110 HR 2954 IH: Stop the Misuse of ITINs
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-07-10
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity,
Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of 2007
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Border
security</header>
<section id="H7D97B773E3D7468BBC265D467E004C30"><enum>101.</enum><header>Achieving
operational control of the borders</header>
<subsection id="H68D389C6ED204914B5CF1C43F6353448"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall achieve operational control of the international land
and maritime borders of the United States by carrying out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H38B740B84D6A4EA69557B6FADD95D3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Deploying along
such borders physical infrastructure enhancements, including additional
checkpoints, all weather access roads, fencing, and vehicle barriers to gain
operational control over such borders and to facilitate access to such borders
by United States Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE68CEC68847F441C9EB4F952FAD21737"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expediting the requirements of the Secure
Fence Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/347">Public Law 109–347</external-xref>), including the amendments made by such
Act to section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1103">8 U.S.C. 1103</external-xref> note) (relating
to the construction of reinforced fencing and other security improvements in
the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0F0C7E7E35CE4E139344AEE4DB679DCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Conducting
systematic surveillance of the international land and maritime borders of the
United States through more effective use of personnel and technology, such as
unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-based sensors, satellites, radar coverage, and
cameras.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9BDFE46507CA4A1C806B41BD359E5100"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>operational control</term> means the prevention of
all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists,
other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other
contraband.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5FDE51FE9E6344BBA341AFA85322A454"><enum>102.</enum><header>Border patrol
agents</header>
<subsection id="H275C77021A1F4196B242D95FDDBB4154"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the Border Patrol has not
fewer than 18,000 Border Patrol agents and sufficient support staff for such
agents, including mechanics, administrative support, and surveillance
personnel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A14B832F8B948AB853E5169C9E45F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2009
and 2010</header><text>In fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall increase by not less than 2,000 the number of positions for
full-time active-duty Border Patrol agents within the Department of Homeland
Security above the number of such positions existing in the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF38798034B33466590513B5EF2109540"><enum>103.</enum><header>Increase in
port of entry staffing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall increase by not fewer than 250 the number of Customs and Border
Protection officers at United States ports of entry over the number of such
officers at such ports for the preceding year.</text>
</section><section id="HF354FB6183B04973A5D129C700AE43DE"><enum>104.</enum><header>Review of
border security policies and procedures</header>
<subsection id="H990F674DAC3943E58536EB1C431FAAAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
task force To reform Border Patrol policies</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD1AC2D876A8941B3AB03DFB8AF6F8D37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, acting through the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border
Protection, shall establish a task force to examine the policies and procedures
of the Border Patrol as they pertain to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA2B4F3FE19D405BBCB0C0F3D46D9FDA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of deadly force which is
defined as any force that is likely to cause death, or serious bodily injury as
that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">section 924(c)(2)</external-xref> of title 18 of the United States
Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ACDCAE362FE4BBB831CC9B9D8C96100" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the pursuit of fleeing
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86FBD3C421DB427F8E003C8E5FC5D5A2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The task force shall consider the
current policies and procedures for the use of deadly force and the pursuit of
fleeing vehicles in every aspect of the mission of the United States Border
Patrol, especially in deterring—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1FB15FA8E8D04F669D23913FA424177C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>human trafficking or smuggling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AD61958CFE743E190044195EAFF08F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text><term>drug trafficking crime</term> as
that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/924">section 924(c)(2)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AECD33C8EB54B21BEFFF95F63C17576"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any <term>crime of violence</term> as
that term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/16">section 16</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H260F90433F864A798289F7BBB70056E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition of
task force</header><text>The task force established under subsection (b) shall
be composed of individuals from the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HAB9910B0B0854B4382BA8DB9F385414"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Representatives
from State and local law enforcement agencies from jurisdictions along the
northern or southern international borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H016E9D9F0092499684C886B65C11D14D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National
Border Patrol Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H817D5042CDA74109A3B02600C9BAF836"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The National
Association of Former Border Patrol Officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EEB4833E01D47DDA000F0EFF19146AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Human rights
groups with experience regarding aliens who cross the international land
borders of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AF0B4B8B840498CAA5DC40067E2F46"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any group that the
Commissioner determines would contribute to the examination of the policies
described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0BC1FD2631F4F5588A1862B3F6F828E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the task
force. The Commissioner shall include in such report an appendix, containing
statements from any individual, official, or group that objects to the findings
or recommendations contained in the report.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4D9961B48CD34939BF2EE2ECF08641BB"><enum>105.</enum><header>Implementation
of US–VISIT</header>
<subsection id="HE731CCEF3732497A8E20F8A3A41625FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H972D6D9103584DF6B9BE5E27A6556E17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Recognizing that
the United States needed a border management system, Congress passed the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–208) which directed the Attorney General, later amended to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to develop an automated entry and exit control system to
collect records of arrival and departure from every foreign visitor entering
and leaving the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CEF926152384EF095339BAAA997FD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Concerned that
little progress had been made, Congress passed the Data Management Improvement
Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/215">Public Law 106–215</external-xref>) which set specific deadlines for the
implementation of the entry and exit control system for all air and seaports by
December 31, 2003, for the 50 largest land border ports of entry by December
31, 2004, and for all remaining ports of entry by December 31, 2005.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA595573DC504D6C981634B0FAE2A557"><enum>(3)</enum><text>After the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress again addressed the entry-
and exit- system during consideration of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Public
Law 107–56), which required that the system include the use of biometrics and
be able to interface with law enforcement databases to identify and detain
individuals who pose a threat to national security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83E0DBC86C9946509F50FE87409176"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The
Department of Homeland Security has implemented a portion of requirements for
the entry and exit system to include the collection of biometric information
upon entry into the United States at all air, sea, and land ports of entry.
However, the Department has not fulfilled the existing mandates for the exit
portion to be deployed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37886140A740408DA33FFBC198DC2BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Four of the
al-Qaeda members that carried out the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
remained in the country after their visa expired.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H406AA587CE8045CDA75D66D7DA615579"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Lacking a
functioning biometric exit system leaves the United States at risk for
individuals to enter the United States, remain in the country with impunity
past their authorized stay, and conduct terrorist fundraising and
attacks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0C3E17D23944B40888BE77509A11222"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Airport and
seaport exit implementation</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete the exit portion of the
integrated entry and exit data system (commonly referred to as the
<quote>United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
system</quote> or <quote>US–VISIT</quote>) required under section 110 of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1365a) for aliens arriving in or departing from the United States at an airport
or seaport.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0EFF11A3E39246C6BFAB07EFDA7B8CB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Land exit
implementation</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop a
strategy for implementation of exit portion of the integrated entry and exit
data system (commonly referred to as the <quote>United States Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology System</quote> or
<quote>US–VISIT</quote>) referred to under section 110 of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1365a">8 U.S.C. 1365a</external-xref>)
for aliens departing from the United States at a land port of entry. The
Secretary shall implement the system not later than December 31, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB439EDA4C9D94E4A944E3698C8017555"><enum>106.</enum><header>Mandatory
detention for aliens apprehended at or between ports of entry</header>
<subsection id="H8915C77F0BAC4C6C9B7747F04BF355E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, an alien who attempts to unlawfully enter the United States and is
apprehended at a United States port of entry or along the international land
and maritime borders of the United States shall be detained until removed or a
final decision granting admission has been made, unless the alien—</text>
<paragraph id="H88E306853FDA4EDBA98400000250B7DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is permitted to
withdraw an application for admission under section 235(a)(4) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1225">8 U.S.C. 1225(a)(4)</external-xref>) and immediately departs
from the United States pursuant to such section; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C46039F16A645A7BDFE3D571CB84745"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is paroled into
the United States by the Secretary of Homeland Security for urgent humanitarian
reasons or significant public benefit in accordance with section 212(d)(5)(A)
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E252B284BEC4F1D871426BCD29D695C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header>
<paragraph id="H65E83EC934974F1C8432B62F5EC900F4"><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="H6F120BAFB37C44098C09B9456F57772E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain aliens</header><text>The mandatory detention requirement of 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="HE07CB27661B84F8685502169017FED3D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Discretion</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary
of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole unreviewable discretion, to
determine whether an alien described in clause (ii) of section 235(b)(1)(B) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1225">8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>) 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="H0FFC6BC771A2433091B5E5D4C9907CF4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Expedited
removal</header>
<subsection id="H6F5BEF11BB354570A88B9E9FDFA798B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1225">8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB010C4015DD44245A707656DED74FB98"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC211B1BD598A4DA6B5B0E0ADFDFE7FC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H99B91805391545618EA4785EB2326650" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H4949B034AAAE43DF97B415DE6005E272" indent="up1"><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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB43444B7D02544C690CAA2E03B7EB97E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Section
235(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1225">8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(F)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>who arrives by aircraft at a port of entry</quote>
and inserting <quote>, and who arrives by aircraft at a port of entry or who is
present in the United States and arrived in any manner at or between a port of
entry</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E0E298134BF41869215A9CB31910022"><enum>(c)</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 on
or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDE9081CEBED9449C80D1CBCE100004BB"><enum>108.</enum><header>Denial of
admission to nationals of country denying or delaying accepting
alien</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 243(d) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1253">8 U.S.C. 1253(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C2CCDDC645B486C8EBA1EACF8B477D4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF7FEA9976842457DA82BBCBC8F3E61C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Denial of
admission to nationals of country denying or delaying accepting
alien</header><text>Whenever the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 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 from the United States, the
Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may deny admission
to any citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country until the
country accepts the alien who was ordered
removed.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H10CA428FBD894F54A7D6A90216C4F6C6"><enum>109.</enum><header>Alien transfer
and reimbursement authority</header>
<subsection id="HEED10593FE1B4A4FA2AD4FFBE43925A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer to
Federal custody</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require
appropriate personnel from the Department of Homeland Security to respond
within 24 hours in person to all requests made by a State, or political
subdivision of a State, participating in the program described in section
287(g) of the Immigration and Nationaltiy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1357">8 U.S.C. 1357(g)</external-xref>) that the
Secretary take into custody an alien, if the Secretary has confirmed that the
alien is unlawfully present in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BC07485769B44D18507AEFD31008C52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement of
costs</header><text>If the Secretary fails to carry out subsection (a), the
Secreary shall be responsible for the detention costs incurred by the State or
political subdivision as a result of such failure.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC09EB8197F0D499BA3FCB1387A7E2B5"><enum>110.</enum><header>Mandatory
minimum sentence for reentry of certain aliens</header>
<subsection id="HEAF0E97FFAAD4AB5A259729FB2267E7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Entry of alien
at improper time or place</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 275(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1325">8 U.S.C. 1325(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following: <quote>In the case of a third or subsequent offense, the alien shall
be imprisoned not less than 3 months.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF51F05B8DC324C4FB61B12C0E643A937"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reentry of
removed alient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 276(a)
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1326">8 U.S.C. 1326(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:
<quote>In the case of a second or subsequent offense, the alien shall be
imprisoned not less than 3 months.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Public
Safety</header>
<subtitle id="H66FA9786381B4D89A8EA753915A99533"><enum>A</enum><header>Detention of
Dangerous Aliens</header>
<section id="HB3D4E00307EB4C73AE17A4AD28B7452E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Detention of
dangerous aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1231">8 U.S.C. 1231(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA88A696DB62143B29C4D7FAEDAABDA32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears, except for the first
reference in paragraph (4)(B)(i), and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCDCBCD228FB4D3BB172722DFB63EF78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by adding at the end of subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23282CBF329D42948D2499F08C21138E" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">If, at
that time, the alien is not in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland
Security (under the authority of this Act), the Secretary shall take the alien
into custody for removal, and the removal period shall not begin until the
alien is taken into such custody. If the Secretary transfers custody of the
alien during the removal period pursuant to law to another Federal agency or a
State or local government agency in connection with the official duties of such
agency, the removal period shall be tolled, and shall begin anew on the date of
the alien’s return to the custody of the Secretary, subject to clause
(ii).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F49625EA48647538495BF279D00ED31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending clause
(ii) of paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A2DD70F5E674D5BB1C415E122E2C29D" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE5CB47A3F8F14A5EB6F144C8B12EBE3"><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 date the stay of removal is no longer in
effect.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B0EC9FA7E8B4F5D80007BFAABCF05F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1)(C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA67DEFF0CE441AEB380031EAA002B50" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H65D67B7590E440F3BE76571F45670067"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Suspension 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 make all reasonable efforts to comply with the
removal order, or to fully cooperate with the Secretary of Homeland Security’s
efforts to establish the alien’s identity and carry out the removal order,
including making timely application in good faith for travel or other documents
necessary to the alien’s departure, or conspires or acts to prevent the alien’s
removal subject to an order of
removal.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58159E5FFFE14AA5970040FD786C7482"><enum>(5)</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 administratively final order of removal, the Secretary, in the
exercise of the Secretary’s discretion, may detain the alien during the
pendency of such stay of removal.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H711043EC0FDE4B1AACA0E9EBA76F8129"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (3)(D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9D71F7D2AA14F82A900B09803DAC8C1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3BEC782B1DF24C688F7509908B5FC9CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to obey reasonable
restrictions on the alien’s conduct or activities, or perform affirmative acts,
that the Secretary of Homeland Security prescribes for the alien, in order to
prevent the alien from absconding, or for the protection of the community, or
for other purposes related to the enforcement of the immigration
laws.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7C36BEFA35C4153BE375FF0B8153ECB"><enum>(7)</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 of Homeland Security,
without any limitations other than those specified in this section, until the
alien is removed. If an alien is released, the alien</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C5FB942B0DC4DBFA87000B922E901FC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (10) and inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA48D6D9CDEF74BB99E98138C04AF28CE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBBFB64DC8E1F43019179F8FF33F5BCE"><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 such section,
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, but in no circumstance shall such alien be considered
admitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC000704CEF2842E3B7D740F9CEB9EE6F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Additional rules
for detention or release of certain aliens who have made an
entry</header><text>The following procedures apply only with respect to an
alien who has effected an entry into the United States. These procedures do not
apply to any other alien detained pursuant to paragraph (6):</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F0E2730097A4433B95F8433861B13B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of
a detention review process for aliens who fully cooperate with
removal</header><text>For an alien who has made all reasonable efforts to
comply with a removal order and to cooperate fully with the Secretary of
Homeland Security’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and carry out the
removal order, including making timely application in good faith for travel or
other documents necessary to the alien’s departure, and has not conspired or
acted to prevent removal, the Secretary shall establish an administrative
review process to determine whether the alien should be detained or released on
conditions. The Secretary shall make a determination whether to release an
alien after the removal period in accordance with subparagraph (B). The
determination shall include consideration of any evidence submitted by the
alien, and may include consideration of any other evidence, including any
information or assistance provided by the Secretary of State or other Federal
official and any other information available to the Secretary of Homeland
Security pertaining to the ability to remove the alien.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC54E8589CA1440FEB0E1DC108EC0FE7B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority to
detain beyond the removal period</header>
<clause id="HECF10ACF3A864B46B0F0C8B890DE624"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise of
the Secretary’s discretion, without any limitations other than those specified
in this section, may continue to detain an alien for 90 days beyond the removal
period (including any extension of the removal period as provided in paragraph
(1)(C)).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB57FF462EAFD4F18B0096BEF6490B12B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Specific
circumstances</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise
of the Secretary’s discretion, without any limitations other than those
specified in this section, may continue to detain an alien beyond the 90 days
authorized in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H854C226FA8D24C06A0058C46C5AA94EA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>until the alien is
removed, if the Secretary determines that there is a significant likelihood
that the alien—</text>
<item id="H6A8F42125C9F46408D00B265DD5505D4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>will be removed
in the reasonably foreseeable future; or</text>
</item><item id="H13D574B7957D4264B9A7C9663957277F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>would be removed
in the reasonably foreseeable future, or would have been removed, but for the
alien’s failure or refusal to make all reasonable efforts to comply with the
removal order, or to cooperate fully with the Secretary’s efforts to establish
the aliens’ identity and carry out the removal order, including making timely
application in good faith for travel or other documents necessary to the
alien’s departure, or conspiracies or acts to prevent removal;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H49FA8EA5F9D443BB90AFDF50DFC955BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>until the alien
is removed, if the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies in writing—</text>
<item id="H56942E76B2AD4978ADEBC4AD33D996EE"><enum>(aa)</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>
</item><item id="H67A4046057D9419BA708B4EFCC79991F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>after receipt of
a written recommendation from the Secretary of State, that release of the alien
is likely to have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United
States;</text>
</item><item id="H021A22CE3AED4EF99729FD95592F7100"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>based on
information available to the Secretary of Homeland Security (including
classified, sensitive, or national security information, and without regard to
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; or</text>
</item><item id="H83A416E2A7C545C1B700B680FC9B606B"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>that the release
of the alien will threaten the safety of the community or any person,
conditions of release cannot reasonably be expected to ensure the safety of the
community or any person, and either (AA) the alien has been convicted of one or
more aggravated felonies (as defined in section 101(a)(43)(A)) or of one or
more crimes identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security by regulation, or
of one or more attempts or conspiracies to commit any such aggravated felonies
or such identified crimes, if the aggregate term of imprisonment for such
attempts or conspiracies is at least 5 years; or (BB) the alien has committed
one or more crimes of violence (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/16">section 16</external-xref> 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, the alien is likely to engage in acts of violence in the
future; or</text>
</item><item id="H2D0B6562BCEA46CCBD3FBEA5EBC8AD6D"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>that the release
of the alien will threaten the safety of the community or any person,
conditions of release cannot reasonably be expected to ensure the safety of the
community or any person, and the alien has been convicted of at least one
aggravated felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43)); or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H27A460F4677E40D882BE8D37A5ED9220"><enum>(III)</enum><text>pending a
determination under subclause (II), so long as the Secretary of Homeland
Security has initiated the administrative review process not later than 30 days
after the expiration of the removal period (including any extension of the
removal period, as provided in subsection (a)(1)(C)).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H053A19811342469F9235BB304B42339"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Renewal and
delegation of certification</header>
<clause id="HBFB45AE7F87A4AD5824D845744520424"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>The
Secretary of Homeland Security may renew a certification under subparagraph
(B)(ii)(II) every 6 months without limitation, after providing an opportunity
for the alien to request reconsideration of the certification and to submit
documents or other evidence in support of that request. If the Secretary does
not renew a certification, the Secretary may not continue to detain the alien
under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II).</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E4628A3F524406C944FC15A7B319C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 103, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not delegate the authority
to make or renew a certification described in item (bb), (cc), or (ee) of
subparagraph (B)(ii)(II) below the level of the Assistant Secretary for
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text>
</clause><clause id="H96BCAE9DAC684D09A64DA389F50904D3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Hearing</header><text>The
Secretary of Homeland Security may request that the Attorney General or the
Attorney General’s designee provide for a hearing to make the determination
described in item (dd)(BB) of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5F178182DD248509449B5EEE0811FCB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Release on
conditions</header><text>If it is determined that an alien should be released
from detention, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise of the
Secretary’s discretion, may impose conditions on release as provided in
paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB0E85E5D77F469DA4BC2CFC18F94B3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Redetention</header><text>The
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise of the Secretary’s discretion,
without any limitations other than those specified in this section, may again
detain any alien subject to a final removal order who is released from custody
if the alien fails to comply with the conditions of release, or to continue to
satisfy the conditions described in subparagraph (A), or if, upon
reconsideration, the Secretary determines that the alien can be detained under
subparagraph (B). Paragraphs (6) through (8) shall apply to any alien returned
to custody pursuant to this subparagraph, as if the removal period terminated
on the day of the redetention.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC20F06360294E27B03230926BDFD52"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Certain aliens
who effected entry</header><text>If an alien has effected an entry, but has
neither been lawfully admitted nor has been physically present in the United
States continuously for the 2-year period immediately prior to the commencement
of removal proceedings under this Act or deportation proceedings against the
alien, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise of the Secretary’s
discretion, may decide not to apply paragraph (8) and detain the alien without
any limitations except those which the Secretary shall adopt by
regulation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H247F13AEB14F484DA9C6F404DD5EB5E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Without regard to the place of confinement, judicial
review of any action or decision pursuant to paragraphs (6), (7), or (8) shall
be available exclusively in habeas corpus proceedings instituted in the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia, and only if the alien has
exhausted all administrative remedies (statutory and regulatory) available to
the alien as of
right.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H94D02CCC4D664CB0AFD862A2F70061AE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Detention of
aliens during removal proceedings</header>
<subsection id="HEC5E72C8AABA4D03A4420540617854B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Detention
authority</header><text>Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1225) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E18F064D87C4FCA00791922458B3296" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC2588592CBFB42FF95E06FB02BC63EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Length of
detention</header>
<paragraph id="H6DB87BF8A944429AA2F248DF708308EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>With regard to length of detention, an alien may be
detained under this section, without limitation, until the alien is subject to
an administratively final order of removal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AD5DECE025E47D18B5FE93D4400EB07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The
length of detention under this section shall not affect the validity of any
detention under section 241.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB548EBEE9F424D63B2F69500F4C1E279"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Without regard to the place of confinement, judicial
review of any action or decision made pursuant to subsection (e) 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>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A30ADF8561447DEB2B788616D00C507"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Section 236(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226">8 U.S.C. 1226(e)</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following: <quote>Without regard to the place of
confinement, judicial review of any action or decision made pursuant to
subsection (f) 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.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD03064BF32C74FE89E51B2F6729DE425"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Length of
detention</header><text>Section 236 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226">8 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9440C01A10EB491BAFDF8800B15B7FF7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC1F950B50F6A41D0A6B4429F756E531F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Length of
detention</header>
<paragraph id="H1D287505027B4E12A1DF31629399EB95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>With regard to length of detention, an alien may be
detained under this section, without limitation, until the alien is subject to
an administratively final order of removal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48368DC2880F4FE3AAC909E78DA011E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>The
length of detention under this section shall not affect the validity of any
detention under section 241 of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H94248707A8444A588C01766943CFC2C"><enum>203.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this subtitle, or any
amendment made by this subtitle, or the application of any such provision to
any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid for any reason, the remainder
of this subtitle, and of the amendments made by this subtitle, and the
application of the provisions and of the amendments made by this subtitle to
any other person or circumstance, shall not be affected by such holding.</text>
</section><section id="H59E6CEEA5DAA4ECB9584D5CAC340B6AD"><enum>204.</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6A14DDF88DAC4669AF01247E16ADD338"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section
201</header><text>The amendments made by section 201 shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act, and section 241 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as amended, shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2156D7E5EFD148698000D6F788902100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all aliens 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>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90FB7C678A83428088487DA16B8F68CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acts and
conditions occurring or existing before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF1EBDEEE331451C9E5CA8DEB21907C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Section
202</header><text>The amendments made by section 202 shall take effect upon the
date of the enactment of this Act, and sections 235 and 236 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, as amended, shall apply to any alien in detention under
provisions of such sections on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA71EF071AD464A57A56B83AD849DE00"><enum>B</enum><header>Removal of Alien
Gang Members</header>
<section id="H7DEF0B4B668347EE849E42EA854D1EF"><enum>211.</enum><header>
Rendering inadmissible and deportable aliens participating in criminal street
gangs</header>
<subsection id="HCCDD2407B77F40DCA4A5F6FF86BC350"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inadmissible</header><text>Section
212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E1118B282124AF7BDC0C905623B61A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF3A0BD88EA334FFFAB10C09EB80845C4"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang participation</header>
<clause id="HE0E630F9CDD540C891E6571B0032A394"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien is
inadmissible if—</text>
<subclause id="H3E8BADF9B6694F1B996502BFE1FEFA6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alien has been
removed under section 237(a)(2)(F); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA27A8DFE4D184CD7B041471C6126BA46"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the consular officer or the Secretary of
Homeland Security knows, or has reasonable ground to believe that the
alien—</text>
<item id="HC0BB60F10EB44586AC85CD065EC2D84C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a member of a criminal street gang and
has committed, conspired, or threatened to commit, or seeks to enter the United
States to engage solely, principally, or incidentally in, a gang crime or any
other unlawful activity; or</text>
</item><item id="H302892A7AFEB43FD984602AA00007768"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is
a member of a criminal street gang designated under section 219A.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H93896AC2109249B18294B216BED3CEA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this subparagraph:</text>
<subclause id="H6D670434157042C1BB44004C21C606DA"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘criminal
street gang’ means a formal or informal group or association of 3 or more
individuals, who commit 2 or more gang crimes (one of which is a crime of
violence, as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/16">section 16</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) in 2 or
more separate criminal episodes in relation to the group or association.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDBF0479DED01481D007642E9F0247CA0"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Gang
crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>gang
crime</term> means conduct constituting any Federal or State crime, punishable
by imprisonment for one year or more, in any of the following
categories:</text>
<item id="H3CB99D0FB75A4337884705B13E9F78DD"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime of violence (as defined in section
16 of title 18, United States Code).</text>
</item><item id="H0AF422CFBE5C4441966F47E35996D5B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime involving obstruction of justice,
tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant, or
burglary.</text>
</item><item id="HC35D3516E7C9425EB2A2D6D44F341C04"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime involving the manufacturing,
importing, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or otherwise
dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as those terms are
defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
802)).</text>
</item><item id="H3E3527EDD50E40FBA938AE2E513CE083"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any conduct punishable under section 844 of
title 18, United States Code (relating to explosive materials), subsection (d),
(g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a violent felony (as defined in
section 924(e)(2)(B) of such title) or is a serious drug offense (as defined in
section 924(e)(2)(A)), (i), (j), (k), (o), (p), (q), (u), or (x) of section 922
of such title (relating to unlawful acts), or subsection (b), (c), (g), (h),
(k), (l), (m), or (n) of section 924 of such title (relating to penalties),
section 930 of such title (relating to possession of firearms and dangerous
weapons in Federal facilities), section 931 of such title (relating to
purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor by violent felons), sections
1028 and 1029 of such title (relating to fraud and related activity in
connection with identification documents or access devices), section 1952 of
such title (relating to interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid
of racketeering enterprises), section 1956 of such title (relating to the
laundering of monetary instruments), section 1957 of such title (relating to
engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful
activity), or sections 2312 through 2315 of such title (relating to interstate
transportation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen property).</text>
</item><item id="HC14899AF995E4695B8FB6502CF23A4F"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any conduct punishable under section 274
(relating to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 277 (relating
to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States), or section
278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral purpose) of this
Act.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H95ED5565A08F412889F1606B8E7CDDEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deportable</header><text>Section
237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H893AA1ACAC864A7BB29B73584CFF44EB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB37DB9EE95A5405A949F7EC01BAC00B4"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Criminal street
gang participation</header>
<clause id="HA0268B81CAE64CE59838719CA2910081"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any alien is deportable who—</text>
<subclause id="H0C9154BECBE84115AFC0777053F0834E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a member of a
criminal street gang and is convicted of committing, or conspiring,
threatening, or attempting to commit, a gang crime; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H04AD8F9E548C4E86BFA0E6D574053EEE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is determined by the Secretary of Homeland
Security to be a member of a criminal street gang designated under section
219A.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC1BC71D4CBC84C57A660E91CCFC9B8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this subparagraph, the terms <term>criminal street gang</term> and
<term>gang crime</term> have the meaning given such terms in section
212(a)(2)(J)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF3FB9EA8EBF7449FB5B836E072EFAE80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
criminal street gangs</header>
<paragraph id="HD7F2A2F15E394ACCB771FA62728EC47E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1181">8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8CB22880D854E69BFA1A2DE6817CB64" style="traditional">
<section id="HE6F17FB82EB040939183AEA8C803011E"><enum>219A.</enum><header>Designation of criminal street gangs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H87D435E0609D4478A37125FD2C9C7C7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header>
<paragraph id="H24D47F68193E4E160073017D41F6C6DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
is authorized to designate a group or association as a criminal street gang in
accordance with this subsection if the Attorney General finds that the group or
association meets the criteria described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)(I).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FFB662A28D745E4AA24A3A1F8661DFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE7195CCCD8E49979BF4E6117D3E981D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header>
<clause id="H3EE9ECAF18804E03B18791F242C8E840"><enum>(i)</enum><header>To congressional
leaders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seven days before
making a designation under this subsection, the Attorney General shall, by
classified communication, notify the Speaker and minority leader of the House
of Representatives, the President pro tempore, majority leader, and minority
leader of the Senate, and the members of the relevant committees of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of the intent to designate a
group or association under this subsection, together with the findings made
under paragraph (1) with respect to that group or association, and the factual
basis therefor.</text>
</clause><clause id="H581D1030B2EE4E439C581EC31DC97FBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Publication in
Federal Register</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney
shall publish the designation in the Federal Register seven days after
providing the notification under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B2CE3EC752042359B239FC6FAA0054"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of
designation</header>
<clause id="H13DC1FBFA45C4E37A24676FC4DE9D33D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A designation under this subsection shall
take effect upon publication under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H09EA33CF8DD34C4C8C7C64D4118DCF71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any designation under this subsection shall
cease to have effect upon an Act of Congress disapproving such
designation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H89AA3E2D36374E7189FF91A1852DF3FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record</header><text>In
making a designation under this subsection, the Attorney General shall create
an administrative record.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1900B39AF9194FC185EB14DAF9768550"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Period of
designation</header>
<subparagraph id="H757F8A4BBD3F45B1AEDC1D68A818866"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A designation under this subsection shall be effective
for all purposes until revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursuant
to subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE089B216AB542D48B978D23505E0065"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review of
designation upon petition</header>
<clause id="HF470BCB9C05447B1AABD11D9020067A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall review the designation of a
criminal street gang under the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv)
if the designated gang or association files a petition for revocation within
the petition period described in clause (ii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BC666D5720346AAA7E965F5850711CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Petition
period</header><text>For purposes of clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="HA605731BCF564C55AFBCDD80036C116"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if the designated
gang or association has not previously filed a petition for revocation under
this subparagraph, the petition period begins 2 years after the date on which
the designation was made; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6F8813DC18F749EA82D7488F11FD2B8C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the designated
gang or association has previously filed a petition for revocation under this
subparagraph, the petition period begins 2 years after the date of the
determination made under clause (iv) on that petition.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9A5F0B4640724A57ACA99744A89576CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Any
criminal street gang that submits a petition for revocation under this
subparagraph must provide evidence in that petition that the relevant
circumstances described in paragraph (1) are sufficiently different from the
circumstances that were the basis for the designation such that a revocation
with respect to the gang is warranted.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F5EFB1B2F4348C98C004FAABCE9603E"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<subclause id="HE458FBE509E24FEEA0D0B901E937FCDF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after receiving a petition for revocation submitted under this
subparagraph, the Attorney General shall make a determination as to such
revocation.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H23CF26B950924E9B8D2553F9F4029B13"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Publication of
determination</header><text>A determination made by the Attorney General under
this clause shall be published in the Federal Register.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H05ABFCDEEE7A401590981C3B9C4FD1DB"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Any
revocation by the Attorney General shall be made in accordance with paragraph
(6).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF36CFCE4AD3447F5A1DAFDA44000DF95"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other review of
designation</header>
<clause id="H4792227656F242E39900FE42317849E0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If in a 5-year period no review has taken place under
subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall review the designation of the
criminal street gang in order to determine whether such designation should be
revoked pursuant to paragraph (6).</text>
</clause><clause id="H43D739B0EA534F58B742EC91E384E080"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a review does not take place pursuant to
subparagraph (B) in response to a petition for revocation that is filed in
accordance with that subparagraph, then the review shall be conducted pursuant
to procedures established by the Attorney General. The results of such review
and the applicable procedures shall not be reviewable in any court.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB37558991BF4360A2B1A48424CE3B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Publication of
results of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Attorney General shall publish any determination made pursuant to this
subparagraph in the Federal Register.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F5FAA40C3254CFF83EFC24E358F6430"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revocation by
act of Congress</header><text>The Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or
revoke a designation made under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15A51EFAF89840808BD9146277928402"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Revocation based
on change in circumstances</header>
<subparagraph id="HC20CC1F80D7B46C1AAB3E22E39A18B95"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General
may revoke a designation made under paragraph (1) at any time, and shall revoke
a designation upon completion of a review conducted pursuant to subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if the Attorney General finds that—</text>
<clause id="HE93ED031D4CF4BAD96BC5D8D130027D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the circumstances
that were the basis for the designation have changed in such a manner as to
warrant revocation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA3A42831551C4899828DDB20DCE01118"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the national
security of the United States warrants a revocation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H188D0B140B6B4131BC1256415E7200BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The
procedural requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a revocation
under this paragraph. Any revocation shall take effect on the date specified in
the revocation or upon publication in the Federal Register if no effective date
is specified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F5311ED8AF04CA485084EFF77137E76"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect of
revocation</header><text>The revocation of a designation under paragraph (5) or
(6) shall not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct committed prior
to the effective date of such revocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BCFA98D389B457A8BEC9B00B18DDAC5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Use of
designation in hearing</header><text>If a designation under this subsection has
become effective under paragraph (2)(B) an alien in a removal proceeding shall
not be permitted to raise any question concerning the validity of the issuance
of such designation as a defense or an objection at any hearing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BEB4F2162654EB0BEF7FD27F44EE7B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial review
of designation</header>
<paragraph id="H3137B4C9A82F4D56B85200FBCFDC481"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after publication of the
designation in the Federal Register, a group or association designated as a
criminal street gang may seek judicial review of the designation in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C5FAA94C3474759BF8C22F0BA3365B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Basis of
review</header><text>Review under this subsection shall be based solely upon
the administrative record.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H707C7C72292547A691F7B18DE100DE20"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope of
review</header><text>The Court shall hold unlawful and set aside a designation
the court finds to be—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC6D48C2D8F04EB882CFE7C18621CFA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>arbitrary,
capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with
law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3663E04B1FD4291BCF1BC32B9D42C42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contrary to
constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5F7841A9F23434A8C07AAF8AFEF4D83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in excess of
statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitation, or short of statutory
right;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FE0C44D5C58435CB8B9D4A636F4DA21"><enum>(D)</enum><text>lacking
substantial support in the administrative record taken as a whole; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5229C5028CE49D5AA6DD4AA959DF636"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not in accord with
the procedures required by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H972C6D7D9688412E8B0660D4CACA19AC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Judicial review
invoked</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pendency of an
action for judicial review of a designation shall not affect the application of
this section, unless the court issues a final order setting aside the
designation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA050D7FD61949168953D1DE8EC88CDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relevant
committee defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in
this section, the term <term>relevant committees</term> means the Committees on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9948F211620F40B390F1AECC12690045"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 219 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC846124C1B1649C1897C9DF308317236" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 219A. Designation of criminal street
gangs.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAABFA13F1F6B42F29731BB7E0050FC82"><enum>212.</enum><header>Mandatory
detention of suspected criminal street gang members</header>
<subsection id="H438ADD13F109454CAFEE629B4CB30D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 236(c)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226">8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0909EFE4CDDF4751A362EA5E2BF0098"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or 212(a)(2)(J)</quote> after <quote>212(a)(3)(B)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57FBE20897CA4D3E829856C1B231848F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or 237(a)(2)(F)</quote> before <quote>237(a)(4)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB61D253F5EC9485DBA30B200D17D2BB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than March 1 of each year (beginning 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland
Security, after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, shall
submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate on the number of aliens detained under the
amendments made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7602CE3263DC44FE9B6980E0F63240FE"><enum>213.</enum><header>Ineligibility
from protection from removal and asylum</header>
<subsection id="HA1D0301AB54448A3B9F0CF67007F0857"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of restriction on removal to certain countries</header><text>Section
241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1251">8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is
amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>who is
described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) or who
is</quote> after <quote>to an alien</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D78929DEFA84D0E9BC8DD03B7B723FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for asylum</header><text>Section 208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1158(b)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCCC90AE05A2841A3A265836ED3C5B3DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v), by
striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B49501D789441148EF2DD05A3324220"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H191AAB183C8D44690061C52800B465F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (v) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DDC7C2501B84F10A0B671C1E1C1DB0" style="OLC">
<clause id="H801B4D2446524C2596D2038B254E7000"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien is described in section
212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) (relating to participation in
criminal street gangs);
or</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEB0A68A7C0D4F05AA51A199CD24F6F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Denial of review
of determination of ineligibility for temporary protected
status</header><text>Section 244(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254">8 U.S.C. 1254(c)(2)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34640179B2534771B562C7248B34CFF5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5387960A12374AD0BD6CA5E57C7763C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on
judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall
be no judicial review of any finding under subparagraph (B) that an alien is in
described in section
208(b)(2)(A)(vi).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0ADCC05701334E0100D42FB1C2C4F558"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H043FCDB4B4144E319799C3D246EF1CBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Federal affirmation
of assistance in immigration law enforcement by States and political
subdivisions of States</header>
<subsection id="H2385659902D340E3987DBDCEAEF1CE2D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
reaffirming the existing inherent authority of States, law enforcement
personnel of a State or a political subdivision of a State have the inherent
authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest,
detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States (including
the transportation of such aliens across State lines to detention centers), for
the purposes of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the
United States in the course of carrying out routine duties. This State
authority has never been displaced or preempted by Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H37DFA4A6E380414EB8786CFC80F5B0E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section may be construed to require law enforcement personnel of a
State or political subdivision of a State to—</text>
<paragraph id="H8937C3AF5EE24C3C9EA6768B912840A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>report the identity
of a victim of, or a witness to, a criminal offense to the Secretary of
Homeland Security for immigration enforcement purposes; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CFF1CC8F54F4A4AAC7E5ECD214DE0A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>arrest such victim
or witness for a violation of the immigration laws of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H657227D3B27949C6ACECE83F020082A2"><enum>222.</enum><header>Financial
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies assisting with border
security and enforcement of immigration laws</header>
<subsection id="H8FCFC01689B34147B22C909BB63DB3F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants for state
and local law enforcement activities</header><text>From amounts made available
to make grants under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
make grants to States and political subdivisions of States for expenses
described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2167464D10A346DBB1383D4486C0C52C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
recipients</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
a State or political subdivision of a State must have the authority to, and
have in effect the policy and practice to, assist with border security missions
and the enforcement of immigration laws of the United States in the course of
carrying out such agency’s routine law enforcement duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3518E191306C422E89695D92DBA8B0C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized use of
funds</header><text>Funds received under this section may be used for the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9ECCA35A77B8415200B9F8D9A15E97A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Costs of training
associated with participation in programs described in section 287(g) of the
immigration and nationality act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1357">8 U.S.C. 1357(g)</external-xref>) under which certain officers
or employees of the state or political subdivision are trained to perform
certain functions of an immigration officer, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5594FCB10064A429E6BB2726373C38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>costs of travel and
transportation to locations where such training is provided, including mileage
and related allowances for the use of a privately owned automobile;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6241D81531E428FB6697C18E8EB1ED3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a daily per diem
for lodging, meals, and other necessary expenses resulting from participation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC251A6354584AF7826E71D392AD7E94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>costs of securing
temporary replacements for personnel traveling to, and participating in, such
training.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42C9A99A6B3B4AC389C25EEF53A698EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Procurement of
equipment, technology, facilities, and other products that facilitate and are
directly related to investigating, apprehending, arresting, detaining, or
transporting immigration law violators, including additional administrative
costs related to these functions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB21CC65C5AB844F0BC706F76D68D00EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GAO
audit</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit
of funds distributed to States and political subdivisions of States under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H063812DD57324CEBAE91B314A924EEEE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this section $250,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H847313E453824859BB14811D00913F65" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header>Expedited removal
for aliens inadmissible on criminal or security grounds</header>
<subsection id="H7DF3CC715388481E8E03F19EAE40BF8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 238(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1228(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H85C47D3FC1374AC7B08836C34859599"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H013676714A954BE4AD471B35004FEDD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security in the exercise of the Secretary’s discretion</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED494740C6364E0EAA7ED95D7D16C8D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>set forth in this subsection or</quote> and inserting <quote>set forth
in this subsection, in lieu of removal proceedings under</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F2B90AFEDCE41029E3300B05014E668"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F0B0953CCDA4213002414FB3376A76C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H962DF7150F804610A800B6B002221608"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (1) until 14 calendar days</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (1) or (3) until 7 calendar days</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9870C3883568403199B4EDAF59522212"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F5D627A34FC4C399319297172585842"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H973089FA3D3D4993995EF43CB3C06200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>described in this section</quote> and inserting <quote>described in
paragraph (1) or (2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC86C74E283144799225C42F7395A554"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Attorney General may grant in the Attorney General’s
discretion</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Homeland Security or
the Attorney General may grant, in the discretion of the Secretary or Attorney
General, in any proceeding</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C3AEDEE73E7420CA7BC5D42B973B9A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB97706772E14C2DA932B8A957D5B143"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBCF289E92B64494E94AA84D097A08FAE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H17B87A1DF2AF44A58DFEDAFBCDC5AAB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Homeland Security, in the exercise of the Secretary’s discretion, may determine
inadmissibility under section 212(a)(2) (relating to criminal offenses) and
issue an order of removal pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
subsection, in lieu of removal proceedings under section 240, with respect to
an alien who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC459711AC0E4EFF9974E2DF73FB2200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not been
admitted or paroled;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H226DB84149D1415098066064B70AE5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not been found
to have a credible fear of persecution pursuant to the procedures set forth in
section 235(b)(1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE44A5DA4EBFC472FB96B8CD77FF52C8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not eligible
for a waiver of inadmissibility or relief from
removal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCE20298E45D411481923D628B189E28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not apply to aliens who are in
removal proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1229a) as of such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H202D27C43BCA4B9F9D648F5CC67B8FBB"><enum>224.</enum><header>Removing drunk
drivers</header>
<subsection id="HD0E6EEE437A24DEF99CE90DF388C8DFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>101(a)(43)(F) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (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,
and regardless of whether the offenses are deemed to be misdemeanors or
felonies under State or Federal law,</quote> after
<quote>offense)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA12C24484FA4408DAF26932923ADD1CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to convictions entered
before, on, or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Employment
eligibility verification</header>
<subtitle id="HD8932A9553A240E9BCB2D24B33F89540"><enum>A</enum><header>Illegal
Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2007 </header>
<section id="HA82D54DED4124A7ABCD9D9366CD2594" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Illegal Immigration
Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of
2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBA6E5736C09244D290B9E4EAC24868A2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Amendments to
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> relating to
identification of individuals</header>
<subsection id="H087CACA3080B427DAAE5372731136BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Antifraud
Measures for Social Security Cards</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
405(c)(2)(G)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC724CC69A02C415CB7367687147EA690"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(i)</quote> after <quote>(G)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB011B4CB662B414CB350AAEF3F3029B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>banknote paper</quote> and inserting <quote>durable plastic or
similar material</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5B9D75188E942B796B0633CCF533C6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4E4DBD4E018E4DCA8182D8CEC6FC79A4" style="OLC">
<clause id="H8A1C847A86DD410F80115400AD793BC2" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Each Social Security card issued
under this subparagraph shall include an encrypted machine-readable electronic
identification strip which shall be unique to the individual to whom the card
is issued. The Commissioner shall develop such electronic identification strip
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, so as to enable
employers to use such strip in accordance with section 274A(a)(1)(B) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1)(B)) to obtain access to the Employment Eligibility Database
established by such Secretary pursuant to section 4 of such Act with respect to
the individual to whom the card is issued.</text>
</clause><clause id="H07423AAF8E4D4800BD72DAF369DAD393" indent="up3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Each Social Security card issued
under this subparagraph shall contain—</text>
<subclause id="H02622231FD7C44B88C9301741C211756"><enum>(I)</enum><text>physical security features designed to
prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the card for fraudulent
purposes; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H07894B68EE5D41CA9174D8212BA1F17E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a disclaimer stating the following:
<quote>This card shall not be used for the purpose of
identification.</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDC59E4CB09AA4986B68924B2F27F8821" indent="up3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Commissioner shall provide for
the issuance (or reissuance) to each individual who—</text>
<subclause id="H491DE954A508468A9EB3AB72E4B1DA9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has been assigned a Social Security
account number under subparagraph (B),</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H50DEDE3D019B45A7AE078D05CA5D60BF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has attained the minimum age
applicable, in the jurisdiction in which such individual engages in employment,
for legally engaging in such employment, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE1F42B23A68F437EBCA67C6162497295"><enum>(III)</enum><text>files application for such card
under this clause in such form and manner as shall be prescribed by the
Commissioner,</text>
</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">a Social
Security card which meets the preceding requirements of this subparagraph and
which includes a recent digitized photograph of the individual to whom the card
is issued.</continuation-text></clause><subsection id="H11CB98E16F4E41308CBA3F5404E8C58"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The Commissioner
shall maintain an ongoing effort to develop measures in relation to the Social
Security card and the issuance thereof to preclude fraudulent use
thereof.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6D8D3CDCA63D4866B996B2E5A0057CBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sharing of
Information With the Secretary of Homeland Security</header><text>Section
205(c)(2) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBA070C063A3C41A08700B12C9D70A617" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H887FF6EBE0CD49198D8770BB3325D4B2" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Upon the issuance of a Social
Security account number under subparagraph (B) to any individual or the
issuance of a Social Security card under subparagraph (G) to any individual,
the Commissioner of Social Security shall transmit to the Secretary of Homeland
Security such information received by the Commissioner in the individual’s
application for such number or such card as such Secretary determines necessary
and appropriate for administration of the Illegal Immigration Enforcement and
Social Security Protection Act of 2007. Such information shall be used solely
for inclusion in the Employment Eligibility Database established pursuant to
section 4 of such
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD4B2F0A06F0E42EB878D2C009C148B81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Dates</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to Social Security cards issued after 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act. The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply with
respect to the issuance of Social Security account numbers and Social Security
cards after 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2E00E8CFB15493FB950BB5182E2CB44" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Employment
Eligibility Database</header>
<subsection id="H8F74BE0754EF488BBE2EB347CD77C5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and
maintain an Employment Eligibility Database. The Database shall include data
comprised of the citizenship status of individuals and the work and residency
eligibility information (including expiration dates) with respect to
individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States but are
authorized to work in the United States. Such data shall include all such data
maintained by the Department of Homeland Security as of the date of the
establishment of such database and information obtained from the Commissioner
of Social Security pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(I) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>. The Secretary
shall maintain ongoing consultations with the Commissioner to ensure efficient
and effective operation of the Database.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H654B2E074EC448699455F5C4D75B546F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incorporation of
Ongoing Pilot Programs</header><text>To the extent that the Secretary
determines appropriate in furthering the purposes of subsection (a), the
Secretary may incorporate the information, processes, and procedures employed
in connection with the Citizen Attestation Verification Pilot Program and the
Basic Pilot Program into the operation and maintenance of the Database under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H270D1366469E435C8D715478150005B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="H296F36CDF38B41FEA3571F7173E6E11C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No officer or employee of the Department of Homeland
Security shall have access to any information contained in the Database for any
purpose other than—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FC2A0D6E0144F91B411EB6E9B825394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment
of a system of records necessary for the effective administration of this Act;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21CC4D2EF1D34BD4AF287BD4B628B78D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other purpose
the Secretary of Homeland Security deems to be in the national security
interests of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71EAA739D889431D9E7E79A648BF8DC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>The
Secretary shall restrict access to such information to officers and employees
of the United States whose duties or responsibilities require access for the
purposes described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11656491F8194A1BBCBAE65829067B92"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other
safeguards</header><text>The Secretary shall provide such other safeguards as
the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate to protect the
confidentiality of information contained in the Database.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8067F385A26344318380BB9D1EEC68D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>Whoever accesses or uses information in the Employment
Eligibility Database without authority to do so, or for an unauthorized
purpose, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for a
term of not less than 5, and not more than 7, years, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H027D112B93C64A2D946BFA9313C9B351"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for
Meeting Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall complete the
establishment of the Database and provide for the efficient and effective
operation of the Database in accordance with this section not later than 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16EA8FE7BD964859B4D810C078B49078" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Requirements
relating to individuals commencing work in the United States</header>
<subsection id="HDA2217DE1FAF448DB16D23A8BCB0B5F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for
employers, recruiters, and referrers</header><text>Section 274A(a)(1)(B) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration" id="HB3A6FD8F30814B1683E66DE819816478" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD0E7CB1C505E4EE39FA977096F5B56B8"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9A8A1993B3FC49199FD70050A5394635"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H72EF91F717194EBDB026A61B00004265"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to hire for employment
in the United States an individual unless the person or entity requires the
employee to display a Social Security card issued to such individual pursuant
to section 205(c)(2)(G) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security
Act</act-name> which bears a photograph of such individual and that such
individual is authorized to work in the United States. Such presentation and
verification shall be made in accordance with procedures prescribed by the
Secretary of Homeland Security for the purposes of ensuring against fraudulent
use of the card and accurate and prompt verification of the authorization of
such individual to work in the United States; or</text><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44FCFFDB0D144C22815839FA4CA2265D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the person or entity is an agricultural
association, agricultural employer, or farm labor contractor (as defined in
section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act), to
hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an
individual unless the person or entity requires the employee to display a
Social Security card issued to such individual pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(G)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> which bears
a photograph of such individual and that such individual is authorized to work
in the United States. Such presentation and verification shall be made in
accordance with procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland Security for
the purposes of ensuring against fraudulent use of the card and accurate and
prompt verification of the authorization of such individual to work in the
United States.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H6A7585CAFF2745D6BDFE7FCA6CE2EC3B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The verification procedures
described in clause (i) shall include use of—</text>
<subclause id="H62ACB76FC48E4A70BD54C381AC53F977"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a phone verification system which shall
be established by the Secretary; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBD9D9FAEA3004441BBF21428846020D6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a card-reader verification system
employing a device approved by the Secretary as capable of reading the
electronic identification strip borne by the card so as to verify the identity
of the card holder and the card holder’s authorization to work, and which is
made available at minimal cost to the person or entity.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD8739DA1A74349E189517F48D3808CFB" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that
the phone verification system described in subclause (I) of clause (ii) is as
secure and effective as the card-reader verification system described in
subclause (II) of such clause.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A18A69FF6CB4961B12637C3A81280A3" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that,
by means of such procedures, the person or entity will have such access to the
Employment Eligibility Database established and operated by the Secretary
pursuant to section 303 of the <short-title>Secure Borders
FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety, and Anti-Terrorism) Act of
2007</short-title> as to enable the person or entity to obtain information,
relating to the citizenship, residency, and work eligibility of the individual,
which is necessary to inform the person or entity as to whether the individual
is authorized to work in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FE2F51BFBE847B99B00B1898DE274C" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A person or entity that establishes
that the person or entity has complied in good faith with the requirements of
this subparagraph with respect to the hiring, recruiting, or referral for
employment of an alien in the United States shall not be liable for hiring an
unauthorized alien, if—</text>
<subclause id="H9F480818733E4AAA91D0099646AC46C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such hiring, recruitment, or referral
occurred due to an error in the phone verification system, the card-reader
verification system, or the Employment Eligibility Database which was unknown
to the employer at the time of such hiring; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD0F7464E24084B27A5BB7D47F28722D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the employer terminates that employment
of the alien upon being informed of the
error.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9C3D3E9D7044BC3A8309DECD00F175"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header><text>Section 274A of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E3050AB280141D58DAD9F44FBB6C9AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and
(7) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9945F8471EDC4F6D89A18DFC3B24EAB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA514185B88354DB1AF51FDB2C8B489B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H465229E4EA4A432094183ECFC854DECE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending the
matter preceding paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCBA02E8888424E7897BD397044246394" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1D1DEAFC4D3F415891B1882DA4029FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Verification
Forms</header>
<paragraph id="H938D9C62908B402CA92F966C8D8F00F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Attestation of
compliance</header><text>The verification procedures prescribed under
subsection (a)(1)(B) shall include an attestation, made under penalty of
perjury and on a form designated or established by the Secretary of Homeland
Security by regulation, that the employer, recruiter, or referrer has complied
with such procedures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0960F2948E304D09822EC0AD61F050FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03032B6555AB4276A1BC66A9DF858260"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D70D7D97C35474984F3CDAC40BE004C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (h)(3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H65913F547C5A49868DCF45FE738B00CC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H63E5AD5409B74B36BB0035EF58007BD1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposed of this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA15B2290587D4A6FBCCFEA211A89E54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>authorized to work in the United States</term>, when applied to an
individual, means that the individual is not an unauthorized alien.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6DF1CDBF7244D398CFF1F45DB76A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term
<term>employee</term> shall have the meaning given such term in section 210(j)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
410(j)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68405622E52E468B8ECE8C12F4C498E"><enum>(C)</enum><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—</text>
<clause id="H6E67BA7643FA44B6A9964F1F3924FBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H67E815F1572F4274AC3DCE56B5DA2134"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>authorized to be
so employed by this Act or by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4049D25939543B0B2A16673BA171600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to employment
of any individual in any capacity commencing on or after such effective
date.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3F928D2262E4B8492C3913737604C25" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1324a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H294877B2E53A4820B749239F75EB8764"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AE69328C40448A3ACDAAA8177855EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), in the matter before clause (i), by inserting <quote>, subject to
paragraphs (10) through (12),</quote> after <quote>in an amount</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H565995D5AC2049E884DF725149A84790"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>not less than $250 and not more than $2,000</quote>
and inserting <quote>not less than $5,000 and not more than
$7,500</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB87D786E22E3461EA76B78F91DE6B4A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>not less than $2,000 and not more than
$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $10,000 and not more than
$15,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD819612B57749BB85F768FDBD67CC94"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(iii), by striking <quote>not less than $3,000 and not more than
$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $25,000 and not more than
$40,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5213249694B54C0584C786AF92F5F4E0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9AF78DEEEEE4408EBE48C423292CF324">
<subparagraph id="H7CEB5EA5D55943A2A3FDEC5D7464D708"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may require the
person or entity to take such other remedial action as is
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00F661F4E45F4700A6E283C8B7BAA18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (e)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF9158A38B6D4CB4A8C4A464CDCC005F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, subject to paragraphs (10) through (12),</quote> after <quote>in an
amount</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDB83C0FE27A41ABADD0D09C153D4BE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05E27A047DAB48F09730A27500A94089"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$1,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H916F840D73C944FEA54097947D2C8B2F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the size of the business of the employer being charged, the good faith
of the employer</quote> and inserting <quote>the good faith of the employer
being charged</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EB0892704BC44E491CD5151A9CCF67B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following sentence: <quote>Failure by a person or entity to utilize the
employment eligibility verification system as required by law, or providing
information to the system that the person or entity knows or reasonably
believes to be false, shall be treated as a violation of subsection
(a)(1)(A).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39A2608A65E349148B3054E3C9B4BD19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of subsection (e) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H19EF1DB31F2C404B9E633CB002373B5B">
<paragraph id="H1BA350CCD81E45BA9D3D4CF08F55984B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Mitigation of
civil money penalties for smaller employers</header><text>In the case of
imposition of a civil penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to a
violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) for hiring or continuation of
employment by an employer and in the case of imposition of a civil penalty
under paragraph (5) for a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) for hiring by an
employer, the dollar amounts otherwise specified in the respective paragraph
shall be reduced as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3043D8913D134812A24B954C93155C88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of an
employer with an average of fewer than 26 full-time equivalent employees (as
defined by the Secretary of Homeland Security), the amounts shall be reduced by
60 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45570804A1DD472494FE7F6DC7772400"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of an
employer with an average of at least 26, but fewer than 101, full-time
equivalent employees (as so defined), the amounts shall be reduced by 40
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H157C45AE46D640E9A3073F2CB6459B5C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In the case of an
employer with an average of at least 101, but fewer than 251, full-time
equivalent employees (as so defined), the amounts shall be reduced by 20
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The last
sentence of paragraph (4) shall apply under this paragraph in the same manner
as it applies under such paragraph.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0647B990A464420A6BFF07C2E2BCFB2"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Exemption from
penalty for initial good faith violation</header><text>In the case of
imposition of a civil penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to a
violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) for hiring or continuation of
employment or recruitment or referral by person or entity and in the case of
imposition of a civil penalty under paragraph (5) for a violation of subsection
(a)(1)(B) for hiring or recruitment or referral by a person or entity, the
penalty otherwise imposed shall be waived if the violator establishes that it
was the first such violation of such provision by the violator and the violator
acted in good faith.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF53B004A851840528054C289D4533260"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Safe harbor for
contractors</header><text>A person or other entity shall not be liable for a
penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to the violation of subsection
(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), or (a)(2) with respect to the hiring or continuation of
employment of an unauthorized alien by a subcontractor of that person or entity
unless the person or entity knew that the subcontractor hired or continued to
employ such alien in violation of such
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25EB92169659400B90B28143B338CC61"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1) of subsection (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB80166833CD04853A184F55CF5ABAE4">
<paragraph id="H7980159FF239498800CC2F9600D1773C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text>Any person or entity which engages in a pattern or
practice of violations of subsection (a)(1) or (2) shall be fined not more than
$50,000 for each unauthorized alien with respect to which such a violation
occurs, imprisoned for not less than one year, or both, notwithstanding the
provisions of any other Federal law relating to fine
levels.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA857FE873EF249F5BD3B935207DC6972"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D53A005FF4A49A6B1CCB18436C60060" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header>Authorizations of
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HDB887C95137548CEB4F9ED28791712CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of
Homeland Security</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security
for each fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2007, such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle,
of which not less than $100,000,000 shall be for the purpose of carrying out
section 274A(a)(1)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and
Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>), as amended by section 305
of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H634EF43357864EB4817FB029277CA407"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Social Security
Administration</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Social Security Administration for each fiscal year beginning on or after
October 1, 2007, such sums as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by
section 302.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10E45B2111804933B4E4989083E066C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header>
<subsection id="HC6CD39E1287C42B3A906EC4F83A3E302"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE290DF45D144C6D00C3ED53D5A3995C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to require the
presentation of a Social Security card for any purpose other than—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62E2FC77355A49FB9D00577F00ED86C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the
administration and enforcement of the Social Security laws of the United
States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4370F7771D5D45B0BDAE9B44A4A47BE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the purpose of
implementing and enforcing this subtitle and the amendments made by this
subtitle; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4BAE8093BC748459DD3C29416C7CE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to
require the Social Security card to be carried by an individual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H802846AF4A7A437B97C1876E99D98213"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No National
Identification Card</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that
the Social Security card shall not be used as a national identification
card.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HE1CAFC23C1FA4122BFA380343C9C652C"><enum>B</enum><header>Employment
Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act</header>
<section id="H55B1FB2481E7451692C00024F82F26F2"><enum>311.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Employment Eligibility
Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB8D6F1836EAA49CAA03680E076BBF678"><enum>312.</enum><header>Requiring
agencies to send <quote>no-match</quote> letters</header>
<subsection id="H0F826FEE2F904ABE89B759FA1FE7317"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Social security
administration</header><text>The Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration shall send a written notice to a person or entity each time that
the combination of name and Social Security account number submitted by the
person or entity for an individual does not match Social Security
Administration records.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54A3B88F0C9A46A5AA2CD1BC719BDAF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of
homeland security</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall send a
written notice to a person or entity each time that such Secretary determines
that an immigration status document or employment authorization document
presented or referenced by an individual during the process of completing the
attestations required by the person or entity for employment eligibility
verification was assigned to another person, or that there is no agency record
that the document was assigned to any person.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC419B175913B4503A6EB364BE035AAD1"><enum>313.</enum><header>Requiring
employers to take action upon receipt of a <quote>no-match</quote>
letter</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning on the date
that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a person or
entity that has received a written notice under section 312 shall, within 3
business days of receiving such notice, verify the individual’s employment
authorization and identity through the verification system established under
section 314.</text>
</section><section id="H5E7E79FA2F154F3FA088FA2B21DBEA91"><enum>314.</enum><header>Verification
system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, as
appropriate, shall establish and administer a verification system through which
persons or entities that have received written notice under section 312 shall
verify an individual’s employment authorization and identity.</text>
</section><section id="HDB9021315385438983B01F81D9FDB61C"><enum>315.</enum><header>Design and
operation of system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
verification system established under section 314 shall be designed and
operated—</text>
<paragraph id="H936AD3C69962483B9E3E66CBD6252F09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maximize its
reliability and ease of use, consistent with insulating and protecting the
privacy and security of the underlying information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E3070C0175F4824846164B502C75495"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to respond to all
required inquiries under this subtitle regarding whether individuals are
authorized to be employed and to register all times when such inquiries are not
received;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD51B46DE01134BB6892D3FCC6510CCC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with appropriate
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized
disclosure of personal information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04392B2D880842B892365DE43B6807D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to have reasonable
safeguards against the system’s resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices
based on national origin or citizenship status, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA608191C8AA241C28F4D9BE8FF5C2E53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the selective or
unauthorized use of the system to verify eligibility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4571A3E636394BD3B4275FA078A96838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of the
system prior to an offer of employment; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C54776AE60C4926B5D96C5500F85D00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the exclusion of
certain individuals from consideration for employment as a result of a
perceived likelihood that additional verification will be required, beyond what
is required for most job applicants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8400AB5D624449A3AED8E6870436D575"><enum>316.</enum><header>Extension of
time</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a person or entity in
good faith attempts to make an inquiry during the time period specified and the
verification system established under section 314 has registered that not all
inquiries were received during such time, the person or entity may make an
inquiry on the first subsequent working day in which the verification system
registers that it has received all inquiries. If the verification system cannot
receive inquiries at all times during a day, the person or entity merely has to
assert that the entity attempted to make the inquiry on that day for the
previous sentence to apply to such an inquiry, and does not have to provide any
additional proof concerning such inquiry.</text>
</section><section id="H1BFFF1C5C1784DFEB486C3D1E961F8D4"><enum>317.</enum><header>Retention of
proof of verification completion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After completion of the verification process
established under section 314, a person or entity shall retain a paper,
microfiche, microfilm, or electronic version of the form received through the
verification process (or, in the case of a telephonic verification, a paper,
microfiche, microfilm, or electronic record of the telephonic verification code
number) and make it available for inspection by officers of the Department of
Homeland Security, the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair
Employment Practices, or the Department of Labor for 3 years after the date on
which the form or telephonic verification code number was received.</text>
</section><section id="H8A35973B49714890ACF3AD3CB3E05CBD"><enum>318.</enum><header>Termination of
employment</header>
<subsection id="H6559DEAE21CD435F8F2F00B32C4F9D5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Burden on
individual To resolve errors</header><text>If a person or entity has received
an initial nonverification regarding an individual from the verification system
established under section 315, the person or entity shall notify the individual
in writing within 1 business day of such receipt. In such notice, the person or
entity shall advise the individual that the burden is on the individual to
resolve any error in the verification mechanism not later than 30 days after
the date on which the notice is issued. Such notice shall also state that the
person or entity shall be required to verify once again the individual’s
employment authorization and identity through the verification system
established under section 315, and to terminate any employment in the United
States, and any recruitment, hiring, or referral for employment in the United
States, of the individual, if a final nonverification is received.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95600B1443B2485195D025D1B4BFBD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
verification</header><text>A person or entity that has issued a notice under
subsection (a) shall, within 33 business days of such issuance, verify once
again the individual’s employment authorization and identity through the
verification system established under section 314. Sections 316 and 317 shall
apply to such final verification in the same manner as such sections applied to
the initial verification.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H08F5A5A5ECF943CA00BAC6E1A87100C4"><enum>319.</enum><header>Final
verification</header>
<subsection id="H3BE9B7096DD440169F22EB42301FFA00"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Within 7 days of
receiving final nonverification for an individual, the person or entity issued
a notice under section 312(a) of this Act shall provide the Commissioner of
Social Security with a copy of such individual’s verification form as described
in section 274A(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a(b)(3)) in addition to any other information regarding the last known
name, address, and location of such individual.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4E8B4CAAC264B41BAD8B860BADE3518"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Within 3 business
days of receiving such notification, the Commissioner of Social Security shall
provide such information to the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE11DF8823A1B4079905B5D9E9F03C287"><enum>320.</enum><header>Employer
violations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A person or entity
shall be considered to have violated section 274A(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) if the person or entity—</text>
<paragraph id="H1961F98299524133B8D424CBF9368EB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>continues to
employ in the United States, or recruits, hires, or refers for employment in
the United States, an individual after receiving a final nonverification
regarding an individual from the verification system established under section
314; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H673208619D834C8BAAB5C695B05E9B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>otherwise fails to
take an action required under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H61931D29E2B148AAA75252281998C429"><enum>321.</enum><header>Limitation on
use</header>
<subsection id="H6C6541FBBAFE4AA0BD7B15F342F45877"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in
this subtitle shall be construed to permit or allow any department, bureau, or
other agency of the United States Government to utilize any information, data
base, or other records assembled under this subtitle for any other purpose
other than as provided for under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4AF709DF46DC4517B3BE50838C58C7A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No national
identification card</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed
to authorize, directly or indirectly, the issuance or use of national
identification cards or the establishment of a national identification
card.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0A7581B56DAC4E0887121DC821DB5300"><enum>322.</enum><header>Federal Tort
Claims Act remedy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If an
individual alleges that the individual would not have been dismissed from a job
but for an error of the verification mechanism, the individual may seek
compensation only through the mechanism of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United
States Code (popularly known as the Federal Tort Claims Act), and injunctive
relief to correct such error. No class action may be brought under this
subtitle.</text>
</section><section id="HE4B64E7554BE4FBB9B907DEAA312BECF"><enum>323.</enum><header>Protection from
liability for actions taken on the basis of information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No person or entity shall be civilly or
criminally liable for any action taken in good faith reliance on information
provided through the employment eligibility verification mechanism established
under this subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA0FEB9B0736345D0917EAB82001B0015"><enum>C</enum><header>New IDEA (Illegal
Deduction Elimination Act)</header>
<section id="H3BEC909AC4064229A751099D71FECBE"><enum>331.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote>New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination
Act)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD15F658AEDF84395B7281B4FD47C5000"><enum>332.</enum><header>Clarification
that wages paid to unauthorized aliens may not be deducted from gross
income</header>
<subsection id="H1174E1E821784FF900F3B496DDDBAD3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 162 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to illegal bribes, kickbacks, and other payments) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5405CCB1FF4847168717DB53E30A1E2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H803DF073D4DB40CB88B21702E63BE4B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wages paid to or
on behalf of unauthorized aliens</header>
<subparagraph id="H811E3779A6C441E20063A700BF3C4680"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No deduction shall be allowed under subsection (a) for
any wage paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien, as defined under
section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a(h)(3)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8052F573D37047779CBA3688FB003308"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Wages</header><text>For
the purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>wages</term> means all
remuneration for employment, including the cash value of all remuneration
(including benefits) paid in any medium other than cash.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDA194D864554363A7EF004FEF7ED57F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Safe
Harbor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a person or other
entity is participating in the basic pilot program described in section 403 of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1324a note) and obtains confirmation of identity and employment
eligibility in compliance with the terms and conditions of the program with
respect to the hiring (or recruitment or referral) of an employee, subparagraph
(A) shall not apply with respect to wages paid to such
employee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4335490157D492CB5F834EB3754EEAA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>6-year
limitation on assessment and collection</header><text>Subsection (c) of section
6501 of such Code (relating to exceptions) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23376674CA86435891D53714C010825E" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HB75CDCE9DB96405EB54C5BE50446E2D6"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Deduction
claimed for wages paid to unauthorized aliens</header><text>In the case of a
return of tax on which a deduction is shown in violation of section 162(c)(4),
any tax under chapter 1 may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for the
collection of such tax may be begun without assessment, at any time within 6
years after the return was
filed.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H864893113BE14159B500704C25A8A6A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
documentation for enforcement purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 274A of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H01C88A30CDFB40ED9FEDF400F390C24E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(b)(5), by inserting <quote>, section 162(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986,</quote> after <quote>enforcement of this chapter</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B0A5FB54F704F8BA63DBA92592FD7A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(d)(2)(F), by inserting <quote>, section 162(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986,</quote> after <quote>enforcement of this chapter</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB89B14A8BF44437A95E26BFF59BDDE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(d)(2)(G), by inserting <quote>section 162(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 or</quote> after <quote>or enforcement of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBBA0656C89094F640056D6A399B4339E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
information</header><text>The Commissioner of Social Security shall make
available to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue any information related to
the investigation and enforcement of section 162(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, including any no-match letter and any information in the suspense
earnings file.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE7EA15F22B074324BEBB907CA51903EA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="HEBC7D59608864FA5B8CC2370D38EF3CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (2), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAA927B752BD4516AADF2451385FDD36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amendments
made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H6E16BC81EE8A4E3A99DFF5D595892800"><enum>D</enum><header>Improved Security
for Birth Certificates</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3CC0814197B431892181863BCCAE89F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>341.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="HF2EAE37587B9404F9431AAC6EAE1F67F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability of
Definitions</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided, the
definitions contained in section 201 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/13">Public Law 109–13</external-xref>) apply to this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C8C124E786242EBA9A19BD7458EF733"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
Definitions</header><text>In this subtitle, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE8BA895FCCE47B286BFA99C913702B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Birth
certificate</header><text>The term <term>birth certificate</term> means a
certificate of birth—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA7D810EABEF346A580DADB39FCCCA077"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for an individual
(regardless of where born)—</text>
<clause id="HEE80ACEE4FC641F60081BE962C2F13AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who
is a citizen or national of the United States at birth; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F6311196DFD47B6BA9E262C4CC1EE46"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whose birth is
registered in the United States; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF12C5172543947DAA6FE4DA0A908C799"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that—</text>
<clause id="H6E2990BDB69B4FED005DEEC5A66CCE7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
issued by a Federal, State, or local government agency or authorized custodian
of record and produced from birth records maintained by such agency or
custodian of record; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H32D95A1FCD774ACE00E2F5693F9F59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is an
authenticated copy, issued by a Federal, State, or local government agency or
authorized custodian of record, of an original certificate of birth issued by
such agency or custodian of record.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE69FD4275F54AD4A72DBE5E89840057"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Full legal
name</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>full
legal name</term> means the complete name of the person, including the birth
name as recorded in the state and or nation of birth, as applicable, and any
suffixes or names appended through lawful action through marriage, adoption or
lawful name change.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93BDA048AF1848AE9309051464C370E6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Registrant</header><text>The
term <term>registrant</term> means, with respect to a birth certificate, the
person whose birth is registered on the certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H771F42AAFC514187B3982C022BC83C5D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> has the the meaning given such term in section 201 of
the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/13">Public Law 109–13</external-xref>), except that New York
City shall be treated as a State separate from New York.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3C27C392DDF04C36B3AB6B51A1650168"><enum>342.</enum><header>Applicability
of minimum standards to local governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The minimum standards in this subtitle
applicable to birth certificates issued by a State shall also apply to birth
certificates issued by a local government in the State. It shall be the
responsibility of the State to ensure that local governments in the State
comply with the minimum standards.</text>
</section><section id="H36F11C5422394078ACE8BD45B25F7149"><enum>343.</enum><header>Minimum
standards for Federal recognition</header>
<subsection id="HD7F6725EE15046A9B55BE95CD460D4AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum
Standards for Federal Use</header>
<paragraph id="H0EBDE11C24494EB3A1C5717B62A1B7CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning 3 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a birth
certificate issued by a State to any person unless the State is meeting the
requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB382400EAA734BE0885FEAC5E7938263"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
certifications</header><text>The Secretary shall determine whether a State is
meeting the requirements of this section based on certifications made by the
State to the Secretary. Such certifications shall be made at such times and in
such manner as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, may prescribe by regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H933DDF881BC84CAAA565BDBB1E41DC00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum Document
Standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To meet the
requirements of this section, a State shall include, on each birth certificate
issued to a person by the State, the use of safety paper, the seal of the
issuing custodian of record, and such other features as the Secretary may
determine necessary to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, and otherwise
duplicating the birth certificate for fraudulent purposes. The Secretary may
not require a single design to which birth certificates issued by all States
must conform. However, the Secretary shall require a minimum standard set of
security features incorporated into birth certificates issued by all States,
such as digital watermarks, so that validation of such security features can be
affordably made be law enforcement officials, by motor vehicle administrators,
and State and Federal officials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD1F01B9B3E34F83B1A181411D7CF4C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum Issuance
Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HA7023A3C872643CC804DE892981F51AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To meet the requirements of this section, a State shall
require and verify the following information from the requestor before issuing
an authenticated copy of a birth certificate:</text>
<subparagraph id="H73909704E9684D6BA3E3AB21C854051D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The name on the
birth certificate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB5D4AF9DEA345CEB1E7C18F3CE77B22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The date and
location of the birth.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2B5CD2EFEBE4ED2B8EF143CBFAA4F77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The mother’s
maiden name.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0329955993EE40D093AE03967C48D086"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Substantial proof
of the requestor’s identity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DD185A864B1487E9103280623E3EC33"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where available, authentication of identity
through comparison with a biometric identifier.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2FD8EC118D3471D84A332649ED379C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issuance to
persons not named on birth certificate</header><text>To meet the requirements
of this section, in the case of a request by a person who is not named on the
birth certificate, a State must require the presentation of legal authorization
to request the birth certificate before issuance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68B546EE2C90415E81C19131B488CEEC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance to
family members</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the States, shall establish minimum standards for
issuance of a birth certificate to specific family members, their authorized
representatives, and others who demonstrate that the certificate is needed for
the protection of the requestor’s personal or property rights.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DE1AC3E24F3466EB4FBE2B1420069CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>A
State may waive the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of
subsection (c)(1) in exceptional circumstances, such as the incapacitation of
the registrant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A7CBDB6934A4F4CB42979CBA71E2CC1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applications by
electronic means</header><text>To meet the requirements of this section, for
applications by electronic means, through the mail or by phone or fax, a State
shall employ third party verification, or equivalent verification, of the
identity of the requestor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA04C5DE0F494F1B966E43719429BB4F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Verification of
documents</header><text>To meet the requirements of this section, a State shall
verify the documents used to provide proof of identity of the requestor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2AD09E84DBA4860ACC9DA4748F58CC0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
Requirements</header><text>To meet the requirements of this section, a State
shall adopt, at a minimum, the following practices in the issuance and
administration of birth certificates:</text>
<paragraph id="H4E4C45C950E14646A689B724B2B85100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Establish and
implement minimum building security standards for State and local vital record
offices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD40602BFB25D4AF2A44C2C7595BB5686"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Restrict public
access to birth certificates and information gathered in the issuance process
to ensure that access is restricted to entities with which the State has a
binding privacy protection agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFD7C71CE9934D71BBA364007B980053"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subject all
persons with access to vital records to appropriate security clearance
requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D3AE4C668FC464F9F4F4C23781EC7E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Establish
fraudulent document recognition training programs for appropriate employees
engaged in the issuance process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A3D5B961A0F47F1BA1BD324D7C875CE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establish and
implement internal operating system standards for paper and for electronic
systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0B35D87B48D4CA68F306FAA7C482BE9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establish a central electronic database
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFB98834C4FC4117A718133E017E9C24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is maintained in a
physically secure environment so that unauthorized access can be
prevented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E63B2DBC931438EB4003BEB2FCADCE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is linked through
the Electronic Verification of Vital Event System (EVVES) established under
section 345 or an equivalent system to provide interoperative data exchange
with other States and with Federal agencies, subject to privacy restrictions
and confirmation of the authority and identity of the requestor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA635E0D3EB794C93984DAE4E162F8296"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporates
within its records, to ensure process integrity, the full legal name of any
authorized requestor, the date of the request, and the relationship to the
person whose birth is recorded on the birth certificate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C14CF035E1740F7B82BABB32CFC5F2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Ensure that birth
and death records are matched in a comprehensive and timely manner, and that
all electronic birth records and paper birth certificates of decedents are
marked <quote>deceased</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA34E139E7EB9461880E795BC90C99877"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Cooperate with the
Secretary in the implementation of electronic verification of vital events
under section 345.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3EAFAF5378CB4063BA9558DC8391B200"><enum>344.</enum><header>Establishment
of electronic birth and death registration systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Commissioner of Social Security, the Secretary shall take the following
actions:</text>
<paragraph id="H2D78B7F80986420A8295E44A4ECF9FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Work with the
States to establish a common data set and common data exchange protocol for
electronic birth registration systems and death registration systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D4C5CFF0EA94A81B443526E0400FFA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coordinate
requirements for such systems to align with a national model.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E681FC305F143BF00FB4940FCF01506"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ensure that fraud
prevention is built into the design of electronic vital registration systems in
the collection of vital event data, the issuance of birth certificates, and the
exchange of data among government agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6C4E426097748CEAD75AFE795B383B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensure that
electronic systems for issuing birth certificates, in the form of printed
abstracts of birth records or digitized images, employ a common format of the
certified copy, so that those requiring such documents can quickly confirm
their validity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B4A782BBCF64BCCA48D45E0E7DA84E6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establish uniform
field requirements for State birth registries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6616A888E2C2453E9D4EA8F91CA64FAA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish a process with the
Department of Defense that will result in the sharing of data, with the States
and the Social Security Administration, regarding deaths of United States
military personnel and the birth and death of their dependents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FF47A60AF92495389F9BFC5CFF8BD97"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish a process with the
Department of State to improve registration, notification, and the sharing of
data with the States and the Social Security Administration, regarding births
and deaths of United States citizens abroad.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08251B500FEF4E8F8BBC378258DF8574"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Not later than 3
years after the date of establishment of databases provided for under this
section, require States to record and retain electronic records of pertinent
identification information collected from requestors who are not the
registrants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E399279318B42E397B0E89BFA4C5276"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress, a
report on whether there is a need for Federal laws to address penalties for
fraud and misuse of vital records and whether violations are sufficiently
enforced.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3B002CAEE83C46A9A396821E2C799789"><enum>345.</enum><header>Electronic
verification of vital events</header>
<subsection id="H4B594C1C111D4BD88FF702ED82683421"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lead
Agency</header><text>The Secretary shall lead the implementation of the
Electronic Verification of Vital Events System for the purpose of verifying a
person’s birth and death.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FF98063654B4716B595FE32DC31A757"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>In
carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue regulations to establish
a means by which authorized Federal and State agency users with a single
interface will be able to generate an electronic query to any participating
vital records jurisdiction throughout the Nation to verify the contents of a
paper birth certificate. Pursuant to the regulations, an electronic response
from the participating vital records jurisdiction as to whether there is a
birth record in their database that matches the paper birth certificate will be
returned to the user, along with an indication if the matching birth record has
been flagged <quote>deceased</quote>. The regulations shall take effect not
later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE568459FFCFA4786B0E186008B53F618"><enum>346.</enum><header>Grants to
States</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H77774B54FAD14232B5FC47F860F3431E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to States to
modernize State birth and death certificate records and otherwise to satisfy
the requirements of this subtitle. On an expedited basis, the Secretary shall
award grants or contracts for the purpose of improving the accuracy and
electronic availability of States’ records of births, deaths, and of other
records necessary for implementation of the Electronic Verification of Vital
Events System established in section 345, and as otherwise necessary to advance
the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H967B1B02920648398DB2B73DC409268"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulation
compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that does
fails to certify the State’s intent to comply with the regulations issued to
implement this subtitle not later than December 31, 2013, or that does not
submit a compliance plan acceptable to the Secretary is not eligible for a
grant under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAB05117A0D1242D487015FA602314B03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants may be awarded under this section
during fiscal years 2008 through 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H49648072C10C4D5ABF8F69756B36FB3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible
recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
of Homeland Security determines that compliance with this subtitle can best be
achieved by awarding grants or contracts to a State, a group of States, a
government agency, a chartered nonprofit organization, or a private entity, the
Secretary may utilize funds under this section to award such grants or
contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13FF8183214A44369B50F7159BA600F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this chapter.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8BDAFEE19A71438582DA037F167EF116"><enum>347.</enum><header>Authority</header>
<subsection id="HD6640CBF8AFC4C4AA0735F5047FED9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Participation With
Federal Agencies and States</header><text>All authority to issue regulations,
certify standards, and issue grants under this chapter shall be carried out by
the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and in consultation with State vital statistics offices and
appropriate Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H699B03FCF63C47A9ADB67912D0886265"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extensions of
Deadlines</header><text>The Secretary may grant to a State an extension of time
to meet the requirements of section 329(a)(1) if the State provides adequate
justification for noncompliance.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6FD76CD3C024412F91B535D16FC32C6C"><enum>348.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7211 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref> is
repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5DE1F37EF80D4104802602D87E7636DC"><enum>E</enum><header>Stop the Misuse of
ITINs Act of 2007</header>
<section id="HD31F1A0E7A5446DDAFF0F0DAC8C3D5BE"><enum>351.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop the Misuse of ITINs
Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4B86D1626DF1443BB67DCD8912541C13"><enum>352.</enum><header>Notification of
employment status of individuals not authorized to work in the United
States</header>
<subsection id="HB2CC7155004D4146B98EC1134BA25618"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (i) of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return
information) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02B778EC58D14E299E6C56B8F456A145" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA512B656CDCD44CF87435D700075269D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Disclosure to
secretary of homeland security of employment information of employees not
authorized to be employed in united states</header>
<subparagraph id="H0A336E1ED45C434A9F68F7F9E042E5B0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD56C04438D9642DBBD4F06C9D3152925"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary
receives a return from any person or entity (hereafter in this paragraph
referred to as the <quote>employer</quote>) showing wages (as defined in
section 3121(a)) paid to any employee, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC54737798A064472998681E4FAE8516"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the TIN of such
employee, as shown on such return, indicates that such employee is not
authorized to be employed in the United States,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the
Secretary shall provide electronically to the Secretary of Homeland Security
the following information as shown on such return: the name, address, and TIN
of such employee and the name, address, and employer identification number of
the employer.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD5B614A9BF14F4484A43BD5A77D8B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice to
employer and employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the Secretary sends a notice under
subparagraph (A) with respect to any employer and employee, the Secretary also
shall notify the employer and the employee in writing that such employee is not
authorized to be employed in the United States and that the employee’s
employment with the employer should be terminated not later than the 30th day
after the date of the notice. Such notice shall also describe—</text>
<clause id="HC3F10B753C8F489C835E861B36630045"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the employer’s
obligations under this paragraph,</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D2814078CDE426BBA523EEA00BBD712"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee’s right under this paragraph
to contest the determination that the employee is not authorized to be employed
in the United States, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H02E1E30880294AC289007108F21CBC5C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the procedure
under this paragraph for contesting such determination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H465EB833C20242BA8EF36D4ABD4F84B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Employee’s right
to contest</header>
<clause id="H0359254A711A4D8FA5D56322D6DDBA6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Notice to
employee</header><text>If any employer receives such a notice from the
Secretary with respect to an employee, the employer shall, within 3 business
days after the date the employer received such notice, provide a copy of such
notice to the employee.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC7B089CED6814EE08E76F6FC8139B940"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Right to
contest</header><text>An employee may contest the accuracy of such notice
during the 30-day period beginning on the date that the employer provided the
notice under clause (i) to the employee.</text>
</clause><clause id="H73A8986070E045F09F17D7218D6DB366"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Contest
procedure</header><text>If, during such 30-day period, the employee provides
the employer with information substantiating such employee’s claimed
authorization to be employed in the United States, the employer shall, in such
form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, provide to the
Secretary—</text>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98DD2B25F4E94A75B2A2031EE14B2C30"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee’s name, address, and taxpayer
identification number,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8AEB271C21CA4585ADE0EC6BFFF8B51D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the employer’s
name, address, telephone number, and employer identification number, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDD100CDEF7784187A17B4F047ED0E531"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information provided by the employee to
the employer substantiating such employee’s authorization to be employed in the
United States.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8F40BD0CBEE4F0683111BB33D00BE00"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Verification
from department of homeland security</header>
<clause id="H7C43056461854652A844026C58B0D9C7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Transmittal of
inquiry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 3 business
days after receiving the information described in subparagraph (C)(iii), the
Secretary shall provide such information electronically to the Secretary of
Homeland Security.</text>
</clause><clause id="H47F3D1A3E93C4D44BFEDE658BB9B113E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 7 business days after receiving such
information, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall electronically notify the
Secretary, and shall notify the employer and employee in writing, as to whether
the employee is authorized to be employed in the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF0C5CF1DA8E41FA8386F8EAF00C905"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Suspension of
obligation to terminate employment until response received</header>
<clause id="H7668A4F8802743BFAEFAEF8C11D37FBC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), if the employee meets
the requirement of subparagraph (C)(iii), the employer’s obligation to
terminate the employment of such employee shall be suspended until the employer
receives the notice described in subparagraph (D)(ii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H74A6EEF92226496DAA0449B2F8621F53"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Timely response
not received</header><text>If the employer does not receive such notice before
the 30th day after the close such 30-day period, the employer shall so notify
the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D4770C6326D498394A5DCC7394381C8"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Rebuttable
presumption of violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act</header>
<clause id="HEB6A13B2CE314BFB99A10900CBD14D14"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A rebuttable presumption is created that the employer has
violated section 274A(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
if—</text>
<subclause id="H97B7D4DA03594C92A904F49C3F63254B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the employer
employs an individual with respect to whom a notice is received under
subparagraph (B) after the 30 days described in such subparagraph,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1276EC324F3143F4902FDBA8F2783264"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the employer
fails to notify the Secretary as required by subparagraph (E)(ii) and employs
such individual, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C8389C07A2640558B4ED702DEC498B8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the employer
refers the individual for employment after receiving a notice under
subparagraph (B) with respect to such individual.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H29E057FEFDB844A5A674E7DFBEE2C20"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subclause id="HD72A4544CF2B49988E0053617D42E954"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Suspension
period</header><text>Clause (i)(I) shall not apply during the suspension period
described in subparagraph (E)(i).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF09233F13B2E4A9D98831500672FEFBE"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Notice from
secretary of homeland security</header><text>Clause (i) shall cease to apply
with respect to an individual after the date that the employer is notified by
the Secretary of Homeland Security that such individual is authorized to be
employed in the United States.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89074A9104994BE590392650687C37BF"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Refunds
denied</header><text>No refund of any tax imposed by this shall be made to any
individual for any taxable year during any portion of which such individual is
employed in the United States without being authorized to be so
employed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDD19BDE08194E65BEFE4218F8751F7E"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<clause id="HA0AB690C67114B0D8C52BF76AB019564"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Protection from
liability</header><text>No employer shall be civilly or criminally liable under
any law for any action taken in good faith reliance on information provided by
the Secretary or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to any
individual’s eligibility to be employed in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H31DDC4B7383E4D0F0011DBADCA8B8B16"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Timely mailing
treated as timely notice</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of section
7502 shall apply for purposes of this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="H26F7D2828CD648AA9EADE08000468095"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Last known
address of employee</header><text>Any notice required to be provided to an
employee under this section shall be sufficient if mailed to the employee at
the last known address of the
employee.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6B5493C500B4B149E69D176C94EB8E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of such Code is
amended by striking <quote>(5) or (7)</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>(5), (7), or (9)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92F610424F8E4935A081D8B6DCD051F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns
received more than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H8C08A08599F449C58046432D3EDEC6E4"><enum>F</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HB0F3A55E0CAD4FF0861C438280004BD5"><enum>361.</enum><header>Sharing of
social security data for immigration enforcement purposes</header>
<subsection id="H3DF6B9C99CF34AC391006160CC29D516"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Social security
account numbers</header><text>Section 264(f) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1304">8 U.S.C. 1304(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H834FB321C8624451BBCDD79688EB773B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4DEED30EBEEE4FAC902D5118BC747BCE"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, and the
Attorney General are authorized to require an individual to provide the
individual’s social security account number for purposes of inclusion in any
record of the individual maintained by either such Secretary or the Attorney
General, or of inclusion in any application, document, or form provided under
or required by the immigration
laws.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H00C15E5412D340BF9600FB33F56874B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exchange of
information</header><text>Section 290(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1360">8 U.S.C. 1360(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H217AEF460E1249A287D7D3FBA2DE7485" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H49629E8A1F58453B9BBA868F96BF2E76"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA0CAFB6E8EEA47F98DA0EB507DD8BA59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), if earnings are reported on or after January 1, 1997, to the Social
Security Administration on a social security account number issued to an alien
not authorized to work in the United States, the Commissioner of Social
Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with information
regarding the name, date of birth, and address of the alien, the name and
address of the person reporting the earnings, and the amount of the
earnings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4EC245FB30F4AE18B9E840300BB55D0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The information described in
subparagraph (A) shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the
Commissioner and the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB81AB299A9324461A7B137C07617C403"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC805A09DA1954F6BB07D1B517E4B3FF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), if a social security account number was used with multiple names, the
Commissioner of Social Security shall provide the Secretary of Homeland
Security with information regarding the name, date of birth, and address of
each individual who used that social security account number, and the name and
address of the person reporting the earnings for each individual who used that
social security account number.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H723C713CD5424B8AA53E262640319114" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The information described in
subparagraph (A) shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the
Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose of enforcing the
immigration laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61863374EBC84893B345940601FF00E9" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary, in consultation with
the Commissioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as
appropriate, to identify the cases posing the highest possibility of fraudulent
use of social security account numbers related to violation of the immigration
laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H08B63DA9620F49F9BD0004A8DD177C30"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6198B25138A04DC0958FE809D5043F35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of law (including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986), if more than one person reports earnings for an individual during a
single tax year, the Commissioner of Social Security shall provide the
Secretary of Homeland Security information regarding the name, date of birth,
and address of the individual, and the name and address of the each person
reporting earnings for that individual.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H451B010FC6814278A58FA6ACD0F92FFC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The information described in
subparagraph (A) shall be provided in an electronic form agreed upon by the
Commissioner and the Secretary for the sole purpose of enforcing the
immigration laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3CC5B5FB68F4A26BB97BC718616CD" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary, in consultation with
the Commissioner, may limit or modify the requirements of this paragraph, as
appropriate, to identify the cases posing the highest possibility of fraudulent
use of social security account numbers related to violation of the immigration
laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7551A924BA05482CAA9054461FC7E73B"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFEF0F9F184024EAE80F32613A50000EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Commissioner of
Social Security shall perform, at the request of the Secretary of Homeland
Security, a search or manipulation of records held by the Commissioner if the
Secretary certifies that the purpose of the search or manipulation is to obtain
information that is likely to assist in identifying individuals (and their
employers) who are using false names or social security account numbers, who
are sharing a single valid name and social security account number among
multiple individuals, who are using the social security account number of a
person who is deceased, too young to work, or not authorized to work, or who
are otherwise engaged in a violation of the immigration laws. The Commissioner
shall provide the results of such search or manipulation to the Secretary,
notwithstanding any other provision law (including section 6103 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A718BE0C24A442298FD093F4B669B91" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall transfer to the
Commissioner the funds necessary to cover the costs directly incurred by the
Commissioner in carrying out each search or manipulation requested by the
Secretary under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC6A5A3B7D9E4E8D9400D27700DECFA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>False claims of
citizenship by nationals of the United States</header><text>Section
212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended by inserting <quote>or national</quote> after
<quote>citizen</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB9B33946A764188A35FEF4CCF71C674" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>362.</enum><header>Additional worksite
enforcement and fraud detection agents</header>
<subsection id="HF748B1DC848D460890D68453D200A3DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worksite
enforcement</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, subject to
the availability of appropriations for such purpose, annually increase, by not
fewer than 2,000, the number of positions dedicated to enforcing compliance
with sections 274 and 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324 and 1324a) during the five year period beginning on October 1,
2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBEB002974EC5401788F735021CC761E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fraud
detection</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, subject to
the availability of appropriations for such purpose, increase by not fewer than
1,000 the number of positions for Immigration Enforcement Agents dedicated to
immigration fraud detection during the five year period beginning on October 1,
2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD892BCACE374F90A6FF8196E797ED8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Homeland Security for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Temporary
Agricultural Worker Program</header>
<section id="H1C76C7E267ED4D268E7B65D0D851D3B0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Admission of
temporary H–2A workers</header>
<subsection id="H6FC5626E3AA54BD3B8F1802BB396B6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Procedure for
admission</header><text>Section 218 of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1188">8 U.S.C. 1188</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H8953F8170ADE47EC90D879CDCF77E945" style="traditional">
<section id="HA91251A9EE824B8C8C01C4AC07E1785"><enum>218.</enum><header>Admission of temporary H–2A workers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H30A9762569DD402893CFFB3C007BB5DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HD931470B12D7406A966220127D3637FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Area of
employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>area of employment</term> means the area within normal commuting distance
of the worksite or physical location where the work of the H–2A worker is or
will be performed. If such work site or location is within a Metropolitan
Statistical Area, any place within such area shall be considered to be within
the area of employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA082190AD1F4A81AA000707892D3F26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Displace</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>displace</term> means to lay
off a worker from a job that is essentially equivalent to the job for which an
H–2A worker is sought. A job shall not be considered to be <quote>essentially
equivalent</quote> to another job unless the job—</text>
<subparagraph id="H091F61D913B643CA97E1B67638C78CD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involves essentially the same
responsibilities as such other job;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE81254D230144C6A96E490C6079DB1B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was held by a
United States worker with substantially equivalent qualifications and
experience; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7AFA0FC7940410CBDAB8629CCB2C72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is located in the
same area of employment as the other job.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79B0337C60A64FEDB800E4AA1B5EEB84"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible individual</term> means an individual who is not an unauthorized
alien (as defined in section 274A(h)(3)) with respect to the employment of the
individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32091B9F107D47BCBF22003B5461001F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>employer</term> means an
employer who hires workers to perform agricultural employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EA90AFB57FD4D7B8B3CA6C00007D8D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>H–2A
worker</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>H–2A
worker</term> means a nonimmigrant described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD55E89FC017442B98BB9ED5E28ED3ECE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Lay off</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C7E685CC0C94AA5A626DDC9E211A16B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lay
off</term>—</text>
<clause id="H7173635C389D49D794DDFCF200D8537B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means to cause a
worker’s loss of employment, other than through a discharge for inadequate
performance, violation of workplace rules, cause, voluntary departure,
voluntary retirement, or the expiration of a grant or contract (other than a
temporary employment contract entered into in order to evade a condition
described in paragraph (3) or (7) of subsection (b)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFFA51F43EBFF48DA99767D6CFB98EF93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include any situation in which the
worker is offered, as an alternative to such loss of employment, a similar
employment opportunity with the same employer (or, in the case of a placement
of a worker with another employer under subsection (h)(2), with either employer
described in such subsection) at equivalent or higher compensation and benefits
than the position from which the employee was discharged, regardless of whether
or not the employee accepts the offer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5890744186ED45C79947F1D1A4DE2FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph is intended to
limit an employee’s rights under a collective bargaining agreement or other
employment contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDEA130515FA40CDB667BEB6E5127BAA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Prevailing
wage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>prevailing wage</term> means the wage rate that includes the 51st
percentile of employees with similar experience and qualifications in the
agricultural occupation in the area of intended employment, calculated using
the same methodology used by the Department of Labor to determine prevailing
wage for the purpose of the program described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)
during 2007, and expressed in terms of the prevailing method of pay for the
occupation in the area of intended employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFD24FA37C264FE4B73DCB3CFE041D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>United States
worker</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United
States worker</term> means any worker who is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4FDE81C263F48B2B511DF97758204DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a national of the
United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA5BD81246814A5E900098E94C87B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a person admitted for permanent resident
status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1255).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51906B44E7F449E0AA73CF3C6BDCC9D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>An
alien may not be admitted as an H–2A worker unless an employer has filed with
the Secretary of Homeland Security a petition attesting to the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB50149CF5CAD4B2683D636B5C2936B54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Temporary work
or services</header>
<subparagraph id="H19AF0A44F771476382B82562D6DAC5D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The employer is seeking to employ a specific number of
agricultural workers on a temporary basis and will provide compensation to such
workers at a specified wage rate and under specified conditions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79DA4F748F2F498CBCE64D74C3DA6E8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this paragraph, a worker is employed on a temporary basis if the
employer intends to employ the worker for no longer than 10 months during any
contract period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H75764368A69141FE83FB02F5453761EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Benefits, wages,
and working conditions</header><text>The employer will provide, at a minimum,
the benefits, wages, and working conditions required by subsection (j) to all
workers employed in the jobs for which the H–2A worker is sought and to all
other temporary workers in the same occupation at the place of
employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CC883E41EE14AA4911CD1D43C33900"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nondisplacement
of United States workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
employer did not displace and will not displace a United States worker employed
by the employer during the period of employment of the H–2A worker and during
the 30-day period immediately preceding such period of employment in the
occupation at the place of employment for which the employer seeks approval to
employ H–2A workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C77F948FB5340EBA745EAE0F125E200"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recruitment</header>
<subparagraph id="HF512F7CDE1F74122AA779575A39B2C89"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The employer—</text>
<clause id="H7F88013ED6704287BC9205955E1CED4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducted adequate recruitment in the area
of intended employment before filing the attestation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HECED92A462E04FBFA684B50029FD4EE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was unsuccessful in locating a qualified
United States worker for the job opportunity for which the H–2A worker is
sought.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B59C210C061439C8F042ED14D282BFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recruitment
requirement under subparagraph (A) is satisfied if the employer places—</text>
<clause id="H47B6DBD864CD440CB25D685E0086B2FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a local job order with the State workforce
agency serving the local area where the work will be performed, except that
nothing in this clause shall require the employer to file an interstate job
order under <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/20/653">section 653</external-xref> of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H48166C2D3C5041E3A8C2C9FE493711D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Sunday advertisement in a newspaper of
general circulation in the area of intended employment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9BEEC2F7117443E8FF33FFCC5006297"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Advertisement
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The advertisement
requirement under subparagraph (B)(ii) is satisfied if the
advertisement—</text>
<clause id="H1317BE715FA149FB82FB90571FBD92C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>names the
employer;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A15C62020424635837018CDFD43745E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>directs
applicants to contact the employer;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C5764CB5E2546C6BA88F58252333099"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides a
description of the vacancy that is specific enough to apprise United States
workers of the job opportunity for which certification is sought;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD38F951AE49A46AE90D39292E617BC6D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>describes the
geographic area with enough specificity to apprise applicants of any travel
requirements and where applicants will likely have to reside to perform the
job; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H164724859812456484F8AFC3A44224E0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>states the rate of
pay, which shall not be less than the wage paid for the occupation in the area
of intended employment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE89348CC178248CFA4E667AF60944F04"><enum>(D)</enum><header>End of
recruitment requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
requirement to recruit United States workers shall terminate on the first day
of the contract period that work begins.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AB46D589B1247E7AF4B6135A187F7E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Offers to united
states workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer
has offered or will offer the job for which the H–2A worker is sought to any
eligible United States worker who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H143D2572E4CC467888A39E7200E489D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8E7940FFA8F4C499F953300C0DB06B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is qualified for
the job; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94DF861ED55A40849B00EA7E889D8D07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will be available
at the time and place of need.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H92DEFF004FE34C7CB7B654C3FFC75862"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Provision of
insurance</header><text>If the job for which the H–2A worker is sought is not
covered by State workers’ compensation law, the employer will provide, at no
cost to the worker, insurance covering injury and disease arising out of, and
in the course of, the worker’s employment, which will provide benefits at least
equal to those provided under the State workers’ compensation law for
comparable employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6A6F5D0A864CF388A2009BCCB00089"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Requirements for
placement of H–2A workers with other employers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonimmigrant who is admitted into the
United States as an H–2A worker may be transferred to another employer that has
certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security that it has filed a petition
under this subsection and is in compliance with this section. The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall establish a process for the approval and reissuance of
visas for such transferred H–2A workers as necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2F66C15A384216966C7E7B97ECEBF5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Strike or
lockout</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is not a strike
or lockout in the course of a labor dispute which, under regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, precludes the hiring of H–2A
workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88FB0EB357CC46BBBD7CD055D6D2DB13"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Previous
violations</header><text>The employer has not, during the previous two-year
period, employed H–2A workers and knowingly violated a material term or
condition of approval with respect to the employment of domestic or
nonimmigrant workers, as determined by the Secretary of Labor after notice and
opportunity for a hearing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB02AE5BCE66458D847C9628EB239B39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
examination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1
working day after the date on which a petition under this section is filed, the
employer shall make a copy of each such petition available for public
examination, at the employer’s principal place of business or worksite.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H733A06D1DB7545D0B341EFCBB2D33F06"><enum>(d)</enum><header>List</header>
<paragraph id="H91DF8F4C656849ECBD4603A0CDFDF6C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall maintain a list of the petitions filed under subsection
(b), which shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DB916DD6AC84DFD9D9312D9FC767F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be sorted by employer; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70EC30A6096C419DAA6328733DD9CEFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the number
of H–2A workers sought, the wage rate, the period of intended employment, and
the date of need for each alien.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H854696D0614E4AA089C600DEE5EE225E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall,
at least monthly, submit a copy of the list described in paragraph (1) to the
Secretary of Labor, who shall make the list available for public
examination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EFA73A2DC5C4FF0BB3635E3E02FE798"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Petitioning for
admission</header>
<paragraph id="H70931674993049F8B43885134BDBC52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employer, or an association acting as an agent or
joint employer for its members, that seeks the admission into the United States
of an H–2A worker shall file with the Secretary of Homeland Security a petition
that includes the attestations described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE3CD14C8CEB4E059B9900B042E03CEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration of
petitions</header><text>For each petition filed and considered under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF9E8B4DFD7D4F298410C885A458465"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security may not require such petition to be filed more than 28 days
before the first date the employer requires the labor or services of the H–2A
worker; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E863EB2CEA247A8BBA206785BBB853E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unless the
Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the petition is incomplete or
obviously inaccurate, the Secretary, not later than 7 days after the date on
which such petition was filed, shall either approve or reject the
petition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H47A53EE98E93451500A24C55123F8B16"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expedited
adjudication</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B9C72263DD44F6382D9EAB6EA500BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a
procedure for expedited adjudication of petitions filed under this subsection;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H211F3CAF9C5944C78CF500622400699C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 7
working days after such filing, transmit, by fax, cable, or other means
assuring expedited delivery, a copy of notice of action on the petition—</text>
<clause id="HEBD5CB8D60AA47E8886BDA63DC54D361"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of approved petitions, to the petitioner, the Secretary of Labor, and
to the appropriate immigration officer at the port of entry or United States
consulate where the petitioner has indicated that the alien beneficiary or
beneficiaries will apply for a visa or admission to the United States;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD7C8F7B7DE2B4AA1B05B49DE6095B2CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of
denied petitions, to the petitioner, including reasons for the denial and
instructions on how to appeal such denial.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF87B2D8C7EF847259486B86F94FE4C15"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Petition
agreements</header><text>By filing an H–2A petition, a petitioner and each
employer consents to allow access to the site where the labor is being
performed to the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland Security, or a
State agency for the purpose of investigations to determine compliance with
H–2A requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C2C2642DBE2470ABF6DDBDFF5989EC7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Roles of
agricultural associations</header>
<paragraph id="H83229AE6DB2C4E87A7AF356DD3B371D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permitting
filing by agricultural associations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A petition to hire an alien as a temporary
agricultural worker may be filed by an association of agricultural employers
which use agricultural services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81542C3827F44B2B9E5E016860A63670"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
associations acting as employers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an association is a joint or sole
employer of temporary agricultural workers, such workers may be transferred
among its members to perform agricultural services of a temporary nature for
which the petition was approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26231C3EDF9B452C8E30283821AE4642"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
violations</header>
<subparagraph id="H384E8AAA0D4E443BB7A9013866BCA496"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Individual
member</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual
member of a joint employer association violates any condition for approval with
respect to the member’s petition, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny
such petition only with respect to that member of the association unless the
Secretary of Labor determines that the association or other member participated
in, had knowledge of, or had reason to know of the violation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4131F5A37144B27ADEC39135C05A848"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Association of
agricultural employers</header>
<clause id="HD1A5985230EF42688C53AD56BA204993"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Joint
employer</header><text>If an association representing agricultural employers as
a joint employer violates any condition for approval with respect to the
association’s petition, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny such
petition only with respect to the association and may not apply the denial to
any individual member of the association, unless the Secretary of Labor
determines that the member participated in, had knowledge of, or had reason to
know of the violation.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF7BB9CF5BC64617BED5C0D8C7D0020"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Sole
employer</header><text>If an association of agricultural employers approved as
a sole employer violates any condition for approval with respect to the
association’s petition, no individual member of such association may be the
beneficiary of the services of temporary alien agricultural workers admitted
under this section in the occupation in which such aliens were employed by the
association which was denied approval during the period such denial is in
force, unless such member employs such aliens in the occupation in question
directly or through an association which is a joint employer of such workers
with the member.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FE899B40AAC42049788D1E25E191CF8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expedited
administrative appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall promulgate regulations to provide for an
expedited procedure—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EF54BD26F0840FE889DA6B2308DE4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the review of a
denial of a petition under this section by the Secretary; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H509244DEA7A14B86B5F6C0449F5BEEE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the
petitioner’s request, for a de novo administrative hearing respecting the
denial.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDAED889DF6A7495EA57B35B3451F1F54"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H8BC239CE9FA1497994DCFB1B2758372B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Endorsement of
documents</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for
the endorsement of entry and exit documents of H–2A workers as may be necessary
to carry out this section and to provide notice for purposes of section
274A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC966CF9FEDB04E708545AF80817910FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preemption of
State laws</header><text>The provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of section
214 and the provisions of this section preempt any State or local law
regulating admissibility of nonimmigrant workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA697FD2210E340D9A1DDECB7AEC44860"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fees</header>
<subparagraph id="H581EDD9E6F344142B5F39054C65DE47D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security may require, as a condition of approving the petition, the
payment of a fee, in accordance with subparagraph (B), to recover the
reasonable cost of processing petitions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89E7FE3910724F13A023FDCB367E17C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fee by type of
employee</header>
<clause id="HF7BC0D3DBEC44DF1BECDE704E6EB1460"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Single
employer</header><text>An employer whose petition for temporary alien
agricultural workers is approved shall, for each approved petition, pay a fee
that—</text>
<subclause id="HFA0DAA9CBB9840CD9C607B1E26B5323F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subject to
subclause (II), is equal to $100 plus $10 for each approved H–2A worker;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1CB024D2939C4AA79F404C59BDF00C9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not exceed
$1,000.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7B70E22099D844D48C0807F7D7403191"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Association</header><text>Each
employer-member of a joint employer association whose petition for H–2A workers
is approved shall, for each such approved petition, pay a fee that—</text>
<subclause id="HB83F62222D954A0DA5001232A4EA9F31"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subject to
subclause (II), is equal to $100 plus $10 for each approved H–2A worker;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCB25A0D9507E489EB7FDDAC597F097"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not exceed
$1,000.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HBD68A673F13B45669458841CC0BFADB"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation on
association fees</header><text>A joint employer association under clause (ii)
shall not be charged a separate fee.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6FF2663B0104E1C9C8166C89E3C40ED"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Method of
payment</header><text>The fees collected under this paragraph shall be paid by
check or money order to the Department of Homeland Security. In the case of
employers of H–2A workers that are members of a joint employer association
petitioning applying on their behalf, the aggregate fees for all employers of
H–2A workers under the petition may be paid by 1 check or money order.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H12CC49E89EC74679815989E4E3D47434"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employment
verification program</header>
<subparagraph id="HE356721506EC4FCDB7AA96DD31CC0323"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a mandatory
employment verification program for all employers of H–2A workers to verify the
eligibility of all individuals hired by each such employer, including those who
present an H–2A visa to work in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAC757BF0B7F4A5B93C51600AD7FD1EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employer
compliance</header><text>Each employer of an H–2A worker shall comply with the
requirements promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to verify the
identity and employment eligibility of all individuals hired.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A415B16953D4C929C70CFF8181E3209"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>In
carrying out the program under this paragraph, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall promulgate regulations to require each employer to verify the
employment eligibility of each employee hired through—</text>
<clause id="HE03EB6A34CA54BDCBF58E251372CCA65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
secure Internet site;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C3EF550F65D4FF6933670C18964EBE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
machine capable of reading the H–2A visa, which shall serve as the
identification and employment eligibility document for each H–2A alien;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA928BB09986A4C5493A4E139A75F0231"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a toll-free
telephone number to check the accuracy of any social security number presented
to the employer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H424D973B58E3434ABB4402CB6739009F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H59CB4BFACF12407AA4DAD79675A32165"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Investigations
and audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Labor shall be responsible for conducting investigations and random audits of
employer work sites to ensure compliance with the requirements of the H–2A
program and all other requirements under this Act. All monetary fines levied
against violating employers shall be paid to the Department of Labor and used
to enhance the Department of Labor's investigatory and auditing power.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD4D204E1F9AA4520B40205F7A7682600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to meet
conditions</header><text>If the Secretary of Labor finds, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, a failure to meet a condition of subsection (a), or
a material misrepresentation of fact in a petition under subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H048CD8964F6D432086E2FAB3EAFD66D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Labor—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC6C7549A87EB4E66AD39645B3064284C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall notify the
Secretary of Homeland Security of such finding; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H49DE9168BF474055A8C235E85BB15918"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may, in addition,
impose such other administrative remedies (including civil money penalties in
an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation) as the Secretary of Labor
determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C6AAEF4353543BF93A0449BFF252B3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security may disqualify the employer from the employment of H–2A
workers for a period of 1 year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6530B9F2DA5244BB98BA428BCAAF6CD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties for
willful failure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary of Labor finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, a willful
failure to meet a material condition of subsection (a), or a willful
misrepresentation of a material fact in a petition under subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92BB0A83F18C470D804C5D4B57E6ADA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Labor—</text>
<clause id="H445E52E968464552B0DA6267F6135EFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall notify the
Secretary of Homeland Security of such finding; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H519F56FC14E64CE2B8B970FCC7181F38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may, in addition,
impose such other administrative remedies (including civil money penalties in
an amount not to exceed $5,000 per violation) as the Secretary of Labor
determines to be appropriate;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D94300F94354C40ACEC44AED61200B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Homeland Security
may—</text>
<clause id="H203EB5E2EFF844249F538BF1B0F6C48F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disqualify the
employer from the employment of H–2A workers for a period of 2 years;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1210F8D4F48B4303AB9402419024C230"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a second violation, the Secretary of
Homeland Security may disqualify the employer from the employment of H–2A
workers for a period of 5 years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C463ABE97B64760ABC09BB8B9C57250"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a third violation, the Secretary of
Homeland Security may permanently disqualify the employer from the employment
of H–2A workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7AEE7B1B6AA45BD881C986B07DF0051"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Penalties for
displacement of United States workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Labor finds, after
notice and opportunity for a hearing, a willful failure to meet a material
condition of subsection (a) or a willful misrepresentation of a material fact
in a petition under subsection (a), in the course of which failure or
misrepresentation the employer displaced a United States worker employed by the
employer during the period of employment on the employer's petition under
subsection (a) or during the period of 30 days preceding such period of
employment—</text>
<subparagraph id="H33FDCD8BDB4A432090449B4ED3B4F2B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Labor—</text>
<clause id="HFC584CB15C2E49A39E59A807A4FDE9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall notify the
Secretary of Homeland Security of such finding; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H173BAE9568B449338D703EC3B94B00E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may, in addition,
impose such other administrative remedies (including civil money penalties in
an amount not to exceed $15,000 per violation) as the Secretary of Labor
determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61D3F7257C924D76B76CF60097BC1343"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Homeland Security
may—</text>
<clause id="H1CCF22AE10AE4FB7AC87AB65F4386B5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disqualify the
employer from the employment of H–2A workers for a period of 5 years;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E4305C5551049208402E8FCBE092B87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a second violation, permanently
disqualify the employer from the employment of H–2A workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2CF9DA4BC814AF18548539DC791EB60"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitations on
civil money penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Labor may not impose total civil money penalties with respect to a
petition under subsection (b) in excess of $90,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59BE16C99D2A4C2CA2CFBF0000BC6F92"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Failure To pay
wages or required benefits</header>
<paragraph id="H86E3447D4BC44F1DB181A32C905E758"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Labor finds, after
notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the employer has failed to pay the
wages, transportation, subsistence reimbursement, or guarantee of employment
attested by the employer under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall
assess payment of back wages, or other required benefits, due any United States
worker or H–2A worker employed by the employer in the specific employment in
question.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF494913F29E8431180D9A4B035F29E4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The back wages or other required benefits
described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H853C6B16DA1C4E308F75CE1115472868"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be equal to
the difference between the amount that should have been paid and the amount
that was paid to such worker; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AAEE41B31C649A40044FE7C3EF8A9F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be
distributed to the worker to whom such wages are due.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BAE4025C43A470DB4077365722E76FA"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Minimum wages,
benefits, and working conditions</header>
<paragraph id="HD61DFE34987440D0823E9E80941699C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preferential
treatment of aliens prohibited</header>
<subparagraph id="H93743A274FAE4E04ACED88C82945FB8E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each employer seeking
to hire United States workers shall offer such workers not less than the same
benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends
to offer, or will provide to H–2A workers. No job offer may impose on United
States workers any restrictions or obligations which will not be imposed on the
employer’s H–2A workers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D842D8D00054B44BF3C20C59B6CD125"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Interpretation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every interpretation and determination made
under this section or under any other law, regulation, or interpretative
provision regarding the nature, scope, and timing of the provision of these and
any other benefits, wages, and other terms and conditions of employment shall
be made so that—</text>
<clause id="H1F886DF7E6684C3B90D37E51E2B813DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the services of
workers to their employers and the employment opportunities afforded to workers
by the employers, including those employment opportunities that require United
States workers or H–2A workers to travel or relocate in order to accept or
perform employment—</text>
<subclause id="HD01FD5ABE4364A47A84901B789E05C95"><enum>(I)</enum><text>mutually benefit
such workers, as well as their families, and employers; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCCD2BF78CF624CF38BC9FCD21DAEC825"><enum>(II)</enum><text>principally
benefit neither employer nor employee; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEF03135A5A694D9D8F4172008FFAEA8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employment
opportunities within the United States benefit the United States
economy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC63FB32AEF3F41B3BDAECD4D0064C0B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required
wages</header>
<subparagraph id="H8811AAC1953F489A9F5FB477D172D6A8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each employer
petitioning for workers under subsection (b) shall pay not less than the
greater of—</text>
<clause id="H2ECA6448EC4343EC87EE2FCA98E464A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the prevailing
wage to all workers in the occupation for which the employer has petitioned for
workers; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9E23694AC99E4829A6123BD02475E9B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicable
State minimum wage.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF94C0A3261A47128BA73799C01DA220"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of
wages</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer seeking to
comply with subparagraph (A) may—</text>
<clause id="H60D7ABD9F8EA45ACBE5D6B40A90412F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>request and obtain
a prevailing wage determination from the State employment agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HECE9A04F04834702A5C73FA0D094EF23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rely on other
wage information, including a survey of the prevailing wages of workers in the
occupation in the area of employment that has been conducted or funded by the
employer or a group of employers, using the methodology used by the Secretary
of Labor to establish Occupational Employment and Wage estimate, or another
methodology approved by the Secretary of Labor for the purpose of determining
H–2A wages.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04F256BFE6034F60AD770878C4D4FEF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer shall be considered to have
complied with the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the employer—</text>
<clause id="H864FB3F062C14FB2A336BE14002F3BC4"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H12E817402AB247C9A494B7AE3B8E1C42"><enum>(I)</enum><text>obtains a prevailing
wage determination under subparagraph (C)(i); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF1CA052F50954D6EBC3769D08D9DB1CE" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>relies on a qualifying survey of
prevailing wages; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4EB7F06114064038AB9D54A34814C8D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pays such
prevailing wage.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B7DC9FE9E574E3CA2DEEC0FE439553"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reimbursement of
transportation costs</header>
<subparagraph id="HA1828313C76F41FF9C22BC0862866686"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement for
reimbursement</header><text>An H–2A worker who completes 50 percent of the
period of employment of the job for which the worker was hired, beginning on
the first day of such employment, shall be reimbursed by the employer for the
cost of the worker’s transportation and subsistence from—</text>
<clause id="HEE07B7B1FF03453B94BA2992AEE778C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the place from
which the H–2A worker was approved to enter the United States to the location
at which the work for the employer is performed; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BED538E9C7141119511C2E48D33687"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if
the H–2A worker traveled from a place in the United States at which the H–2A
worker was last employed, from such place of last employment to the location at
which the work for the employer is performed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DA8B2B1E8F749D79C4294AECC407D37"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing of
reimbursement</header><text>Reimbursement to the worker of expenses for the
cost of the worker’s transportation and subsistence to the place of employment
under subparagraph (A) shall be considered timely if such reimbursement is made
not later than the worker’s first regular payday after a worker completes 50
percent of the period of employment of the job opportunity as provided under
this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE901E378C32A41AB9CA02E9DBCC7DB1D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional
reimbursement</header><text>A worker who completes the period of employment for
the job opportunity involved shall be reimbursed by the employer for the cost
of the worker’s transportation and subsistence from the work site to the place
where the worker was approved to enter the United States to work for the
employer. If the worker has contracted with a subsequent employer, the previous
and subsequent employer shall share the cost of the worker’s transportation and
subsistence from work site to work site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D3C702738544BBFB7C8493B1CF664FC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<clause id="H11D94D734A97494B830084B4EE7EB44C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Amount of
reimbursement</header><text>The amount of reimbursement provided to a worker or
alien under this paragraph shall be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subclause id="HF101B441B7034A53963FE9100007C041"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the actual cost to
the worker or alien of the transportation and subsistence involved; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFFCAFDA40475468494F8B7FBA12438BB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the most
economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges and subsistence
costs for the distance involved.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC7BAF24B1E334A4584A887319F73A9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Distance
traveled</header><text>No reimbursement under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be
required if the distance traveled is 100 miles or less.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35F984B00AD84E6D850073002F675102"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Reimbursement
for laid off workers</header><text>If the worker is laid off or employment is
terminated for contract impossibility (as described in paragraph (5)(D)) before
the anticipated ending date of employment, the employer shall provide—</text>
<clause id="H3280AF47658A45BAAF21C00087CBDECB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the transportation
and subsistence required under subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDCF35D77579461599F55800AD2FB609"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding
whether the worker has completed 50 percent of the period of employment, the
transportation reimbursement required under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EC90232684F44D7BB5932E2AFDCA6DF"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to require an employer to reimburse visa,
passport, consular, or international bordercrossing fees or any other fees
associated with the H–2A worker’s lawful admission into the United States to
perform employment that may be incurred by the worker.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AA43BBD37424EAEA300B8BFDB000801"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employment
guarantee</header>
<subparagraph id="H1B1A7BD86D0D47E3BA69A3D5CB853CEE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="H7B0CC1CD756C4832BD9CAD050200DA80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Each
employer petitioning for workers under subsection (b) shall guarantee to offer
the worker employment for the hourly equivalent of not less than 75 percent of
the work hours during the total anticipated period of employment, beginning
with the first work day after the arrival of the worker at the place of
employment and ending on the expiration date specified in the job offer.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8217F65E65F4AD68C587E68ACCEFD32"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure to meet
guarantee</header><text>If the employer affords the United States worker or the
H–2A worker less employment than that required under this subparagraph, the
employer shall pay such worker the amount which the worker would have earned if
the worker had worked for the guaranteed number of hours.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCCD8DFCFBFF54CEB90D07DB04CD17156"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Period of
employment</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
<term>period of employment</term> means the total number of anticipated work
hours and workdays described in the job offer and shall exclude the worker’s
Sabbath and Federal holidays.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC785D7115F9F4B8B8062ED5D6E991668"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calculation of
hours</header><text>Any hours which the worker fails to work, up to a maximum
of the number of hours specified in the job offer for a work day, when the
worker has been offered an opportunity to do so, and all hours of work actually
performed (including voluntary work in excess of the number of hours specified
in the job offer in a work day, on the worker’s Sabbath, or on Federal
holidays) may be counted by the employer in calculating whether the period of
guaranteed employment has been met.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8FF6EAC368C48BB8EBFD238BF6E34FD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>If
the worker voluntarily abandons employment before the end of the contract
period, or is terminated for cause, the worker is not entitled to the 75
percent guarantee described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9D97C76571245DBBE8BE5DBFA8070A8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination of
employment</header>
<clause id="H82BB96D4D3A849309F2444138EED5E41"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If, before the expiration of the period of employment
specified in the job offer, the services of the worker are no longer required
due to any form of natural disaster, including flood, hurricane, freeze,
earthquake, fire, drought, plant or animal disease, pest infestation,
regulatory action, or any other reason beyond the control of the employer
before the employment guarantee in subparagraph (A) is fulfilled, the employer
may terminate the worker’s employment.</text>
</clause><clause id="H63446095722D456DB3AF5BDC221BBA2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>If
a worker’s employment is terminated under clause (i), the employer
shall—</text>
<subclause id="HDD9AE326D7784394B11475BF401CB3A6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fulfill the
employment guarantee in subparagraph (A) for the work days that have elapsed
during the period beginning on the first work day after the arrival of the
worker and ending on the date on which such employment is terminated;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB3DAB9545E7D4254991000A901C3BCDF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>make efforts to
transfer the United States worker to other comparable employment acceptable to
the worker.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE7C98DB132BA4FD79F65CA701649EE33"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Expedited
adjudication by the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland
Security—</text>
<paragraph id="HED8AFBBB67984A41B31D6334EDCABA6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish a
procedure for expedited adjudication of petitions filed under subsection (e);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15D4C840ABA64C599B51F5795035D8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 7 working days after such
filing shall, by fax, cable, or other means assuring expedited delivery
transmit a copy of notice of action on the petition—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBCFFE424CF644588431F2F2D54FD157"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the petitioner;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8528EACA451B47198B3212289023B9CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
approved petitions, to the appropriate immigration officer at the port of entry
or United States consulate (as the case may be) where the petitioner has
indicated that the alien beneficiary (or beneficiaries) will apply for a visa
or admission to the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9889C6F8D8684341BBBB28B4C17CC00"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Period of
admission</header>
<paragraph id="H1ECB150B658B4D6089E82269716B98FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An H–2A worker shall
be admitted for a period of employment, not to exceed 10 months, that
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF46E9CEB69C469B97F7ECC90DA9526"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a period of not
more than 7 days prior to the beginning of the period of employment for the
purpose of travel to the work site; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82CC82114E0C4F8082FD00748F05BCD2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a period of not
more than 14 days following the period of employment for the purpose of
departure or extension based on a subsequent offer of employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C483EE6E55347D0BAC3BF8123CA44C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Employment
limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may not
be employed during the 14-day period described in paragraph (1)(B) except in
the employment for which the alien was previously authorized.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCED518D6159D49D0A79B9262427EFA43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Homeland
Security to extend the stay of an alien under any other provision of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CE2CF08F41F4D94820100B971931CBC"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Abandonment of
employment</header>
<paragraph id="H4BC5E2B1D4CC41D18525AF1961017827"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An alien admitted or provided status under section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) who abandons the employment which was the basis for such
admission or status—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29445893B2A045DC8180ADD7737F3031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall have failed
to maintain nonimmigrant status as an H–2A worker; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CBC8B5A943942F4003B00AB0054551C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall depart the
United States or be subject to removal under section 237(a)(1)(C)(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A21B0E8FAFF447CA9D200B0CFF3D09F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report by
employer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 24
hours after the abandonment of employment by an H–2A worker, the employer or
association acting as an agent for the employer, shall notify the Secretary of
Homeland Security of such abandonment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H381F5641C2874A85BC81AE001D2CBD56"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
promptly remove from the United States any H–2A worker who violates any term or
condition of the worker’s nonimmigrant status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAF0319F91C0445CB17B84C885831B3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Voluntary
termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), an alien may voluntarily terminate the alien’s employment if the
alien promptly departs the United States upon termination of such
employment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89C2C48E66D34D66932C7CD478663FBE"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Replacement of
alien</header>
<paragraph id="HDE88B2C305F9422E8366AF657491B694"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon notification
under subsection (p)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC33546FB299490BBC00001F8BD1188C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State shall promptly issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall admit into the United States, an eligible alien designated by the
employer to replace an H–2A worker who abandons or prematurely terminates
employment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5C5EBF41E48456195FC4C41C7E4CA64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall admit such alien into the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14705751C5BC43CF9E22085B97029567"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall limit any preference for which United States workers
are eligible under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D0001D40F404A29B7E47E101679F58C"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Identification
document</header>
<paragraph id="H729E3575B5A146229900B4CD281D7F94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall provide each authorized H–2A worker with a single
machine-readable, tamper-resistant, and counterfeit-resistant document
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2AABD5BE05C435BBB52618EC0BE00C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorizes the
alien’s entry into the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12DC879C08234FF694A4481F00836900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>serves, for the
appropriate period, as an employment eligibility document; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2E9748860CF4B268C88B564758DD4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>verifies the
identity of the alien.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73A1FF3ECB6447DFB849F54765F50038"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header>
<subparagraph id="H858BA3C0762F448DB3FEB961545754D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The document shall be—</text>
<clause id="H3C77476787184A2692A3B07F1E8B178B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
a form that is resistant to counterfeiting and to tampering; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3507E7DD016543E9879B003BF02C6B35"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compatible with—</text>
<subclause id="H9D222857B80D49488BC15EEE3C1B17FB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>other databases of
the Secretary of Homeland Security for the purpose of excluding an alien from
benefits for which an alien is not eligible and determining whether the alien
is unlawfully present in the United States; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDBDD8CA875F04D79BBBC5527C600BEE6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>law enforcement
databases for the purpose of determining if an alien has been convicted of
criminal offenses.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5714ECDC0186496F94E37EF8203029DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, the document shall
include a biometric identifier. The determination of a biometric identifier to
be used for such purposes shall take into account factors such as efficiency,
accuracy, the technology available, economic considerations, and storage
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB95BEDE63A10457B92EC745D39ABB099"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Extension of
stay of H–2A workers in the United States</header>
<paragraph id="H5D48FF0A7C4649CA0066003DBEF17AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension of
stay</header><text>If an employer seeks approval to employ an H–2A worker who
is lawfully present in the United States, the petition filed by the employer or
an association pursuant to subsection (p) shall request an extension of the
alien’s stay and, if applicable, a change in the alien’s employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB23174ED96D641F49894207572D129D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
filing petition for extension of stay</header><text>A petition may not be filed
for an extension of an alien’s stay for a period of more than 10 months.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA17B1F8A48DD44F8882826A2F2138B75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Work
authorization upon filing petition for extension of stay</header>
<subparagraph id="H860FE41B79F34E82926C672BDE84CDA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who is
lawfully present in the United States on the date of the filing of a petition
to extend the stay of the alien may commence or continue the employment
described in a petition under paragraph (1). The employer shall provide a copy
of the employer’s petition for extension of stay to the alien. The alien shall
keep the petition with the alien’s identification and employment eligibility
document, as evidence that the petition has been filed and that the alien is
authorized to work in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93752C860C334BCBA34DF65DE0B2375"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employment
eligibility document</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon
approval of a petition for an extension of stay or change in the alien’s
authorized employment, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a new
or updated employment eligibility document to the alien indicating the new
validity date, after which the alien is not required to retain a copy of the
petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3D7A2BECAFB48288134DAF68100D565"><enum>(C)</enum><header>File
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph,
the term <term>file</term> means sending the petition by certified mail via the
United States Postal Service, return receipt requested, or delivering by
guaranteed commercial delivery which will provide the employer with a
documented acknowledgment of the date of receipt of the petition for an
extension of stay.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E982A8D9D7C467994563909281537C8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on an
individual’s stay in status</header>
<subparagraph id="H0EBE6826334448FDBEAFA6D3080025CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Maximum
period</header><text>The maximum continuous period of authorized status as an
H–2A worker (including any extensions) is 20 months.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC60DEEA7C9A546A40011F01EF3279E01"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement to
remains outside the United States</header>
<clause id="HE0A62F2AC09445BA98A7198FB65DA265"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), in the case of an alien outside
the United States whose period of authorized status as an H–2A worker
(including any extensions) has expired, the alien may not again apply for
admission to the United Stats as an H–2A worker unless the alien has remained
outside the United States for a continuous period equal to at least
<fraction>1/5</fraction> the duration of the alien’s previous period of
authorized status as an H–2A worker (including any extensions).</text>
</clause><clause id="HC507F3A14144476392C3E8A1BE147CE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Clause
(i) shall not apply in the case of an alien if the alien’s period of authorized
status as an H–2A worker (including any extensions) was for a period of not
more than 10 months and such alien has been outside the United States for at
least 2 months during the 12 months preceding the date the alien again is
applying for admission to the United States as an H–2A worker.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H753574B0B2834940BEF134E6D466B366"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Trust Fund To
Assure Worker Return</header>
<paragraph id="HE1BFC0450D0F4AAD9D2CF2986117AE76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund (in this
section referred to as the <quote>Trust Fund</quote>) for the purpose of
providing a monetary incentive for H–2A nonimmigrants to return to their
country of origin upon expiration of their visas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF42BA4BEE8CF44CC9E3EE390E4F914C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withholding of
wages; payment into the trust fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employers of H–2A nonimmigrants shall
withhold from the wages of workers an amount equivalent to 25 percent of the
wages of each worker and pay such withheld amount into the Trust Fund in
accordance with paragraph (3). Amounts withheld under the preceding sentence
shall be maintained in such interest bearing account with such a financial
institution as the Secretary of Homeland Security shall specify.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H566740D9D7044FAA870451F05262AF25"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution of
funds</header><text>Amounts paid into the Trust Fund on behalf of an H–2A
nonimmigrant, and held pursuant to paragraph (2)(A)(i) and interest earned
thereon, shall be paid by the Secretary of State to the worker if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27339308DCAB47DEADA7C77E1D8D5FEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the worker applies
to the Secretary of State (or the designee of such Secretary) for payment
within 30 days of the expiration of the alien’s last authorized stay in the
United States as an H–2A nonimmigrant at a United States embassy or consulate
in the worker’s home country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H852702EFD2B04D4E88C2E9DF91F3C77C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in such
application the worker establishes that the worker has complied with the terms
and conditions of the H–2A program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B5D3382332B49B195382CE53F41EC25"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in connection with
the application, the worker tenders the identification and employment
authorization card issued to the worker pursuant to subsection (p) and
establishes that the worker is identified as the person to whom the card was
issued based on the biometric identification information contained on the
card.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13CFA3AF38644AAC907E9B8E37F8BA29"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>The amounts paid into the Trust Fund and held pursuant
to paragraph (2)(A)(ii), and interest earned thereon, shall be paid to the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Homeland
Security in amounts equivalent to the expenses incurred by such officials in
the administration of the H–2A program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9B68737597A427A8B3ECB198100277C"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Investment of
Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="HDB275EEA8AF24F8FBB2FB2B9B492E6DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
invest such portion of the Trust Fund as is not, in the Secretary’s judgment,
required to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in
interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed
as to both principal and interest by the United States. For such purpose, such
obligations may be acquired—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE52F451A9DE4BAFBC579BC844F39CC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on original issue
at the price; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2053F21428C24CE99E9167468EE9BF2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by purchase of
outstanding obligations at the market price.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The
purposes for which obligations of the United States may be issued under chapter
31 of title 31, United States Code, are hereby extended to authorize the
issuance at par of special obligations exclusively to the Trust Fund. Such
special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of
interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month next preceding the date
of such issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations of the
United States then forming a part of the public debt, except that where such
average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 percent next lower than such
average rate. Such special obligations shall be issued only if the Secretary of
the Treasury determines that the purchase of other interest-bearing obligations
of the United States, or of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
interest by the United States on original issue or at the market price, is not
in the public interest.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H25B0258B09D24472AD42C679A879A36C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sale of
obligation</header><text>Any obligation acquired by the Trust Fund (except
special obligations issued exclusively to the Trust Fund) may be sold by the
Secretary of the Treasury at the market price, and such special obligations may
be redeemed at par plus accrued interest.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95D43D9CF9144E4C996B151CF776BB8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Credits to trust
fund</header><text>The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or
redemption of, any obligations held in the Trust Fund shall be credited to and
form a part of the Trust Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA37DDD78E15B4D3CAD8C001D296C79B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
hold the Trust Fund, and (after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security) to report to the Congress each year on the financial condition and
the results of the operations of the Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal
year and on its expected condition and operations during the next fiscal year.
Such report shall be printed as both a House and a Senate document of the
session of the Congress to which the report is made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54B18454EC954BB482006C61F517A501"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Special rule for
aliens employed as sheepherders, goatherders, or dairy workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, an alien admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) for employment as
a sheepherder, goatherder, or dairy worker—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6F1D5A7052441C7A99F7BE96EE5789C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be admitted
for a period of 12 months; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H233B21CA60014BB3B700F3F9C457BBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be
subject to the requirements of subsection
(r)(4)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B08D7EED6E2426E8F8C3E01C837ED45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
family members</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>him;</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>him, except that no spouse
or child may be admitted under clause (ii)(a);</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E20625F57FD4382907B71F6F5313061"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall promulgate regulations, in accordance with the
notice and comment provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to
provide for the uniform procedures for the issuance of visas to nonimmigrants
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)</external-xref>) by visa-issuing United States consulates
and consular officers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F369C3E77BE49DD995C1B7909477563"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>of a temporary or seasonal nature</quote> and inserting <quote>and with
respect to whom the intending employer or association has filed with the
Secretary a petition under section 218(a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD79A00DFEFC547B7ACED7F412B61E0B"><enum>402.</enum><header>Legal assistance
provided by the legal services corporation</header>
<subsection id="HA73F3013F7014C0AB87B696EBB557CA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 305 of the Immigrant Reform and Control Act of
1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BFA6B4B33084DDAB5CB7C7038A652EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A nonimmigrant</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—A
nonimmigrant</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51587AFEB2544A1EA8CE03E056470133"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9F1BAC57303548A4AD43C0FCA830BE71" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H088144709ED54E48955F00592CCDAA27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legal
assistance</header><text>The Legal Services Corporation may not provide legal
assistance for or on behalf of any alien, and may not provide financial
assistance to any person or entity that provides legal assistance for or on
behalf of any alien, unless the alien—</text>
<paragraph id="H20A77202087D41CD8B08C41852A1C100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is present in the
United States at the time the legal assistance is provided; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4367B0BA7A3D416DB5F867A809574217"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is an alien to
whom subsection (a)
applies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2F0614BA79A4139AFB363F87F2F06A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mediation</header><text>Section
305 of the Immigrant Reform and Control Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note), as
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H07B94FF56CEE43059EBFC545B72D75AB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8FE14A71E2964ED38FADA0BEA605748F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Required
mediation</header><text>The Legal Services Corporation may not bring a civil
action for damages on behalf of a nonimmigrant described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)), unless at least 90 days prior to bringing the action a
request has been made to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to
assist the parties in reaching a satisfactory resolution of all issues
involving all parties to the dispute and mediation has been
attempted.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B968FC930DB4661B7F30094D987A519"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Condition for
entry onto property for Legal Services Corporation
representation</header><text>Section 305 of the Immigrant Reform and Control
Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note), as amended by subsection (b), is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54D735DE998648B5B7C7D17821A9D398" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1CE71B7446B942C09EA2DF73F0BF8DB2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Condition for
entry onto employer’s property for Legal Services Corporation
representation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No employer of
a nonimmigrant having status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)</external-xref>) shall be
required to permit any recipient of a grant or contract under section 1007 of
the Legal Services Corporation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2996f">42 U.S.C. 2996f</external-xref>), or any employee of such a
recipient, to enter upon the employer’s property, unless such recipient or
employee has a pre-arranged appointment with a specific nonimmigrant having
such
status.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC274E19C68F04776AA7FA01147302FDB"><enum>403.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply to petitions approved after such
date.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>English as Official
Language</header>
<section id="H702D58CA06704E40B9468BD669D686D1"><enum>501.</enum><header>Nullification
of effect of executive order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Executive Order 13166, entitled
<quote>Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English
Proficiency</quote> (August 16, 2000; 65 Fed. Reg. 50121), is null and void and
shall have no force or effect.</text>
</section><section id="H8E6C3BDB584F46A591DB7900947729D9"><enum>502.</enum><header>Prohibition
against use of funds for certain purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds appropriated pursuant to any
provision of law may be used to promulgate or enforce any executive order that
creates an entitlement to services provided in any language other than
English.</text>
</section><section id="H0207569116EC4A5AB6A6E879FCA67984"><enum>503.</enum><header>English as the
official language of the Government of the United States</header>
<subsection id="HEACE32EB36C74FF0BB75FB56BFCA74E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new chapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2F0CBA9469D4FEDB17B00D18E4973E" style="OLC">
<chapter id="HFE46A5B020C940EBB13350836E79F25E"><enum>6</enum><header>Language of the
Government</header>
<section id="H14894FF61C4749E1BCCB02E8B067DC5F"><enum>161.</enum><header>Declaration of
official language</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">English
shall be the official language of the Government of the United States.</text>
</section><section id="HE4145DF02AF14383A24CB65C2219441"><enum>162.</enum><header>Official
Government activities in English</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Government of the United States shall
conduct its official business in English, including publications, income tax
forms, and informational materials.</text>
</section><section id="H26EB73E663E14A8F86C9E6E0605D0FF"><enum>163.</enum><header>Preserving and
enhancing the role of the official language</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Government of the United States shall
preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language of the United
States. Unless specifically stated in applicable law, no person has a right,
entitlement, or claim to have the Government of the United States or any of its
officials or representatives act, communicate, perform or provide services, or
provide materials in any language other than English. If exceptions are made,
such does not create a legal entitlement to additional services in that
language or any language other than English. If any forms are issued by the
Federal Government in a language other than English (or such forms are
completed in a language other than English), the English language version of
the form is the sole authority for all legal purposes.</text>
</section><section id="HD6D203937EA7436591CE3F7C1470BED6"><enum>164.</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subsection id="H92EA04AE52B74D24B28DC662BDDCE089"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This chapter shall
not apply to the use of a language other than English—</text>
<paragraph id="H6867F5E6AA464421968571DACEDAA069"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for religious
purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9360E0CCB3E4739961D9904F35B4F25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for training in
foreign languages for international communication; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1457A3A4FBA4706B71F719413440255"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to programs in
schools designed to encourage students to learn foreign languages.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">This
chapter does not prevent the Government of the United States from providing
interpreters for persons over 62 years of age.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H06248AF10BA845BB0055B9139852E287"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of chapters for title 4, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3FE82AA829324B8B91B04EAED32CA7E" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">6. Language of the Government.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFBDC65DB5A7640BBA52030B7EB5709A2"><enum>504.</enum><header>English
language requirement for ceremonies for admission of new citizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 337(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1448">8 U.S.C. 1448(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: <quote>All public ceremonies in which the oath of
allegiance is administered pursuant to this section shall be conducted solely
in the English language.</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H95857F1126BA49678DBB055DE761BF00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Clarification of
rules for determining insured status and work record for social security based
on service of noncitizens while not authorized to work in the United
States</header>
<subsection id="HB6C4F8CC87C34AA08BA83BFDCFAE2174"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility for
status as insured individual contingent upon appropriate assignment of social
security account number</header><text>Section 214(c) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/414">42 U.S.C. 414(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H04874AC5D41E417BAC4C90603047DA04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>individual, if not a United States citizen or national—</quote> and
inserting <quote>individual—</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0DF98F735F4859A7AE226304347C18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1AB8DEFB7B14BF08FA5122D6CC90160" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HF606AC0A45394BACBDBA9886F91FA5CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has been assigned
a social security account number, and the assignment of such number—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04DAB35AB65E4600A1E42200C5D31EC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>occurred while
such individual was a citizen or national of the United States, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53B09A2A4129420185E4DC0083BF76A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was consistent, at
the time of the assignment, with the requirements of subclause (I) or (III) of
section 205(c)(2)(B)(i);
or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FFA9B4B360342948E2EC870CEB0EF48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reassignment of
social security account numbers</header><text>Section 205(c)(2)(B) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1F80BDDEAA714977AFD0D648D941B925"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB8B0930387A4380A53676A007F2F622"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (ii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65113C01487340A4821EE5583156B4D" style="traditional">
<clause id="H8047BE879D8746CABEA6D52DB418A88E" indent="up3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In any case in which the assignment
of a social security account number to an individual who was not, at the time
of the assignment, a citizen or national of the United States is determined by
the Commissioner to not have been consistent, at the time of the assignment,
with the requirements of subclause (I) or (III) of clause (i), the Commissioner
may issue a replacement social security account number to such individual while
such individual is a citizen or national of the United States or in a manner
consistent with the requirements of subclauses (I) and (III) of clause
(i).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6B255FFE83D43F69488AB875D961182"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disregard of
earnings by individuals in the United States while such individuals are not
citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are
not authorized To be employed in the United States</header>
<paragraph id="H3348618F6AE446339E34BF5FD8537077"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determinations
of quarters of coverage</header><text>Section 213 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/413">42 U.S.C. 413</external-xref>)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE3B8577DCD445DDB616F6F6433FAAB4" other-style="archaic" style="other">
<subsection id="HF507EB3B244D4E2CB56E61F347817D3E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Disregard of certain earnings by
noncitizens</header><text>For purposes of
determining an individual’s quarters of coverage under this section, such
individual shall not be credited with any wages paid to such individual for
services performed in the United States, or any self-employment income derived
by such individual in the United States, if such services were performed, or
such self-employment income was derived, while such individual—</text>
<paragraph id="H83038AE8E36C4DAF98A3521161E67E8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was not a citizen
or national of the United States,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H702764B2522647B6936E5751E8049CA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>was not lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69E2FAE7E2A747B6A865B6783092B8B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>was not authorized
to be employed in the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B303251AE0542D8882E2C49DFC7CE68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determinations
of average indexed monthly earnings</header><text>Section 215(e) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/415">42 U.S.C. 415(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3358C8D5E024C869DEC05BA48D5C9C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB82AEF7D5C884AA3ADCF9DBD38EAB3A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(e)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBB1B816CA04422BA4B8A10011033227"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H501EA6B9A5D544F7A883417773A1602B">
<paragraph id="H854D4B9D7CC34010AC8D32B83222A716" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsections (b) and (d), in
computing an individual’s average indexed monthly earnings (or in the case of
an individual whose primary insurance amount is computed under section 215(a)
as in effect prior to January 1979, average monthly wage), such individual
shall not be credited with any wages paid to such individual for services
performed in the United States, or any self-employment income derived by such
individual in the United States, if such services were performed, or such
self-employment income was derived, while such individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03CFFCA5BE9B483B8308AC615BFC9FF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was not a citizen or national of the
United States,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A2B282FF92043EF8D38E1D1FDE15DAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was not lawfully admitted for
permanent residence in the United States, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF88B642AED2A427FA861CF7F9D6C3697"><enum>(C)</enum><text>was not authorized to be employed in
the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AB4AADEB80B49D482804EF600AB4371"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements for
totalization agreements</header><text>Section 233(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
433(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF628A8F005C84367AAEB6104AE1551C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9C9FBF44E844A7B00B26EBD872E5ED0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H493304E924C64E6088B36F1F00548993" other-style="archaic" style="other">
<paragraph id="HFE444BEEBF264F81808FD3AA892502CA" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in the preceding provisions
of this subsection may be construed to authorize any inconsistency in such
agreement with the requirements of sections 213(e), 214(c), and 215(e)(2) in
the case of any individual who, at any time such requirements apply to such
individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60E7E050E5A343B9AC357EBAD92F075C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is
not a citizen or national of the United States,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31DFD430D0D94C0E9C00D75087932BF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is
not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F2E4C40AF374CE1B41DD01001D92BA5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not authorized to be employed in
the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31EC3154015041719C1B94FEF7EFE0D8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall apply with respect to
social security account numbers assigned, with respect to wages paid, and with
respect to self-employment income derived before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act. The amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply with
respect to totalization agreements transmitted by the President to the Congress
on or after May 1, 2007. Notwithstanding section 215(f)(1) of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/415">42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1)</external-xref>), as soon as practicable after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall recompute
all primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to carry out the
amendments made by this Act. Such amendments shall affect benefits only for
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA479C7FE91CD49CF8857A8E3CEA82318" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header>Prohibition on
acceptance of identification issued by foreign governments</header>
<subsection id="HA4E5E2C39A7F40F0AAB8DBC900D57E90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>A Federal agency may not accept, for any official
purpose, an identification document for an individual if the identification
document is issued by a foreign government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF0F06FF0EDC14F51BD91E512D2E7037"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
a passport issued by a foreign government is authorized by Federal law to be
accepted for a specific official purpose on the date of the enactment of this
Act, subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect such authorization.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C7FE9715318481B939CCD1BC8E619B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the <term>Federal agency</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H61BABD77F1FE4CC7A7C5C22A5DC22EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an
Executive agency (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/105">section 105</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9270C4082C6B491A91C4BB2B45C08F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
military department (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/102">section 102</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFED9DE6B978B437BA93E2F9BE7FFF3EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an office, agency,
or other establishment in the legislative branch of the Government of the
United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC26D5BBDECFC4516B5911D5DADF51875"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an office, agency,
or other establishment in the judicial branch of the Government of the United
States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D00C7F51AC14735A2631B79F8B7FD96"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the government of
the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H568714EB6CE342DCB5E9832486875AF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Tabulation of United
States citizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
of Commerce, in conducting the 2010 decennial census and each decennial census
thereafter, shall include in any questionnaire which is distributed or
otherwise made available to the general population for the purpose of
determining the total population of the United States, a question as to how
many of the persons to be accounted for on such questionnaire are citizens of
the United States.</text>
</section>