287A65FF4DDC97E205F80379FBA0" style="OLC">
<subclause id="IDb3e3cd29809f417990079a4c7b147baa"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
subclauses (I) and (II), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall apply clauses
(i) and (ii) of this subparagraph to any alien (other than an alien described
in subparagraph (F)) who is not a national of a country contiguous to the
United States, who has not been admitted or paroled into the United States, and
who is apprehended within 100 miles of an international land border of the
United States and within 14 days of
entry.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9bc8f423428f4aac894067e9fcea60cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Section
235(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(F)) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2366B59D90A545EDA2E8C9135532A2AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and who arrives by aircraft at a port of entry</quote> and inserting
<quote>and—</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9B0841228E154252895CEC69B8A999DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF59EBF0CD0F0473DAAB2067519EBBC37" style="OLC">
<clause id="id088C85FE97CE4E50A9108916AEEE580C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who arrives by
aircraft at a port of entry; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id5C096BE66F4A493D87FFB50B0F39B1BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who is present
in the United States and arrived in any manner at or between a port of
entry.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16EFB1E7B6EF4A59AC1FD31E05D330D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limit on
Injunctive Relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
242(f)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1252(f)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>or stay, whether
temporarily or otherwise,</quote> after <quote>enjoin</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd08d6d87637a43e1b730d0149ae629b8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all aliens apprehended or
convicted on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3E27A6F00C564A71BEA0BB502343C958"><enum>228.</enum><header>Protecting
immigrants from convicted sex offenders</header>
<subsection id="IDb522ef19ab13485b808b512f0401d528"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Immigrants</header><text>Section
204(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6E1D789CD23349FCB02258972F62444F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i) by striking <quote>Any</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided
in clause (viii), any</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70466869BE1149D2A040752DFA2AE64A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC084C13CC534E7392B08D4338E84CB3" style="OLC">
<clause id="id604111F81EF3442D9760D21EB3F0A2AB" indent="up3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to a
citizen of the United States who has been convicted of an offense described in
section 101(a)(43)(A), section 101(a)(43)(I), or section 101(a)(43)(K), unless
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's sole and unreviewable
discretion, determines that the citizen poses no risk to the alien with respect
to whom a petition described in clause (i) is
filed.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID504c3da251f140b1b9554232ac0a0d4f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA96F2D430CCD4CBD8A52F08F2D88DBB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Any alien</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>(I) Except as
provided in subclause (II), any alien</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F1052FC6C914E179272A04DB3E4D750"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87B7A33A047540A7863C5CC02A4A9A26" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id420120A13DBD4D46BEB307D06D1FD36B" indent="up4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Subclause (I) shall not apply in the
case of an alien admitted for permanent residence who has been convicted of an
offense described in section 101(a)(43)(A), section 101(a)(43)(I), or section
101(a)(43)(K), unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's
sole and unreviewable discretion, determines that the alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence poses no risk to the alien with respect to whom a
petition described in subclause (I) is
filed.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDeffb564521a34c9ba6f85862e0945379"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonimmigrants</header><text>Section
101(a)(15)(K) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)), is amended by inserting <quote>(other
than a citizen described in section 204(a)(1)(A)(viii))</quote> after
<quote>citizen of the United States</quote> each place that phrase
appears.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB4610B465F474C5FA73B36BA942C0BA0"><enum>229.</enum><header>Law
enforcement authority of States and political subdivisions and transfer to
Federal custody</header>
<subsection id="id509812D848F64389919A55330351B0FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title II (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended by adding
after section 240C the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DC2495B1AD43D2A8D9732C9F731856" style="OLC">
<section id="id03F84D8EF6F74A78B6BD9BE5BD471411"><enum>240D.</enum><header> Law
enforcement authority of States and political subdivisions and transfer of
aliens to Federal custody</header>
<subsection id="id15BDF00C91DF4DC599C9B3400F8ED91D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, law enforcement personnel of a State or a political
subdivision of a State have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to
investigate, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody
(including the transportation across State lines to detention centers) an alien
for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the criminal provisions of
the immigration laws of the United States in the normal course of carrying out
the law enforcement duties of such personnel. This State authority has never
been displaced or preempted by a Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0528843d644e454d88d80d7aa9ad0882"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall be construed to require law enforcement personnel of a
State or a political subdivision to assist in the enforcement of the
immigration laws of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID664afd4b3026420db2c4f25ed54d6770"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>If
the head of a law enforcement entity of a State (or, if appropriate, a
political subdivision of the State) exercising authority with respect to the
apprehension or arrest of an alien submits a request to the Secretary of
Homeland Security that the alien be taken into Federal custody, the Secretary
of Homeland Security—</text>
<paragraph id="ID53403d3ee0c142198733e3fb16d47476"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8753bc9bb36d4a4fb7447f3a822a723f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deem the request
to include the inquiry to verify immigration status described in section 642(c)
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1373(c)), and expeditiously inform the requesting entity whether such
individual is an alien lawfully admitted to the United States or is otherwise
lawfully present in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd0a7de5208534290a3f6c77589959d5f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the individual
is an alien who is not lawfully admitted to the United States or otherwise is
not lawfully present in the United States, either—</text>
<clause id="ID7df93e36e97f455690542415a79b59aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 72
hours after the conclusion of the State charging process or dismissal process,
or if no State charging or dismissal process is required, not later than 72
hours after the illegal alien is apprehended, take the illegal alien into the
custody of the Federal Government; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID44bfb0ba113f467485493b2b878c7418"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>request that the
relevant State or local law enforcement agency temporarily detain or transport
the alien to a location for transfer to Federal custody; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDda3cf23380b44bb59e23de7e243f3e06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall designate
at least 1 Federal, State, or local prison or jail or a private contracted
prison or detention facility within each State as the central facility for that
State to transfer custody of aliens to the Department of Homeland
Security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID02bda4345e50490a94f72ce487ff4ffa"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header>
<paragraph id="IDf5b83da6344e461ebf766ce6fb017da6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall reimburse a
State or a political subdivision of a State for expenses, as verified by the
Secretary of Homeland Security, incurred by the State or political subdivision
in the detention and transportation of an alien as described in subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1f4cd4241ed54576b8ae001c42d75e16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost
computation</header><text>Compensation provided for costs incurred under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4247eefcba2e479da415133ca53b4b16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the product
of—</text>
<clause id="ID41da3145c4854357a76d6a5a64ebb980"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average daily
cost of incarceration of a prisoner in the relevant State, as determined by the
chief executive officer of a State (or, as appropriate, a political subdivision
of the State); multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd8ab1fd338cc45f69c0338155f88a2a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
days that the alien was in the custody of the State or political subdivision;
plus</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb9e8bad215f24bac9bdc4d37a013623d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of
transporting the alien from the point of apprehension or arrest to the location
of detention, and if the location of detention and of custody transfer are
different, to the custody transfer point; plus</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8e6af665ef36497285875dd4aab9c3a3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The cost of
uncompensated emergency medical care provided to a detained alien during the
period between the time of transmittal of the request described in subsection
(c) and the time of transfer into Federal custody.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf0af641215314efca9c540919d7e2301"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement for
appropriate security</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
ensure that aliens incarcerated in a Federal facility pursuant to this
subsection are held in facilities which provide an appropriate level of
security, and that, where practicable, aliens detained solely for civil
violations of Federal immigration law are separated within a facility or
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0a4a7d3706d5491da20f614080b44992"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirement for
schedule</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall establish a regular circuit and schedule for the prompt
transportation of apprehended aliens from the custody of those States and
political subdivisions of States which routinely submit requests described in
subsection (c) into Federal custody.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe0fdc35034e044988c055cf136e1f1ca"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authority for
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="ID84329407cb6447b6897cce108ddfc80a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with appropriate State and local law
enforcement and detention agencies to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID24d076d8b3914bf8bafc8b125b37a49a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination
by secretary</header><text>Prior to entering into a contract or cooperative
agreement with a State or political subdivision of a State under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall determine whether the State, or where appropriate, the
political subdivision in which the agencies are located has in place any formal
or informal policy that violates section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373). The Secretary shall
not allocate any of the funds made available under this section to any State or
political subdivision that has in place a policy that violates such
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID17b3aef62c024ff98fd5692a9589bdea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for the detention and transportation to Federal custody of
aliens not lawfully present</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated
$850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year for the
detention and removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States under
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB59504C1D32141A5AB4810FEBC96C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>230.</enum><header>Listing of
immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center
database</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB37E4754E59C4ADB84BBB41E0277F469"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Provision of
information to the national crime information center</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF4E291EAF8443AE9E464E9139CC9EEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (3), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall provide to the head of the National Crime Information
Center of the Department of Justice the information that the Secretary has or
maintains related to any alien—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA78D1930D7B4B8EA17D996E05CC816C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">against whom a final order of removal has
been issued;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B464CF4FFEF455CB641B66B59EB0204"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who enters into a
voluntary departure agreement, or is granted voluntary departure by an
immigration judge, whose period for departure has expired under subsection
(a)(3) of section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c)
(as amended by section 211(a)(1)(C)), subsection (b)(2) of such section 240B,
or who has violated a condition of a voluntary departure agreement under such
section 240B;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4C36A91CF9B40509E56D38FA0001D00"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whom a Federal immigration officer has
confirmed to be unlawfully present in the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A67B84758204833BA78D74323020F6E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whose visa has
been revoked.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB837AA8B9EBF488A8E13F7EF6F174500"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Removal of
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the
National Crime Information Center should promptly remove any information
provided by the Secretary under paragraph (1) related to an alien who is
granted lawful authority to enter or remain legally in the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c316ff9851d49e4bad1a7bdc8accaba"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procedure for
removal of erroneous information</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation
with the head of the National Crime Information Center of the Department of
Justice, shall develop and implement a procedure by which an alien may petition
the Secretary or head of the National Crime Information Center, as appropriate,
to remove any erroneous information provided by the Secretary under paragraph
(1) related to such alien. Under such procedures, failure by the alien to
receive notice of a violation of the immigration laws shall not constitute
cause for removing information provided by the Secretary under paragraph (1)
related to such alien, unless such information is erroneous. Notwithstanding
the 180 time period set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not provide
the information required under paragraph (1) until the procedures required by
this paragraph are developed and implemented.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55AAD79DD4974EB9B9CA71634492FF82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
information in the national crime information center database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 534(a) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4655B1222E6948BFB625FC2E4758FDEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7E971FD7DAB4D23A88FDCBBEBFD17F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
(5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40AE57DF46204BE0A23541D6BFE676C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47B7DFFCB0D9417EAEA2658A4D9E8E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5927BB4C3454C499FC27BEF20D300A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquire, collect, classify, and preserve
records of violations of the immigration laws of the United States;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDBCAF5B58069B49C3803AD1C60511121A"><enum>231.</enum><header>Laundering of
monetary instruments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3AAA98EFE0694D9B927156A7B93BFA7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>section 1590 (relating to trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery,
involuntary servitude, or forced labor),</quote> after <quote>section 1363
(relating to destruction of property within the special maritime and
territorial jurisdiction),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8927612D9F1546FCB0B1E4FFE6EC54CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>section 274(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and
Nationality Act</act-name> (8 U.S.C.1324(a)) (relating to bringing in and
harboring certain aliens),</quote> after <quote>section 590 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1590)
(relating to aviation smuggling),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id5C3754ABAE0646C7822566A1A6075692"><enum>232.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this title, any
amendment made by this title, or the application of such provision or amendment
to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this title, the amendments made by this title, and the application
of the provisions of such to any other person or circumstance shall not be
affected by such holding.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Unlawful
employment of aliens</header>
<section id="id4BC186E3757840A19746E29776A81FA3"><enum>301.</enum><header>Unlawful
employment of aliens</header>
<subsection id="id8D2C79F2AAF04888ADDED5E10E6BD042"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 274A (8
U.S.C. 1324a) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA903FB379674B33AFDFA12B879970C1" style="OLC">
<section id="id1BAF4AEFC7CC45B4A18054316228084F"><enum>274A.</enum><header>Unlawful
employment of aliens</header>
<subsection id="ID25b1f1be91c54851b4b81b6ec8a28e58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Making
employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful</header>
<paragraph id="IDc1f055d3e6324a6cafe403b5940e0608"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It is unlawful for an employer—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5951bf763f3d433bae6b446d2ff5fd19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to hire, or to
recruit or refer for a fee, an alien for employment in the United States
knowing, or with reason to know, that the alien is an unauthorized alien with
respect to such employment; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9085eaa509bb426eb8af8e45e3b9f932"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to hire, or to
recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual
unless such employer meets the requirements of subsections (c) and (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b9bc0dbe2a54914939e46f3e6906d21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuing
employment</header><text>It is unlawful for an employer, after lawfully hiring
an alien for employment, to continue to employ the alien in the United States
knowing or with reason to know that the alien is (or has become) an
unauthorized alien with respect to such employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c747beff943404aa1c518deebfb9c96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of labor
through contract</header><text>In this section, an employer who uses a
contract, subcontract, or exchange, entered into, renegotiated, or extended
after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Securing America's Borders Act</short-title>, to obtain
the labor of an alien in the United States knowing, or with reason to know,
that the alien is an unauthorized alien with respect to performing such labor,
shall be considered to have hired the alien for employment in the United States
in violation of paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce28f85972244aeea25a139a1924d74f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rebuttable
presumption of unlawful hiring</header><text>If the Secretary determines that
an employer has hired more than 10 unauthorized aliens during a calendar year,
a rebuttable presumption is created for the purpose of a civil enforcement
proceeding, that the employer knew or had reason to know that such aliens were
unauthorized.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1af92a057a7b4945b17a9d849b104e57"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Defense</header>
<subparagraph id="idD8AFF58051BF4B07BD6D5DF2FF38707C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), an employer that establishes
that the employer has complied in good faith with the requirements of
subsections (c) and (d) has established an affirmative defense that the
employer has not violated paragraph (1)(A) with respect to such hiring,
recruiting, or referral.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd5e88a075969456e812891d87ec50679"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Until
the date that an employer is required to participate in the Electronic
Employment Verification System under subsection (d) or is permitted to
participate in such System on a voluntary basis, the employer may establish an
affirmative defense under subparagraph (A) without a showing of compliance with
subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd930ed57dd834affb9d53698ab9d5bfd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Order of
internal review and certification of compliance</header>
<paragraph id="id7ADF03D6709B46F382E005158C6890DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to
require certification</header><text>If the Secretary has reasonable cause to
believe that an employer has failed to comply with this section, the Secretary
is authorized, at any time, to require that the employer certify that the
employer is in compliance with this section, or has instituted a program to
come into compliance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC911CED83D9744069BC16C2178702938"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
certification</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date an employer
receives a request for a certification under paragraph (1) the chief executive
officer or similar official of the employer shall certify under penalty of
perjury that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id62ADEC95921547E1B2CE0DBA49E23955"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the employer is
in compliance with the requirements of subsections (c) and (d); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id419F250862C24AC0BACB9CE87AFE3165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the employer
has instituted a program to come into compliance with such requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA8E44F56DD94BE68C7AA1C1C2A018F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The
60-day period referred to in paragraph (2), may be extended by the Secretary
for good cause, at the request of the employer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1555CAF264C443288145FF9C8E7B3BFB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to publish in the Federal Register standards or methods
for certification and for specific record keeping practices with respect to
such certification, and procedures for the audit of any records related to such
certification.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1daff57e61f741f7b0535830e5b63d0f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Document
verification requirements</header><text>An employer hiring, or recruiting or
referring for a fee, an individual for employment in the United States shall
take all reasonable steps to verify that the individual is eligible for such
employment. Such steps shall include meeting the requirements of subsection (d)
and the following paragraphs:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9f3b6ed8511b4f9b889b8680ec37fb21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Attestation by
employer</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd49d1cd5ceb046099d9a149cbc96ccbc"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<clause id="idF76A9D920E2740EBA3619FC56B8799C3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The employer shall attest, under penalty of perjury and
on a form prescribed by the Secretary, that the employer has verified the
identity and eligibility for employment of the individual by examining—</text>
<subclause id="ID19eeee1cb59b48d6a83f972cf5c91729"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a document
described in subparagraph (B); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc252a0cc3774442eb81581cff6367741"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a document
described in subparagraph (C) and a document described in subparagraph
(D).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id2097C238B9D34CC082EC63E7023C3778"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Signature
requirements</header><text>An attestation required by clause (i) may be
manifested by a handwritten or electronic signature.</text>
</clause><clause id="id30801CC212074B92ABFB6857F25BC905"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Standards for
examination</header><text>An employer has complied with the requirement of this
paragraph with respect to examination of documentation if, based on the
totality of the circumstances, a reasonable person would conclude that the
document examined is genuine and establishes the individual’s identity and
eligibility for employment in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="id991C4F525D2C40C1AD35ECA81D6DCDEF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Requirements
for employment eligibility system participants</header><text>A participant in
the Electronic Employment Verification System established under subsection (d),
regardless of whether such participation is voluntary or mandatory, shall be
permitted to utilize any technology that is consistent with this section and
with any regulation or guidance from the Secretary to streamline the procedures
to comply with the attestation requirement, and to comply with the employment
eligibility verification requirements contained in this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc1dcfab5db2f4b89b7a79ecbcbb74244"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Documents
establishing both employment eligibility and identity</header><text>A document
described in this subparagraph is an individual’s—</text>
<clause id="ID2d072a3876ce4b9d8cd80dfde11f3d8b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>United States
passport; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcfc31713419f4b33a16a81ce4ed4044d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>permanent
resident card or other document designated by the Secretary, if the
document—</text>
<subclause id="IDfa9ee896369e435a9416263421b094d6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>contains a
photograph of the individual and such other personal identifying information
relating to the individual that the Secretary proscribes in regulations is
sufficient for the purposes of this subparagraph;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID518aa3544d014c65990184d590bfcdee"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is evidence of
eligibility for employment in the United States; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6f3b14935f1e4ff28d9ab01076483dd9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>contains
security features to make the document resistant to tampering, counterfeiting,
and fraudulent use.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4230af1da9924dc4aaf891847eba80d3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Documents
evidencing employment eligibility</header><text>A document described in this
subparagraph is an individual's—</text>
<clause id="ID189c0951c40d43ceb2e90a9748f3b931"><enum>(i)</enum><text>social security
account number card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security (other than a
card which specifies on its face that the issuance of the card does not
authorize employment in the United States); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID93159894c2b64076847f3ecbd0ea9c7f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other
documents evidencing eligibility of employment in the United States, if—</text>
<subclause id="idAA93E00107BF4696968EFDA97A2FFCB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary has
published a notice in the Federal Register stating that such document is
acceptable for purposes of this subparagraph; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id77A163A76D67418C9C0866DD280784D2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contains
security features to make the document resistant to tampering, counterfeiting,
and fraudulent use.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf199a20dd3d4ec685a51bd4548cb2f5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Documents
establishing identity of individual</header><text>A document described in this
subparagraph is an individual’s—</text>
<clause id="ID58a934b21d2d47de8b920c3de60454f4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>driver’s license
or identity card issued by a State, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or an outlying possession of the United States that complies with the
requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109–13; 119
Stat. 302);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdf4a4d61032d4e69b53e270744aeddb9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>driver’s license
or identity card issued by a State, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, or an outlying possession of the United States that is not in
compliance with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005, if the license or
identity card—</text>
<subclause id="id11E05932919B408DA224096D2C4C05A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is not required
by the Secretary to comply with such requirements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9BD149B2F5BF4144BC7553BA092F904D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contains the
individual’s photograph or information, including the individual’s name, date
of birth, gender, and address; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDcb6727ae125149c1adc9839421bf05b1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identification
card issued by a Federal agency or department, including a branch of the Armed
Forces, or an agency, department, or entity of a State, or a Native American
tribal document, provided that such card or document—</text>
<subclause id="IDf8d0c85dd9fa499fb8e78c082426bfd2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>contains the
individual’s photograph or information including the individual’s name, date of
birth, gender, eye color, and address; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4b6f792f33814643bc789277a3c9723b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contains
security features to make the card resistant to tampering, counterfeiting, and
fraudulent use; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID92360613f79c490e9f62c8b15ff080c2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of
an individual who is under 16 years of age who is unable to present a document
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) a document of personal identity of such
other type that—</text>
<subclause id="idA49D6B8AFAF5421AB64FF7C90EBD09CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines is a reliable means of identification; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id132DA0C74B514B6DBD3AB313C044D085"><enum>(II)</enum><text>contains
security features to make the document resistant to tampering, counterfeiting,
and fraudulent use.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53bab069b761417cb58d59921bb7b793"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Authority to
prohibit use of certain documents</header>
<clause id="id4AA3D4A68CC2470EA69CE0B90A5008C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>If
the Secretary finds that a document or class of documents described in
subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) is not reliable to establish identity or
eligibility for employment (as the case may be) or is being used fraudulently
to an unacceptable degree, the Secretary is authorized to prohibit, or impose
conditions, on the use of such document or class of documents for purposes of
this subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="idB7BAF9B7D5BA4290AC94246B78ACEB6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement
for publication</header><text>The Secretary shall publish notice of any
findings under clause (i) in the Federal Register.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID237bfb69fb814748bd7938639e54ec23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Attestation of
employee</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7cef69c099294665a61edc55e89f62a6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<clause id="idCB9D81716E6643CE82516C6EF364DB37"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The individual shall attest, under penalty of perjury on
the form prescribed by the Secretary, that the individual is a national of the
United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien
who is authorized under this Act or by the Secretary to be hired, recruited or
referred for a fee, in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="id737AB900C7E041BC80210EDD2E01462F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Signature for
examination</header><text>An attestation required by clause (i) may be
manifested by a handwritten or electronic signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID42044379d3bd4587a74f9393a35f5734"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>An
individual who falsely represents that the individual is eligible for
employment in the United States in an attestation required by subparagraph (A)
shall, for each such violation, be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 3 years, or both.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDee70cf62100f48299296db1c945099e1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retention of
attestation</header><text>An employer shall retain a paper, microfiche,
microfilm, or electronic version of an attestation submitted under paragraph
(1) or (2) for an individual and make such attestations available for
inspection by an officer of the Department of Homeland Security, any other
person designated by the Secretary, the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related
Unfair Employment Practices of the Department of Justice, or the Secretary of
Labor during a period beginning on the date of the hiring, or recruiting or
referring for a fee, of the individual and ending—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDea8c17474741487a8bff36b787423e42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of
the recruiting or referral for a fee (without hiring) of an individual, 7 years
after the date of the recruiting or referral; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a7d80dc0c5642588e3f8294969dee98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
the hiring of an individual the later of—</text>
<clause id="ID4d845369b15a4160815858412e45dedd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>7
years after the date of such hiring;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID88b2dff085df415fbf362c4d8f883fcd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 year after the
date the individual’s employment is terminated; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id5408ECADA0D148D984993BA34DB6401D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of
an employer or class of employers, a period that is less than the applicable
period described in clause (i) or (ii) if the Secretary reduces such period for
such employer or class of employers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44717967E9444092A159CC849CE8F1D4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Document
retention and record keeping requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="ID52936490505f46b884155f3d01371ae9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Retention of
documents</header><text>An employer shall retain, for the applicable period
described in paragraph (3), the following documents:</text>
<clause id="id53FCDA804D1A40FFBEBD3DD3B4285232"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the employer
shall copy all documents presented by an individual pursuant to this subsection
and shall retain paper, microfiche, microfilm, or electronic copies of such
documents. Such copies shall reflect the signature of the employer and the
individual and the date of receipt of such documents.</text>
</clause><clause id="idD2E079509F6F4069B4998DB534961A45"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of
retained documents</header><text>An employer shall use copies retained under
clause (i) only for the purposes of complying with the requirements of this
subsection, except as otherwise permitted under law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID201178c71da749a7972880e93073cd5d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Retention of
social security correspondence</header><text>The employer shall maintain
records related to an individual of any no-match notice from the Commissioner
of Social Security regarding the individual's name or corresponding social
security account number and the steps taken to resolve each issue described in
the no-match notice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID08600a045c64451fbd09f1ec0891e301"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Retention of
clarification documents</header><text>The employer shall maintain records of
any actions and copies of any correspondence or action taken by the employer to
clarify or resolve any issue that raises reasonable doubt as to the validity of
the individual’s identity or eligibility for employment in the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7fe9c9ed6daa41fea5f710c139136702"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Retention of
other records</header><text>The Secretary may require that an employer retain
copies of additional records related to the individual for the purposes of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID85b36b24927b4d11830df3415bf12058"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>An
employer that fails to comply with the requirement of this subsection shall be
subject to the penalties described in subsection (e)(4)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0081a5cff5e44f77a882442eba6a6d06"><enum>(6)</enum><header>No
authorization of national identification cards</header><text>Nothing in this
section may be construed to authorize, directly or indirectly, the issuance,
use, or establishment of a national identification card.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0e2bab8698184395890094d52f1d0139"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Electronic
employment verification system</header>
<paragraph id="IDa2eab9ca0598458b8314465485781aa0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for
system</header><text>The Secretary, in cooperation with the Commissioner of
Social Security, shall implement an Electronic Employment Verification System
(referred to in this subsection as the <quote>System</quote>) as described in
this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c64ae4a182f473e9b125e3475469443"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management of
system</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe8f4883d2ee04b599014cf234485881b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, through the System—</text>
<clause id="ID4d57d5d2c9e2425fa321148f48269fa3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide a
response to an inquiry made by an employer through the Internet or other
electronic media or over a telephone line regarding an individual's identity
and eligibility for employment in the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="idEFFA1A26D0514EB2815B8615AB352F62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish a set
of codes to be provided through the System to verify such identity and
authorization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID09ec156b0e344296889d78bae1a54612"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>maintain a
record of each such inquiry and the information and codes provided in response
to such inquiry.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8f6089fe3a64ea8b12d7d307633d502"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial
response</header><text>Not later than 3 days after an employer submits an
inquire to the System regarding an individual, the Secretary shall provide,
through the System, to the employer—</text>
<clause id="idC90DF1E79672476680801325D93A0F6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the System is
able to confirm the individual's identity and eligibility for employment in the
United States, a confirmation notice, including the appropriate codes on such
confirmation notice; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id9023A4C4A2834986977354DB9164B59A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the System is
unable to confirm the individual's identity or eligibility for employment in
the United States, a tentative nonconfirmation notice, including the
appropriate codes for such nonconfirmation notice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7c3689b7f21e44928e3f1282e36642e3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Verification
process in case of a tentative nonconfirmation notice</header>
<clause id="id4456A39563304677A63BB6227C554257"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a tentative nonconfirmation notice is issued under
subparagraph (B)(ii), not later than 10 days after the date an individual
submits information to contest such notice under paragraph (7)(C)(ii)(III), the
Secretary, through the System, shall issue a final confirmation notice or a
final nonconfirmation notice to the employer, including the appropriate codes
for such notice.</text>
</clause><clause id="id5865FD7FAA9A4FA88BE4E5F1122709F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Development of
process</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the Commissioner of
Social Security to develop a verification process to be used to provide a final
confirmation notice or a final nonconfirmation notice under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID29ebe5f607314adaa73e13708a1640bb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Design and
operation of System</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the
Commissioner of Social Security, shall design and operate the System—</text>
<clause id="ID12a270cd815a4af3ad0b3b0302a57d46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maximize
reliability and ease of use by employers in a manner that protects and
maintains the privacy and security of the information maintained in the
System;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID763cc65e52824de38b917221975a3f62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to respond to
each inquiry made by an employer; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4C9799DDDCEB4607ABB1E4B642C16BF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to track and
record any occurrence when the System is unable to receive such an
inquiry;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1dd054941c224187b0c5588975777cbe"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to include
appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent
unauthorized disclosure of personal information;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa64e36efcb3946e09511c4211de77e73"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to allow for
monitoring of the use of the System and provide an audit capability; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID386a141aa06b4e13aafbf2ceb3d2e7fb"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to have
reasonable safeguards, developed in consultation with the Attorney General, to
prevent employers from engaging in unlawful discriminatory practices, based on
national origin or citizenship status.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDda0d14a6b2ab4a0ca5819852d600ec1a"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Commissioner of Social Security</header><text>The Commissioner of Social
Security shall establish a reliable, secure method to provide through the
System, within the time periods required by subparagraphs (B) and (C)—</text>
<clause id="id1DA1DED65A604464AF642E97B5580B9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
determination of whether the name and social security account number provided
in an inquiry by an employer match such information maintained by the
Commissioner in order to confirm the validity of the information
provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="idEB0C97F06EC64F8FABB77DB9DB87A49C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a determination
of whether such social security account number was issued to the named
individual;</text>
</clause><clause id="id40AB33F5822D4A1FBEA2BE1AB8DB5C0B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>determination
of whether such social security account number is valid for employment in the
United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idCFD46116259742AB8B331B3C540BF082"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a confirmation
notice or a nonconfirmation notice under subparagraph (B) or (C), in a manner
that ensures that other information maintained by the Commissioner is not
disclosed or released to employers through the System.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe149b5448ec84ae3bb5baabf6498d8a0"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a reliable, secure
method to provide through the System, within the time periods required by
subparagraphs (B) and (C)—</text>
<clause id="idDE7F60F68FCF4A97AAD6E6E6B7DF105D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
determination of whether the name and alien identification or authorization
number provided in an inquiry by an employer match such information maintained
by the Secretary in order to confirm the validity of the information
provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="idED6F2E67BF154887AAA34FD4C76B1271"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a determination
of whether such number was issued to the named individual;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA57C521F05A0449187D5CC755CF2D55C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a determination
of whether the individual is authorized to be employed in the United States;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id419077F47D5F4AFD82BDE35CB4D152EF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other
related information that the Secretary may require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID52bbd15b66c443dba827a75ac2ddb2e4"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Updating
information</header><text>The Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary
shall update the information maintained in the System in a manner that promotes
maximum accuracy and shall provide a process for the prompt correction of
erroneous information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6fb42c7553354031b873ecbaabaf17b1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements
for participation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5),
the Secretary shall require employers to participate in the System as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDed9a7de777e94fddb869e9cd3569f939"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Critical
employers</header>
<clause id="idA319C2AB7FF448BE888FE3400F6C0C0A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Required
participation</header><text>As of the date that is 180 days after the date of
the enactment of the Securing America's Borders Act, the Secretary shall
require any employer or class of employers to participate in the System, with
respect to employees hired by the employer prior to, on, or after such date of
enactment, if the Secretary determines, in the Secretary's sole and
unreviewable discretion, such employer or class of employer is—</text>
<subclause id="id669D2574C6F847279CCF184B357830C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>part of the
critical infrastructure of the United States; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idFE03DBD6CE3E42EAA840B331128A68B6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>directly related
to the national security or homeland security of the United States.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="IDd8bf9829acbe4046b70054eabb05e8d1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Discretionary
participation</header><text>As of the date that is 180 days after the date of
the enactment of the Securing America's Borders Act, the Secretary may require
additional any employer or class of employers to participate in the System with
respect to employees hired on or after such date if the Secretary designates
such employer or class of employers, in the Secretary's sole and unreviewable
discretion, as a critical employer based on immigration enforcement or homeland
security needs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f91b47fbb444bf697eab61cd643b88a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Large
employers</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment
of the Securing America's Borders Act, Secretary shall require an employer with
more than 5,000 employees in the United States to participate in the System,
with respect to all employees hired by the employer after the date the
Secretary requires such participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID028fdc1cf14a49e9afd0c3b335690e28"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Mid-sized
employers</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
the Securing America's Borders Act, the Secretary shall require an employer
with less than 5,000 employees and with more than 1,000 employees in the United
States to participate in the System, with respect to all employees hired by the
employer after the date the Secretary requires such participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73458892a43e4796b23bf2f99d739a10"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Small
employers</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment
of the Securing America's Borders Act, the Secretary shall require all
employers with less than 1,000 employees and with more than 250 employees in
the United States to participate in the System, with respect to all employees
hired by the employer after the date the Secretary requires such
participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID33478519a1514925b5b8fb9af1f4b5b5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Remaining
employers</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment
of the Securing America's Borders Act, the Secretary shall require all
employers in the United States to participate in the System, with respect to
all employees hired by an employer after the date the Secretary requires such
participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA030D3E1C1BF411B8E08B454678D2298"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Requirement to
publish</header><text>The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the
requirements for participation in the System as described in subparagraphs (A),
(B), (C), (D), and (E) prior to the effective date of such requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc4552254fb7f43b4ad8f5b1b6fd82d46"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
participation in system</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the
Secretary has the authority, in the Secretary's sole and unreviewable
discretion—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF28C9EA0B9C14F0BAA3C379F470283F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to permit any
employer that is not required to participate in the System under paragraph (3)
to participate in the System on a voluntary basis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3a93d0658d424aaeb2ecacdc841213e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require any
employer that is required to participate in the System under paragraph (3) with
respect to newly hired employees to participate in the System with respect to
all employees hired by the employer prior to, on, or after the date of the
enactment of the Securing America's Borders Act, if the Secretary has
reasonable causes to believe that the employer has engaged in violations of the
immigration laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd02bb8e6b0d24c8ab315c39a86192d50"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to waive or delay the participation requirements of
paragraph (3) respect to any employer or class of employers if the Secretary
provides notice to Congress of such waiver prior to the date such waiver is
granted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID96e7228d7b7046eabaa47a0342943b7f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Consequence of
failure to participate</header><text>If an employer is required to participate
in the System and fails to comply with the requirements of the System with
respect to an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID859f3cbc88fa4446a4fbe638e2493949"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such failure
shall be treated as a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section with
respect to such individual; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID028a2969668c42e6afbaf0387665913a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a rebuttable
presumption is created that the employer has violated subsection (a)(1)(A) of
this section, however such presumption may not apply to a prosecution under
subsection (f)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc88ec96a338c4501be8832ff12c37cdc"><enum>(7)</enum><header>System
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="IDadbbb1fd5ad840058654265ca26e1bc7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employer that participates in the System shall, with
respect to the hiring, or recruiting or referring for a fee, any individual for
employment in the United States, shall—</text>
<clause id="id97E99C4E8D3C41758428EBAC830AA75C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtain from the
individual and record on the form designated by the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="IDc67454ab5eed497e9452900e0e48ec23"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the individual's
social security account number; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1e92694b63c342e9884da7ecb2f26eeb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of
an individual who does not attest that the individual is a national of the
United States under subsection (c)(2), such identification or authorization
number that the Secretary shall require; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idADD240C5A006428FB01B0D281347DD81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>retain the
original of such form and make such form available for inspection for the
periods and in the manner described in subsection (c)(3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe06c6b8313624891af9de19d8ac9aea8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Seeking
verification</header><text>The employer shall submit an inquiry through the
System to seek confirmation of the individual's identity and eligibility for
employment in the United States—</text>
<clause id="id42AB4B54005D4A0FBDC39563ED9940D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 3
working days (or such other reasonable time as may be specified by the
Secretary of Homeland Security) after the date of the hiring, or recruiting or
referring for a fee, of the individual (as the case may be); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id14A3A75899B7453FB2A04CA307848213"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of
an employee hired prior to the date of enactment of the Securing America's
Borders Act, at such time as the Secretary shall specify.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6f59e17e8a26467584d6000396ea2fd3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Confirmation or
nonconfirmation</header>
<clause id="ID8780ceb093664aad8ef9ba4fb439b301"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Confirmation
upon initial inquiry</header><text>If an employer receives a confirmation
notice under paragraph (2)(B)(i) for an individual, the employer shall record,
on the form specified by the Secretary, the appropriate code provided in such
notice.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID30ef683f8d474320bdacd83fb67dfe85"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Nonconfirmation
and verification</header>
<subclause id="ID2693ba7662894e1b8887bffb467ac30b"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Nonconfirmation</header><text>If
an employer receives a tentative nonconfirmation notice under paragraph
(2)(B)(ii) for an individual, the employer shall inform such individual of the
issuances of such notice in writing and the individual may contest such
nonconfirmation notice.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID91ad146ab7994389bd6515bd2f8148fb"><enum>(II)</enum><header>No
contest</header><text>If the individual does not contest the tentative
nonconfirmation notice under subclause (I) within 10 days of receiving notice
from the individual's employer, the notice shall become final and the employer
shall record on the form specified by the Secretary, the appropriate code
provided in the nonconfirmation notice.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa0c424c7f87d40eba0e8e6b0a55510d4"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Contest</header><text>If
the individual contests the tentative nonconfirmation notice under subclause
(I), the individual shall submit appropriate information to contest such notice
to the System within 10 days of receiving notice from the individual's employer
and shall utilize the verification process developed under paragraph
(2)(C)(ii).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD2C7C5ACFA9942829587A3C49C856839"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Effective
period of tentative nonconfirmation</header><text>A tentative nonconfirmation
notice shall remain in effect until a final such notice becomes final under
clause (II) or a final confirmation notice or final nonconfirmation notice is
issued by the System.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id03B065B93BE5483BB5F8B71B56F4308B"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Prohibition on
termination</header><text>An employer may not terminate the employment of an
individual based on a tentative nonconfirmation notice until such notice
becomes final under clause (II) or a final nonconfirmation notice is issued for
the individual by the System. Nothing in this clause shall apply to a
termination of employment for any reason other than because of such a
failure.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID13ec3e0fa2c949449efbfa4c76cc2294"><enum>(VI)</enum><header>Recording of
conclusion on form</header><text>If a final confirmation or nonconfirmation is
provided by the System regarding an individual, the employer shall record on
the form designated by the Secretary the appropriate code that is provided
under the System to indicate a confirmation or nonconfirmation of the identity
and employment eligibility of the individual.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0d91169dfa241ee8c77f0f67c4ec38d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consequences of
nonconfirmation</header>
<clause id="ID4d84757e63f546e491ffaca952eda5cc"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of
continued employment</header><text>If the employer has received a final
nonconfirmation regarding an individual, the employer shall terminate the
employment, recruitment, or referral of the individual. Such employer shall
provide to the Secretary any information relating to the nonconfirmed
individual that the Secretary determines would assist the Secretary in
enforcing or administering the immigration laws. If the employer continues to
employ, recruit, or refer the individual after receiving final nonconfirmation,
a rebuttable presumption is created that the employer has violated subsections
(a)(1)(A) and (a)(2). Such presumption may not apply to a prosecution under
subsection (f)(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID21b0bff2a0d84aa88a9bda2c09d0de36"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Protection from
liability</header><text>No employer that participates in the System shall be
liable under any law for any employment-related action taken with respect to an
individual in good faith reliance on information provided by the System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc43fcf96ebb34527ada88c2d6528c6d4"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of the System</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit or allow any
department, bureau, or other agency of the United States to utilize any
information, database, or other records used in the System for any purpose
other than as provided for under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0a1ab351152442888103f428f3059bc9"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Modification
authority</header><text>The Secretary, after notice is submitted to Congress
and provided to the public in the Federal Register, is authorized to modify the
requirements of this subsection, including requirements with respect to
completion of forms, method of storage, attestations, copying of documents,
signatures, methods of transmitting information, and other operational and
technical aspects to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and security of the
System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63bb326adbaa4d1d94ac7a3294930241"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to require any employer participating in the System to
pay a fee or fees for such participation. The fees may be set at a level that
will recover the full cost of providing the System to all participants. The
fees shall be deposited and remain available as provided in subsection (m) and
(n) of section 286 and the System is providing an immigration adjudication and
naturalization service for purposes of section 286(n).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5151bb7fddd24e8cbd8d901b0abb188c"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Securing America's Borders Act</short-title>,
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the capacity, systems
integrity, and accuracy of the System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6176a17f8b3f4e508749f36583e598af"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="ID33ecd8077a6a4be58ca4f4f7a899b093"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Complaints and
investigations</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID26dd3d4d26644895bfc8946c79b8085a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for individuals
and entities to file complaints regarding potential violations of subsection
(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa97719c709a9493a8880806a2058d365"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the
investigation of those complaints that the Secretary deems it appropriate to
investigate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID288e7af99e6c4578a3c163e70c6bb6b1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the
investigation of such other violations of subsection (a), as the Secretary
determines are appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa64b8bbfa9024775bc96d27a54c7e8a9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority in
investigations</header>
<subparagraph id="id220F52F4B1134CBFBF12FB3DBCD5CADB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In conducting investigations and hearings under this
subsection, officers and employees of the Department of Homeland
Security—</text>
<clause id="ID542c8365590b4c06b34b8974b5135a40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall have
reasonable access to examine evidence of any employer being investigated;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2bb46edcb35d4988975229832ee13655"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if designated by
the Secretary of Homeland Security, may compel by subpoena the attendance of
witnesses and the production of evidence at any designated place in an
investigation or case under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC311C77201354CA99F54A99C03237679"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to
cooperate</header><text>In case of refusal to obey a subpoena lawfully issued
under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may request that the Attorney General
apply in an appropriate district court of the United States for an order
requiring compliance with such subpoena, and any failure to obey such order may
be punished by such court as contempt.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idACF3FFE806DA4B8CBE9450890CEC3C78"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Department of
labor</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall have the investigative
authority provided under section 11(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 211(a)) to ensure compliance with the provisions of this title, or
any regulation or order issued under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID518b819a227a43408e6ae3fa9a7ec904"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance
procedures</header>
<subparagraph id="ID19412cc145104432a5cec8211042805d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Pre-penalty
notice</header><text>If the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that
there has been a violation of a requirement of this section and determines that
further proceedings related to such violation are warranted, the Secretary
shall issue to the employer concerned a written notice of the Secretary’s
intention to issue a claim for a fine or other penalty. Such notice
shall—</text>
<clause id="ID41bc554a48e74b35a2be3559787726fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe the
violation;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDce65ef993bc94251bf102f0f366327d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specify the laws
and regulations allegedly violated;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID05a61609aa084b22aa90d94b31a4c612"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>disclose the
material facts which establish the alleged violation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID31ad699742ae46d5bfb0100f070bd0e2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>inform such
employer that the employer shall have a reasonable opportunity to make
representations as to why a claim for a monetary or other penalty should not be
imposed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8400c44686324d36929bfd0126b964aa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remission or
mitigation of penalties</header>
<clause id="id98B2CB5A9B94428A8FC3DF6F13E0D68E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Petition by
employer</header><text>Whenever any employer receives written notice of a fine
or other penalty in accordance with subparagraph (A), the employer may file
within 30 days from receipt of such notice, with the Secretary a petition for
the remission or mitigation of such fine or penalty, or a petition for
termination of the proceedings. The petition may include any relevant evidence
or proffer of evidence the employer wishes to present, and shall be filed and
considered in accordance with procedures to be established by the
Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="id56D4A2E884254845A3C2EFB1A690011B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Review by
secretary</header><text>If the Secretary finds that such fine or other penalty
was incurred erroneously, or finds the existence of such mitigating
circumstances as to justify the remission or mitigation of such fine or
penalty, the Secretary may remit or mitigate such fine or other penalty on the
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are reasonable and just, or
order termination of any proceedings related to the notice. Such mitigating
circumstances may include good faith compliance and participation in, or
agreement to participate in, the System, if not otherwise required.</text>
</clause><clause id="id61E2B4CCC5C24854A280842B0F0EA35E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subparagraph may not apply to an employer that has or is engaged in a pattern
or practice of violations of paragraph (1)(A), (1)(B), or (2) of subsection (a)
or of any other requirements of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30f1ef849c0f469899dc7009530353df"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Penalty
claim</header><text>After considering evidence and representations offered by
the employer pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall determine
whether there was a violation and promptly issue a written final determination
setting forth the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the
determination is based and the appropriate penalty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd53271cefd5044948534c899a3ddc6a1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="ID41c6df85e3ec47d3b2e2707f24c0dbdf"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hiring or
continuing to employ unauthorized aliens</header><text>Any employer that
violates any provision of paragraph (1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a) shall pay
civil penalties as follows:</text>
<clause id="IDa9ab13219d254b9997319f3e0d27e0b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Pay a civil
penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $4,000 for each unauthorized
alien with respect to each such violation.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0f4bf11c6c06401fbc93bd5ffae10bec"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the employer
has previously been fined 1 time under this subparagraph, pay a civil penalty
of not less than $4,000 and not more than $10,000 for each unauthorized alien
with respect to each such violation.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe714694b134d4e539bd650d9b21681da"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the employer
has previously been fined more than 1 time under this subparagraph or has
failed to comply with a previously issued and final order related to any such
provision, pay a civil penalty of not less than $6,000 and not more than
$20,000 for each unauthorized alien with respect to each such violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a2c44e6492a475d87cac5b48191ca4d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Record keeping
or verification prActices</header><text>Any employer that violates or fails to
comply with the requirements of the subsection (b), (c), and (d), shall pay a
civil penalty as follows:</text>
<clause id="ID940ce60da8ce417d9e95b11fee3dcd55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Pay a civil
penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $2,000 for each such
violation.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID001cd21339e14c0c9b58543651557bb9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the employer
has previously been fined 1 time under this subparagraph, pay a civil penalty
of not less than $400 and not more than $4,000 for each such violation.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcae455a873b3491aab558f38029f6b4f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the employer
has previously been fined more than 1 time under this subparagraph or has
failed to comply with a previously issued and final order related to such
requirements, pay a civil penalty of $6,000 for each such violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0111838b7e9a4ab29a1d073c3680bdab"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other
penalties</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), the
Secretary may impose additional penalties for violations, including cease and
desist orders, specially designed compliance plans to prevent further
violations, suspended fines to take effect in the event of a further violation,
and in appropriate cases, the civil penalty described in subsection
(g)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfb98acfd782540f195d22a0bb04b549f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reduction of
penalties</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the
Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalties imposed upon employers,
based upon factors including the employer’s hiring volume, compliance history,
good-faith implementation of a compliance program, participation in a temporary
worker program, and voluntary disclosure of violations of this subsection to
the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA0E73E45A79041EF8FF5DC6AA8D7E66A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Adjustment for
inflation</header><text>All penalties in this section may be adjusted every 4
years to account for inflation, as provided by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5fa9d48c39b54fe2a48c165240f3dd96"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>An employer adversely affected by a final determination
may, within 45 days after the date the final determination is issued, file a
petition in the Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit for review of the
order. The filing of a petition as provided in this paragraph shall stay the
Secretary's determination until entry of judgment by the court. The burden
shall be on the employer to show that the final determination was not supported
by substantial evidence. The Secretary is authorized to require that the
petitioner provide, prior to filing for review, security for payment of fines
and penalties through bond or other guarantee of payment acceptable to the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78b5473aa8b543dca93436a266bf397b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Enforcement of
orders</header><text>If an employer fails to comply with a final determination
issued against that employer under this subsection, and the final determination
is not subject to review as provided in paragraph (5), the Attorney General may
file suit to enforce compliance with the final determination in any appropriate
district court of the United States. In any such suit, the validity and
appropriateness of the final determination shall not be subject to
review.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID94e65b531079451a90e72a0b0d10ab85"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties and injunctions for pattern or practice violations</header>
<paragraph id="IDf1ff002d822e40139c3f161e9b70fcb0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text>An employer that engages in a pattern or practice of
knowing violations of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) shall be fined not more
than $20,000 for each unauthorized alien with respect to whom such a violation
occurs, imprisoned for not more than 6 months for the entire pattern or
practice, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf96e225659e54115bcc1e10ffb04e303"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enjoining of
pattern or practice violations</header><text>If the Secretary or the Attorney
General has reasonable cause to believe that an employer is engaged in a
pattern or practice of employment, recruitment, or referral in violation of
paragraph (1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a), the Attorney General may bring a
civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States requesting
such relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order,
or other order against the employer, as the Secretary deems necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID61c5bca6c22146f0bd8f3e857025a25e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition of
indemnity bonds</header>
<paragraph id="ID211f89bb9c2d4303a6a1f2528fa752f1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>It
is unlawful for an employer, in the hiring, recruiting, or referring for a fee,
of an individual, to require the individual to post a bond or security, to pay
or agree to pay an amount, or otherwise to provide a financial guarantee or
indemnity, against any potential liability arising under this section relating
to such hiring, recruiting, or referring of the individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID76b41e1d105943c6b1f13c5b240cea13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text>Any employer which is determined, after notice and
opportunity for mitigation of the monetary penalty under subsection (e), to
have violated paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to a civil
penalty of $10,000 for each violation and to an administrative order requiring
the return of any amounts received in violation of such paragraph to the
employee or, if the employee cannot be located, to the Employer Compliance Fund
established under section 286(w).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID02d651e96db349cfac8be78917ae6333"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Prohibition on
award of government contracts, grants, and agreements</header>
<paragraph id="IDac6c400250324da0823c381a89dad9a4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employers with
no contracts, grants or agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="id568DB668486D410397BE33FED4E373AE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If an employer who does not hold a Federal contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement is determined by the Secretary to be a repeat
violator of this section or is convicted of a crime under this section, the
employer shall be debarred from the receipt of a Federal contract, grant, or
cooperative agreement for a period of 2 years. The Secretary or the Attorney
General shall advise the Administrator of General Services of such a debarment,
and the Administrator of General Services shall list the employer on the List
of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs for a
period of 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA34322DB1D04885993584F109A1A822"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Secretary and the
Attorney General, may waive operation of this subsection or may limit the
duration or scope of the debarment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5afe62feea154cbf85c6645983f688f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Employers with
contracts, grants, or agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="idBF39D68740444A41BBC1ECA7BAD25048"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employer who holds a Federal contract, grant, or
cooperative agreement and is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Secretary
to be a repeat violator of this section or is convicted of a crime under this
section, shall be debarred from the receipt of Federal contracts, grants, or
cooperative agreements for a period of 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F2FF4B7597D4F32BBF6EB15A92AB961"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice to
agencies</header><text>Prior to debarring the employer under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of General Services, shall
advise any agency or department holding a contract, grant, or cooperative
agreement with the employer of the Government's intention to debar the employer
from the receipt of new Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements
for a period of 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B587A40C4FF46BFB4BAC6286A79A60D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>After
consideration of the views of any agency or department that holds a contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement with the employer, the Secretary may, in lieu
of debarring the employer from the receipt of new Federal contracts, grants, or
cooperative agreements for a period of 2 years, waive operation of this
subsection, limit the duration or scope of the debarment, or may refer to an
appropriate lead agency the decision of whether to debar the employer, for what
duration, and under what scope in accordance with the procedures and standards
prescribed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. However, any proposed
debarment predicated on an administrative determination of liability for civil
penalty by the Secretary or the Attorney General shall not be reviewable in any
debarment proceeding. The decision of whether to debar or take alternation
shall not be judicially reviewed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f59b8c817314acc86716d0f62a2cebf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>Indictments
for violations of this section or adequate evidence of actions that could form
the basis for debarment under this subsection shall be considered a cause for
suspension under the procedures and standards for suspension prescribed by the
Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID59497ef826f94456be7d5816080833b3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="IDa4b7f936f0464449be1250f856d8e0ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>In
providing documentation or endorsement of authorization of aliens (other than
aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence) eligible to be employed in
the United States, the Secretary shall provide that any limitations with
respect to the period or type of employment or employer shall be conspicuously
stated on the documentation or endorsement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B0DA154771C4B18B368967A2A7B39C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preemption</header><text>The
provisions of this section preempt any State or local law—</text>
<subparagraph id="id07A3F193809643208069F0DB6D7A3337"><enum>(A)</enum><text>imposing civil or
criminal sanctions (other than through licensing and similar laws) upon those
who employ, or recruit or refer for a fee for employment, unauthorized aliens;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID960FB9A0394649C5A24CC1E26B2DCC32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requiring as a
condition of conducting, continuing, or expanding a business that a business
entity—</text>
<clause id="ID02DCB42346C64916A9043A00F606CA70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide, build,
fund, or maintain a shelter, structure, or designated area for use by day
laborers at or near its place of business; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B1081F4B53F4FDCAD5F14593DF4ADF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>take other steps
that facilitate the employment of day laborers by others.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID361752112b5f42469ac4de8d286e2aec"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Deposit of
amounts received</header><text>Except as otherwise specified, civil penalties
collected under this section shall be deposited by the Secretary into the
Employer Compliance Fund established under section 286(w).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8AD6869B695C4FB5BF6B5B377A644237"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id7F1AC3785D8C417E8E3AFFBB3BA17C98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employer</header><text>The
term <term>employer</term> means any person or entity, including any entity of
the Government of the United States, hiring, recruiting, or referring an
individual for employment in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID62e9a587a7b149f0a94f53d02be29e97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No-match
notice</header><text>The term <term>no-match notice</term> means written notice
from the Commissioner of Social Security to an employer reporting earnings on a
Form W–2 that an employee name or corresponding social security account number
fail to match records maintained by the Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id07D03B6D2339435FBE70A0E54C27BAA9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>Except
as otherwise provided, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC5612379DA8142D2BC81930FAA229181"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Unauthorized
alien</header><text>The term <term>unauthorized alien</term> means, with
respect to the employment of an alien at a particular time, that the alien is
not at that time either—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDee2cf8c399dc45eea7628999ec47a5b1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe099d0ee15b3433b8da4385d70bc1a4d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorized to be
so employed by this Act or by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID69fe42d8a79f4776923aa710eb8dae4c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header>
<paragraph id="idD11642FDB8994D7BB134CB0749DE0179"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Sections
401, 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a)
are repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id64A874D0D9E946D89E5D4C821B6AACFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection or in subsection (d) of section 274A, as amended by
subsection (a), may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to
allow or continue to allow the participation of employers who participated in
the basic pilot program under such sections 401, 402, 403, 404, and 405 in the
Electronic Employment Verification System established pursuant to such
subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1C28C7AF14604C0FBAEB673F60FC5A3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id8BF06F5A70224ECBB5ED380D884F0145"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
unauthorized alien</header><text>Sections 218(i)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1188(i)(1)),
245(c)(8) (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)(8)), 274(a)(3)(B)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(3)(B)(i)),
and 274B(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(1)) are amended by striking
<quote>274A(h)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>274A</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC3D87A699CAD4947A0705C2D96D0772C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Document
requirements</header><text>Section 274B (8 U.S.C. 1324b) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA5D0E36F8B714E39B47C12B207B85340"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsections
(a)(6) and (g)(2)(B), by striking <quote>274A(b)</quote> and inserting
<quote>274A(d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1794180E3C1E44FC9BA8EF459A0E76C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>274A(b)(5)</quote> and inserting
<quote>274A(d)(9)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96220C4062FB400ABD6A575E2EC449D5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDa17c53957ec04c82a203c12b26db98a0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Employer
Compliance Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 286 (8
U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AA39B1EF90F42369211AFBF242EFF56" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6b45f153f8614d4290a4d9fc01c8c155"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Employer
Compliance Fund</header>
<paragraph id="ID5a26f35683984e85963fe77a02657822"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established in the general fund of the Treasury,
a separate account, which shall be known as the <quote>Employer Compliance
Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the
<quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID700a239f1386464c903aec1cf15c19c7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>There
shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the Fund all civil monetary
penalties collected by the Secretary of Homeland Security under section
274A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb00cc34738854a878335bb120bf563ed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Amounts
refunded to the Secretary from the Fund shall be used for the purposes of
enhancing and enforcing employer compliance with section 274A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4032EFB95FA54300941793C4F0C2CA3E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>Amounts deposited into the Fund shall remain available
until expended and shall be refunded out of the Fund by the Secretary of the
Treasury, at least on a quarterly basis, to the Secretary of Homeland
Security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID77b44b6c51264c008cc5f99227962267"><enum>303.</enum><header>Additional
worksite enforcement and fraud detection agents</header>
<subsection id="ID22b8e40d283c4726a628b8743cbbcf1b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worksite
enforcement</header><text>The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations for such purpose, annually increase, by not less than 2,000, the
number of positions for investigators dedicated to enforcing compliance with
sections 274 and 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324,
and 1324a) during the 5-year period beginning date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7d18a2c2531a4c6ba8cb88d120da7724"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fraud
detection</header><text>The Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations for such purpose, increase by not less than 1,000 the number of
positions for agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
dedicated to immigration fraud detection during the 5-year period beginning
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID44219103568d4567b2a01661b8f8041d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDe7a19a08ae57457e82db671cf089dcef"><enum>304.</enum><header>Clarification
of ineligibility for misrepresentation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)), is amended by striking <quote>citizen</quote> and
inserting <quote>national</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Backlog reduction and visas for students,
medical providers, and aliens with advanced degrees</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50ca9f19290b453f83ec71b699ce6a3b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</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) (8
U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block 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;</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 fiscal 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 calculated under
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) (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>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03C11A26007B488FA503210B4A60BA47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under this subsection
for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf10f61d097f4b0c8643d90d5f66df5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">290,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb51f790dd3247f4bb2d45e013d8772e"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD570A836637845128FD5638541A0B0A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C5A6CA06EC3467A9C2156C667FE8D9A"><enum>(i)</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 fiscal years;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35B900E7388645838A1E667D5A23A398"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of visas calculated under clause
(i) that were issued after fiscal year 2005.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AA0E7A9FFB441FB8B1444C1F47E52C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Visas for
spouses and children</header><text>Immigrant visas issued on or after October
1, 2004, to spouses and children of employment-based immigrants shall not be
counted against the numerical limitation set forth in paragraph
(1).</text>
</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>402.</enum><header>Country
limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(a) (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>403.</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) (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 the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28C835CC639D4274A99B17C75EB9B67B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent of such worldwide level;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10C5B321F8A94461881B3CE561753CE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any visas not required for the class
specified in paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></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>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBE17A2445B04273AAAA5DFB677108C3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</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 who are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7566B109D80A4B0EAED875637D1B1078"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spouses or children of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9737F1546E2A44C79C04B96056A416A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unmarried sons or daughters of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID162ea6dc74684986a9d0586251b57096"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visas allocated to
individuals described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall constitute not less than 77
percent of the visas allocated under this paragraph.</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 the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEF347BDC17F404F861A27D83F8B047E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent of such worldwide level;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A0207B52EEF407AA93ABCE2AFEDC1F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any visas not required for the classes
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</subparagraph></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 a citizen of the United States
who is at least 21 years of age shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to
exceed 30 percent of the worldwide
level.</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) (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>15 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>15 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="idE44703FFF1C44A94957CD9C6020DC14B" 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.</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) (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 (Public Law 105–100; 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>404.</enum><header> Relief for minor
children</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) (8
U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CE4DEF00D5247CF90BE0F85B2D4D1BD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFCEBE8FBC82449AB85A1ED95A57491DB"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4B76A9F5993F46E597D97A0BB67EC029"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB6B5DB1AB0B048319DC5A5F661FBC908"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Aliens admitted under
section 211(a) on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa under section 203(a)
to their accompanying parent who is an immediate relative.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB8090ACFCED461DBABF60840B1A9A4F" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In this subparagraph, the term
<term>immediate relative</term> means a child, spouse, or parent of a citizen
of the United States (and each child of such child, spouse, or parent who is
accompanying or following to join the child, spouse, or parent), except that,
in the case of parents, such citizens shall be at least 21 years of age.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5894C7EEC8DC437F9D1B9A667EAC92D3" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>An alien who was the spouse of a
citizen of the United States for not less than 2 years at the time of the
citizen's death and was not legally separated from the citizen at the time of
the citizen's death, and each child of such alien, shall be considered, for
purposes of this subsection, to remain an immediate relative after the date of
the citizen’s death if the spouse files a petition under section
204(a)(1)(A)(ii) before the earlier of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FE12D7FAA9B4B9ABFDEF66BF5E33D23"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 years after such date; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F1B4809A38C4C5D9A23E8ED4FE5E0B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date on which the spouse
remarries.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8390D91A7714059B83C403701A13742" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In this clause, an alien who has
filed a petition under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) remains an
immediate relative if the United States citizen spouse or parent loses United
States citizenship on account of the abuse.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9408F47CE8064948900B0A12F966834B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Aliens born to an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence during a temporary visit
abroad.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</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) (8 U.S.C. 1154
(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking <quote>in the second sentence of section
201(b)(2)(A)(i) also</quote> and inserting <quote>in section 201(b)(2)(A)(iii)
or an alien child or alien parent described in the
201(b)(2)(A)(iv)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID5c021dd5bede4d798f2f383772753d5d"><enum>405.</enum><header>Student
visas</header>
<subsection id="ID25a6c36210464f439f227b301510b871"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(F) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID656cd5137b4f48e4adf569fbc8698040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID92d7e83948df4791a93210eeb8cabe0b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>he has no intention of abandoning, who is</quote> and inserting the
following: “except in the case of an alien described in clause (iv), the alien
has no intention of abandoning, who is—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id697DA2A880734113ABA6E1F9A5EFFF65" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id8F98D7E4F87A48E0801B4129BDBB17E0" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AAC9CE3AB154FF5BAF02D423686CF99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>consistent with section 214(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>(except for
a graduate program described in clause (iv)) consistent with section
214(m)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1020d3db28ff426fa8b584857e493863"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the
comma at the end and inserting the following: “; or</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F73BF5476FE401EAA895EFA7587849C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id670FDC85679E4B0A8E5AAA6E7987BBEB" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>engaged in temporary employment
for optional practical training related to the alien’s area of study, which
practical training shall be authorized for a period or periods of up to 24
months;</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID44dec58de5a34ea6a394d1beb10bec9a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID32efade756dc424ebda38c3e0bba26f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or (iv)</quote> after <quote>clause (i)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6a7cc1dc81144e26a193e6f36e92d9db"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2bb7c466a60f49188fc7592070fc2c6c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID685f00dc3e434c5ca3cb5bb56746b502"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FB78D39C61A4F838E59AED828D60EA9" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID770b8a5a2b544fd8bb59e2075bb89c02"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an alien
described in clause (i) who has been accepted and plans to attend an accredited
graduate program in mathematics, engineering, technology, or the sciences in
the United States for the purpose of obtaining an advanced
degree.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbcb035f9883841c6aaf4b3392d325b2d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Admission of
nonimmigrants</header><text>Section 214(b) (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) is amended by
striking <quote>subparagraph (L) or (V)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraph (F)(iv), (L), or (V)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7865D3B7A60F475EA6104E3A6E5720BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements
for <enum-in-header>F-4</enum-in-header> visa</header><text>Section 214(m) (8
U.S.C. 1184(m)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID420878a249d04b8ab3419f6f97fdf428"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE04134AF421D49258C88EDADF6BF3E18" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID64befb8327b84453a9d5690e3c388424"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Nonimmigrant
elementary, secondary, and post-secondary school
students</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7591136c1aaa4d7eb5fd0931590815a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2606EE2903D54345885520466E3D5C0E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID5f74a15d49594bc086de6b8b9f34a676" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A visa issued to an alien under
section 101(a)(15)(F)(iv) shall be valid—</text>
<subparagraph id="id43251A55491F4A86B115A1E15263452B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during the intended period of study in
a graduate program described in such section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3381C22FEDF44708FE4694AAF6DC740"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for an additional period, not to
exceed 1 year after the completion of the graduate program, if the alien is
actively pursuing an offer of employment related to the knowledge and skills
obtained through the graduate program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBC4CB93945A473ABAF92E7A43142866"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the additional period necessary
for the adjudication of any application for labor certification,
employment-based immigrant petition, and application under section 245(a)(2) to
adjust such alien’s status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence, if such application for labor certification or employment-based
immigrant petition has been filed not later than 1 year after the completion of
the graduate
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfeb4c8ad8b27426686fa8990e3f2776d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Off campus work
authorization for foreign students</header>
<paragraph id="id1D927349C7B649D6B7BFD15154EE3452"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Aliens admitted as nonimmigrant students described in
section 101(a)(15)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F)) may be employed in an off-campus position unrelated to the
alien’s field of study if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8b58006b55eb4f189b1e451c354a86fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alien has
enrolled full time at the educational institution and is maintaining good
academic standing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdcd13ead565b4c58a72cd692475cdc2f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the employer
provides the educational institution and the Secretary of Labor with an
attestation that the employer—</text>
<clause id="ID16c601d4e6404603b6bf9d69ecc8849e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has
spent at least 21 days recruiting United States citizens to fill the position;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1b8f502afe364fe79a5a323e54797ba3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will pay the
alien and other similarly situated workers at a rate equal to not less than the
greater of—</text>
<subclause id="ID4c074013d08748f78004a995582024c1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the actual wage
level for the occupation at the place of employment; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb93c9c53ac5d4d73be92d48e0120858f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the prevailing
wage level for the occupation in the area of employment; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID295067184ef64cb2bbba0ef4df6dcc56"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien will
not be employed more than—</text>
<clause id="IDe955338af6924f0d91f488a3d5329ec8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20
hours per week during the academic term; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDba3caa2e41314174990b3f538f6755b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>40
hours per week during vacation periods and between academic terms.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDcaf29124d69c4f8bb90f527b08411691"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disqualification</header><text>If
the Secretary of Labor determines that an employer has provided an attestation
under paragraph (1)(B) that is materially false or has failed to pay wages in
accordance with the attestation, the employer, after notice and opportunity for
a hearing, shall be disqualified from employing an alien student under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID23e931ed443b4d4485e69079de0b7b86"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status</header><text>Section 245(a) (8 U.S.C. 1255(a)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE938113204AF4659AE4C17F6BE20DB65" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDc41e20aceb3f49b28f2126cf8a71870a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="idEF4E5C895A92496CA57376F6B96574BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The status of an alien, who was inspected and admitted or
paroled into the United States, or who has an approved petition for
classification under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of
section 204(a)(1), may be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the
Attorney General, under such regulations as the Secretary or the Attorney
General may prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence if—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDaeb2a526abf349fb8da51a5ab2085d5a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alien makes
an application for such adjustment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb1b8f17e7b9c41de80e933f99acea8c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alien is
eligible to receive an immigrant visa;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEEED48AD0FDB4E1DBA214052957FFF96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien is
admissible to the United States for permanent residence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID831d1b12180b47149d04adad27cb7a0d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an immigrant visa
is immediately available to the alien at the time the application is
filed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4242c54e44b64a89bec76770eccc9bae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Student
visas</header><text>Notwithstanding the requirement under paragraph (1)(C), an
alien may file an application for adjustment of status under this section
if—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDef442f1836a1459e982f075fb43a5456"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alien has
been issued a visa or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section
101(a)(15)(F)(iv), or would have qualified for such nonimmigrant status if
section 101(a)(15)(F)(iv) had been enacted before such alien’s
graduation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfc189fda14044b6ba5282dc41a04befb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alien has
earned an advanced degree in the sciences, technology, engineering, or
mathematics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5715128a026a4983838e398292020402"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien is the
beneficiary of a petition filed under subparagraph (E) or (F) of section
204(a)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ac556cfafee4f57b2b481175a9dc7d9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a fee of $1,000
is remitted to the Secretary on behalf of the alien.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCACD09E925D04D1DBE6CBBC40645927E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An
application for adjustment of status filed under this section may not be
approved until an immigrant visa number becomes
available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe246fc581200489891a00c9b614a08ee"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
fees</header>
<paragraph id="ID17336837a8b74be2814e06f8bead18a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Job training;
scholarships</header><text>Section 286(s)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(1)) is amended
by inserting <quote>and 80 percent of the fees collected under section
245(a)(2)(D)</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc4b5a458b2634f2a97a126e49df67e37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fraud
prevention and detection</header><text>Section 286(v)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(1))
is amended by inserting <quote>and 20 percent of the fees collected under
section 245(a)(2)(D)</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="ID773ab19a782a469eaf0aed841e8054ab"><enum>406.</enum><header>Visas for
individuals with advanced degrees</header>
<subsection id="ID0120f17813bc4b92b0aae6d97fb09d4e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aliens with
certain advanced degrees not subject to numerical limitations on employment
based immigrants</header>
<paragraph id="id4E0F8F374EC5465B9DC61B205104320B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 201(b)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC86BFA22DEEE4BF5B8FF3DEDF85F40E4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDb495c26e7b534abea8f6a39dfa3a290d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Aliens who have
earned an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and have
been working in a related field in the United States under a nonimmigrant visa
during the 3-year period preceding their application for an immigrant visa
under section 203(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id796FAF6B996E4C299A156CAE45FFB689"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Aliens described
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 203(b)(1)(A) or who have received a
national interest waiver under section 203(b)(2)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E284259E5F2480EA3FF4FF9EF8CECF5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The spouse and
minor children of an alien who is admitted as an employment-based immigrant
under section
203(b).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id89B80EAB77E3464B8942F1ABB1E8875D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to any visa application—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02C43623257C4643A9040F210F5D2128"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pending on the
date of the enactment of this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19EF7FE2FE894757A345BEF4187B89AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>filed on or after
such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB00C3E1E1EF44F68A704BDAF6670A5AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Labor
certification</header><text>Section 212(a)(5)(A)(ii) (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA905B73E0954ACD94CC48BB73951F13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDA85AB1E89234E278028BC857344E927"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3287DE4E5C0C4D99A3CCA21960408C8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE03B9C949784C20967F2815F3C584F5" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id15D17AB8151640D1881DD9EF45A42B7A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has an advanced
degree in the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics from an
accredited university in the United States and is employed in a field related
to such
degree.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDddccb2b4264b4cc78b0566bb51917df1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary
workers</header><text>Section 214(g) (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4a03de536cf2490199f8671fd5974554"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf52f04177ca3477eaba25d5104fa022e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(beginning with fiscal year 1992)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f630fa535e84213a417046b9b69574d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id215D7EDE749148378D4801BAA7572E2B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (vii), by striking <quote>each succeeding fiscal year; or</quote> and
inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006;</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id85F144D627C84D27BE2B3BF53DA2043C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding after clause (vii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469F8574A8D74184BD6BE266B713BCF9" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="IDa8244893c5104fa59b216554322706b3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>115,000 in the
first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this clause;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idA26A52F327464BC0873F25240F132B23"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the number
calculated under paragraph (9) in each fiscal year after the year described in
clause (viii);
or</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A2B44DC646448EFBC9F4F6C067F860B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id64FB90CA35C945379EAED863081E209A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF324FA32DD7E4174B4E92955ABDB820F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDEBF09A243C4ABFBDA3613C55701AE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F8DEAE2057A4300B004E79884682C5F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="IDc17ccf26dd1a4118a5bdf9406137da47"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has earned an
advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or
math.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id389FE974615F4854B9B401136D93BD0D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (10), (11), and (12),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7921ea97a63347ee97bf01155883594f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD706B22765C94DCA88D68A57352A867A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDc97ec663e19b4e47bef494d684ab97e3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>If the numerical
limitation in paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id12FFC456DEA24C0599C216037F5DD674"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is reached during
a given fiscal year, the numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(A)(ix) for
the subsequent fiscal year shall be equal to 120 percent of the numerical
limitation of the given fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD16FEBFD765141F7BB611CF7764B5631"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not reached
during a given fiscal year, the numerical limitation under paragraph (1)(A)(ix)
for the subsequent fiscal year shall be equal to the numerical limitation of
the given fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd5a8b5928de94c7d94349bf602b73526"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (c)(2) shall apply to any visa application—</text>
<paragraph id="idB6C91B454BB647A0B6A10AA2BBF5BDD2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pending on the
date of the enactment of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DDB8838BF2F427EAB82F3DBC811BC36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>filed on or after
such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7A7327DAAF8D4B7EB6DB3FB986599566" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Medical services in
underserved areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8
U.S.C. 1182 note; Public Law 103–416) is amended by striking <quote>Act and
before June 1, 2006.</quote> and inserting “Act.”.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Immigration
litigation reduction</header>
<section id="id734C06366FEF4789B17F9568312887B3"><enum>501.</enum><header>Consolidation
of immigration appeals</header>
<subsection id="ID3a3bad356b0041a6ad9edb1f2416e13a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reapportionment
of circuit court judges</header><text>The table in section 44(a) of title 28,
United States Code, is amended in the item relating to the Federal Circuit by
striking <quote>12</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID065f096c02ed4f05bda29e1e293adc22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of
orders of removal</header><text>Section 242(b) (8 U.S.C. 1252(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID24309f79ba264d369c1bbd8b530517bb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking the first sentence and inserting <quote>The petition for review
shall be filed with the United Sates Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDba406e5d778c4767ba3c03a4ee3db309"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(B), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Any appeal of a decision by
the district court under this paragraph shall be filed with the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb63f0e2e4cfb40199c87ac9ace520e5d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD18F195483142DB9BF46269CE9E3AC7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID60aae87013a34847bfac6aa6f7e49490"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consequence of
invalidation and venue of appeals</header>
<clause id="ID9800fd1309ca4813aef80da4820c7b9a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Invalidation</header><text>If
the district court rules that the removal order is invalid, the court shall
dismiss the indictment for violation of section 243(a).</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf3213324fbc94aa9bb16fa6b379c896f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>The
United States Government may appeal a dismissal under clause (i) to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit within 30 days after the date
of the dismissal. If the district court rules that the removal order is valid,
the defendant may appeal the district court decision to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit within 30 days after the date of completion
of the criminal
proceeding.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID36e7d6a6a3724037a569b910b861582d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of
orders regarding inadmissable aliens</header><text>Section 242(e) (8 U.S.C.
1252(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id490865D319AE4702B0E96BA05B8061F8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDde564f5f59a44b3eb8dd516e9d4598ff"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>The
petition to appeal any decision by the district court pursuant to this
subsection shall be filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal
Circuit.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcc1424e2d8cd482cb80975567223d8aa"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction</header><text>Section 242(g) (8 U.S.C. 1252(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7abf541cbbc7446294a8c408efa6e332"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Except</quote>; and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A4A804BAEBC43EC9BA5110C327CBE51" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID697046e32b40443b9778f2f711b1be29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa534262fe1d24b04865161e2ed7668ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id361B4108D9C64508A80EDCC8A3DA8156" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID5d7274f40fab48d0b372cf0efd5ef6cc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review a district court order
arising from any action taken, or proceeding brought, to remove or exclude an
alien from the United States, including a district court order granting or
denying a petition for writ of habeas
corpus.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID479f8cfa2a034dd99ad8e13c58fcac8b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Jurisdiction of
the United States court of appeals for the Federal circuit</header>
<paragraph id="ID4fc0774e90f94a16aca9484f58866c25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction</header><text>Section 1295(a) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56D38117CCA84BD69C0BE190A7D1F7EF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9d009a8d019f45b8b67389a42d637ce1"><enum>(15)</enum><text>of an appeal to
review a final administrative order or a district court decision arising from
any action taken, or proceeding brought, to remove or exclude an alien from the
United
States.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id388AA967E5E64B86A230E4F0CDD01DF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Such section 1295(a) is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC757D9858F3B435282594BC157C2F740"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(13), by striking <quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AF9CA01280549149452C91BFEE11295"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon and
<quote>and</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3af38540b3934fb0ab584ef8f3480da6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for each of the fiscal
years 2007 through 2011 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
subsection, including the hiring of additional attorneys for the such
Court.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID227704b7297d45e6bad7e13018f80cbe"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect upon
the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to any final agency order or
district court decision entered on or after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6f028c6527814685853cae42ba07b8f6"><enum>502.</enum><header>Additional
immigration personnel</header>
<subsection id="ID5c0de10a5be8434f8ab9db31c1164b47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of
Homeland Security</header>
<paragraph id="ID407a00e00077425c9b33eac3c85e1c5a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Trial
attorneys</header><text>In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the
Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such
purpose, increase the number of positions for attorneys in the Office of
General Counsel of the Department who represent the Department in immigration
matters by not less than 100 above the number of such positions for which funds
were made available during each preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc75439cfc3394952ac0cc4f9d2345fea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID68b18e6895c541e698a43770665519a9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of
Justice</header>
<paragraph id="ID6ab369bce34f4972aeb72cbbee1296e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Litigation
attorneys</header><text>In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Attorney
General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose,
increase by not less than 50 the number of positions for attorneys in the
Office of Immigration Litigation of the Department of Justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe747b3d08dbf44bb85bf5e9c55668fb8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States
attorneys</header><text>In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Attorney
General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose,
increase by not less than 50 the number of attorneys in the United States
Attorneys' office to litigate immigration cases in the Federal courts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f4083ddc8074c7e94e6892cd0e92675"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immigration
judges</header><text>In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Attorney
General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such
purpose—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe9e3ff04bc394786a36a17e435acb565"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase by not
less than 20 the number of full-time immigration judges compared to the number
of such positions for which funds were made available during the preceding
fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB32F71CCED3740409E918FB51C28410A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase by not
less than 80 the number of positions for personnel to support the immigration
judges described in subparagraph (A) compared to the number of such positions
for which funds were made available during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1c049bb1c7554cfcb99623f7b3b8da5e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Staff
attorneys</header><text>In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Attorney
General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such
purpose—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd937a53697f8431cb23486b06f009841"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase by not
less than 10 the number of positions for full-time staff attorneys in the Board
of Immigration Appeals compared to the number of such positions for which funds
were made available during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8ac48265160140b3b30048869b933579"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase by not
less than 10 the number of positions for personnel to support the staff
attorneys described in subparagraph (A) compared to the number of such
positions for which funds were made available during the preceding fiscal
year</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1efa99a56bab484ab24f1a6f07fb5cc0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Attorney General for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this subsection, including the hiring of
necessary support staff.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcae81a4a76e04c3f927b2bf7870d6257"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
office of the United States courts</header><text>In each of the fiscal years
2007 through 2011, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, increase by
not less than 50 the number of attorneys in the Federal Defenders Program who
litigate criminal immigration cases in the Federal courts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID66fdb6c4bf014df599194b264686576a"><enum>503.</enum><header>Board of
immigration appeals removal order authority</header>
<subsection id="idFCBA77F9917E4BCFAE7540B703C5CE80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a)(47) (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(47)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C5E64432CED42A58668C29C437C1199" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDbaeb3e1baba64bf2b2ab8b5359f15524"><enum>(47)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2098E518F9C8494992EE270EF8E906EC"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6CFF3833482043889D2E94176A83124C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>order of
removal</term> means the order of the immigration judge, the Board of
Immigration Appeals, or other administrative officer to whom the Attorney
General or the Secretary of Homeland Security has delegated the responsibility
for determining whether an alien is removable, concluding that the alien is
removable, or ordering removal.</text>
</clause><clause id="idC4E7F5297FE04D1FADE72EE613B3797E" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <term>order of
deportation</term> means the order of the special inquiry officer, immigration
judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or other such administrative officer
to whom the Attorney General has delegated the responsibility for determining
whether an alien is deportable, concluding that the alien is deportable, or
ordering deportation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14D52BF5D74040948028F60DCB039B40" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An order described under subparagraph
(A) shall become final upon the earlier of—</text>
<clause id="id8BC973B36C2F4AE2B9EE251447FFEA96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a determination by the Board of
Immigration Appeals affirming such order;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE3FB3497C9D042F28A17CD3280D604B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the entry by the Board of
Immigration Appeals of such order;</text>
</clause><clause id="id764BA34B2F6C4416BB33927A2384FBD1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the expiration of the period in
which any party is permitted to seek review of such order by the Board of
Immigration Appeals;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD8FAF4930CD847C885F39711EB5B0BFA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the entry by an immigration judge
of such order, if appeal is waived by all parties; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id790C1F21321A4CDF9401B3AF4AD4DAB1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the entry by another administrative
officer of such order, at the conclusion of a process authorized by law other
than under section
240.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idDC075C23206E4B33B978D20A6C039D0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD2DF6A81C9374366B3F3F7E16C999E02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
212(d)(12)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(12)(A)), by inserting <quote>an order
of</quote> before <quote>removal</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id15370B991ECE48D1A21A59F59330F59D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
245A(g)(2)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1255a(g)(2)(B))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3E7F437BC2844F7FB930DF9FD69F9AD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">,
removal,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">deportation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC1BA33479E74F1E92190AB3AB15300B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>deportation,</quote> and inserting <quote>deportation or an
order of removal,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6f6a9bda02a747e99a0ab8604dcc70a0"><enum>504.</enum><header>Judicial
review of visa revocation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(i) (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)) is amended
by striking the last sentence and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding any other
provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including section 2241 of title
28, United States Code, or any other habeas corpus provision, and sections 1361
and 1651 of such title, a revocation under this subsection may not be reviewed
by any court, and no court shall have jurisdiction to hear any claim arising
from, or any challenge to, such a revocation.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID21524f1dff354a56a75ce7da5a6d33be"><enum>505.</enum><header>Reinstatement
of removal orders</header>
<subsection id="ID5e4247f7c84540b1a9cb8f503a45d52d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reinstatement</header>
<paragraph id="id0DDCFC575FDA446FA9CF068884903B3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 241(a)(5) (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(5)) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15180D95A8044B3E8708EDF799B65F6E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID07fad0d398034ec3a4a205dbe7f36b4e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reinstatement
of removal orders against aliens illegally reentering</header>
<subparagraph id="id6E1076CF1B0141B7A3387256871B70AF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security finds that an alien
has entered the United States illegally after having been removed, deported, or
excluded or having departed voluntarily, under an order of removal,
deportation, or exclusion, regardless of the date of the original order or the
date of the illegal entry—</text>
<clause id="ID8408c1ff615840bc84e0eb3b203d319f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the order of
removal, deportation, or exclusion is reinstated from its original date and is
not subject to being reopened or reviewed notwithstanding section
242(a)(2)(D);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5d5d4f93da834274b381abfef5528b76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien is not
eligible and may not apply for any relief under this Act, regardless of the
date that an application or request for such relief may have been filed or
made; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb3bf3f5fa77d4452986d80c39bc64734"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the alien shall
be removed under the order of removal, deportation, or exclusion at any time
after the illegal entry.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8E5F4A1ED054B058349304D5838FCC1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No other
proceedings</header><text>Reinstatement under this paragraph shall not require
proceedings under section 240 or other proceedings before an immigration
judge.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF2B792223E324FA084EF40B5785D1F90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 242(a)(2)(D) (8 U.S.C. 1252(a)(2)(D)) is
amended by striking <quote>section)</quote> and inserting <quote>section or
section 241(a)(5))</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDedc7cf739f1145d3af50d27c288119bd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Section 242 (8 U.S.C. 1252) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE9B77AB646B42719BCC75F618277E1B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDcac5617cab304a1d90267bf867a14772"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Judicial review
of reinstatement under section
241<enum-in-header>(a)(5)</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph id="ID8530b98a27974214809cd8aaf332b741"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of
reinstatement</header><text>Judicial review of a determination under section
241(a)(5) is available under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID572349d86e5043d69e772584afce5a23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No review of
original order</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(statutory or nonstatutory), including section 2241 of title 28, United States
Code, or any other habeas corpus provision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such
title, no court shall have jurisdiction to review any cause or claim, arising
from or relating to any challenge to the original
order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID14fbcd84b00d477686c9b74300984782"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect as if enacted on April 1, 1997, and shall apply to all orders reinstated
on or after that date by the Secretary (or by the Attorney General prior to
March 1, 2003), regardless of the date of the original order.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7c3cd8a8a4434b5ab25225e31c61944f"><enum>506.</enum><header>Withholding of
removal</header>
<subsection id="IDdbbcbb3a175644c4980458b332fce8fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 241(b)(3) (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6d94a7e1c0c341dd99166753a95b05c7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by adding at the end <quote>The burden of proof is on the alien to
establish that the alien's life or freedom would be threatened in that country,
and that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,
or political opinion would be at least one central reason for such
threat.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf8bb48b57fc44d73b1ceb3ea658668c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>In determining whether an alien has demonstrated that
the alien's life or freedom would be threatened for a reason described in
subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>For purposes of this
paragraph,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID405642874da2483894fa8a94fd3d2f2d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as
if enacted on May 11, 2005, and shall apply to applications for withholding of
removal made on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID89d35c3ba4f04714bba74f0a36eb5395"><enum>507.</enum><header>Certificate of
reviewability</header>
<subsection id="ID686c5d0d80234445ae2b6a5708dbfcb2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Briefs</header><text>Section
242(b)(3)(C) (8 U.S.C. 1252(b)(3)(C)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43790E1BD3F44F4691E1BAA80ACA0634" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID58692d5097b6414b8625d7734a8d21e6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Briefs</header>
<clause id="idA52EF783AD004BADAAB26AE8E53C195B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alien's
brief</header><text>The alien shall serve and file a brief in connection with a
petition for judicial review not later than 40 days after the date on which the
administrative record is available. The court may not extend this deadline
except upon motion for good cause shown. If an alien fails to file a brief
within the time provided in this subparagraph, the court shall dismiss the
appeal unless a manifest injustice would result.</text>
</clause><clause id="id0AA54468C9BA4C90A76775FFC75C93D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>United States
brief</header><text>The United States shall not be afforded an opportunity to
file a brief in response to the alien’s brief until a judge issues a
certificate of reviewability as provided in subparagraph (D), unless the court
requests the United States to file a reply brief prior to issuing such
certification.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9eaa8b34870f4ff2ad6676d934a8e4c9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certificate of
reviewability</header><text>Section 242(b)(3) (8 U.S.C. 1252 (b)(3)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id882DD9C007644F27AA36173C85A0F9B8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDde21fbd39d9f4b6a8ab40a386492061e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Certificate of
reviewability</header>
<clause id="ID748cb855c33840e9abf2642486b9ed17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>After the alien
has filed a brief, the petition for review shall be assigned to one judge on
the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc62e89fd4d43416d84a084f032b0b356"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Unless such
judge issues a certificate of reviewability, the petition for review shall be
denied and the United States may not file a brief.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0c0f838bb50044969625d44a024fbcb5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Such judge may
not issue a certificate of reviewability under clause (ii) unless the
petitioner establishes a prima facie case that the petition for review should
be granted.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID914f3cbcb2924695806695714c84b68b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Such judge shall
complete all action on such certificate, including rendering judgment, not
later than 60 days after the date on which the judge is assigned the petition
for review, unless an extension is granted under clause (v).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID397753e5f3e747d2973e89c3ddc16db8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Such judge may
grant, on the judge's own motion or on the motion of a party, an extension of
the 60-day period described in clause (iv) if—</text>
<subclause id="ID91c8752c715e43d3b812ed643ec4ddf0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all parties to
the proceeding agree to such extension; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0745b372a8ff41fd898c0699da482b86"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such extension
is for good cause shown or in the interests of justice, and the judge states
the grounds for the extension with specificity.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDb723d712e39042089e26cb6925f76061"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>If no
certificate of reviewability is issued before the end of the period described
in clause (iv), including any extension under clause (v), the petition for
review shall be denied, any stay or injunction on petitioner's removal shall be
dissolved without further action by the court or the Government, and the alien
may be removed.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID66a497b7f6164c69a8b1163abb65b264"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>If such judge
issues a certificate of reviewability under clause (ii), the Government shall
be afforded an opportunity to file a brief in response to the alien’s brief.
The alien may serve and file a reply brief not later than 14 days after service
of the Government brief, and the court may not extend this deadline except upon
motion for good cause shown.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfebdedd6d44d469f9d08c6fe7ff4cde6"><enum>(E)</enum><header>No further
review of decision not to issue a certificate of
reviewability</header><text>The decision of a judge on the Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals not to issue a certificate of reviewability or to deny a
petition for review, shall be the final decision for the Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals and may not be reconsidered, reviewed, or reversed by the such Court
through any mechanism or
procedure.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID9aee850a31744f26b8b7f336ac75b50e"><enum>508.</enum><header>Discretionary
decisions on motions to reopen or reconsider</header>
<subsection id="id8F487D56A49940709988A5220B933B6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exercise of
discretion</header><text>Section 240(c) (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id18D806BD2F9646E880F53282CF9DD064"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07C269171732483392EF91CBDB8914FD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID75d9e5cbe70a4112b831e6bf5f98720d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Discretion</header><text>The
decision to grant or deny a motion to reconsider is committed to the Attorney
General’s discretion.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID520b001e92b34641a6d514e2c49cf8c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE454CC09EC5240C5A371D908E41288F2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID1f57c061bb1a4938bd096e6b9789f08e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Discretion</header><text>The
decision to grant or deny a motion to reopen is committed to the Attorney
General’s
discretion.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8ecef1911089416c9f276e8b98d40a51"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility for
protection from removal to alternative country</header><text>Section 240(c) (8
U.S.C. 1229a(c)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at
the end of paragraph (7)(C) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id970497BDFC21496DA470591203571571" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID0879778a16b44866938affd53d92aee3"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Special rule
for alternative countries of removal</header><text>The requirements of this
paragraph may not apply if—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id632C017E0B5A4E2D9A911879D79E9878"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security is seeking to remove the alien to an alternative or
additional country of removal under paragraph (1)(C), 2(D), or 2(E) of section
241(b) that was not considered during the alien’s prior removal
proceedings;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE7F7765FDA23487FA84D03F4E2F7799F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the alien’s
motion to reopen is filed within 30 days after receiving notice of the
Secretary’s intention to remove the alien to that country; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id393737C1332C4ABBB6AC3D9C1DFF13CF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the alien
establishes a prima facie case that the alien is entitled by law to withholding
of removal under section 241(b)(3) or protection under the Convention Against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at
New York December 10, 1984, with respect to that particular
country.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe8ed008128e44029a9de66a3efac4927"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This amendment made by this section shall apply to motions
to reopen or reconsider which are filed on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act in removal, deportation, or exclusion proceedings, whether a final
administrative order is entered before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID776c8366f1db47789c587308d3c396ae"><enum>509.</enum><header>Prohibition of
attorney fee awards for review of final orders of removal</header>
<subsection id="id5DC9AA140C5D41DBAEAB7948E0F61428"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 242 (8 U.S.C.
1252), as amended by section 505(b), is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD5996A3C78A4A749C8E8E5DA1A04AAD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDf5619b5f1d9c4e7faf10a1ddb6153c3e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition on
attorney fee awards</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
court may not award fees or other expenses to an alien based upon the alien’s
status as a prevailing party in any proceedings relating to an order of removal
issued under this Act, unless the court of appeals concludes that the
determination of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security
that the alien was removable under sections 212 and 237 was not substantially
justified.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd65aadf1d8c24b4184c8e001aaad9b62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
proceedings relating to an order of removal issued on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, regardless of the date that such fees or expenses were
incurred.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE67A3DF4564F41C7809F0597D3ACEFFB"><enum>510.</enum><header>Board of
Immigration Appeals</header>
<subsection id="idB82A9E0F43FA4BDCADF3584563D14EED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement to
hear cases in 3-member panels</header>
<paragraph id="id9FAC245BE5BB4C1C9358D25ED9C3035A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), cases
before the Board of Immigration Appeals of the Department of Justice shall be
heard by 3-member panels of such Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID122fd677875045e080b6686af845d1a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hearing by a
single member</header><text>A 3-member panel of the Board of Immigration
Appeals or a member of such Board alone may—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE9CB591DD6DC4F3E9C6CE23BF7B20DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>summarily dismiss
any appeal or portion of any appeal in any case which—</text>
<clause id="IDeee7ad450ba643f588025e72c16783fc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
party seeking the appeal fails to specify the reasons for the appeal;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID474f334e02b24fcfbfdca762bdd586bd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the only reason
for the appeal specified by such party involves a finding of fact or a
conclusion of law that was conceded by that party at a prior proceeding;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6b0f495513d14afc97dd3463eb2383a0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the appeal is
from an order that granted such party the relief that had been
requested;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID873b7d0cc08141c794d5ad06211cab0b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the appeal is
determined to be filed for an improper purpose, such as to cause unnecessary
delay; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26fbf4b9b54a4ace9d94ef8af52c2895"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
appeal lacks an arguable basis in fact or in law and is not supported by a good
faith argument for extension, modification, or reversal of existing law;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09FB186B0C294327B7530BC363B35BF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant an
unopposed motion or a motion to withdraw an appeal pending before the Board;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61E4AF0727BD48B1B714714C31B97098"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adjudicate a
motion to remand any appeal—</text>
<clause id="id1B56FA6B572D410599819C053B7B4CF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>from the decision
of an officer of the Department if the appropriate official of the Department
requests that the matter be remanded back for further consideration;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2AFAB216249D42B1B1D11CE750425602"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if
remand is required because of a defective or missing transcript; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B45F990ED99440C96CDE4EA8E12D812"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if remand is
required for any other procedural or ministerial issue.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID97b3839a970b4d70be1c1629204bea7e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hearing en
banc</header><text>The Board of Immigration Appeals may, by a majority vote of
the Board members—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD47778E530FD47449AEFF58C7DE74DA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider any case
as the full Board en banc; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3198A721646E4F2BB39A37227E5213D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reconsider as the
full Board en banc any case that has been considered or decided by a 3-member
panel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID742bd17ec9d24a3480e7b4b76421c8ec"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Affirmance
without opinion</header><text>Upon individualized review of a case, the Board
of Immigration Appeals may affirm the decision of an immigration judge without
opinion only if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7601a1cf19bc4f85b85ae55984a0317e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the decision of
the immigration judge resolved all issues in the case;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d3b49f0b041449d8e061ec9ab695793"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the issue on
appeal is squarely controlled by existing Board or Federal court precedent and
does not involve the application of precedent to a novel fact situation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf0a664769704642953246259ffa62b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the factual and
legal questions raised on appeal are so insubstantial that the case does not
warrant the issuance of a written opinion in the case; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID79f5dcad6ebb4b0fb70a43e44951a836"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Board
approves both the result reached in the decision below and all of the reasoning
of that decision.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73D1DDB99BA04C0ABDC6B7028939AA1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General
shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1DAD5E0C8B2F4D4C9C305101FA263DFC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, shall, as soon as
practicable but not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, submit to Congress a draft of any technical and conforming changes in the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> which
are necessary to reflect the changes in the substantive provisions of law made
by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, this Act, or any other provision of
law.</text>
</section>
March 16 (legislative
day, March 15), 2006
Read twice and ordered to be placed on the
calendar