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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 3599
5	5	To reform the immigration laws.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	MAY23, 2023
8	8	Ms. S
9	9	ALAZAR(for herself, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Ms.
10	10	S
11	11	CHOLTEN, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Ms. MANNING, Mr. LAWLER, and
12	12	Mr. E
13	13	SPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
14	14	Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Home-
15	15	land Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Transportation and Infra-
16	16	structure, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Foreign Affairs,
17	17	Oversight and Accountability, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial
18	18	Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined
19	19	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
20	20	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
21	21	A BILL
22	22	To reform the immigration laws.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
26	26	(a) S
27	27	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
28	28	‘‘Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ig-5
29	29	nite and Deliver the American Dream Act of 2023’’ or 6
30	30	as the ‘‘DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023’’. 7
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34	34	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
35	35	this Act is as follows: 2
36	36	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
37	37	DIVISION A—BORDER SECURITY FOR AMERICA ACT
38	38	Sec. 1100. Short title.
39	39	TITLE I—BORDER SECURITY
40	40	Sec. 1101. Definitions.
41	41	Subtitle A—Infrastructure and Equipment
42	42	Sec. 1111. Strengthening the requirements for barriers along the southern bor-
43	43	der.
44	44	Sec. 1112. Air and Marine Operations flight hours.
45	45	Sec. 1113. Border security technology program management.
46	46	Sec. 1114. Landowner and rancher security enhancement.
47	47	Sec. 1115. Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar.
48	48	Sec. 1116. Southern border threat analysis, Border Patrol strategic plan, and
49	49	Northern Border Threat Analysis.
50	50	Sec. 1117. Amendments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
51	51	Sec. 1118. Agent and officer technology use.
52	52	Sec. 1119. Tunnel Task Forces.
53	53	Sec. 1120. Pilot program on use of electromagnetic spectrum in support of bor-
54	54	der security operations.
55	55	Sec. 1121. Foreign migration assistance.
56	56	Sec. 1122. Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program.
57	57	Sec. 1123. Border and port security technology investment plan.
58	58	Sec. 1124. Commercial solutions opening acquisition program.
59	59	Sec. 1125. U.S. Customs and Border Protection technology upgrades.
60	60	Sec. 1126. Nonintrusive inspection operations.
61	61	Sec. 1127. Homeland Security Investigations Innovation Lab.
62	62	Sec. 1128. Report on standards and guidelines for managing ports of entry
63	63	under the control of the department of homeland security.
64	64	Subtitle B—Personnel
65	65	Sec. 1141. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel.
66	66	Sec. 1142. U.S. Customs and Border Protection retention incentives.
67	67	Sec. 1143. Anti-Border Corruption Act Reauthorization.
68	68	Sec. 1144. Training for officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
69	69	tection.
70	70	Sec. 1145. Establishment of workload staffing models for U.S. Border Patrol
71	71	and Air and Marine Operations of CBP.
72	72	Sec. 1146. U.S. border patrol processing coordinator positions.
73	73	Sec. 1147. Establishment of higher minimum rates of pay for United States
74	74	border patrol agents.
75	75	Sec. 1148. Body Worn Camera Pilot Program Authorization.
76	76	Sec. 1149. Protecting sensitive locations.
77	77	Subtitle C—Grants
78	78	Sec. 1161. Operation Stonegarden.
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82	82	Sec. 1162. Program for shelter and services.
83	83	Subtitle D—Border Security Certification
84	84	Sec. 1181. Border Security Certification.
85	85	TITLE II—BORDER SECURITY AND PORTS OF ENTRY
86	86	INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
87	87	Subtitle A—Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding
88	88	Sec. 1201. Ports of entry infrastructure.
89	89	Sec. 1202. Sense of Congress on cooperation between agencies.
90	90	Sec. 1203. Authorization of appropriations.
91	91	Subtitle B—Border Security Funding
92	92	Sec. 1211. Border Security Funding.
93	93	Sec. 1212. Exclusion from PAYGO scorecards.
94	94	Sec. 1213. Funding matters.
95	95	TITLE III—VISA SECURITY AND INTEGRITY
96	96	Sec. 1301. Visa security.
97	97	Sec. 1302. Electronic passport screening and biometric matching.
98	98	Sec. 1303. Reporting of visa overstays.
99	99	Sec. 1304. Student and exchange visitor information system verification.
100	100	Sec. 1305. Visa information sharing.
101	101	Sec. 1306. Fraud prevention.
102	102	Sec. 1307. Visa ineligibility for spouses and children of drug traffickers.
103	103	Sec. 1308. DNA testing.
104	104	Sec. 1309. DNA collection consistent with Federal law.
105	105	TITLE IV—TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
106	106	PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION
107	107	Sec. 1401. Short title.
108	108	Sec. 1402. Illicit spotting.
109	109	Sec. 1403. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, and customs controls.
110	110	Sec. 1404. Report on smuggling.
111	111	Sec. 1405. Sarah’s law.
112	112	Sec. 1406. Illegal reentry.
113	113	Sec. 1407. Grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members.
114	114	Sec. 1408. Mandatory minimum penalty for child sex trafficking.
115	115	Sec. 1409. Designation of certain drug cartels as Special Transnational Crimi-
116	116	nal Organization.
117	117	TITLE V—MANDATORY E-VERIFY
118	118	Sec. 1501. Short title.
119	119	Sec. 1502. Employment eligibility verification process.
120	120	Sec. 1503. Employment eligibility verification system.
121	121	Sec. 1504. Recruitment, referral, and continuation of employment.
122	122	Sec. 1505. Good faith defense.
123	123	Sec. 1506. Preemption and States’ Rights.
124	124	Sec. 1507. Repeal.
125	125	Sec. 1508. Penalties.
126	126	Sec. 1509. Fraud and misuse of documents.
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130	130	Sec. 1510. Protection of Social Security Administration programs.
131	131	Sec. 1511. Fraud prevention.
132	132	Sec. 1512. Use of Employment Eligibility Verification Photo Tool.
133	133	Sec. 1513. Identity authentication employment eligibility verification pilot pro-
134	134	grams.
135	135	Sec. 1514. Inspector General audits.
136	136	Sec. 1515. Nationwide E-Verify Audit.
137	137	TITLE VI—ASYLUM REFORM
138	138	Sec. 1601. Humanitarian campuses.
139	139	Sec. 1602. Expedited Asylum Determinations.
140	140	Sec. 1603. Screening and processing in Western hemisphere.
141	141	Sec. 1604. Recording expedited removal and credible fear interviews.
142	142	Sec. 1605. Renunciation of asylum status pursuant to return to home country.
143	143	Sec. 1606. Notice concerning frivolous asylum applications.
144	144	Sec. 1607. Anti-fraud investigative work product.
145	145	Sec. 1608. Penalties for asylum fraud.
146	146	Sec. 1609. Statute of limitations for asylum fraud.
147	147	Sec. 1610. Standard operating procedures; facilities standards.
148	148	Sec. 1611. Criminal background checks for sponsors of unaccompanied alien
149	149	children.
150	150	Sec. 1612. Fraud in connection with the transfer of custody of unaccompanied
151	151	alien children.
152	152	Sec. 1613. Hiring authority.
153	153	Sec. 1614. Humanitarian status.
154	154	Sec. 1615. Two strike policy.
155	155	Sec. 1616. Loan forgiveness for legal service providers at humanitarian cam-
156	156	puses.
157	157	TITLE VII—RULE OF LAW, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC
158	158	DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA
159	159	Subtitle A—Promoting the Rule of Law, Security, and Economic Development
160	160	in Central America
161	161	Sec. 1701. United States Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
162	162	Sec. 1702. Securing support of international donors and partners.
163	163	Sec. 1703. Combating corruption, strengthening the rule of law, and consoli-
164	164	dating democratic governance.
165	165	Sec. 1704. Combating criminal violence and improving citizen security.
166	166	Sec. 1705. Combating sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence.
167	167	Subtitle B—Information Campaign on the Dangers of Irregular Migration
168	168	Sec. 1711. Information campaign on dangers of irregular migration.
169	169	Subtitle C—Cracking Down on Criminal Organizations
170	170	Sec. 1721. Enhanced investigation and prosecution of human smuggling net-
171	171	works and trafficking organizations.
172	172	Sec. 1722. Enhanced penalties for organized smuggling schemes.
173	173	Sec. 1723. Expanding financial sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money
174	174	laundering.
175	175	Sec. 1724. Support for transnational anti-gang task forces for countering crimi-
176	176	nal gangs.
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180	180	DIVISION B—AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE
181	181	Sec. 21000. Short title.
182	182	TITLE I—DREAM ACT
183	183	Sec. 21001. Short title.
184	184	Sec. 21002. Permanent resident status on a conditional basis for certain long-
185	185	term residents who entered the United States as children.
186	186	Sec. 21003. Terms of permanent resident status on a conditional basis.
187	187	Sec. 21004. Removal of conditional basis of permanent resident status.
188	188	Sec. 21005. Restoration of State option to determine residency for purposes of
189	189	higher education benefits.
190	190	TITLE II—AMERICAN PROMISE ACT
191	191	Sec. 22001. Short title.
192	192	Sec. 22002. Adjustment of status for certain nationals of certain countries des-
193	193	ignated for temporary protected status or deferred enforced de-
194	194	parture.
195	195	Sec. 22003. Clarification.
196	196	TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
197	197	Sec. 23001. Definitions.
198	198	Sec. 23002. Submission of biometric and biographic data; background checks.
199	199	Sec. 23003. Limitation on removal; application and fee exemption; and other
200	200	conditions on eligible individuals.
201	201	Sec. 23004. Determination of continuous presence and residence.
202	202	Sec. 23005. Exemption from numerical limitations.
203	203	Sec. 23006. Availability of administrative and judicial review.
204	204	Sec. 23007. Documentation requirements.
205	205	Sec. 23008. Rulemaking.
206	206	Sec. 23009. Confidentiality of information.
207	207	Sec. 23010. Grant program to assist eligible applicants.
208	208	Sec. 23011. Provisions affecting eligibility for adjustment of status.
209	209	Sec. 23012. Supplementary surcharge for appointed counsel.
210	210	Sec. 23013. Annual report on provisional denial authority.
211	211	TITLE IV—DIGNITY AND REDEMPTION PROGRAMS
212	212	Subtitle A—Dignity Program
213	213	Sec. 24001. Establishment.
214	214	Sec. 24002. Eligibility.
215	215	Sec. 24003. Registration; departure.
216	216	Sec. 24004. Program participation.
217	217	Sec. 24005. Completion.
218	218	Subtitle B—Redemption Program
219	219	Sec. 24101. Establishment.
220	220	Sec. 24102. Conditions.
221	221	Sec. 24103. Completion and removal of conditional status.
222	222	Subtitle C—Contribution to American Workers
223	223	Sec. 24200. Purpose.
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227	227	Sec. 24201. Availability of funds.
228	228	Sec. 24202. Conforming amendments.
229	229	P
230	230	ART1—PROMOTINGAPPRENTICESHIPSTHROUGHREGIONALTRAINING
231	231	N
232	232	ETWORKS
233	233	Sec. 24301. Definitions.
234	234	Sec. 24302. Allotments to States.
235	235	Sec. 24303. Grants to partnerships.
236	236	Sec. 24304. Use of funds.
237	237	Sec. 24305. Performance and accountability.
238	238	P
239	239	ART2—HIGH-DEMANDCAREERS
240	240	Sec. 24401. Grants for access to high-demand careers.
241	241	DIVISION C—IMPROVING SEASONAL GUEST WORKER
242	242	OPPORTUNITIES
243	243	Sec. 31001. Short title.
244	244	Sec. 31002. Definitions.
245	245	Sec. 31003. H–2B cap relief.
246	246	Sec. 31004. Increased sanctions for willful misrepresentation or failure to meet
247	247	the requirements for petitioning for an H–2B worker.
248	248	Sec. 31005. Reduction of paperwork burden.
249	249	Sec. 31006. Workplace safety.
250	250	Sec. 31007. Foreign labor recruiting; prohibition on fees.
251	251	Sec. 31008. Program integrity measures.
252	252	Sec. 31009. Program eligibility.
253	253	Sec. 31010. H–2B employer notification requirement.
254	254	Sec. 31011. Authorization of appropriations.
255	255	DIVISION D—AMERICAN AGRICULTURE DOMINANCE ACT
256	256	Sec. 41001. Short title.
257	257	TITLE I—SECURING THE DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
258	258	Subtitle A—Status for Certified Agricultural Workers
259	259	Sec. 41101. Certified agricultural worker status.
260	260	Sec. 41102. Terms and conditions of certified status.
261	261	Sec. 41103. Extensions of certified status.
262	262	Sec. 41104. Determination of continuous presence.
263	263	Sec. 41105. Employer obligations.
264	264	Sec. 41106. Administrative and judicial review.
265	265	Subtitle B—Optional Earned Residence for Long-Term Workers
266	266	Sec. 41201. Optional adjustment of status for long-term agricultural workers.
267	267	Sec. 41202. Payment of taxes.
268	268	Sec. 41203. Adjudication and decision; review.
269	269	Subtitle C—General Provisions
270	270	Sec. 41301. Definitions.
271	271	Sec. 41302. Rulemaking; fees.
272	272	Sec. 41303. Background checks.
273	273	Sec. 41304. Protection for children.
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277	277	Sec. 41305. Limitation on removal.
278	278	Sec. 41306. Documentation of agricultural work history.
279	279	Sec. 41307. Employer protections.
280	280	Sec. 41308. Correction of Social Security records; conforming amendments.
281	281	Sec. 41309. Disclosures and privacy.
282	282	Sec. 41310. Penalties for false statements in applications.
283	283	Sec. 41311. Dissemination of information.
284	284	Sec. 41312. Exemption from numerical limitations.
285	285	Sec. 41313. Reports to Congress.
286	286	Sec. 41314. Grant program to assist eligible applicants.
287	287	Sec. 41315. Authorization of appropriations.
288	288	TITLE II—ENSURING AN AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE FOR THE
289	289	FUTURE
290	290	Subtitle A—Reforming the H–2A Worker Program
291	291	Sec. 42101. Comprehensive and streamlined electronic H–2A platform.
292	292	Sec. 42102. Agricultural labor or services.
293	293	Sec. 42103. H–2A program requirements.
294	294	Sec. 42104. Portable H–2A visa pilot program.
295	295	Sec. 42105. Pilot program providing forestry employers the option of using the
296	296	H–2A program or the H–2B program.
297	297	DIVISION E—AMERICAN PROSPERITY AND COMPETITIVENESS
298	298	Sec. 51001. Short title.
299	299	TITLE I—PROTECTING THE FAMILY SYSTEM
300	300	Subtitle A—American Families United Act
301	301	Sec. 51101. Rule of construction.
302	302	Sec. 51102. Discretionary authority with respect to family members of United
303	303	States citizens.
304	304	Sec. 51103. Motions to reopen or reconsider.
305	305	Subtitle B—Temporary Family Visitation Act
306	306	Sec. 51111. Family purpose nonimmigrant visas for relatives of United States
307	307	citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking to enter the
308	308	United States temporarily.
309	309	Subtitle C—Spouses or Children of an Alien Lawfully Admitted for
310	310	Permanent Residence Uncapped
311	311	Sec. 51131. Spouses or children of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
312	312	residence.
313	313	Sec. 51132. Preference Allocation for Family-Sponsored Immigrants.
314	314	TITLE II—FAIRNESS FOR IMMIGRANTS
315	315	Sec. 51201. Elimination of backlogs.
316	316	Sec. 51202. Per-country caps raised.
317	317	Sec. 51203. Protecting the status of children affected by delays in visa avail-
318	318	ability.
319	319	Sec. 51204. Spouses and minor children not included in calculation.
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323	323	TITLE III—IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT BASED VISAS
324	324	Subtitle A—H–4 Work Authorization Act
325	325	Sec. 51301. Employment authorization for certain alien spouses.
326	326	Subtitle B—Improving Employment Based Visas
327	327	Sec. 51311. Repeal of FICA exception for certain nonresidents temporarily
328	328	present in the United States.
329	329	Sec. 51312. Individuals with doctoral degrees in STEM fields recognized as in-
330	330	dividuals having extraordinary ability.
331	331	TITLE IV—STUDENT VISAS
332	332	Sec. 51401. Modernizing Visas for Students.
333	333	TITLE V—SURGING RESOURCES TO EXPEDITE VISA PROCESSING
334	334	Sec. 51501. Surging Resources to Expedite Visa Processing.
335	335	DIVISION A—BORDER SECURITY 1
336	336	FOR AMERICA ACT 2
337	337	SEC. 1100. SHORT TITLE. 3
338	338	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Border Security 4
339	339	for America Act’’. 5
340	340	TITLE I—BORDER SECURITY 6
341	341	SEC. 1101. DEFINITIONS. 7
342	342	In this title: 8
343	343	(1) A
344	344	DVANCED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE 9
345	345	SENSORS.—The term ‘‘advanced unattended surveil-10
346	346	lance sensors’’ means sensors that utilize an onboard 11
347	347	computer to analyze detections in an effort to dis-12
348	348	cern between vehicles, humans, and animals, and ul-13
349	349	timately filter false positives prior to transmission. 14
350	350	(2) C
351	351	OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-15
352	352	sioner’’ means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 16
353	353	and Border Protection. 17
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357	357	(3) HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS .—The term ‘‘high 1
358	358	traffic areas’’ has the meaning given such term in 2
359	359	section 102(e)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 3
360	360	and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as 4
361	361	amended by section 1111 of this division. 5
362	362	(4) O
363	363	PERATIONAL ADVANTAGE .—The term 6
364	364	‘‘operational advantage’’ has the meaning given such 7
365	365	term in the 2022–2026 U.S. Border Patrol Strategy 8
366	366	(CBP Publication No. 1678–0222). 9
367	367	(5) S
368	368	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 10
369	369	the Secretary of Homeland Security. 11
370	370	(6) S
371	371	ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘‘sit-12
372	372	uational awareness’’ has the meaning given such 13
373	373	term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 14
374	374	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 15
375	375	114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 16
376	376	(7) S
377	377	MALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .—The 17
378	378	term ‘‘small unmanned aerial vehicle’’ has the mean-18
379	379	ing given the term ‘‘small unmanned aircraft’’ in 19
380	380	section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 20
381	381	Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 21
382	382	note). 22
383	383	(8) T
384	384	RANSIT ZONE.—The term ‘‘transit zone’’ 23
385	385	has the meaning given such term in section 24
386	386	1092(a)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 25
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390	390	Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 1
391	391	U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 2
392	392	(9) U
393	393	NMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM .—The term 3
394	394	‘‘unmanned aerial system’’ has the meaning given 4
395	395	the term ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ in section 331 5
396	396	of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 6
397	397	(Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 7
398	398	(10) U
399	399	NMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .—The term 8
400	400	‘‘unmanned aerial vehicle’’ has the meaning given 9
401	401	the term ‘‘unmanned aircraft’’ in section 331 of the 10
402	402	FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public 11
403	403	Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 12
404	404	Subtitle A—Infrastructure and 13
405	405	Equipment 14
406	406	SEC. 1111. STRENGTHENING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BAR-15
407	407	RIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 16
408	408	Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 17
409	409	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Division C of Pub-18
410	410	lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 19
411	411	(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-20
412	412	lows: 21
413	413	‘‘(a) I
414	414	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-22
415	415	curity shall take such actions as may be necessary (includ-23
416	416	ing the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal en-24
417	417	trants) to design, test, construct, install, deploy, integrate, 25
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421	421	and operate physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 1
422	422	technology in the vicinity of the United States border to 2
423	423	achieve situational awareness and operational advantage 3
424	424	of the border and deter, impede, and detect illegal activity 4
425	425	in high traffic areas.’’; 5
426	426	(2) in subsection (b)— 6
427	427	(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 7
428	428	‘‘F
429	429	ENCING ANDROADIMPROVEMENTS’’ and in-8
430	430	serting ‘‘P
431	431	HYSICALBARRIERS’’; 9
432	432	(B) in paragraph (1)— 10
433	433	(i) in subparagraph (A)— 11
434	434	(I) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 12
435	435	and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 13
436	436	(II) by striking ‘‘roads, lighting, 14
437	437	cameras, and sensors’’ and inserting 15
438	438	‘‘tactical infrastructure, and tech-16
439	439	nology’’; and 17
440	440	(III) by striking ‘‘gain’’ and in-18
441	441	serting ‘‘achieve situational awareness 19
442	442	and’’; 20
443	443	(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 21
444	444	read as follows: 22
445	445	‘‘(B) P
446	446	HYSICAL BARRIERS AND TACTICAL 23
447	447	INFRASTRUCTURE.—The Secretary, in carrying 24
448	448	out this section, shall deploy along the United 25
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451	451	•HR 3599 IH
452	452	States border the most practical and effective 1
453	453	physical barriers and tactical infrastructure 2
454	454	available for achieving situational awareness 3
455	455	and operational advantage of the border.’’; 4
456	456	(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 5
457	457	(I) by amending clause (i) to 6
458	458	read as follows: 7
459	459	‘‘(i) I
460	460	N GENERAL.—In carrying out 8
461	461	this section, the Secretary shall consult 9
462	462	with appropriate Federal agency partners, 10
463	463	appropriate representatives of Federal, 11
464	464	State, Tribal, and local governments, and 12
465	465	appropriate private property owners in the 13
466	466	United States to minimize the impact on 14
467	467	the environment, culture, commerce, and 15
468	468	quality of life for the communities and 16
469	469	residents located near the sites at which 17
470	470	such physical barriers are to be con-18
471	471	structed.’’; and 19
472	472	(II) in clause (ii)— 20
473	473	(aa) in subclause (I), by 21
474	474	striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon 22
475	475	at the end; 23
476	476	(bb) by amending subclause 24
477	477	(II) to read as follows: 25
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480	480	•HR 3599 IH
481	481	‘‘(II) delay the transfer to the 1
482	482	United States of the possession of 2
483	483	property or affect the validity of any 3
484	484	property acquisition by the United 4
485	485	States by purchase or eminent do-5
486	486	main, or to otherwise affect the emi-6
487	487	nent domain laws of the United States 7
488	488	or of any State; or’’; and 8
489	489	(cc) by adding at the end 9
490	490	the following new subclause: 10
491	491	‘‘(III) create any right or liability 11
492	492	for any party.’’; and 12
493	493	(iv) by striking subparagraph (D); 13
494	494	(C) in paragraph (2)— 14
495	495	(i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 15
496	496	and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-16
497	497	curity’’; 17
498	498	(ii) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and 18
499	499	inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 19
500	500	(iii) by striking ‘‘construction of 20
501	501	fences’’ and inserting ‘‘the construction of 21
502	502	physical barriers’’; 22
503	503	(D) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 23
504	504	follows: 24
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507	507	•HR 3599 IH
508	508	‘‘(3) AGENT SAFETY.—In carrying out this sec-1
509	509	tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security, when de-2
510	510	signing, constructing, and deploying physical bar-3
511	511	riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology, shall in-4
512	512	corporate such safety features into such design, con-5
513	513	struction, or deployment of such physical barriers, 6
514	514	tactical infrastructure, or technology, as the case 7
515	515	may be, that the Secretary determines are necessary 8
516	516	to maximize the safety and effectiveness of officers 9
517	517	or agents of the Department of Homeland Security 10
518	518	or of any other Federal agency deployed in the vicin-11
519	519	ity of such physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 12
520	520	or technology.’’; and 13
521	521	(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this 14
522	522	subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 15
523	523	(3) in subsection (c)— 16
524	524	(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 17
525	525	follows: 18
526	526	‘‘(1) I
527	527	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 19
528	528	provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 20
529	529	shall have the authority to waive all legal require-21
530	530	ments the Secretary determines necessary to ensure 22
531	531	the expeditious design, testing, construction, instal-23
532	532	lation, deployment, integration, and operation of the 24
533	533	physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and tech-25
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536	536	•HR 3599 IH
537	537	nology under this section. Such waiver authority 1
538	538	shall also apply with respect to any maintenance car-2
539	539	ried out on such physical barriers, tactical infra-3
540	540	structure, or technology. Any such decision by the 4
541	541	Secretary shall be effective upon publication in the 5
542	542	Federal Register.’’; 6
543	543	(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 7
544	544	paragraph (3); and 8
545	545	(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 9
546	546	following new paragraph: 10
547	547	‘‘(2) N
548	548	OTIFICATION.—Not later than 7 days 11
549	549	after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland 12
550	550	Security exercises the waiver authority under para-13
551	551	graph (1), the Secretary shall notify the Committee 14
552	552	on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-15
553	553	tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 16
554	554	Governmental Affairs of the Senate of such waiver.’’; 17
555	555	and 18
556	556	(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-19
557	557	sections: 20
558	558	‘‘(e) T
559	559	ECHNOLOGY.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-21
560	560	curity, in carrying out this section, shall deploy along the 22
561	561	United States border the most practical and effective tech-23
562	562	nology available for achieving situational awareness and 24
563	563	operational advantage of the border. 25
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566	566	•HR 3599 IH
567	567	‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
568	568	‘‘(1) A
569	569	DVANCED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE 2
570	570	SENSORS.—The term ‘advanced unattended surveil-3
571	571	lance sensors’ means sensors that utilize an onboard 4
572	572	computer to analyze detections in an effort to dis-5
573	573	cern between vehicles, humans, and animals, and ul-6
574	574	timately filter false positives prior to transmission. 7
575	575	‘‘(2) H
576	576	IGH TRAFFIC AREAS .—The term ‘high 8
577	577	traffic areas’ means areas in the vicinity of the 9
578	578	United States border that— 10
579	579	‘‘(A) are within the responsibility of U.S. 11
580	580	Customs and Border Protection; and 12
581	581	‘‘(B) have significant unlawful cross-border 13
582	582	activity, as determined by the Secretary of 14
583	583	Homeland Security. 15
584	584	‘‘(3) O
585	585	PERATIONAL ADVANTAGE .—The term 16
586	586	‘operational advantage’ has the meaning given such 17
587	587	term in the 2022–2026 U.S. Border Patrol Strategy 18
588	588	(CBP Publication No. 1678–0222). 19
589	589	‘‘(4) P
590	590	HYSICAL BARRIERS.—The term ‘physical 20
591	591	barriers’ includes reinforced fencing, border barrier 21
592	592	system, and levee walls. 22
593	593	‘‘(5) S
594	594	ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘sit-23
595	595	uational awareness’ has the meaning given such 24
596	596	term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 25
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599	599	•HR 3599 IH
600	600	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 1
601	601	114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 2
602	602	‘‘(6) T
603	603	ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 3
604	604	‘tactical infrastructure’ includes boat ramps, access 4
605	605	gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads. 5
606	606	‘‘(7) T
607	607	ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘technology’ in-6
608	608	cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 7
609	609	including the following: 8
610	610	‘‘(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 9
611	611	‘‘(B) Deployable, lighter-than-air ground 10
612	612	surveillance equipment. 11
613	613	‘‘(C) Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation 12
614	614	Radars (VADER). 13
615	615	‘‘(D) 3-dimensional, seismic acoustic detec-14
616	616	tion and ranging border tunneling detection 15
617	617	technology. 16
618	618	‘‘(E) Advanced unattended surveillance 17
619	619	sensors. 18
620	620	‘‘(F) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man- 19
621	621	portable surveillance capabilities. 20
622	622	‘‘(G) Unmanned aircraft systems. 21
623	623	‘‘(H) Other border detection, communica-22
624	624	tion, and surveillance technology. 23
625	625	‘‘(8) U
626	626	NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 24
627	627	‘unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given 25
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630	630	•HR 3599 IH
631	631	such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 1
632	632	States Code.’’. 2
633	633	SEC. 1112. AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS FLIGHT HOURS. 3
634	634	(a) A
635	635	IR AND MARINEOPERATIONS FLIGHT 4
636	636	H
637	637	OURS.—The Secretary shall ensure that not fewer than 5
638	638	95,000 annual flight hours are carried out by Air and Ma-6
639	639	rine Operations of CBP. 7
640	640	(b) U
641	641	NMANNED AIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.—The Sec-8
642	642	retary, after coordination with the Administrator of the 9
643	643	Federal Aviation Administration, shall ensure that Air and 10
644	644	Marine Operations operate unmanned aircraft systems on 11
645	645	the southern border of the United States for not less than 12
646	646	24 hours per day for 7 days per week. 13
647	647	(c) P
648	648	RIMARYMISSIONS.—The Commissioner shall 14
649	649	ensure that— 15
650	650	(1) the primary missions for Air and Marine 16
651	651	Operations are to directly support— 17
652	652	(A) U.S. Border Patrol activities along the 18
653	653	borders of the United States; and 19
654	654	(B) Joint Interagency Task Force South 20
655	655	operations in the transit zone; and 21
656	656	(2) the Executive Assistant Commissioner of 22
657	657	Air and Marine Operations assigns the greatest pri-23
658	658	ority to support missions outlined under paragraph 24
659	659	(1). 25
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662	662	•HR 3599 IH
663	663	(d) HIGHDEMANDFLIGHTHOURREQUIRE-1
664	664	MENTS.—The Commissioner shall ensure that U.S. Bor-2
665	665	der Patrol Sector Chiefs— 3
666	666	(1) identify air support mission-critical hours; 4
667	667	and 5
668	668	(2) direct Air and Marine Operations to sup-6
669	669	port requests from Sector Chiefs as their primary 7
670	670	mission. 8
671	671	(e) C
672	672	ONTRACTAIRSUPPORTAUTHORIZATIONS.— 9
673	673	The Commissioner shall contract for the unfulfilled air 10
674	674	support mission-critical hours, as identified pursuant to 11
675	675	subsection (d). 12
676	676	(f) S
677	677	MALLUNMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.— 13
678	678	(1) I
679	679	N GENERAL.—The Chief of the U.S. Bor-14
680	680	der Patrol shall be the executive agent with respect 15
681	681	to the use of small unmanned aircraft systems by 16
682	682	CBP for the purpose of— 17
683	683	(A) meeting the unmet flight hour oper-18
684	684	ational requirements of the U.S. Border Patrol; 19
685	685	and 20
686	686	(B) achieving situational awareness and 21
687	687	operational advantage. 22
688	688	(2) C
689	689	OORDINATION.—In carrying out para-23
690	690	graph (1), the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol shall 24
691	691	coordinate— 25
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695	695	(A) flight operations with the Adminis-1
696	696	trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 2
697	697	ensure the safe and efficient operation of the 3
698	698	National Airspace System; and 4
699	699	(B) with the Executive Assistant Commis-5
700	700	sioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP 6
701	701	to— 7
702	702	(i) ensure the safety of other CBP 8
703	703	aircraft flying in the vicinity of small un-9
704	704	manned aircraft systems operated by the 10
705	705	U.S. Border Patrol; and 11
706	706	(ii) establish a process to include data 12
707	707	from flight hours in the calculation of got 13
708	708	away statistics. 14
709	709	(3) C
710	710	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Paragraph (3) 15
711	711	of section 411(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 16
712	712	2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(e)) is amended— 17
713	713	(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 18
714	714	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 19
715	715	(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 20
716	716	subparagraph (D); and 21
717	717	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 22
718	718	the following new subparagraph: 23
719	719	‘‘(C) carry out the small unmanned air-24
720	720	craft system (as such term is defined in section 25
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723	723	•HR 3599 IH
724	724	44801 of title 49, United States Code) require-1
725	725	ments pursuant to subsection (f) of section 2
726	726	1113 of the Border Security for America Act; 3
727	727	and’’. 4
728	728	(g) S
729	729	AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 5
730	730	confer, transfer, or delegate to the Secretary, the Commis-6
731	731	sioner, the Executive Assistant Commissioner for Air and 7
732	732	Marine Operations of CBP, or the Chief of the U.S. Bor-8
733	733	der Patrol any authority of the Secretary of Transpor-9
734	734	tation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-10
735	735	ministration relating to the use of airspace or aviation 11
736	736	safety. 12
737	737	(h) D
738	738	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
739	739	(1) G
740	740	OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 14
741	741	meaning given such term in section 1092(a)(3) of 15
742	742	the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 16
743	743	Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 17
744	744	223(a)(3)). 18
745	745	(2) T
746	746	RANSIT ZONE.—The term ‘‘transit zone’’ 19
747	747	has the meaning given such term in section 20
748	748	1092(a)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 21
749	749	Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 22
750	750	U.S.C. 223(a)(8)). 23
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754	754	SEC. 1113. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 1
755	755	MANAGEMENT. 2
756	756	(a) I
757	757	NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 3
758	758	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 4
759	759	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 5
760	760	‘‘SEC. 437. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 6
761	761	MANAGEMENT. 7
762	762	‘‘(a) M
763	763	AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMDEFINED.—In 8
764	764	this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 9
765	765	an acquisition program of the Department that is esti-10
766	766	mated by the Secretary to require an eventual total ex-11
767	767	penditure of at least $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 12
768	768	2023 constant dollars) over its life-cycle cost. 13
769	769	‘‘(b) P
770	770	LANNINGDOCUMENTATION.—For each border 14
771	771	security technology acquisition program of the Depart-15
772	772	ment that is determined to be a major acquisition pro-16
773	773	gram, the Secretary shall— 17
774	774	‘‘(1) ensure that each such program has a writ-18
775	775	ten acquisition program baseline approved by the 19
776	776	relevant acquisition decision authority; 20
777	777	‘‘(2) document that each such program is satis-21
778	778	fying cost, schedule, and performance thresholds as 22
779	779	specified in such baseline, in compliance with rel-23
780	780	evant departmental acquisition policies and the Fed-24
781	781	eral Acquisition Regulation; and 25
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784	784	•HR 3599 IH
785	785	‘‘(3) have a plan for satisfying program imple-1
786	786	mentation objectives by managing contractor per-2
787	787	formance. 3
788	788	‘‘(c) A
789	789	DHERENCE TO STANDARDS.—The Secretary, 4
790	790	acting through the Under Secretary for Management and 5
791	791	the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6
792	792	shall ensure border security technology acquisition pro-7
793	793	gram managers who are responsible for carrying out this 8
794	794	section adhere to relevant internal control standards iden-9
795	795	tified by the Comptroller General of the United States. 10
796	796	The Commissioner shall provide information, as needed, 11
797	797	to assist the Under Secretary in monitoring management 12
798	798	of border security technology acquisition programs under 13
799	799	this section. 14
800	800	‘‘(d) P
801	801	LAN.—The Secretary, acting through the 15
802	802	Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with 16
803	803	the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the 17
804	804	Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 18
805	805	shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 19
806	806	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 20
807	807	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-21
808	808	ate a plan for testing, evaluating, and using independent 22
809	809	verification and validation of resources relating to the pro-23
810	810	posed acquisition of border security technology. Under 24
811	811	such plan, the proposed acquisition of new border security 25
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814	814	•HR 3599 IH
815	815	technologies shall be evaluated through a series of assess-1
816	816	ments, processes, and audits to ensure— 2
817	817	‘‘(1) compliance with relevant departmental ac-3
818	818	quisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regu-4
819	819	lation; and 5
820	820	‘‘(2) the effective use of taxpayer dollars.’’. 6
821	821	(b) C
822	822	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 7
823	823	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 8
824	824	amended by striking the items relating to sections 435 and 9
825	825	436 and inserting the following new items: 10
826	826	‘‘Sec. 435. Maritime operations coordination plan.
827	827	‘‘Sec. 436. Maritime security capabilities assessments.
828	828	‘‘Sec. 437. Border security technology program management.’’.
829	829	(c) PROHIBITION ONADDITIONALAUTHORIZATION 11
830	830	OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—No additional funds are author-12
831	831	ized to be appropriated to carry out section 437 of the 13
832	832	Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection 14
833	833	(a). 15
834	834	SEC. 1114. LANDOWNER AND RANCHER SECURITY EN-16
835	835	HANCEMENT. 17
836	836	(a) E
837	837	STABLISHMENT OF NATIONALBORDERSECU-18
838	838	RITYADVISORYCOMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall estab-19
839	839	lish a National Border Security Advisory Committee, 20
840	840	which— 21
841	841	(1) may advise, consult with, report to, and 22
842	842	make recommendations to the Secretary on matters 23
843	843	relating to border security matters, including— 24
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846	846	•HR 3599 IH
847	847	(A) verifying security claims and the bor-1
848	848	der security metrics established by the Depart-2
849	849	ment of Homeland Security under section 1092 3
850	850	of the National Defense Authorization Act for 4
851	851	Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 5
852	852	U.S.C. 223); and 6
853	853	(B) discussing ways to improve the secu-7
854	854	rity of high traffic areas along the northern 8
855	855	border and the southern border; and 9
856	856	(2) may provide, through the Secretary, rec-10
857	857	ommendations to Congress. 11
858	858	(b) C
859	859	ONSIDERATION OFVIEWS.—The Secretary shall 12
860	860	consider the information, advice, and recommendations of 13
861	861	the National Border Security Advisory Committee in for-14
862	862	mulating policy regarding matters affecting border secu-15
863	863	rity. 16
864	864	(c) M
865	865	EMBERSHIP.—The National Border Security 17
866	866	Advisory Committee shall consist of at least one member 18
867	867	from each State who— 19
868	868	(1) has at least five years practical experience 20
869	869	in border security operations; or 21
870	870	(2) lives and works in the United States within 22
871	871	80 miles from the southern border or the northern 23
872	872	border. 24
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876	876	(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERALADVISORY 1
877	877	C
878	878	OMMITTEEACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 2
879	879	(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the National Border 3
880	880	Security Advisory Committee. 4
881	881	SEC. 1115. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT 5
882	882	CEDAR. 6
883	883	(a) I
884	884	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 7
885	885	with the heads of the relevant Federal, State, and local 8
886	886	agencies, shall begin eradicating the carrizo cane plant 9
887	887	and any salt cedar along the Rio Grande River that im-10
888	888	pedes border security operations. 11
889	889	(b) E
890	890	XTENT.—The waiver authority under subsection 12
891	891	(c) of section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 13
892	892	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 14
893	893	note), as amended by section 1111 of this Act, shall extend 15
894	894	to activities carried out pursuant to subsection (a). 16
895	895	SEC. 1116. SOUTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS, BORDER 17
896	896	PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN, AND NORTHERN 18
897	897	BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS. 19
898	898	(a) S
899	899	OUTHERBORDERTHREATANALYSIS.— 20
900	900	(1) R
901	901	EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 21
902	902	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-22
903	903	retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 23
904	904	Security of the House of Representatives and the 24
905	905	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 25
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909	909	Affairs of the Senate a Southern border threat anal-1
910	910	ysis. 2
911	911	(2) C
912	912	ONTENTS.—The analysis submitted under 3
913	913	paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of— 4
914	914	(A) current and potential terrorism and 5
915	915	criminal threats posed by individuals and orga-6
916	916	nized groups seeking— 7
917	917	(i) to unlawfully enter the United 8
918	918	States through the Southern border; or 9
919	919	(ii) to exploit security vulnerabilities 10
920	920	along the Southern border; 11
921	921	(B) improvements needed at and between 12
922	922	ports of entry along the Southern border to pre-13
923	923	vent terrorists and instruments of terror from 14
924	924	entering the United States; 15
925	925	(C) gaps in law, policy, and coordination 16
926	926	between State, local, or tribal law enforcement, 17
927	927	international agreements, or tribal agreements 18
928	928	that hinder effective and efficient border secu-19
929	929	rity, counterterrorism, and anti-human smug-20
930	930	gling and trafficking efforts; 21
931	931	(D) the current percentage of situational 22
932	932	awareness achieved by the Department along 23
933	933	the Southern border; 24
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937	937	(E) the current percentage of operational 1
938	938	advantage achieved by the Department on the 2
939	939	Southern border; and 3
940	940	(F) traveler crossing times and any poten-4
941	941	tial security vulnerability associated with pro-5
942	942	longed wait times. 6
943	943	(3) A
944	944	NALYSIS REQUIREMENTS .—In compiling 7
945	945	the Southern border threat analysis required under 8
946	946	this subsection, the Secretary shall consider and ex-9
947	947	amine— 10
948	948	(A) the technology needs and challenges, 11
949	949	including such needs and challenges identified 12
950	950	as a result of previous investments that have 13
951	951	not fully realized the security and operational 14
952	952	benefits that were sought; 15
953	953	(B) the personnel needs and challenges, in-16
954	954	cluding such needs and challenges associated 17
955	955	with recruitment and hiring; 18
956	956	(C) the infrastructure needs and chal-19
957	957	lenges; 20
958	958	(D) the roles and authorities of State, 21
959	959	local, and tribal law enforcement in general bor-22
960	960	der security activities; 23
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964	964	(E) the status of coordination among Fed-1
965	965	eral, State, local, tribal, and Mexican law en-2
966	966	forcement entities relating to border security; 3
967	967	(F) the terrain, population density, and cli-4
968	968	mate along the Southern border; and 5
969	969	(G) the international agreements between 6
970	970	the United States and Mexico related to border 7
971	971	security. 8
972	972	(4) C
973	973	LASSIFIED FORM.—To the extent possible, 9
974	974	the Secretary shall submit the Southern border 10
975	975	threat analysis required under this subsection in un-11
976	976	classified form, but may submit a portion of the 12
977	977	threat analysis in classified form if the Secretary de-13
978	978	termines such action is appropriate. 14
979	979	(b) I
980	980	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 15
981	981	date of enactment of this section and every 2 years there-16
982	982	after, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the U.S. 17
983	983	Border Patrol, shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic Plan 18
984	984	(referred to in this section as the ‘‘plan’’) to enhance the 19
985	985	security of the international borders of the United States. 20
986	986	(c) E
987	987	LEMENTS.—The plan shall include the following: 21
988	988	(1) A consideration of Border Patrol Capability 22
989	989	Gap Analysis reporting, Border Security Improve-23
990	990	ment Plans, and any other strategic document au-24
991	991	thored by the U.S. Border Patrol to address security 25
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995	995	gaps with respect to ports of entry, including efforts 1
996	996	to mitigate threats identified in such analyses, plans, 2
997	997	and documents. 3
998	998	(2) Information relating to the dissemination of 4
999	999	information relating to border security or border 5
1000	1000	threats with respect to the efforts of the Department 6
1001	1001	and other appropriate Federal agencies. 7
1002	1002	(3) Information relating to efforts by U.S. Bor-8
1003	1003	der Patrol to— 9
1004	1004	(A) increase situational awareness, includ-10
1005	1005	ing— 11
1006	1006	(i) surveillance capabilities, such as 12
1007	1007	capabilities developed or utilized by the 13
1008	1008	Department of Defense, and any appro-14
1009	1009	priate technology determined to be excess 15
1010	1010	by the Department of Defense; and 16
1011	1011	(ii) the use of manned aircraft and 17
1012	1012	unmanned aircraft systems; 18
1013	1013	(B) detect and prevent terrorists and in-19
1014	1014	struments of terrorism from entering the 20
1015	1015	United States; 21
1016	1016	(C) detect, interdict, and disrupt human 22
1017	1017	smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking 23
1018	1018	and other illicit cross-border activity; 24
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1022	1022	(D) focus intelligence collection to disrupt 1
1023	1023	transnational criminal organizations outside of 2
1024	1024	the international and maritime borders of the 3
1025	1025	United States; and 4
1026	1026	(E) ensure that any new border security 5
1027	1027	technology can be operationally integrated with 6
1028	1028	existing technologies in use by the Department. 7
1029	1029	(4) Information relating to initiatives of the De-8
1030	1030	partment with respect to operational coordination, 9
1031	1031	including any relevant task forces of the Depart-10
1032	1032	ment. 11
1033	1033	(5) Information gathered from the lessons 12
1034	1034	learned by the deployments of the National Guard to 13
1035	1035	the southern border of the United States. 14
1036	1036	(6) A description of cooperative agreements re-15
1037	1037	lating to information sharing with State, local, Trib-16
1038	1038	al, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement 17
1039	1039	agencies that have jurisdiction on the border. 18
1040	1040	(7) Information relating to border security in-19
1041	1041	formation received from— 20
1042	1042	(A) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 21
1043	1043	other Federal law enforcement agencies that 22
1044	1044	have jurisdiction on the border or in the mari-23
1045	1045	time environment; and 24
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1049	1049	(B) border community stakeholders, in-1
1050	1050	cluding representatives from— 2
1051	1051	(i) border agricultural and ranching 3
1052	1052	organizations; and 4
1053	1053	(ii) business and civic organizations. 5
1054	1054	(8) Information relating to the staffing require-6
1055	1055	ments with respect to border security for the De-7
1056	1056	partment. 8
1057	1057	(9) A prioritized list of Department research 9
1058	1058	and development objectives to enhance the security 10
1059	1059	of the southern border. 11
1060	1060	(10) An assessment of training programs, in-12
1061	1061	cluding such programs relating to— 13
1062	1062	(A) identifying and detecting fraudulent 14
1063	1063	documents; 15
1064	1064	(B) understanding the scope of CBP en-16
1065	1065	forcement authorities and appropriate use of 17
1066	1066	force policies; and 18
1067	1067	(C) screening, identifying, and addressing 19
1068	1068	vulnerable populations, such as children and 20
1069	1069	victims of human trafficking. 21
1070	1070	(d) N
1071	1071	ORTHERNBORDERTHREATANALYSIS.—Not 22
1072	1072	later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 23
1073	1073	this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 24
1074	1074	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 25
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1078	1078	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 1
1079	1079	Affairs of the Senate an update of the Northern Border 2
1080	1080	Threat Analysis as required in the Northern Border Secu-3
1081	1081	rity Review Act (Public Law 114–267). 4
1082	1082	SEC. 1117. AMENDMENTS TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 5
1083	1083	PROTECTION. 6
1084	1084	(a) D
1085	1085	UTIES.—Subsection (c) of section 411 of the 7
1086	1086	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is amend-8
1087	1087	ed— 9
1088	1088	(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 10
1089	1089	the semicolon at the end; 11
1090	1090	(2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as para-12
1091	1091	graph (22); and 13
1092	1092	(3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol-14
1093	1093	lowing new paragraphs: 15
1094	1094	‘‘(19) administer the U.S. Customs and Border 16
1095	1095	Protection public private partnerships under subtitle 17
1096	1096	G; 18
1097	1097	‘‘(20) administer preclearance operations under 19
1098	1098	the Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015 (19 20
1099	1099	U.S.C. 4431 et seq.; enacted as subtitle B of title 21
1100	1100	VIII of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforce-22
1101	1101	ment Act of 2015; 19 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); 23
1102	1102	‘‘(21) authorize preclearance operations under 24
1103	1103	the Preclearance Authorization act of 2015 (19 25
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1107	1107	U.S.C. 4431 et seq.; enacted as subtitle B of title 1
1108	1108	VIII of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforce-2
1109	1109	ment Act of 2015; 19 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) to be 3
1110	1110	conducted at land ports of entry; and’’. 4
1111	1111	(b) O
1112	1112	FFICE OFFIELDOPERATIONSSTAFFING.— 5
1113	1113	Subparagraph (A) of section 411(g)(5) of the Homeland 6
1114	1114	Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(g)(5)) is amended by 7
1115	1115	inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘com-8
1116	1116	pared to the number indicated by the current fiscal year 9
1117	1117	work flow staffing model’’. 10
1118	1118	(c) I
1119	1119	MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Subparagraph (B) of 11
1120	1120	section 814(e)(1) of the Preclearance Authorization Act 12
1121	1121	of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4433(e)(1); enacted as subtitle B of 13
1122	1122	title VIII of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforce-14
1123	1123	ment Act of 2015; 19 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended 15
1124	1124	to read as follows: 16
1125	1125	‘‘(B) a port of entry vacancy rate which 17
1126	1126	compares the number of officers identified in 18
1127	1127	subparagraph (A) with the number of officers 19
1128	1128	at the port at which such officer is currently as-20
1129	1129	signed.’’. 21
1130	1130	(d) D
1131	1131	EFINITION.—Subsection (r) of section 411 of 22
1132	1132	the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is 23
1133	1133	amended— 24
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1137	1137	(1) by striking ‘‘this section, the terms’’ and in-1
1138	1138	serting the following: ‘‘this section: 2
1139	1139	‘‘(1) the terms’’; 3
1140	1140	(2) in paragraph (1), as added by subparagraph 4
1141	1141	(A), by striking the period at the end and inserting 5
1142	1142	‘‘; and’’; and 6
1143	1143	(3) by adding at the end the following new 7
1144	1144	paragraph: 8
1145	1145	‘‘(2) the term ‘unmanned aerial systems’ has 9
1146	1146	the meaning given the term ‘unmanned aircraft sys-10
1147	1147	tem’ in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and 11
1148	1148	Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 12
1149	1149	40101 note).’’. 13
1150	1150	SEC. 1118. AGENT AND OFFICER TECHNOLOGY USE. 14
1151	1151	In carrying out section 102 of the Illegal Immigration 15
1152	1152	Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (as 16
1153	1153	amended by section 1111 of this division) and section 17
1154	1154	1113 of this division, the Secretary shall, to the greatest 18
1155	1155	extent practicable, ensure that technology deployed to gain 19
1156	1156	situational awareness and operational advantage of the 20
1157	1157	border be provided to front-line officers and agents of the 21
1158	1158	Department of Homeland Security. 22
1159	1159	SEC. 1119. TUNNEL TASK FORCES. 23
1160	1160	The Secretary is authorized to establish Tunnel Task 24
1161	1161	Forces for the purposes of detecting and remediating tun-25
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1165	1165	nels that breach the international border of the United 1
1166	1166	States. 2
1167	1167	SEC. 1120. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF ELECTRO-3
1168	1168	MAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN SUPPORT OF BOR-4
1169	1169	DER SECURITY OPERATIONS. 5
1170	1170	(a) I
1171	1171	NGENERAL.—The Commissioner, in consulta-6
1172	1172	tion with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Com-7
1173	1173	munications and Information, shall conduct a pilot pro-8
1174	1174	gram to test and evaluate the use of electromagnetic spec-9
1175	1175	trum by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in support 10
1176	1176	of border security operations through— 11
1177	1177	(1) ongoing management and monitoring of 12
1178	1178	spectrum to identify threats such as unauthorized 13
1179	1179	spectrum use, and the jamming and hacking of 14
1180	1180	United States communications assets, by persons en-15
1181	1181	gaged in criminal enterprises; 16
1182	1182	(2) automated spectrum management to enable 17
1183	1183	greater efficiency and speed for U.S. Customs and 18
1184	1184	Border Protection in addressing emerging challenges 19
1185	1185	in overall spectrum use on the United States border; 20
1186	1186	and 21
1187	1187	(3) coordinated use of spectrum resources to 22
1188	1188	better facilitate interoperability and interagency co-23
1189	1189	operation and interdiction efforts at or near the 24
1190	1190	United States border. 25
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1194	1194	(b) REPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 1
1195	1195	after the conclusion of the pilot program conducted under 2
1196	1196	subsection (a), the Commissioner shall submit to the Com-3
1197	1197	mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on En-4
1198	1198	ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 5
1199	1199	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 6
1200	1200	Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 7
1201	1201	Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings and 8
1202	1202	data derived from such program. 9
1203	1203	SEC. 1121. FOREIGN MIGRATION ASSISTANCE. 10
1204	1204	(a) I
1205	1205	NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 11
1206	1206	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), 12
1207	1207	as amended by sections 1115 and 1123 of this division, 13
1208	1208	is further amended by adding at the end the following new 14
1209	1209	section: 15
1210	1210	‘‘SEC. 439. FOREIGN MIGRATION ASSISTANCE. 16
1211	1211	‘‘(a) I
1212	1212	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, with the concur-17
1213	1213	rence of the Secretary of State, may provide to a foreign 18
1214	1214	government financial assistance for foreign country oper-19
1215	1215	ations to address migration flows that may affect the 20
1216	1216	United States. 21
1217	1217	‘‘(b) D
1218	1218	ETERMINATION.—Assistance provided under 22
1219	1219	subsection (a) may be provided only if such assistance 23
1220	1220	would enhance the recipient government’s capacity to ad-24
1221	1221	dress irregular migration flows that may affect the United 25
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1225	1225	States, including through related detention or removal op-1
1226	1226	erations by the recipient government, including procedures 2
1227	1227	to screen and provide protection for certain individuals. 3
1228	1228	‘‘(c) R
1229	1229	EIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Sec-4
1230	1230	retary may, if appropriate, seek reimbursement from the 5
1231	1231	receiving foreign government for the provision of financial 6
1232	1232	assistance under this section. 7
1233	1233	‘‘(d) R
1234	1234	ECEIPTSCREDITED ASOFFSETTINGCOLLEC-8
1235	1235	TIONS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 9
1236	1236	States Code, any reimbursement collected pursuant to 10
1237	1237	subsection (c) shall— 11
1238	1238	‘‘(1) be credited as offsetting collections to the 12
1239	1239	account that finances the financial assistance under 13
1240	1240	this section for which such reimbursement is re-14
1241	1241	ceived; and 15
1242	1242	‘‘(2) remain available until expended for the 16
1243	1243	purpose of carrying out this section. 17
1244	1244	‘‘(e) E
1245	1245	FFECTIVEPERIOD.—The authority provided 18
1246	1246	under this section shall remain in effect until September 19
1247	1247	30, 2028. 20
1248	1248	‘‘(f) D
1249	1249	EVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMEXECUTION.— 21
1250	1250	The Secretary and the Secretary of State shall jointly de-22
1251	1251	velop and implement any financial assistance under this 23
1252	1252	section. 24
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1256	1256	‘‘(g) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-1
1257	1257	tion may be construed as affecting, augmenting, or dimin-2
1258	1258	ishing the authority of the Secretary of State. 3
1259	1259	‘‘(h) A
1260	1260	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-4
1261	1261	dition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 5
1262	1262	for such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated 6
1263	1263	$50,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to carry 7
1264	1264	out this section.’’. 8
1265	1265	(b) C
1266	1266	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 9
1267	1267	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 10
1268	1268	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 11
1269	1269	438 the following new item: 12
1270	1270	‘‘Sec. 439. Foreign migration assistance.’’.
1271	1271	SEC. 1122. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL
1272	1272	13
1273	1273	MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. 14
1274	1274	(a) I
1275	1275	NGENERAL.—Subtitle D of title IV of the 15
1276	1276	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) 16
1277	1277	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 17
1278	1278	‘‘SEC. 447. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL 18
1279	1279	MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. 19
1280	1280	‘‘(a) E
1281	1281	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 20
1282	1282	Department a program to be known as the Biometric 21
1283	1283	Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (re-22
1284	1284	ferred to in this section as ‘BITMAP’) to address and re-23
1285	1285	duce national security, border security, and public safety 24
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1289	1289	threats before such threats reach the international border 1
1290	1290	of the United States. 2
1291	1291	‘‘(b) D
1292	1292	UTIES.—In carrying out BITMAP operations, 3
1293	1293	the Secretary, acting through the Director of U.S. Immi-4
1294	1294	gration and Customs Enforcement, shall— 5
1295	1295	‘‘(1) provide, when necessary, capabilities, 6
1296	1296	training, and equipment, to the government of a for-7
1297	1297	eign country to collect biometric and biographic 8
1298	1298	identification data from individuals to identify, pre-9
1299	1299	vent, detect, and interdict high-risk individuals iden-10
1300	1300	tified as national security, border security, or public 11
1301	1301	safety threats who may attempt to enter the United 12
1302	1302	States utilizing illicit pathways; 13
1303	1303	‘‘(2) provide capabilities to the government of a 14
1304	1304	foreign country to compare foreign data against ap-15
1305	1305	propriate United States national security, border se-16
1306	1306	curity, public safety, immigration, and counterter-17
1307	1307	rorism data, including— 18
1308	1308	‘‘(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 19
1309	1309	Terrorist Screening Database, or successor 20
1310	1310	database; 21
1311	1311	‘‘(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 22
1312	1312	Next Generation Identification database, or suc-23
1313	1313	cessor database; 24
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1317	1317	‘‘(C) the Department of Defense Auto-1
1318	1318	mated Biometric Identification System (com-2
1319	1319	monly known as ‘ABIS’), or successor database; 3
1320	1320	‘‘(D) the Department’s Automated Biomet-4
1321	1321	ric Identification System (commonly known as 5
1322	1322	‘IDENT’), or successor database; and 6
1323	1323	‘‘(E) any other database, notice, or means 7
1324	1324	that the Secretary, in consultation with the 8
1325	1325	heads of other Federal departments and agen-9
1326	1326	cies responsible for such databases, notices, or 10
1327	1327	means, designates; and 11
1328	1328	‘‘(3) ensure biometric and biographic identifica-12
1329	1329	tion data collected pursuant to BITMAP are incor-13
1330	1330	porated into appropriate United States Government 14
1331	1331	databases, in compliance with the policies and proce-15
1332	1332	dures established by the Privacy Officer appointed 16
1333	1333	under section 222. 17
1334	1334	‘‘(c) C
1335	1335	OLLABORATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 18
1336	1336	that BITMAP operations include participation from rel-19
1337	1337	evant components of the Department, and, as appropriate, 20
1338	1338	request participation from other Federal agencies. 21
1339	1339	‘‘(d) C
1340	1340	OORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi-22
1341	1341	nate with the Secretary of State, appropriate representa-23
1342	1342	tives of foreign governments, and the heads of other Fed-24
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1346	1346	eral agencies, as appropriate, to carry out paragraph (1) 1
1347	1347	of subsection (b). 2
1348	1348	‘‘(e) A
1349	1349	GREEMENTS.—Before carrying out BITMAP 3
1350	1350	operations in a foreign country that, as of the date of the 4
1351	1351	enactment of this section, was not a partner country de-5
1352	1352	scribed in this section, the Secretary, with the concurrence 6
1353	1353	of the Secretary of State, shall enter into an agreement 7
1354	1354	or arrangement with the government of such country that 8
1355	1355	outlines such operations in such country, including related 9
1356	1356	departmental operations. Such country shall be a partner 10
1357	1357	country described in this section pursuant to and for pur-11
1358	1358	poses of such agreement or arrangement. 12
1359	1359	‘‘(f) N
1360	1360	OTIFICATION TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 13
1361	1361	60 days before an agreement with the government of a 14
1362	1362	foreign country to carry out BITMAP operations in such 15
1363	1363	foreign country enters into force, the Secretary shall pro-16
1364	1364	vide the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 17
1365	1365	of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-18
1366	1366	rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with a copy 19
1367	1367	of the agreement to establish such operations, which shall 20
1368	1368	include— 21
1369	1369	‘‘(1) the identification of the foreign country 22
1370	1370	with which the Secretary intends to enter into such 23
1371	1371	an agreement; 24
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1375	1375	‘‘(2) the location at which such operations will 1
1376	1376	be conducted; and 2
1377	1377	‘‘(3) the terms and conditions for Department 3
1378	1378	personnel operating at such location.’’. 4
1379	1379	(b) R
1380	1380	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 5
1381	1381	on which the Biometric Identification Transnational Mi-6
1382	1382	gration Alert Program (BITMAP) is established under 7
1383	1383	section 447 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as 8
1384	1384	added by subsection (a) of this section) and annually 9
1385	1385	thereafter for the following five years, the Secretary of 10
1386	1386	Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 11
1387	1387	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 12
1388	1388	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 13
1389	1389	Affairs of the Senate a report that details the effectiveness 14
1390	1390	of BITMAP operations in enhancing national security, 15
1391	1391	border security, and public safety. 16
1392	1392	(c) C
1393	1393	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 17
1394	1394	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 18
1395	1395	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 19
1396	1396	446 the following new item: 20
1397	1397	‘‘Sec. 447. Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program.’’.
1398	1398	SEC. 1123. BORDER AND PORT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY IN-
1399	1399	21
1400	1400	VESTMENT PLAN. 22
1401	1401	(a) I
1402	1402	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 23
1403	1403	date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner, 24
1404	1404	in consultation with covered officials and border and port 25
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1408	1408	security technology stakeholders, shall submit to the ap-1
1409	1409	propriate congressional committees a strategic 5-year 2
1410	1410	technology investment plan (in this section to be referred 3
1411	1411	to as the ‘‘plan’’). The plan may include a classified annex, 4
1412	1412	if appropriate. 5
1413	1413	(b) C
1414	1414	ONTENTS OFPLAN.—The plan shall include the 6
1415	1415	following: 7
1416	1416	(1) An analysis of security risks with respect to 8
1417	1417	ports of entry along the northern and southern bor-9
1418	1418	ders of the United States. 10
1419	1419	(2) An identification of capability gaps with re-11
1420	1420	spect to security at such ports of entry. 12
1421	1421	(3) An analysis of current and forecast trends 13
1422	1422	relating to the number of aliens who— 14
1423	1423	(A) unlawfully entered the United States 15
1424	1424	by crossing the northern or southern border of 16
1425	1425	the United States; or 17
1426	1426	(B) are unlawfully present in the United 18
1427	1427	States. 19
1428	1428	(4) A description of security-related technology 20
1429	1429	acquisitions that are listed in order of priority to ad-21
1430	1430	dress the security risks and capability gaps identi-22
1431	1431	fied pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), respec-23
1432	1432	tively. 24
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1436	1436	(5) A description of each planned security-re-1
1437	1437	lated technology program, including objectives, goals, 2
1438	1438	and timelines for each such program. 3
1439	1439	(6) An identification of each deployed security- 4
1440	1440	related technology that is at or near the end of the 5
1441	1441	life cycle of such technology. 6
1442	1442	(7) A description of the test, evaluation, mod-7
1443	1443	eling, and simulation capabilities, including target 8
1444	1444	methodologies, rationales, and timelines, necessary 9
1445	1445	to support the acquisition of security-related tech-10
1446	1446	nologies pursuant to paragraph (4). 11
1447	1447	(8) An identification and assessment of ways to 12
1448	1448	increase opportunities for communication and col-13
1449	1449	laboration with industry, small and disadvantaged 14
1450	1450	businesses, intra-government entities, university cen-15
1451	1451	ters of excellence, and national laboratories to en-16
1452	1452	sure CBP understands the market for security-re-17
1453	1453	lated technologies that are available to satisfy its 18
1454	1454	mission needs before engaging in an acquisition of a 19
1455	1455	security-related technology. 20
1456	1456	(9) An assessment of the management of 21
1457	1457	planned security-related technology programs by the 22
1458	1458	acquisition workforce of CBP. 23
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1462	1462	(10) An identification of ways to leverage al-1
1463	1463	ready-existing acquisition expertise within the Fed-2
1464	1464	eral Government. 3
1465	1465	(11) A description of the security resources, in-4
1466	1466	cluding information security resources, that will be 5
1467	1467	required to protect security-related technology from 6
1468	1468	physical or cyber theft, diversion, sabotage, or at-7
1469	1469	tack. 8
1470	1470	(12) A description of initiatives to— 9
1471	1471	(A) streamline the acquisition process of 10
1472	1472	CBP; and 11
1473	1473	(B) provide greater predictability and clar-12
1474	1474	ity, with respect to such process, to small, me-13
1475	1475	dium, and large businesses, including informa-14
1476	1476	tion relating to the timeline for testing and 15
1477	1477	evaluation. 16
1478	1478	(13) An assessment of the privacy and security 17
1479	1479	impact on border communities of security-related 18
1480	1480	technology. 19
1481	1481	(14) In the case of a new acquisition leading to 20
1482	1482	the removal of equipment from a port of entry along 21
1483	1483	the northern or southern border of the United 22
1484	1484	States, a strategy to consult with industry and com-23
1485	1485	munity stakeholders affected by such removal. 24
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1489	1489	(15) A strategy to consult with industry and 1
1490	1490	community stakeholders with respect to security im-2
1491	1491	pacts at a port of entry described in paragraph (14). 3
1492	1492	(c) L
1493	1493	EVERAGING THEPRIVATESECTOR.—To the ex-4
1494	1494	tent practicable, the plan shall— 5
1495	1495	(1) leverage to the greatest extent possible 6
1496	1496	emerging technological trends, and research and de-7
1497	1497	velopment trends, within the public and private sec-8
1498	1498	tors; 9
1499	1499	(2) incorporate input from the private sector, 10
1500	1500	including from border and port security stake-11
1501	1501	holders, through requests for information, industry 12
1502	1502	day events, and other innovative means consistent 13
1503	1503	with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and 14
1504	1504	(3) identify security-related technologies that 15
1505	1505	are in development or deployed, with or without ad-16
1506	1506	aptation, that may satisfy the mission needs of CBP. 17
1507	1507	(d) F
1508	1508	ORM.—To the extent practicable, the plan shall 18
1509	1509	be published in unclassified form on the website of the 19
1510	1510	Department. 20
1511	1511	(e) A
1512	1512	PPROVAL.—The Commissioner may not publish 21
1513	1513	the plan until the plan is approved by the Secretary. 22
1514	1514	(f) D
1515	1515	ISCLOSURE.—The plan shall include a list of the 23
1516	1516	names of individuals not employed by the Federal Govern-24
1517	1517	ment who contributed to the development of the plan. 25
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1521	1521	(g) UPDATE ANDREPORT.—Not later than the date 1
1522	1522	that is two years after the date on which the plan is sub-2
1523	1523	mitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursu-3
1524	1524	ant to subsection (a) and biennially thereafter for ten 4
1525	1525	years, the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate 5
1526	1526	congressional committees— 6
1527	1527	(1) an update of the plan, if appropriate; and 7
1528	1528	(2) a report that includes— 8
1529	1529	(A) the extent to which each security-re-9
1530	1530	lated technology acquired by CBP since the ini-10
1531	1531	tial submission of the plan or most recent up-11
1532	1532	date of the plan, as the case may be, is con-12
1533	1533	sistent with the planned technology programs 13
1534	1534	and projects identified pursuant to subsection 14
1535	1535	(b)(5); and 15
1536	1536	(B) the type of contract and the reason for 16
1537	1537	acquiring such security-related technology. 17
1538	1538	(h) D
1539	1539	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
1540	1540	(1) A
1541	1541	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -19
1542	1542	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-20
1543	1543	mittees’’ means— 21
1544	1544	(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 22
1545	1545	of the House of Representatives; and 23
1546	1546	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 24
1547	1547	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 25
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1551	1551	(2) COVERED OFFICIALS.—The term ‘‘covered 1
1552	1552	officials’’ means— 2
1553	1553	(A) the Under Secretary for Management 3
1554	1554	of the Department; 4
1555	1555	(B) the Under Secretary for Science and 5
1556	1556	Technology of the Department; and 6
1557	1557	(C) the Chief Information Officer of the 7
1558	1558	Department. 8
1559	1559	(3) U
1560	1560	NLAWFULLY PRESENT .—The term ‘‘un-9
1561	1561	lawfully present’’ has the meaning given such term 10
1562	1562	in section 212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and 11
1563	1563	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)). 12
1564	1564	SEC. 1124. COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING ACQUISI-13
1565	1565	TION PROGRAM. 14
1566	1566	(a) A
1567	1567	UTHORITY.—The Commissioner may carry out 15
1568	1568	a program, to be known as the ‘‘commercial solutions 16
1569	1569	opening acquisition program’’ (in this section referred to 17
1570	1570	as the ‘‘program’’), under which commercial items that are 18
1571	1571	innovative may be acquired through a competitive selection 19
1572	1572	of proposals resulting from a general solicitation and peer 20
1573	1573	review of such proposals. 21
1574	1574	(b) T
1575	1575	REATMENT AS COMPETITIVEPROCEDURES.— 22
1576	1576	Use of general solicitation competitive procedures for the 23
1577	1577	program shall be considered to be use of competitive pro-24
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1581	1581	cedures for purposes of division C of title 41, United 1
1582	1582	States Code. 2
1583	1583	(c) L
1584	1584	IMITATION.—The Commissioner may not enter 3
1585	1585	into a contract under the program for an amount in excess 4
1586	1586	of $10,000,000. 5
1587	1587	(d) G
1588	1588	UIDANCE.—The Commissioner, in consultation 6
1589	1589	with the Under Secretary for Management of the Depart-7
1590	1590	ment, shall— 8
1591	1591	(1) issue guidance for the implementation of 9
1592	1592	the program; and 10
1593	1593	(2) post such guidance on a publicly available 11
1594	1594	website of CBP. 12
1595	1595	(e) R
1596	1596	EPORT.— 13
1597	1597	(1) I
1598	1598	N GENERAL.—The Commissioner shall sub-14
1599	1599	mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 15
1600	1600	report relating to the activities of the program as an 16
1601	1601	addendum to the annual budget request submission 17
1602	1602	of the Commissioner. 18
1603	1603	(2) E
1604	1604	LEMENTS.—Each report required under 19
1605	1605	paragraph (1) shall include— 20
1606	1606	(A) an assessment of the impact of the 21
1607	1607	program with respect to competition; 22
1608	1608	(B) a comparison of acquisition timelines 23
1609	1609	of procurements made using— 24
1610	1610	(i) the program; and 25
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1614	1614	(ii) other competitive procedures that 1
1615	1615	do not rely on general solicitations; and 2
1616	1616	(C) a recommendation with respect to 3
1617	1617	whether the authority for the program should 4
1618	1618	be extended beyond the date of termination 5
1619	1619	specified in subsection (f). 6
1620	1620	(f) T
1621	1621	ERMINATION.—The program shall terminate on 7
1622	1622	September 30, 2028. 8
1623	1623	(g) D
1624	1624	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
1625	1625	(1) C
1626	1626	OMPETITIVE PROCEDURES .—The term 10
1627	1627	‘‘competitive procedures’’ has the meaning given 11
1628	1628	such term in section 152 of title 41, United States 12
1629	1629	Code. 13
1630	1630	(2) I
1631	1631	NNOVATIVE.—The term ‘‘innovative’’ 14
1632	1632	means any new— 15
1633	1633	(A) technology, process, or method, includ-16
1634	1634	ing research and development; or 17
1635	1635	(B) application of an existing technology, 18
1636	1636	process, or method. 19
1637	1637	SEC. 1125. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TECH-20
1638	1638	NOLOGY UPGRADES. 21
1639	1639	(a) S
1640	1640	ECURECOMMUNICATIONS.—The Commissioner 22
1641	1641	shall ensure that each CBP officer or agent, if appro-23
1642	1642	priate, is equipped with a secure radio or other two-way 24
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1646	1646	communication device that allows each such officer or 1
1647	1647	agent to communicate— 2
1648	1648	(1) between ports of entry and inspection sta-3
1649	1649	tions; and 4
1650	1650	(2) with other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 5
1651	1651	law enforcement entities. 6
1652	1652	(b) B
1653	1653	ORDERSECURITYDEPLOYMENTPROGRAM.— 7
1654	1654	(1) E
1655	1655	XPANSION.—Not later than 1 year after 8
1656	1656	the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall 9
1657	1657	fully implement the Border Security Deployment 10
1658	1658	Program of CBP and expand the integrated surveil-11
1659	1659	lance and intrusion detection system at land ports of 12
1660	1660	entry along the northern and southern borders of 13
1661	1661	the United States. 14
1662	1662	(2) A
1663	1663	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 15
1664	1664	addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-16
1665	1665	propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 17
1666	1666	be appropriated $33,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 18
1667	1667	and 2025 to carry out paragraph (1). 19
1668	1668	(c) U
1669	1669	PGRADE OF LICENSEPLATEREADERS AT 20
1670	1670	P
1671	1671	ORTS OFENTRY.— 21
1672	1672	(1) U
1673	1673	PGRADE.—Not later than two years after 22
1674	1674	the date of the enactment of this section, the Com-23
1675	1675	missioner shall upgrade all existing license plate 24
1676	1676	readers in need of upgrade, as determined by the 25
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1680	1680	Commissioner, on the northern and southern borders 1
1681	1681	of the United States. 2
1682	1682	(2) A
1683	1683	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 3
1684	1684	addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-4
1685	1685	propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 5
1686	1686	be appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 6
1687	1687	and 2025 to carry out paragraph (1). 7
1688	1688	(d) B
1689	1689	IOMETRICEXITDATASYSTEM.— 8
1690	1690	(1) I
1691	1691	N GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the 9
1692	1692	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et 10
1693	1693	seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 11
1694	1694	new section: 12
1695	1695	‘‘SEC. 420. BIOMETRIC EXIT DATA SYSTEM. 13
1696	1696	‘‘(a) E
1697	1697	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall— 14
1698	1698	‘‘(1) not later than 180 days after the date of 15
1699	1699	the enactment of this section, submit to the Com-16
1700	1700	mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 17
1701	1701	the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 18
1702	1702	the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-19
1703	1703	mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary 20
1704	1704	of the Senate an implementation plan to establish a 21
1705	1705	biometric exit data system to complete the inte-22
1706	1706	grated biometric entry and exit data system required 23
1707	1707	under section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and 24
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1711	1711	Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), 1
1712	1712	including— 2
1713	1713	‘‘(A) an integrated master schedule and 3
1714	1714	cost estimate, including requirements and de-4
1715	1715	sign, development, operational, and mainte-5
1716	1716	nance costs of such a system, that takes into 6
1717	1717	account prior reports on such matters issued by 7
1718	1718	the Government Accountability Office and the 8
1719	1719	Department; 9
1720	1720	‘‘(B) cost-effective staffing and personnel 10
1721	1721	requirements of such a system that leverages 11
1722	1722	existing resources of the Department and takes 12
1723	1723	into account prior reports on such matters 13
1724	1724	issued by the Government Accountability Office 14
1725	1725	and the Department; 15
1726	1726	‘‘(C) a consideration of training programs 16
1727	1727	necessary to establish such a system that takes 17
1728	1728	into account prior reports on such matters 18
1729	1729	issued by the Government Accountability Office 19
1730	1730	and the Department; 20
1731	1731	‘‘(D) a consideration of how such a system 21
1732	1732	will affect arrival and departure wait times that 22
1733	1733	takes into account prior reports on such mat-23
1734	1734	ters issued by the Government Accountability 24
1735	1735	Office and the Department; 25
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1739	1739	‘‘(E) a consideration of audit capability for 1
1740	1740	systems procured in partnership with the pri-2
1741	1741	vate sector to achieve biometric exit; 3
1742	1742	‘‘(F) information received after consulta-4
1743	1743	tion with the private sector, including the— 5
1744	1744	‘‘(i) trucking industry; 6
1745	1745	‘‘(ii) airport industry; 7
1746	1746	‘‘(iii) airline industry; 8
1747	1747	‘‘(iv) seaport industry; 9
1748	1748	‘‘(v) travel industry; and 10
1749	1749	‘‘(vi) biometric technology industry; 11
1750	1750	‘‘(G) a consideration of how trusted trav-12
1751	1751	eler programs in existence as of the date of the 13
1752	1752	enactment of this section may be impacted by, 14
1753	1753	or incorporated into, such a system; 15
1754	1754	‘‘(H) defined metrics of success and mile-16
1755	1755	stones; 17
1756	1756	‘‘(I) identified risks and mitigation strate-18
1757	1757	gies to address such risks; 19
1758	1758	‘‘(J) a consideration of how other countries 20
1759	1759	have implemented a biometric exit data system; 21
1760	1760	‘‘(K) a consideration of stakeholder privacy 22
1761	1761	concerns; and 23
1762	1762	‘‘(L) a list of statutory, regulatory, or ad-24
1763	1763	ministrative authorities, if any, needed to inte-25
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1767	1767	grate such a system into the operations of the 1
1768	1768	Transportation Security Administration; and 2
1769	1769	‘‘(2) not later than two years after the date of 3
1770	1770	the enactment of this section, establish a biometric 4
1771	1771	exit data system at— 5
1772	1772	‘‘(A) the 15 United States airports that 6
1773	1773	support the highest volume of international air 7
1774	1774	travel, as determined by available Federal flight 8
1775	1775	data; 9
1776	1776	‘‘(B) the 10 United States seaports that 10
1777	1777	support the highest volume of international sea 11
1778	1778	travel, as determined by available Federal travel 12
1779	1779	data; and 13
1780	1780	‘‘(C) the 15 United States land ports of 14
1781	1781	entry that support the highest volume of vehi-15
1782	1782	cle, pedestrian, and cargo crossings, as deter-16
1783	1783	mined by available Federal border crossing 17
1784	1784	data. 18
1785	1785	‘‘(b) I
1786	1786	MPLEMENTATION.— 19
1787	1787	‘‘(1) P
1788	1788	ILOT PROGRAM AT LAND PORTS OF 20
1789	1789	ENTRY.—Not later than six months after the date of 21
1790	1790	the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in col-22
1791	1791	laboration with industry stakeholders specified in 23
1792	1792	subsection (a)(1)(F), shall establish a six-month 24
1793	1793	pilot program to test the biometric exit data system 25
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1797	1797	referred to in subsection (a)(1) on nonpedestrian 1
1798	1798	outbound traffic at not fewer than three land ports 2
1799	1799	of entry with significant cross-border traffic, includ-3
1800	1800	ing at not fewer than two land ports of entry on the 4
1801	1801	southern land border and at least one land port of 5
1802	1802	entry on the northern land border. Such pilot pro-6
1803	1803	gram may include a consideration of more than one 7
1804	1804	biometric mode, and shall be implemented to deter-8
1805	1805	mine the following: 9
1806	1806	‘‘(A) How a nationwide implementation of 10
1807	1807	such biometric exit data system at land ports of 11
1808	1808	entry shall be carried out. 12
1809	1809	‘‘(B) The infrastructure required to carry 13
1810	1810	out subparagraph (A). 14
1811	1811	‘‘(C) The effects of such pilot program 15
1812	1812	on— 16
1813	1813	‘‘(i) legitimate travel and trade; 17
1814	1814	‘‘(ii) wait times, including processing 18
1815	1815	times, for such non-pedestrian traffic; 19
1816	1816	‘‘(iii) combating terrorism; and 20
1817	1817	‘‘(iv) identifying visa holders who vio-21
1818	1818	late the terms of their visas. 22
1819	1819	‘‘(2) A
1820	1820	T LAND PORTS OF ENTRY .— 23
1821	1821	‘‘(A) I
1822	1822	N GENERAL.—Not later than five 24
1823	1823	years after the date of the enactment of this 25
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1827	1827	section, the Secretary shall expand to all land 1
1828	1828	ports of entry the biometric exit data system es-2
1829	1829	tablished pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 3
1830	1830	‘‘(B) E
1831	1831	XTENSION.—The Secretary may ex-4
1832	1832	tend for a single two-year period the date speci-5
1833	1833	fied in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary cer-6
1834	1834	tifies to the Committee on Homeland Security 7
1835	1835	and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 8
1836	1836	House of Representatives and the Committee 9
1837	1837	on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-10
1838	1838	fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 11
1839	1839	Senate that the 15 land ports of entry that sup-12
1840	1840	port the highest volume of vehicle, pedestrian, 13
1841	1841	and cargo crossings, as determined by available 14
1842	1842	Federal border crossing data, do not have the 15
1843	1843	physical infrastructure or characteristics to in-16
1844	1844	stall the systems necessary to implement a bio-17
1845	1845	metric exit data system. Such extension shall 18
1846	1846	apply only in the case of nonpedestrian out-19
1847	1847	bound traffic at such land ports of entry. 20
1848	1848	‘‘(3) A
1849	1849	T AIR AND SEA PORTS OF ENTRY .—Not 21
1850	1850	later than five years after the date of the enactment 22
1851	1851	of this section, the Secretary shall expand to all air 23
1852	1852	and sea ports of entry the biometric exit data system 24
1853	1853	referred to in subsection (a)(2). 25
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1857	1857	‘‘(c) EFFECTS ONAIR, SEA, ANDLANDTRANSPOR-1
1858	1858	TATION.—The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate 2
1859	1859	industry stakeholders, shall ensure that the collection of 3
1860	1860	biometric data under this section causes the least possible 4
1861	1861	disruption to the movement of people or cargo in air, sea, 5
1862	1862	or land transportation, while fulfilling the goals of improv-6
1863	1863	ing counterterrorism efforts and identifying visa holders 7
1864	1864	who violate the terms of their visas. 8
1865	1865	‘‘(d) T
1866	1866	ERMINATION OF PROCEEDING.—Notwith-9
1867	1867	standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall, 10
1868	1868	on the date of the enactment of this section, terminate 11
1869	1869	the proceeding entitled ‘Collection of Alien Biometric Data 12
1870	1870	Upon Exit From the United States at Air and Sea Ports 13
1871	1871	of Departure; United States Visitor and Immigrant Status 14
1872	1872	Indicator Technology Program (‘‘US–VISIT’’)’, issued on 15
1873	1873	April 24, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 22065). 16
1874	1874	‘‘(e) D
1875	1875	ATAMATCHING.—The biometric exit data sys-17
1876	1876	tem established under this section shall— 18
1877	1877	‘‘(1) match biometric information for an indi-19
1878	1878	vidual, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or im-20
1879	1879	migration status, who is departing the United States 21
1880	1880	against biometric data previously provided to the 22
1881	1881	United States Government by such individual for the 23
1882	1882	purposes of international travel; 24
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1886	1886	‘‘(2) leverage the infrastructure and databases 1
1887	1887	of the current biometric entry and exit system estab-2
1888	1888	lished pursuant to section 7208 of the Intelligence 3
1889	1889	Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 4
1890	1890	U.S.C. 1365b) for the purpose described in para-5
1891	1891	graph (1); and 6
1892	1892	‘‘(3) be interoperable with, and allow matching 7
1893	1893	against, other Federal databases that— 8
1894	1894	‘‘(A) store biometrics of known or sus-9
1895	1895	pected terrorists; and 10
1896	1896	‘‘(B) identify visa holders who violate the 11
1897	1897	terms of their visas. 12
1898	1898	‘‘(f) S
1899	1899	COPE.— 13
1900	1900	‘‘(1) I
1901	1901	N GENERAL.—The biometric exit data 14
1902	1902	system established under this section shall include a 15
1903	1903	requirement for the collection of biometric exit data 16
1904	1904	at the time of departure for all categories of individ-17
1905	1905	uals who are required by the Secretary to provide bi-18
1906	1906	ometric entry data. 19
1907	1907	‘‘(2) E
1908	1908	XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN OTHER INDIVID -20
1909	1909	UALS.—This section shall not apply in the case of an 21
1910	1910	individual who exits and then enters the United 22
1911	1911	States on a passenger vessel (as such term is defined 23
1912	1912	in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) the 24
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1916	1916	itinerary of which originates and terminates in the 1
1917	1917	United States. 2
1918	1918	‘‘(3) E
1919	1919	XCEPTION FOR LAND PORTS OF 3
1920	1920	ENTRY.—This section shall not apply in the case of 4
1921	1921	a United States or Canadian citizen who exits the 5
1922	1922	United States through a land port of entry. 6
1923	1923	‘‘(g) C
1924	1924	OLLECTION OFDATA.—The Secretary may not 7
1925	1925	require any non-Federal person to collect biometric data, 8
1926	1926	or contribute to the costs of collecting or administering 9
1927	1927	the biometric exit data system established under this sec-10
1928	1928	tion, except through a mutual agreement. 11
1929	1929	‘‘(h) M
1930	1930	ULTIMODALCOLLECTION.—In carrying out 12
1931	1931	subsections (a)(1) and (b), the Secretary shall make every 13
1932	1932	effort to collect biometric data using multiple modes of 14
1933	1933	biometrics. 15
1934	1934	‘‘(i) F
1935	1935	ACILITIES.— 16
1936	1936	‘‘(1) I
1937	1937	N GENERAL.—All facilities at which the 17
1938	1938	biometric exit data system established under this 18
1939	1939	section is implemented shall provide and maintain 19
1940	1940	space for Federal use that is adequate to support bi-20
1941	1941	ometric data collection and other inspection-related 21
1942	1942	activity. 22
1943	1943	‘‘(2) N
1944	1944	ON-FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect 23
1945	1945	to each non-Federal facility at which the biometric 24
1946	1946	exit data system is implemented pursuant to para-25
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1950	1950	graph (1), the space required under such paragraph 1
1951	1951	shall be provided and maintained at no cost to the 2
1952	1952	Federal Government. 3
1953	1953	‘‘(3) L
1954	1954	AND PORTS OF ENTRY .—With respect to 4
1955	1955	each facility at a land port of entry at which the bio-5
1956	1956	metric exit data system is implemented pursuant to 6
1957	1957	paragraph (1), the space required under such para-7
1958	1958	graph shall be coordinated with the Administrator of 8
1959	1959	General Services. 9
1960	1960	‘‘(j) N
1961	1961	ORTHERNLANDBORDER.—With respect to 10
1962	1962	the northern land border, the requirements under sub-11
1963	1963	sections (a)(2)(C), (b)(2)(A), and (b)(3) may be achieved 12
1964	1964	through the sharing of biometric data provided to the De-13
1965	1965	partment by the Canadian Border Services Agency pursu-14
1966	1966	ant to the 2011 Beyond the Border agreement. 15
1967	1967	‘‘(k) F
1968	1968	ULL ANDOPENCOMPETITION.—The Sec-16
1969	1969	retary shall procure goods and services to implement this 17
1970	1970	section through full and open competition in accordance 18
1971	1971	with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 19
1972	1972	‘‘(l) O
1973	1973	THERBIOMETRICINITIATIVES.—Nothing in 20
1974	1974	this section may be construed as limiting the authority of 21
1975	1975	the Secretary to collect biometric information in cir-22
1976	1976	cumstances other than as specified in this section. 23
1977	1977	‘‘(m) C
1978	1978	ONGRESSIONALREVIEW.—Not later than 90 24
1979	1979	days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 25
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1983	1983	Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-1
1984	1984	curity and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 2
1985	1985	of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-3
1986	1986	rity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the 4
1987	1987	Judiciary of the Senate reports and recommendations re-5
1988	1988	garding the Directorate of Science and Technology’s Air 6
1989	1989	Entry and Exit Re-Engineering Program and the U.S. 7
1990	1990	Customs and Border Protection entry and exit mobility 8
1991	1991	program demonstrations. 9
1992	1992	‘‘(n) S
1993	1993	AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 10
1994	1994	prohibit the collection of user fees permitted by section 11
1995	1995	13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 12
1996	1996	Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c).’’. 13
1997	1997	(2) A
1998	1998	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 14
1999	1999	There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 15
2000	2000	for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to carry out 16
2001	2001	section 420 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 17
2002	2002	as added by this subsection. 18
2003	2003	(3) C
2004	2004	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-19
2005	2005	tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 20
2006	2006	of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relat-21
2007	2007	ing to section 419 the following new item: 22
2008	2008	‘‘Sec. 420. Biometric exit data system.’’.
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2012	2012	SEC. 1126. NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION OPERATIONS. 1
2013	2013	The Secretary shall fully implement the requirements 2
2014	2014	of the Securing America’s Ports Act (Public Law 116– 3
2015	2015	299; 6 U.S.C. 211 note). 4
2016	2016	SEC. 1127. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS INNOVA-5
2017	2017	TION LAB. 6
2018	2018	(a) I
2019	2019	NGENERAL.—Subtitle E of title IV of the 7
2020	2020	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 8
2021	2021	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 9
2022	2022	‘‘SEC. 463. INNOVATION LAB. 10
2023	2023	‘‘(a) E
2024	2024	STABLISHMENT.— 11
2025	2025	‘‘(1) I
2026	2026	N GENERAL.—There is established within 12
2027	2027	the Department a program to be known as the 13
2028	2028	‘Homeland Security Investigations Innovation Lab’ 14
2029	2029	(referred to in this section as the ‘Innovation Lab’). 15
2030	2030	‘‘(2) A
2031	2031	SSISTANT DIRECTOR .—The Innovation 16
2032	2032	Lab shall be headed by an Assistant Director, who 17
2033	2033	shall be appointed by the Executive Associate Direc-18
2034	2034	tor of United States Immigration and Customs En-19
2035	2035	forcement, Homeland Security Investigations. 20
2036	2036	‘‘(b) P
2037	2037	URPOSE.—The purpose of the Innovation Lab 21
2038	2038	shall be to improve investigative efficiency and mission- 22
2039	2039	critical outcomes by enhancing and streamlining data 23
2040	2040	processing, agility, assessment, visualization, and analysis 24
2041	2041	of homeland security data, using innovative and emerging 25
2042	2042	technologies and best practices for design principles. Inno-26
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2046	2046	vation Lab efforts shall be informed by designated field 1
2047	2047	agents and analysts with relevant experience. 2
2048	2048	‘‘(c) C
2049	2049	O-LOCATION.—The Secretary shall, if prac-3
2050	2050	ticable, co-locate Innovation Lab personnel and office 4
2051	2051	space with other existing assets of— 5
2052	2052	‘‘(1) the Department, where possible; or 6
2053	2053	‘‘(2) Federal facilities, where appropriate. 7
2054	2054	‘‘(d) C
2055	2055	OMPOSITION.—The Innovation Lab shall be 8
2056	2056	comprised of personnel from the following: 9
2057	2057	‘‘(1) Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. 10
2058	2058	Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 11
2059	2059	‘‘(2) Other appropriate agencies as determined 12
2060	2060	by the Secretary. 13
2061	2061	‘‘(3) The private sector (through advisory part-14
2062	2062	nerships), including developers with specializations 15
2063	2063	in innovative and emerging technology, backend ar-16
2064	2064	chitecture, or user interface design. 17
2065	2065	‘‘(4) Academic institutions (through advisory 18
2066	2066	partnerships), including members from the Depart-19
2067	2067	ment of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence. 20
2068	2068	‘‘(e) P
2069	2069	RIORITIZATION.—The Innovation Lab shall 21
2070	2070	prioritize new projects based on communicated investiga-22
2071	2071	tive challenges experienced by each Homeland Security In-23
2072	2072	vestigations field office. Such communication may be in-24
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2076	2076	corporated in existing annual threat analyses conducted 1
2077	2077	by Homeland Security Investigations. 2
2078	2078	‘‘(f) N
2079	2079	ONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal 3
2080	2080	Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 4
2081	2081	to the Innovation Lab. 5
2082	2082	‘‘(g) A
2083	2083	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 6
2084	2084	is authorized to be appropriated $24,700,000 for fiscal 7
2085	2085	year 2024 and $27,700,000 for fiscal year 2025 to carry 8
2086	2086	out this section.’’. 9
2087	2087	(b) C
2088	2088	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10
2089	2089	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 11
2090	2090	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 12
2091	2091	462 the following new item: 13
2092	2092	‘‘Sec. 463. Innovation lab.’’.
2093	2093	SEC. 1128. REPORT ON STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR
2094	2094	14
2095	2095	MANAGING PORTS OF ENTRY UNDER THE 15
2096	2096	CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-16
2097	2097	LAND SECURITY. 17
2098	2098	(a) I
2099	2099	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 18
2100	2100	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-19
2101	2101	land Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Com-20
2102	2102	merce, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-21
2103	2103	rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 22
2104	2104	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 23
2105	2105	Senate a report that contains an assessment of the stand-24
2106	2106	ards and guidelines for managing ports of entry under the 25
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2110	2110	control of the Department of Homeland Security. Such as-1
2111	2111	sessment shall include information relating to the fol-2
2112	2112	lowing: 3
2113	2113	(1) Staffing levels and need for additional staff-4
2114	2114	ing. 5
2115	2115	(2) Rules governing the actions of Office of 6
2116	2116	Field Operations officers. 7
2117	2117	(3) Average delays for transit through air, land, 8
2118	2118	and sea ports of entry. 9
2119	2119	(4) Assessment of existing efforts and tech-10
2120	2120	nologies used for border security, and the effect of 11
2121	2121	the use of such efforts and technologies on facili-12
2122	2122	tating trade at ports of entry and their impact on 13
2123	2123	civil rights, private property rights, privacy rights, 14
2124	2124	and civil liberties. 15
2125	2125	(5) Economic impact of the policies and prac-16
2126	2126	tices of CBP Agricultural Specialists and Office of 17
2127	2127	Field Operations personnel. 18
2128	2128	(6) Physical infrastructure and technological 19
2129	2129	needs at ports of entry. 20
2130	2130	(7) Data reflecting the specific needs of geo-21
2131	2131	graphically separate ports of entry within the same 22
2132	2132	U.S. Border Patrol sector. 23
2133	2133	(b) R
2134	2134	EPORT ONPORTRUNNERS.—Not later than 24
2135	2135	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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2139	2139	Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report that 1
2140	2140	contains an assessment of instances of ‘‘Port Running’’, 2
2141	2141	or departing the United States before officers can con-3
2142	2142	clude traveler inspections, which shall include rec-4
2143	2143	ommendations for new security enhancements, including 5
2144	2144	traffic barricades, to slow and deter individuals from leav-6
2145	2145	ing the United States without authorization. 7
2146	2146	Subtitle B—Personnel 8
2147	2147	SEC. 1141. ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO-9
2148	2148	TECTION PERSONNEL. 10
2149	2149	(a) B
2150	2150	ORDERPATROLAGENTS.—Not later than Sep-11
2151	2151	tember 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and 12
2152	2152	assign agents to maintain an active duty presence of— 13
2153	2153	(1) not fewer than 22,478 full-time equivalent 14
2154	2154	CBP agents; and 15
2155	2155	(2) not fewer than 1,200 CBP processing coor-16
2156	2156	dinators. 17
2157	2157	(b) CBP O
2158	2158	FFICERS.—In addition to positions author-18
2159	2159	ized before the date of the enactment of this section and 19
2160	2160	any existing officer vacancies within CBP as of such date, 20
2161	2161	the Commissioner shall, not later than September 30, 21
2162	2162	2025, hire, train, and assign to duty sufficient CBP offi-22
2163	2163	cers to maintain an active duty presence of— 23
2164	2164	(1) not fewer than 27,725 full-time equivalent 24
2165	2165	officers; and 25
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2169	2169	(2) the required associated full-time support 1
2170	2170	staff distributed among all United States ports of 2
2171	2171	entry. 3
2172	2172	(c) A
2173	2173	IR ANDMARINEOPERATIONS.—Not later than 4
2174	2174	September 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, 5
2175	2175	and assign agents for Air and Marine Operations of CBP 6
2176	2176	to maintain not fewer than 1,675 full-time equivalent 7
2177	2177	agents. 8
2178	2178	(d) CBP K–9 U
2179	2179	NITS ANDHANDLERS.— 9
2180	2180	(1) K–9
2181	2181	UNITS.—Not later than September 30, 10
2182	2182	2025, the Commissioner shall deploy not fewer than 11
2183	2183	200 new K–9 units, with supporting officers of CBP 12
2184	2184	and other required staff, at land ports of entry and 13
2185	2185	checkpoints, along the northern and southern bor-14
2186	2186	ders of the United States. 15
2187	2187	(2) U
2188	2188	SE OF CANINES.—The Commissioner shall 16
2189	2189	prioritize the use of K–9 units at the primary in-17
2190	2190	spection lanes at land ports of entry and check-18
2191	2191	points. 19
2192	2192	(e) CBP T
2193	2193	UNNELDETECTION ANDREMEDIATION.— 20
2194	2194	Not later than September 30, 2025, the Commissioner 21
2195	2195	shall increase by not fewer than 50 the number of CBP 22
2196	2196	officers assisting task forces and activities related to— 23
2197	2197	(1) the deployment and operation of border tun-24
2198	2198	nel detection technology; 25
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2202	2202	(2) the apprehension of individuals using such 1
2203	2203	tunnels for— 2
2204	2204	(A) unlawfully entering the United States; 3
2205	2205	(B) drug trafficking; or 4
2206	2206	(C) human smuggling; and 5
2207	2207	(3) the remediation of such illicit tunnels. 6
2208	2208	(f) A
2209	2209	GRICULTURALSPECIALISTS.—In addition to the 7
2210	2210	officers and agents authorized under subsections (a) 8
2211	2211	through (e), by September 30, 2025, the Commissioner 9
2212	2212	shall carry out section 4 of the Protecting America’s Food 10
2213	2213	and Agriculture Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–122; 6 11
2214	2214	U.S.C. 211 note). 12
2215	2215	(g) U.S. C
2216	2216	USTOMS ANDBORDERPROTECTIONOF-13
2217	2217	FICE OFINTELLIGENCE.—Not later than September 30, 14
2218	2218	2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and assign suffi-15
2219	2219	cient Office of Intelligence personnel to maintain not fewer 16
2220	2220	than 500 full-time equivalent employees. 17
2221	2221	(h) GAO R
2222	2222	EPORT.—If the staffing levels required 18
2223	2223	under this section are not achieved by September 30, 19
2224	2224	2025, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 20
2225	2225	conduct a review of the reasons why such levels were not 21
2226	2226	achieved. 22
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2230	2230	SEC. 1142. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION RE-1
2231	2231	TENTION INCENTIVES. 2
2232	2232	(a) I
2233	2233	NGENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 5, United 3
2234	2234	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
2235	2235	lowing: 5
2236	2236	‘‘§ 9702. U.S. Customs and Border Protection tem-6
2237	2237	porary employment authorities 7
2238	2238	‘‘(a) D
2239	2239	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 8
2240	2240	‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-9
2241	2241	mittees’ means the Committee on Oversight and 10
2242	2242	Government Reform, the Committee on Homeland 11
2243	2243	Security, and the Committee on Ways and Means of 12
2244	2244	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 13
2245	2245	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 14
2246	2246	the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 15
2247	2247	‘‘(2) the term ‘CBP employee’ means an em-16
2248	2248	ployee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection de-17
2249	2249	scribed under any of subsections (a) through (h) of 18
2250	2250	section 1134 of the Border Security for America 19
2251	2251	Act; 20
2252	2252	‘‘(3) the term ‘Commissioner’ means the Com-21
2253	2253	missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 22
2254	2254	‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 23
2255	2255	the Office of Personnel Management; and 24
2256	2256	‘‘(5) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 25
2257	2257	of Homeland Security. 26
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2261	2261	‘‘(b) DIRECTHIREAUTHORITY; RECRUITMENT AND 1
2262	2262	R
2263	2263	ELOCATIONBONUSES; RETENTIONBONUSES.— 2
2264	2264	‘‘(1) S
2265	2265	TATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND LIMITA -3
2266	2266	TION.—The purpose of this subsection is to allow 4
2267	2267	U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expedi-5
2268	2268	tiously meet the hiring goals and staffing levels re-6
2269	2269	quired by the Border Security for America Act. The 7
2270	2270	Secretary shall not use this authority beyond meet-8
2271	2271	ing the requirements of such section. 9
2272	2272	‘‘(2) D
2273	2273	IRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 10
2274	2274	may appoint, without regard to any provision of sec-11
2275	2275	tions 3309 through 3319, candidates to positions in 12
2276	2276	the competitive service as CBP employees if the Sec-13
2277	2277	retary has given public notice for the positions. 14
2278	2278	‘‘(3) R
2279	2279	ECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION BO -15
2280	2280	NUSES.—The Secretary may pay a recruitment or 16
2281	2281	relocation bonus of up to 50 percent of the annual 17
2282	2282	rate of basic pay to an individual CBP employee at 18
2283	2283	the beginning of the service period multiplied by the 19
2284	2284	number of years (including a fractional part of a 20
2285	2285	year) in the required service period to an individual 21
2286	2286	(other than an individual described in subsection 22
2287	2287	(a)(2) of section 5753) if— 23
2288	2288	‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that condi-24
2289	2289	tions consistent with the conditions described in 25
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2293	2293	paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of 1
2294	2294	such section 5753 are satisfied with respect to 2
2295	2295	the individual (without regard to the regula-3
2296	2296	tions referenced in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of 4
2297	2297	such section or to any other provision of that 5
2298	2298	section); and 6
2299	2299	‘‘(B) the individual enters into a written 7
2300	2300	service agreement with the Secretary— 8
2301	2301	‘‘(i) under which the individual is re-9
2302	2302	quired to complete a period of employment 10
2303	2303	as a CBP employee of not less than 2 11
2304	2304	years; and 12
2305	2305	‘‘(ii) that includes— 13
2306	2306	‘‘(I) the commencement and ter-14
2307	2307	mination dates of the required service 15
2308	2308	period (or provisions for the deter-16
2309	2309	mination thereof); 17
2310	2310	‘‘(II) the amount of the bonus; 18
2311	2311	and 19
2312	2312	‘‘(III) other terms and conditions 20
2313	2313	under which the bonus is payable, 21
2314	2314	subject to the requirements of this 22
2315	2315	subsection, including— 23
2316	2316	‘‘(aa) the conditions under 24
2317	2317	which the agreement may be ter-25
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2321	2321	minated before the agreed-upon 1
2322	2322	service period has been com-2
2323	2323	pleted; and 3
2324	2324	‘‘(bb) the effect of a termi-4
2325	2325	nation described in item (aa). 5
2326	2326	‘‘(4) R
2327	2327	ETENTION BONUSES .—The Secretary 6
2328	2328	may pay a retention bonus of up to 50 percent of 7
2329	2329	basic pay to an individual CBP employee (other than 8
2330	2330	an individual described in subsection (a)(2) of sec-9
2331	2331	tion 5754) if— 10
2332	2332	‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that— 11
2333	2333	‘‘(i) a condition consistent with the 12
2334	2334	condition described in subsection (b)(1) of 13
2335	2335	such section 5754 is satisfied with respect 14
2336	2336	to the CBP employee (without regard to 15
2337	2337	any other provision of that section); and 16
2338	2338	‘‘(ii) in the absence of a retention 17
2339	2339	bonus, the CBP employee would be likely 18
2340	2340	to leave— 19
2341	2341	‘‘(I) the Federal service; or 20
2342	2342	‘‘(II) for a different position in 21
2343	2343	the Federal service, including a posi-22
2344	2344	tion in another agency or component 23
2345	2345	of the Department of Homeland Secu-24
2346	2346	rity; and 25
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2350	2350	‘‘(B) the individual enters into a written 1
2351	2351	service agreement with the Secretary— 2
2352	2352	‘‘(i) under which the individual is re-3
2353	2353	quired to complete a period of employment 4
2354	2354	as a CBP employee of not less than 2 5
2355	2355	years; and 6
2356	2356	‘‘(ii) that includes— 7
2357	2357	‘‘(I) the commencement and ter-8
2358	2358	mination dates of the required service 9
2359	2359	period (or provisions for the deter-10
2360	2360	mination thereof); 11
2361	2361	‘‘(II) the amount of the bonus; 12
2362	2362	and 13
2363	2363	‘‘(III) other terms and conditions 14
2364	2364	under which the bonus is payable, 15
2365	2365	subject to the requirements of this 16
2366	2366	subsection, including— 17
2367	2367	‘‘(aa) the conditions under 18
2368	2368	which the agreement may be ter-19
2369	2369	minated before the agreed-upon 20
2370	2370	service period has been com-21
2371	2371	pleted; and 22
2372	2372	‘‘(bb) the effect of a termi-23
2373	2373	nation described in item (aa). 24
2374	2374	‘‘(5) R
2375	2375	ULES FOR BONUSES.— 25
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2379	2379	‘‘(A) MAXIMUM BONUS.—A bonus paid to 1
2380	2380	an employee under— 2
2381	2381	‘‘(i) paragraph (3) may not exceed 3
2382	2382	100 percent of the annual rate of basic pay 4
2383	2383	of the employee as of the commencement 5
2384	2384	date of the applicable service period; and 6
2385	2385	‘‘(ii) paragraph (4) may not exceed 50 7
2386	2386	percent of the annual rate of basic pay of 8
2387	2387	the employee. 9
2388	2388	‘‘(B) R
2389	2389	ELATIONSHIP TO BASIC PAY .—A 10
2390	2390	bonus paid to an employee under paragraph (3) 11
2391	2391	or (4) shall not be considered part of the basic 12
2392	2392	pay of the employee for any purpose, including 13
2393	2393	for retirement or in computing a lump-sum pay-14
2394	2394	ment to the covered employee for accumulated 15
2395	2395	and accrued annual leave under section 5551 or 16
2396	2396	section 5552. 17
2397	2397	‘‘(C) P
2398	2398	ERIOD OF SERVICE FOR RECRUIT -18
2399	2399	MENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION BO -19
2400	2400	NUSES.— 20
2401	2401	‘‘(i) A bonus paid to an employee 21
2402	2402	under paragraph (4) may not be based on 22
2403	2403	any period of such service which is the 23
2404	2404	basis for a recruitment or relocation bonus 24
2405	2405	under paragraph (3). 25
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2409	2409	‘‘(ii) A bonus paid to an employee 1
2410	2410	under paragraph (3) or (4) may not be 2
2411	2411	based on any period of service which is the 3
2412	2412	basis for a recruitment or relocation bonus 4
2413	2413	under section 5753 or a retention bonus 5
2414	2414	under section 5754. 6
2415	2415	‘‘(c) S
2416	2416	PECIALRATES OFPAY.—In addition to the cir-7
2417	2417	cumstances described in subsection (b) of section 5305, 8
2418	2418	the Director may establish special rates of pay in accord-9
2419	2419	ance with that section to assist the Secretary in meeting 10
2420	2420	the requirements of the Border Security for America Act. 11
2421	2421	The Director shall prioritize the consideration of requests 12
2422	2422	from the Secretary for such special rates of pay and issue 13
2423	2423	a decision as soon as practicable. The Secretary shall pro-14
2424	2424	vide such information to the Director as the Director 15
2425	2425	deems necessary to evaluate special rates of pay under this 16
2426	2426	subsection. 17
2427	2427	‘‘(d) OPM O
2428	2428	VERSIGHT.— 18
2429	2429	‘‘(1) Not later than September 30 of each year, 19
2430	2430	the Secretary shall provide a report to the Director 20
2431	2431	on U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s use of au-21
2432	2432	thorities provided under subsections (b) and (c). In 22
2433	2433	each report, the Secretary shall provide such infor-23
2434	2434	mation as the Director determines is appropriate to 24
2435	2435	ensure appropriate use of authorities under such 25
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2439	2439	subsections. Each report shall also include an assess-1
2440	2440	ment of— 2
2441	2441	‘‘(A) the impact of the use of authorities 3
2442	2442	under subsections (b) and (c) on implementa-4
2443	2443	tion of section 1134 of the Border Security for 5
2444	2444	America Act; 6
2445	2445	‘‘(B) solving hiring and retention chal-7
2446	2446	lenges at the agency, including at specific loca-8
2447	2447	tions; 9
2448	2448	‘‘(C) whether hiring and retention chal-10
2449	2449	lenges still exist at the agency or specific loca-11
2450	2450	tions; and 12
2451	2451	‘‘(D) whether the Secretary needs to con-13
2452	2452	tinue to use authorities provided under this sec-14
2453	2453	tion at the agency or at specific locations. 15
2454	2454	‘‘(2) C
2455	2455	ONSIDERATION.—In compiling a report 16
2456	2456	under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— 17
2457	2457	‘‘(A) whether any CBP employee accepted 18
2458	2458	an employment incentive under subsections (b) 19
2459	2459	and (c) and then transferred to a new location 20
2460	2460	or left U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 21
2461	2461	and 22
2462	2462	‘‘(B) the length of time that each employee 23
2463	2463	identified under subparagraph (A) stayed at the 24
2464	2464	original location before transferring to a new lo-25
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2468	2468	cation or leaving U.S. Customs and Border 1
2469	2469	Protection. 2
2470	2470	‘‘(3) D
2471	2471	ISTRIBUTION.—In addition to the Direc-3
2472	2472	tor, the Secretary shall submit each report required 4
2473	2473	under this subsection to the appropriate congres-5
2474	2474	sional committees. 6
2475	2475	‘‘(e) OPM A
2476	2476	CTION.—If the Director determines the 7
2477	2477	Secretary has inappropriately used authorities under sub-8
2478	2478	section (b) or a special rate of pay provided under sub-9
2479	2479	section (c), the Director shall notify the Secretary and the 10
2480	2480	appropriate congressional committees in writing. Upon re-11
2481	2481	ceipt of the notification, the Secretary may not make any 12
2482	2482	new appointments or issue any new bonuses under sub-13
2483	2483	section (b), nor provide CBP employees with further spe-14
2484	2484	cial rates of pay, until the Director has provided the Sec-15
2485	2485	retary and the appropriate congressional committees a 16
2486	2486	written notice stating the Director is satisfied safeguards 17
2487	2487	are in place to prevent further inappropriate use. 18
2488	2488	‘‘(f) I
2489	2489	MPROVINGCBP HIRING ANDRETENTION.— 19
2490	2490	‘‘(1) E
2491	2491	DUCATION OF CBP HIRING OFFICIALS .— 20
2492	2492	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-21
2493	2493	ment of this section, and in conjunction with the 22
2494	2494	Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of 23
2495	2495	Homeland Security, the Secretary shall develop and 24
2496	2496	implement a strategy to improve the education re-25
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2500	2500	garding hiring and human resources flexibilities (in-1
2501	2501	cluding hiring and human resources flexibilities for 2
2502	2502	locations in rural or remote areas) for all employees, 3
2503	2503	serving in agency headquarters or field offices, who 4
2504	2504	are involved in the recruitment, hiring, assessment, 5
2505	2505	or selection of candidates for locations in a rural or 6
2506	2506	remote area, as well as the retention of current em-7
2507	2507	ployees. 8
2508	2508	‘‘(2) E
2509	2509	LEMENTS.—Elements of the strategy 9
2510	2510	under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 10
2511	2511	‘‘(A) Developing or updating training and 11
2512	2512	educational materials on hiring and human re-12
2513	2513	sources flexibilities for employees who are in-13
2514	2514	volved in the recruitment, hiring, assessment, or 14
2515	2515	selection of candidates, as well as the retention 15
2516	2516	of current employees. 16
2517	2517	‘‘(B) Regular training sessions for per-17
2518	2518	sonnel who are critical to filling open positions 18
2519	2519	in rural or remote areas. 19
2520	2520	‘‘(C) The development of pilot programs or 20
2521	2521	other programs, as appropriate, consistent with 21
2522	2522	authorities provided to the Secretary to address 22
2523	2523	identified hiring challenges, including in rural 23
2524	2524	or remote areas. 24
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2528	2528	‘‘(D) Developing and enhancing strategic 1
2529	2529	recruiting efforts through the relationships with 2
2530	2530	institutions of higher education, as defined in 3
2531	2531	section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 4
2532	2532	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), veterans transition and 5
2533	2533	employment centers, and job placement pro-6
2534	2534	gram in regions that could assist in filling posi-7
2535	2535	tions in rural or remote areas. 8
2536	2536	‘‘(E) Examination of existing agency pro-9
2537	2537	grams on how to most effectively aid spouses 10
2538	2538	and families of individuals who are candidates 11
2539	2539	or new hires in a rural or remote area. 12
2540	2540	‘‘(F) Feedback from individuals who are 13
2541	2541	candidates or new hires at locations in a rural 14
2542	2542	or remote area, including feedback on the qual-15
2543	2543	ity of life in rural or remote areas for new hires 16
2544	2544	and their families. 17
2545	2545	‘‘(G) Feedback from CBP employees, other 18
2546	2546	than new hires, who are stationed at locations 19
2547	2547	in a rural or remote area, including feedback on 20
2548	2548	the quality of life in rural or remote areas for 21
2549	2549	those CBP employees and their families. 22
2550	2550	‘‘(H) Evaluation of Department of Home-23
2551	2551	land Security internship programs and the use-24
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2555	2555	fulness of those programs in improving hiring 1
2556	2556	by the Secretary in rural or remote areas. 2
2557	2557	‘‘(3) E
2558	2558	VALUATION.— 3
2559	2559	‘‘(A) I
2560	2560	N GENERAL.—Each year, the Sec-4
2561	2561	retary shall— 5
2562	2562	‘‘(i) evaluate the extent to which the 6
2563	2563	strategy developed and implemented under 7
2564	2564	paragraph (1) has improved the hiring and 8
2565	2565	retention ability of the Secretary; and 9
2566	2566	‘‘(ii) make any appropriate updates to 10
2567	2567	the strategy under paragraph (1). 11
2568	2568	‘‘(B) I
2569	2569	NFORMATION.—The evaluation con-12
2570	2570	ducted under subparagraph (A) shall include— 13
2571	2571	‘‘(i) any reduction in the time taken 14
2572	2572	by the Secretary to fill mission-critical po-15
2573	2573	sitions, including in rural or remote areas; 16
2574	2574	‘‘(ii) a general assessment of the im-17
2575	2575	pact of the strategy implemented under 18
2576	2576	paragraph (1) on hiring challenges, includ-19
2577	2577	ing in rural or remote areas; and 20
2578	2578	‘‘(iii) other information the Secretary 21
2579	2579	determines relevant. 22
2580	2580	‘‘(g) I
2581	2581	NSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 23
2582	2582	two years after the date of the enactment of this section, 24
2583	2583	the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Se-25
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2587	2587	curity shall review the use of hiring and pay flexibilities 1
2588	2588	under subsections (b) and (c) to determine whether the 2
2589	2589	use of such flexibilities is helping the Secretary meet hir-3
2590	2590	ing and retention needs, including in rural and remote 4
2591	2591	areas. 5
2592	2592	‘‘(h) E
2593	2593	XERCISE OFAUTHORITY.— 6
2594	2594	‘‘(1) S
2595	2595	OLE DISCRETION.—The exercise of au-7
2596	2596	thority under subsection (b) shall be subject to the 8
2597	2597	sole and exclusive discretion of the Secretary (or the 9
2598	2598	Commissioner, as applicable under paragraph (2) of 10
2599	2599	this subsection), notwithstanding chapter 71 and 11
2600	2600	any collective bargaining agreement. 12
2601	2601	‘‘(2) D
2602	2602	ELEGATION.—The Secretary may dele-13
2603	2603	gate any authority under this section to the Com-14
2604	2604	missioner. 15
2605	2605	‘‘(i) R
2606	2606	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16
2607	2607	tion shall be construed to exempt the Secretary or the Di-17
2608	2608	rector from applicability of the merit system principles 18
2609	2609	under section 2301. 19
2610	2610	‘‘(j) S
2611	2611	UNSET.—The authorities under subsections (b) 20
2612	2612	and (c) shall terminate on September 30, 2028. Any bonus 21
2613	2613	to be paid pursuant to subsection (b) that is approved be-22
2614	2614	fore such date may continue until such bonus has been 23
2615	2615	paid, subject to the conditions specified in this section.’’. 24
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2618	2618	•HR 3599 IH
2619	2619	(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 1
2620	2620	The table of sections for chapter 97 of title 5, United 2
2621	2621	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
2622	2622	lowing: 4
2623	2623	‘‘9702. U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary employment authori-
2624	2624	ties.’’.
2625	2625	SEC. 1143. ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT REAUTHORIZA-
2626	2626	5
2627	2627	TION. 6
2628	2628	(a) H
2629	2629	IRINGFLEXIBILITY.—Section 3 of the Anti- 7
2630	2630	Border Corruption Act of 2010 (6 U.S.C. 221; Public Law 8
2631	2631	111–376) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in-9
2632	2632	serting the following new subsections: 10
2633	2633	‘‘(b) W
2634	2634	AIVERAUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of 11
2635	2635	U.S. Customs and Border Protection may waive the appli-12
2636	2636	cation of subsection (a)(1)— 13
2637	2637	‘‘(1) to a current, full-time law enforcement of-14
2638	2638	ficer employed by a State or local law enforcement 15
2639	2639	agency who— 16
2640	2640	‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-17
2641	2641	forcement officer for not fewer than three 18
2642	2642	years; 19
2643	2643	‘‘(B) is authorized by law to engage in or 20
2644	2644	supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-21
2645	2645	tion, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of 22
2646	2646	any person for, any violation of law, and has 23
2647	2647	statutory powers for arrest or apprehension; 24
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2651	2651	‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 1
2652	2652	has not been found to have engaged in criminal 2
2653	2653	activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 3
2654	2654	from a law enforcement officer position under 4
2655	2655	investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 5
2656	2656	not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-6
2657	2657	cer position; and 7
2658	2658	‘‘(D) has, within the past ten years, suc-8
2659	2659	cessfully completed a polygraph examination as 9
2660	2660	a condition of employment with such officer’s 10
2661	2661	current law enforcement agency; 11
2662	2662	‘‘(2) to a current, full-time Federal law enforce-12
2663	2663	ment officer who— 13
2664	2664	‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-14
2665	2665	forcement officer for not fewer than three 15
2666	2666	years; 16
2667	2667	‘‘(B) is authorized to make arrests, con-17
2668	2668	duct investigations, conduct searches, make sei-18
2669	2669	zures, carry firearms, and serve orders, war-19
2670	2670	rants, and other processes; 20
2671	2671	‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 21
2672	2672	has not been found to have engaged in criminal 22
2673	2673	activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 23
2674	2674	from a law enforcement officer position under 24
2675	2675	investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 25
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2678	2678	•HR 3599 IH
2679	2679	not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-1
2680	2680	cer position; and 2
2681	2681	‘‘(D) holds a current Tier 4 background 3
2682	2682	investigation or current Tier 5 background in-4
2683	2683	vestigation; and 5
2684	2684	‘‘(3) to a member of the Armed Forces (or a re-6
2685	2685	serve component thereof) or a veteran, if such indi-7
2686	2686	vidual— 8
2687	2687	‘‘(A) has served in the Armed Forces for 9
2688	2688	not fewer than three years; 10
2689	2689	‘‘(B) holds, or has held within the past five 11
2690	2690	years, a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/Sen-12
2691	2691	sitive Compartmented Information clearance; 13
2692	2692	‘‘(C) holds, or has undergone within the 14
2693	2693	past five years, a current Tier 4 background in-15
2694	2694	vestigation or current Tier 5 background inves-16
2695	2695	tigation; 17
2696	2696	‘‘(D) received, or is eligible to receive, an 18
2697	2697	honorable discharge from service in the Armed 19
2698	2698	Forces and has not engaged in criminal activity 20
2699	2699	or committed a serious military or civil offense 21
2700	2700	under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; 22
2701	2701	and 23
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2704	2704	•HR 3599 IH
2705	2705	‘‘(E) was not granted any waivers to ob-1
2706	2706	tain the clearance referred to in subparagraph 2
2707	2707	(B). 3
2708	2708	‘‘(c) T
2709	2709	ERMINATION OF WAIVERAUTHORITY.—The 4
2710	2710	authority to issue a waiver under subsection (b) shall ter-5
2711	2711	minate on the date that is four years after the date of 6
2712	2712	the enactment of the Border Security for America Act.’’. 7
2713	2713	(b) S
2714	2714	UPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONERAUTHORITY AND 8
2715	2715	D
2716	2716	EFINITIONS.— 9
2717	2717	(1) S
2718	2718	UPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHOR -10
2719	2719	ITY.—The Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 is 11
2720	2720	amended by adding at the end the following new sec-12
2721	2721	tion: 13
2722	2722	‘‘SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY. 14
2723	2723	‘‘(a) N
2724	2724	ONEXEMPTION.—An individual who receives a 15
2725	2725	waiver under section 3(b) is not exempt from other hiring 16
2726	2726	requirements relating to suitability for employment and 17
2727	2727	eligibility to hold a national security designated position, 18
2728	2728	as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 19
2729	2729	Border Protection. 20
2730	2730	‘‘(b) B
2731	2731	ACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.—Any indi-21
2732	2732	vidual who receives a waiver under section 3(b) who holds 22
2733	2733	a current Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject 23
2734	2734	to a Tier 5 background investigation. 24
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2737	2737	•HR 3599 IH
2738	2738	‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHEXAMINA-1
2739	2739	TION.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 2
2740	2740	Protection is authorized to administer a polygraph exam-3
2741	2741	ination to an applicant or employee who is eligible for or 4
2742	2742	receives a waiver under section 3(b) if information is dis-5
2743	2743	covered before the completion of a background investiga-6
2744	2744	tion that results in a determination that a polygraph ex-7
2745	2745	amination is necessary to make a final determination re-8
2746	2746	garding suitability for employment or continued employ-9
2747	2747	ment, as the case may be.’’. 10
2748	2748	(2) R
2749	2749	EPORT.—The Anti-Border Corruption Act 11
2750	2750	of 2010, as amended by paragraph (1), is further 12
2751	2751	amended by adding at the end the following new sec-13
2752	2752	tion: 14
2753	2753	‘‘SEC. 6. REPORTING. 15
2754	2754	‘‘(a) A
2755	2755	NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year 16
2756	2756	after the date of the enactment of this section and annu-17
2757	2757	ally thereafter while the waiver authority under section 18
2758	2758	3(b) is in effect, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 19
2759	2759	Border Protection shall submit to Congress a report that 20
2760	2760	includes, with respect to each such reporting period— 21
2761	2761	‘‘(1) the number of waivers requested, granted, 22
2762	2762	and denied under such section 3(b); 23
2763	2763	‘‘(2) the reasons for any denials of such waiver; 24
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2766	2766	•HR 3599 IH
2767	2767	‘‘(3) the percentage of applicants who were 1
2768	2768	hired after receiving a waiver; 2
2769	2769	‘‘(4) the number of instances that a polygraph 3
2770	2770	was administered to an applicant who initially re-4
2771	2771	ceived a waiver and the results of such polygraph; 5
2772	2772	‘‘(5) an assessment of the current impact of the 6
2773	2773	polygraph waiver program on filling law enforcement 7
2774	2774	positions at U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 8
2775	2775	and 9
2776	2776	‘‘(6) additional authorities needed by U.S. Cus-10
2777	2777	toms and Border Protection to better utilize the 11
2778	2778	polygraph waiver program for its intended goals. 12
2779	2779	‘‘(b) A
2780	2780	DDITIONALINFORMATION.—The first report 13
2781	2781	submitted under subsection (a) shall include— 14
2782	2782	‘‘(1) an analysis of other methods of employ-15
2783	2783	ment suitability tests that detect deception and could 16
2784	2784	be used in conjunction with traditional background 17
2785	2785	investigations to evaluate potential employees for 18
2786	2786	suitability; and 19
2787	2787	‘‘(2) a recommendation regarding whether a 20
2788	2788	test referred to in paragraph (1) should be adopted 21
2789	2789	by U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the 22
2790	2790	polygraph examination requirement is waived pursu-23
2791	2791	ant to section 3(b).’’. 24
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2794	2794	•HR 3599 IH
2795	2795	(3) DEFINITIONS.—The Anti-Border Corrup-1
2796	2796	tion Act of 2010, as amended by paragraphs (1) and 2
2797	2797	(2), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-3
2798	2798	lowing new section: 4
2799	2799	‘‘SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 5
2800	2800	‘‘In this Act: 6
2801	2801	‘‘(1) F
2802	2802	EDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .— 7
2803	2803	The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ means a 8
2804	2804	‘law enforcement officer’, as such term is defined in 9
2805	2805	section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United 10
2806	2806	States Code. 11
2807	2807	‘‘(2) S
2808	2808	ERIOUS MILITARY OR CIVIL OFFENSE .— 12
2809	2809	The term ‘serious military or civil offense’ means an 13
2810	2810	offense for which— 14
2811	2811	‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces may 15
2812	2812	be discharged or separated from service in the 16
2813	2813	Armed Forces; and 17
2814	2814	‘‘(B) a punitive discharge is, or would be, 18
2815	2815	authorized for the same or a closely related of-19
2816	2816	fense under the Manual for Court-Martial, as 20
2817	2817	pursuant to Army Regulation 635–200, chapter 21
2818	2818	14–12. 22
2819	2819	‘‘(3) T
2820	2820	IER 4; TIER 5.—The terms ‘Tier 4’ and 23
2821	2821	‘Tier 5’ with respect to background investigations 24
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2824	2824	•HR 3599 IH
2825	2825	have the meaning given such terms under the 2012 1
2826	2826	Federal Investigative Standards. 2
2827	2827	‘‘(4) V
2828	2828	ETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 3
2829	2829	meaning given such term in section 101(2) of title 4
2830	2830	38, United States Code.’’. 5
2831	2831	(c) P
2832	2832	OLYGRAPHEXAMINERS.—Not later than Sep-6
2833	2833	tember 30, 2025, the Secretary shall increase to not fewer 7
2834	2834	than 150 the number of trained full-time equivalent poly-8
2835	2835	graph examiners for administering polygraphs under the 9
2836	2836	Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010, as amended by this 10
2837	2837	section. 11
2838	2838	SEC. 1144. TRAINING FOR OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF U.S. 12
2839	2839	CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. 13
2840	2840	(a) I
2841	2841	NGENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 411 of 14
2842	2842	the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is 15
2843	2843	amended to read as follows: 16
2844	2844	‘‘(l) T
2845	2845	RAINING ANDCONTINUINGEDUCATION.— 17
2846	2846	‘‘(1) M
2847	2847	ANDATORY TRAINING .—The Commis-18
2848	2848	sioner shall ensure that every agent and officer of 19
2849	2849	U.S. Customs and Border Protection receives a min-20
2850	2850	imum of 21 weeks of training that are directly re-21
2851	2851	lated to the mission of the U.S. Border Patrol, Air 22
2852	2852	and Marine, and the Office of Field Operations be-23
2853	2853	fore the initial assignment of such agents and offi-24
2854	2854	cers. 25
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2857	2857	•HR 3599 IH
2858	2858	‘‘(2) FLETC.—The Commissioner shall work 1
2859	2859	in consultation with the Director of the Federal Law 2
2860	2860	Enforcement Training Centers to establish guide-3
2861	2861	lines and curriculum for the training of agents and 4
2862	2862	officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 5
2863	2863	under subsection (a). 6
2864	2864	‘‘(3) C
2865	2865	ONTINUING EDUCATION .—The Commis-7
2866	2866	sioner shall annually require all agents and officers 8
2867	2867	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection who are re-9
2868	2868	quired to undergo training under subsection (a) to 10
2869	2869	participate in not fewer than eight hours of con-11
2870	2870	tinuing education annually to maintain and update 12
2871	2871	understanding of Federal legal rulings, court deci-13
2872	2872	sions, and Department policies, procedures, and 14
2873	2873	guidelines related to relevant subject matters. 15
2874	2874	‘‘(4) L
2875	2875	EADERSHIP TRAINING .—Not later than 16
2876	2876	one year after the date of the enactment of this sub-17
2877	2877	section, the Commissioner shall develop and require 18
2878	2878	training courses geared towards the development of 19
2879	2879	leadership skills for mid- and senior-level career em-20
2880	2880	ployees not later than one year after such employees 21
2881	2881	assume duties in supervisory roles.’’. 22
2882	2882	(b) R
2883	2883	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 23
2884	2884	of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall sub-24
2885	2885	mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com-25
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2888	2888	•HR 3599 IH
2889	2889	mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-1
2890	2890	tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-2
2891	2891	ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Finance of the 3
2892	2892	Senate a report identifying the guidelines and curriculum 4
2893	2893	established to carry out subsection (l) of section 411 of 5
2894	2894	the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by sub-6
2895	2895	section (a) of this section. 7
2896	2896	(c) A
2897	2897	SSESSMENT.—Not later than four years after 8
2898	2898	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 9
2899	2899	General of the United States shall submit to the Com-10
2900	2900	mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Ways 11
2901	2901	and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-12
2902	2902	mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 13
2903	2903	and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report that 14
2904	2904	assesses the training and education, including continuing 15
2905	2905	education, required under subsection (l) of section 411 of 16
2906	2906	the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by sub-17
2907	2907	section (a) of this section. 18
2908	2908	SEC. 1145. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-19
2909	2909	ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 20
2910	2910	MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP. 21
2911	2911	(a) I
2912	2912	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
2913	2913	date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 23
2914	2914	coordination with the Under Secretary for Management, 24
2915	2915	the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Chief Financial 25
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2918	2918	•HR 3599 IH
2919	2919	Officer of the Department, shall implement a workload 1
2920	2920	staffing model for each of the following: 2
2921	2921	(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 3
2922	2922	(2) Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 4
2923	2923	(b) R
2924	2924	ESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF 5
2925	2925	CBP.—Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Se-6
2926	2926	curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211), is amended— 7
2927	2927	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 8
2928	2928	as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 9
2929	2929	(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-10
2930	2930	lowing new paragraphs: 11
2931	2931	‘‘(18) implement a staffing model that includes 12
2932	2932	consideration for essential frontline operator activi-13
2933	2933	ties and functions, variations in operating environ-14
2934	2934	ments, present and planned infrastructure, present 15
2935	2935	and planned technology, and required operations 16
2936	2936	support levels for the U.S. Border Patrol, Air and 17
2937	2937	Marine Operations, and the Office of Field Oper-18
2938	2938	ations, to manage and assign personnel of such enti-19
2939	2939	ties to ensure field and support posts possess ade-20
2940	2940	quate resources to carry out duties specified in this 21
2941	2941	section; 22
2942	2942	‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 23
2943	2943	for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 24
2944	2944	Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 25
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2948	2948	Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 1
2949	2949	each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 2
2950	2950	purpose of such system, and implement internal con-3
2951	2951	trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 4
2952	2952	reporting of actual completed work hours and activi-5
2953	2953	ties;’’. 6
2954	2954	(c) R
2955	2955	EPORT.— 7
2956	2956	(1) I
2957	2957	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 8
2958	2958	after the date of the enactment of this section with 9
2959	2959	respect to subsection (a) and paragraphs (18) and 10
2960	2960	(19) of section 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act 11
2961	2961	of 2002 (as amended by subsection (b)), and annu-12
2962	2962	ally thereafter with respect to such paragraphs (18) 13
2963	2963	and (19), the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
2964	2964	priate congressional committees a report that in-15
2965	2965	cludes a status update on— 16
2966	2966	(A) the implementation of such subsection 17
2967	2967	(a) and such paragraphs (18) and (19); and 18
2968	2968	(B) each relevant workload staffing model. 19
2969	2969	(2) D
2970	2970	ATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY RE -20
2971	2971	QUIRED.—Each report required under paragraph (1) 21
2972	2972	shall include information relating to the data sources 22
2973	2973	and methodology used to generate such staffing 23
2974	2974	models. 24
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2978	2978	(d) INSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 1
2979	2979	120 days after the Commissioner develops the workload 2
2980	2980	staffing models pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspector 3
2981	2981	General of the Department shall review such model and 4
2982	2982	provide feedback to the Secretary and the appropriate con-5
2983	2983	gressional committees with respect to the degree to which 6
2984	2984	such model is responsive to the recommendations of the 7
2985	2985	Inspector General, including— 8
2986	2986	(1) recommendations from the Inspector Gen-9
2987	2987	eral’s February 2019 audit; and 10
2988	2988	(2) any further recommendations to improve 11
2989	2989	such model. 12
2990	2990	(e) A
2991	2991	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-13
2992	2992	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-14
2993	2993	sional committees’’ means— 15
2994	2994	(1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 16
2995	2995	House of Representatives; and 17
2996	2996	(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 18
2997	2997	Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 19
2998	2998	SEC. 1146. U.S. BORDER PATROL PROCESSING COORDI-20
2999	2999	NATOR POSITIONS. 21
3000	3000	(a) P
3001	3001	ROCESSINGCOORDINATORS.—The Commis-22
3002	3002	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is author-23
3003	3003	ized to hire and train U.S. Border Patrol Processing Coor-24
3004	3004	dinators to operate within the U.S. Border Patrol to— 25
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3008	3008	(1) perform administrative tasks related to the 1
3009	3009	intake and processing of individuals apprehended by 2
3010	3010	U.S. Border Patrol agents, where necessary; 3
3011	3011	(2) transport individuals in U.S. Border Patrol 4
3012	3012	custody, where necessary; and 5
3013	3013	(3) perform custodial watch duties of individ-6
3014	3014	uals in such custody, including individuals who have 7
3015	3015	been admitted to a hospital. 8
3016	3016	(b) C
3017	3017	LARIFIEDAUTHORITIES.—A U.S. Border Pa-9
3018	3018	trol Processing Coordinator hired under subsection (a) 10
3019	3019	may not arrest or otherwise detain any person as described 11
3020	3020	in section 235, 236, or 287(a), of the Immigration and 12
3021	3021	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225, 1226, and 1357(a)), and 13
3022	3022	such a Coordinator may not conduct any interview under 14
3023	3023	section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 15
3024	3024	Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)). 16
3025	3025	(c) T
3026	3026	RAINING.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs 17
3027	3027	and Border Protection, in coordination with the Chief of 18
3028	3028	the U.S. Border Patrol and in consultation with the Direc-19
3029	3029	tor of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, 20
3030	3030	shall develop tailored training for U.S. Border Patrol 21
3031	3031	Processing Coordinators. 22
3032	3032	(d) A
3033	3033	SSOCIATEDSUPPORTSTAFF.—The Commis-23
3034	3034	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is author-24
3035	3035	ized to hire appropriate professional support staff to facili-25
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3038	3038	•HR 3599 IH
3039	3039	tate the hiring, training, and other support functions re-1
3040	3040	quired by U.S. Border Patrol Processing Coordinators. 2
3041	3041	(e) B
3042	3042	IANNUALREPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 3
3043	3043	after the date of the enactment of this Act and biannually 4
3044	3044	thereafter for the following two years, the Secretary of 5
3045	3045	Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 6
3046	3046	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 7
3047	3047	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 8
3048	3048	Affairs of the Senate a report regarding each U.S. Border 9
3049	3049	Patrol sector that includes information relating to the fol-10
3050	3050	lowing: 11
3051	3051	(1) The number of U.S. Border Patrol Proc-12
3052	3052	essing Coordinators assigned to each such sector. 13
3053	3053	(2) The degree to which the responsibilities de-14
3054	3054	scribed in subsection (a) have been transferred from 15
3055	3055	U.S. Border Patrol agents to U.S. Border Patrol 16
3056	3056	Processing Coordinators. 17
3057	3057	(3) The percentage of U.S. Border Patrol 18
3058	3058	agents who returned to field operations as a result 19
3059	3059	of U.S. Border Patrol Processing Coordinators un-20
3060	3060	dertaking the responsibilities described in subsection 21
3061	3061	(a). 22
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3065	3065	SEC. 1147. ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER MINIMUM RATES 1
3066	3066	OF PAY FOR UNITED STATES BORDER PA-2
3067	3067	TROL AGENTS. 3
3068	3068	(a) H
3069	3069	IGHERMINIMUMRATE OFPAY.—Not later 4
3070	3070	than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Direc-5
3071	3071	tor of the Office of Personnel Management— 6
3072	3072	(1) shall, in accordance with section 5305 of 7
3073	3073	title 5, United States Code— 8
3074	3074	(A) increase the minimum rate of pay for 9
3075	3075	United States Border Patrol agents at the 10
3076	3076	grade GS–12 of the General Schedule by not 11
3077	3077	less than 14 percent; and 12
3078	3078	(B) increase other grades or levels, occupa-13
3079	3079	tional groups, series, classes, or subdivisions 14
3080	3080	thereof, as determined by the Secretary of 15
3081	3081	Homeland Security; 16
3082	3082	(2) take such actions as may be necessary to 17
3083	3083	harmonize— 18
3084	3084	(A) pay levels for U.S. Border Patrol 19
3085	3085	agents and CBP officers at each pay scale in a 20
3086	3086	manner so as to ensure greater or the same 21
3087	3087	level of pay; and 22
3088	3088	(B) such other pay incentives and overtime 23
3089	3089	scales; and 24
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3093	3093	(3) may make increases in all rates in the pay 1
3094	3094	range for each such grade or level, in accordance 2
3095	3095	with such section 5305. 3
3096	3096	(b) I
3097	3097	NAPPLICABILITY.—The discretion granted to 4
3098	3098	agency heads under section 5305(a)(2) of title 5, United 5
3099	3099	States Code, shall not apply to increase in rates of pay 6
3100	3100	authorized under subsection (a). 7
3101	3101	SEC. 1148. BODY WORN CAMERA PILOT PROGRAM AUTHOR-8
3102	3102	IZATION. 9
3103	3103	The Body Worn Camera Pilot Program referred to 10
3104	3104	in H. Rept. 116–458, Department of Homeland Security 11
3105	3105	Appropriations Act, 2021, shall be authorized for 5 fiscal 12
3106	3106	years after the date of enactment of this Act. 13
3107	3107	SEC. 1149. PROTECTING SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. 14
3108	3108	(a) S
3109	3109	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 15
3110	3110	‘‘Protecting Sensitive Locations Act’’. 16
3111	3111	(b) P
3112	3112	OWERS OFIMMIGRATIONOFFICERS ANDEM-17
3113	3113	PLOYEES ATPROTECTEDAREAS.— 18
3114	3114	(1) I
3115	3115	N GENERAL.—Section 287 of the Immigra-19
3116	3116	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amend-20
3117	3117	ed by adding at the end the following: 21
3118	3118	‘‘(i)(1) Except as otherwise provided, an officer or an 22
3119	3119	agent of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 23
3120	3120	or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection may not take 24
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3124	3124	an immigration enforcement action in or near a protected 1
3125	3125	area. 2
3126	3126	‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply— 3
3127	3127	‘‘(A) whenever prior approval has been ob-4
3128	3128	tained; or 5
3129	3129	‘‘(B) under exigent circumstances (including, 6
3130	3130	but not limited to, an immigration enforcement ac-7
3131	3131	tion that involves a national security threat, the hot 8
3132	3132	pursuit of an individual who poses a public safety 9
3133	3133	threat, or the hot pursuit of an individual who was 10
3134	3134	observed crossing the border; that involves the immi-11
3135	3135	nent risk of death, violence, or physical harm to a 12
3136	3136	person or the imminent risk that evidence material 13
3137	3137	to a criminal case will be destroyed; or where a safe 14
3138	3138	alternative location does not exist). 15
3139	3139	‘‘(3) When taking an immigration enforcement action 16
3140	3140	in or near a protected area, an officer or an agent of U.S. 17
3141	3141	Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs 18
3142	3142	and Border Protection shall, to the fullest extent pos-19
3143	3143	sible— 20
3144	3144	‘‘(A) take the immigration enforcement action 21
3145	3145	in a non-public area or in a manner that minimizes 22
3146	3146	the effect on another person who is accessing the 23
3147	3147	protected area; 24
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3151	3151	‘‘(B) limit the time spent in or near the pro-1
3152	3152	tected area; and 2
3153	3153	‘‘(C) limit the immigration enforcement action 3
3154	3154	to the person who is the subject of such enforcement 4
3155	3155	action. 5
3156	3156	‘‘(4) If an immigration enforcement action is taken 6
3157	3157	due to exigent circumstances, the officer of agent shall in-7
3158	3158	form the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs En-8
3159	3159	forcement (or the Director’s designee) or the Commis-9
3160	3160	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (or the 10
3161	3161	Commissioner’s designee) as the case may be, as soon as 11
3162	3162	practical thereafter. 12
3163	3163	‘‘(5)(A) At the time the budget of the President is 13
3164	3164	submitted to Congress for a fiscal year under section 14
3165	3165	1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of 15
3166	3166	Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate com-16
3167	3167	mittees of Congress a report on the immigration enforce-17
3168	3168	ment actions in or near a protected area that U.S. Immi-18
3169	3169	gration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and 19
3170	3170	Border Protection undertook during the preceding fiscal 20
3171	3171	year. 21
3172	3172	‘‘(B) Each report submitted pursuant to subpara-22
3173	3173	graph (A) shall set forth the following: 23
3174	3174	‘‘(i) The number of immigration enforcement 24
3175	3175	actions that occurred in or near a protected area. 25
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3179	3179	‘‘(ii) The number of immigration enforcement 1
3180	3180	actions where officers or agents were subsequently 2
3181	3181	led into or near a protected area. 3
3182	3182	‘‘(iii) The component responsible for each immi-4
3183	3183	gration enforcement action that occurred in or near 5
3184	3184	a protected area. 6
3185	3185	‘‘(iv) A summary of each immigration enforce-7
3186	3186	ment action that occurred in or near a protected 8
3187	3187	area, excluding any personally identifiable informa-9
3188	3188	tion linked to an individual. 10
3189	3189	‘‘(v) The number of individuals, if any, whom 11
3190	3190	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and 12
3191	3191	U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested or 13
3192	3192	took into custody through each immigration enforce-14
3193	3193	ment action that occurred in or near a protected 15
3194	3194	area. 16
3195	3195	‘‘(vi) The number of instances during an immi-17
3196	3196	gration enforcement action in or near a protected 18
3197	3197	area for which prior approval was obtained. 19
3198	3198	‘‘(6) In this subsection: 20
3199	3199	‘‘(A) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-21
3200	3200	gress’ means— 22
3201	3201	‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Security 23
3202	3202	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 24
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3206	3206	‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 1
3207	3207	Senate; 2
3208	3208	‘‘(iii) the Committee on Homeland Security 3
3209	3209	of the House of Representatives; 4
3210	3210	‘‘(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary of 5
3211	3211	the House of Representatives; 6
3212	3212	‘‘(v) the Committee on Appropriations of 7
3213	3213	the House of Representatives; and 8
3214	3214	‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of 9
3215	3215	the Senate. 10
3216	3216	‘‘(B) The term ‘immigration enforcement ac-11
3217	3217	tion’ means an arrest, search, service of a subpoena 12
3218	3218	or a notice to appear in immigration court, or other 13
3219	3219	immigration enforcement action. 14
3220	3220	‘‘(C) The term ‘prior approval’ means— 15
3221	3221	‘‘(i) in the case of an immigration enforce-16
3222	3222	ment action that an officer or an agent of U.S. 17
3223	3223	Immigration and Customs Enforcement will 18
3224	3224	take, prior written approval from the Director 19
3225	3225	(or the Director’s designee); and 20
3226	3226	‘‘(ii) in the case of an immigration enforce-21
3227	3227	ment action that an officer or an agent of U.S. 22
3228	3228	Customs and Border Protection will take, prior 23
3229	3229	written approval from the Commissioner (or the 24
3230	3230	Commissioner’s designee). 25
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3234	3234	‘‘(D) The term ‘protected area’ includes a 1
3235	3235	structure or a place that provides essential services 2
3236	3236	or at which a person would engage in an essential 3
3237	3237	activity, including— 4
3238	3238	‘‘(i) any school; 5
3239	3239	‘‘(ii) any medical facility, a mental health 6
3240	3240	facility, or other health care facility; 7
3241	3241	‘‘(iii) any place of worship or religious 8
3242	3242	study, whether in a structure dedicated to ac-9
3243	3243	tivities of faith or a temporary facility or loca-10
3244	3244	tion where such activities are taking place; 11
3245	3245	‘‘(iv) any structure or place, the purpose of 12
3246	3246	which is for children to gather; 13
3247	3247	‘‘(v) any structure or place, the purpose of 14
3248	3248	which is to provide social services; 15
3249	3249	‘‘(vi) any structure or place, the purpose of 16
3250	3250	which is to provide disaster or emergency as-17
3251	3251	sistance or emergency relief; 18
3252	3252	‘‘(vii) a place where a funeral, graveside 19
3253	3253	ceremony, rosary, wedding, or other religious or 20
3254	3254	civil ceremonies or observances occur; or 21
3255	3255	‘‘(viii) place where there is an ongoing pa-22
3256	3256	rade, demonstration, or rally. 23
3257	3257	‘‘(7) For the purposes of this subsection, the Sec-24
3258	3258	retary of Homeland Security shall promulgate guidance, 25
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3262	3262	in the exercise of his discretion, on the physical distance 1
3263	3263	that constitutes in or near a protected area.’’. 2
3264	3264	(2) G
3265	3265	UIDANCE.—Nothing in this section (or the 3
3266	3266	amendments therein) shall be construed to— 4
3267	3267	(A) supersede or rescind the Guidance on 5
3268	3268	Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected 6
3269	3269	Areas that the Secretary of Homeland Security 7
3270	3270	published on October 27, 2021; 8
3271	3271	(B) supersede or rescind any Department 9
3272	3272	of Homeland Security guidance that was in ef-10
3273	3273	fect on the date of enactment of this Act; or 11
3274	3274	(C) compel the Secretary of Homeland Se-12
3275	3275	curity to amend or issue guidance, except that 13
3276	3276	the Secretary may amend guidance to comport 14
3277	3277	with this section. 15
3278	3278	Subtitle C—Grants 16
3279	3279	SEC. 1161. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 17
3280	3280	(a) I
3281	3281	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 18
3282	3282	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 19
3283	3283	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 20
3284	3284	‘‘SEC. 2009A. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 21
3285	3285	‘‘(a) E
3286	3286	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 22
3287	3287	Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 23
3288	3288	Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting through 24
3289	3289	the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible law en-25
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3293	3293	forcement agencies, through the State administrative 1
3294	3294	agency, to enhance border security in accordance with this 2
3295	3295	section. 3
3296	3296	‘‘(b) E
3297	3297	LIGIBLERECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-4
3298	3298	ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agen-5
3299	3299	cy— 6
3300	3300	‘‘(1) shall be located in— 7
3301	3301	‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 8
3302	3302	or 9
3303	3303	‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 10
3304	3304	border; and 11
3305	3305	‘‘(2) shall be involved in an active, ongoing, 12
3306	3306	U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation co-13
3307	3307	ordinated through a U.S. Border Patrol sector of-14
3308	3308	fice. 15
3309	3309	‘‘(c) P
3310	3310	ERMITTEDUSES.—The recipient of a grant 16
3311	3311	under this section may use such grant for— 17
3312	3312	‘‘(1) equipment, including maintenance and 18
3313	3313	sustainment costs; 19
3314	3314	‘‘(2) personnel, including overtime and backfill, 20
3315	3315	in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-21
3316	3316	tivities; 22
3317	3317	‘‘(3) any activity permitted for Operation 23
3318	3318	Stonegarden under the most recent fiscal year De-24
3319	3319	partment of Homeland Security’s Homeland Secu-25
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3323	3323	rity Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity; 1
3324	3324	and 2
3325	3325	‘‘(4) any other appropriate activity, as deter-3
3326	3326	mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 4
3327	3327	Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-5
3328	3328	tion. 6
3329	3329	‘‘(d) P
3330	3330	ERIOD OFPERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 7
3331	3331	shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 8
3332	3332	for a period of not less than 36 months. 9
3333	3333	‘‘(e) R
3334	3334	EPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2024 through 10
3335	3335	2028, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee 11
3336	3336	on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 12
3337	3337	and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-13
3338	3338	mental Affairs of the Senate a report that contains infor-14
3339	3339	mation on the expenditure of grants made under this sec-15
3340	3340	tion by each grant recipient. 16
3341	3341	‘‘(f) A
3342	3342	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 17
3343	3343	is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 18
3344	3344	of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under this 19
3345	3345	section.’’. 20
3346	3346	(b) C
3347	3347	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 21
3348	3348	section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 22
3349	3349	U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 23
3350	3350	‘‘(a) G
3351	3351	RANTSAUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 24
3352	3352	the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 25
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3356	3356	2004, 2009, and 2009A to State, local, and Tribal govern-1
3357	3357	ments, as appropriate.’’. 2
3358	3358	(c) C
3359	3359	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 3
3360	3360	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 4
3361	3361	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5
3362	3362	2009 the following new item: 6
3363	3363	‘‘Sec. 2009A. Operation Stonegarden.’’.
3364	3364	SEC. 1162. PROGRAM FOR SHELTER AND SERVICES.
3365	3365	7
3366	3366	Subtitle A of title XX of the Homeland Security Act 8
3367	3367	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at 9
3368	3368	the end the following new section: 10
3369	3369	‘‘SEC. 2010. SHELTER AND SERVICES PROGRAM. 11
3370	3370	‘‘(a) E
3371	3371	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 12
3372	3372	Department a program to be known as the ‘Shelter and 13
3373	3373	Services Program’, under which the Secretary, acting 14
3374	3374	through the Administrator of General Services, shall make 15
3375	3375	grants available to non-Federal entities to support shel-16
3376	3376	tering and relieving overcrowding in short-term holding fa-17
3377	3377	cilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 18
3378	3378	‘‘(b) E
3379	3379	LIGIBLERECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-19
3380	3380	ceive a grant under this section, a non-Federal entity or 20
3381	3381	local municipality shall be involved in assisting individuals 21
3382	3382	and families, and providing services to individuals appre-22
3383	3383	hended by the Department of Homeland Security. 23
3384	3384	‘‘(c) P
3385	3385	ERMITTEDUSES.—The recipient of a grant 24
3386	3386	under this section may use such a grant for— 25
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3390	3390	‘‘(1) supporting U.S. Customs and Border Pro-1
3391	3391	tection in effectively managing migrant processing 2
3392	3392	and preventing the overcrowding of short-term hold-3
3393	3393	ing facilities of the agency; 4
3394	3394	‘‘(2) sheltering individuals and families, and 5
3395	3395	other related services; 6
3396	3396	‘‘(3) facility improvements and construction; or 7
3397	3397	‘‘(4) any other appropriate activity, as deter-8
3398	3398	mined by the Administrator of General Services, in 9
3399	3399	consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 10
3400	3400	and Border Protection or the Administrator of the 11
3401	3401	Federal Emergency Management Agency. 12
3402	3402	‘‘(d) A
3403	3403	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 13
3404	3404	are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 14
3405	3405	necessary for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028 15
3406	3406	for grants under this section.’’. 16
3407	3407	Subtitle D—Border Security 17
3408	3408	Certification 18
3409	3409	SEC. 1181. BORDER SECURITY CERTIFICATION. 19
3410	3410	(a) GAO R
3411	3411	EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 20
3412	3412	date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 21
3413	3413	until such time as the Comptroller General of the United 22
3414	3414	States makes the certification described in subsection (b), 23
3415	3415	the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 24
3416	3416	on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 25
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3420	3420	and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-1
3421	3421	ment Affairs of the Senate a report detailing the progress 2
3422	3422	in implementing this title and title II containing— 3
3423	3423	(1) recommendations on how best to continue 4
3424	3424	implementing this title and title II; and 5
3425	3425	(2) the rate of detections and apprehensions of 6
3426	3426	individuals attempting to cross the southern border 7
3427	3427	of the United States unlawfully. 8
3428	3428	(b) GAO C
3429	3429	ERTIFICATION OFBORDERSECURITY.— 9
3430	3430	The Secretary of Homeland Security may not adjust the 10
3431	3431	status of an individual under section 24103 until the date 11
3432	3432	that the Comptroller General of the United States certifies 12
3433	3433	that the Border Patrol has achieved a 90 percent or higher 13
3434	3434	detection and apprehension rate of individuals attempting 14
3435	3435	to cross the southern border of the United States unlaw-15
3436	3436	fully during the previous 12-month period. 16
3437	3437	TITLE II—BORDER SECURITY 17
3438	3438	AND PORTS OF ENTRY INFRA-18
3439	3439	STRUCTURE FUNDING 19
3440	3440	Subtitle A—Emergency Port of 20
3441	3441	Entry Personnel and Infrastruc-21
3442	3442	ture Funding 22
3443	3443	SEC. 1201. PORTS OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE. 23
3444	3444	(a) A
3445	3445	DDITIONALPORTS OFENTRY.— 24
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3449	3449	(1) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of Gen-1
3450	3450	eral Services may, subject to section 3307 of title 2
3451	3451	40, United States Code, construct new ports of entry 3
3452	3452	along the northern border and southern border at lo-4
3453	3453	cations determined by the Secretary. 5
3454	3454	(2) C
3455	3455	ONSULTATION.— 6
3456	3456	(A) R
3457	3457	EQUIREMENT TO CONSULT .—The 7
3458	3458	Secretary and the Administrator of General 8
3459	3459	Services shall consult with the Secretary of 9
3460	3460	State, the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-10
3461	3461	retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Trans-11
3462	3462	portation, and appropriate representatives of 12
3463	3463	State and local governments, and Indian tribes, 13
3464	3464	and property owners in the United States prior 14
3465	3465	to determining a location for any new port of 15
3466	3466	entry constructed pursuant to paragraph (1). 16
3467	3467	(B) C
3468	3468	ONSIDERATIONS.—The purpose of 17
3469	3469	the consultations required by subparagraph (A) 18
3470	3470	shall be to minimize any negative impacts of 19
3471	3471	constructing a new port of entry on the environ-20
3472	3472	ment, culture, commerce, and quality of life of 21
3473	3473	the communities and residents located near 22
3474	3474	such new port. 23
3475	3475	(b) E
3476	3476	XPANSION ANDMODERNIZATION OFHIGH-PRI-24
3477	3477	ORITYSOUTHERNBORDERPORTS OFENTRY.—Not later 25
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3481	3481	than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 1
3482	3482	Administrator of General Services, subject to section 3307 2
3483	3483	of title 40, United States Code, and in coordination with 3
3484	3484	the Secretary, shall expand or modernize high-priority 4
3485	3485	ports of entry on the southern border, as determined by 5
3486	3486	the Secretary, for the purposes of reducing wait times and 6
3487	3487	enhancing security. 7
3488	3488	(c) P
3489	3489	ORT OFENTRYPRIORITIZATION.—Prior to con-8
3490	3490	structing any new ports of entry pursuant to subsection 9
3491	3491	(a), the Administrator of General Services shall complete 10
3492	3492	the expansion and modernization of ports of entry pursu-11
3493	3493	ant to subsection (b) to the extent practicable. 12
3494	3494	(d) N
3495	3495	OTIFICATIONS.— 13
3496	3496	(1) R
3497	3497	ELATING TO NEW PORTS OF ENTRY .—Not 14
3498	3498	later than 15 days after determining the location of 15
3499	3499	any new port of entry for construction pursuant to 16
3500	3500	subsection (a), the Secretary and the Administrator 17
3501	3501	of General Services shall jointly notify the Members 18
3502	3502	of Congress who represent the State or congressional 19
3503	3503	district in which such new port of entry will be lo-20
3504	3504	cated, as well as the Committee on Homeland Secu-21
3505	3505	rity and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 22
3506	3506	Finance, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 23
3507	3507	Transportation, and the Committee on the Judiciary 24
3508	3508	of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Se-25
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3511	3511	•HR 3599 IH
3512	3512	curity, the Committee on Ways and Means, the 1
3513	3513	Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 2
3514	3514	and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 3
3515	3515	Representatives. Such notification shall include in-4
3516	3516	formation relating to the location of such new port 5
3517	3517	of entry, a description of the need for such new port 6
3518	3518	of entry and associated anticipated benefits, a de-7
3519	3519	scription of the consultations undertaken by the Sec-8
3520	3520	retary and the Administrator pursuant to paragraph 9
3521	3521	(2) of such subsection, any actions that will be taken 10
3522	3522	to minimize negative impacts of such new port of 11
3523	3523	entry, and the anticipated timeline for construction 12
3524	3524	and completion of such new port of entry. 13
3525	3525	(2) R
3526	3526	ELATING TO EXPANSION AND MODERNIZA -14
3527	3527	TION OF PORTS OF ENTRY .—Not later than 180 15
3528	3528	days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary and 16
3529	3529	the Administrator of General Services shall jointly 17
3530	3530	notify the Committee on Homeland Security and 18
3531	3531	Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Finance, 19
3532	3532	the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-20
3533	3533	portation, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 21
3534	3534	the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-22
3535	3535	rity, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Com-23
3536	3536	mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 24
3537	3537	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 25
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3541	3541	Representatives of the ports of entry on the south-1
3542	3542	ern border that are the subject of expansion or mod-2
3543	3543	ernization pursuant to subsection (b) and the Sec-3
3544	3544	retary’s and Administrator’s plan for expanding or 4
3545	3545	modernizing each such port of entry. 5
3546	3546	(e) S
3547	3547	AVINGSPROVISION.—Nothing in this section 6
3548	3548	may be construed to— 7
3549	3549	(1) create or negate any right of action for a 8
3550	3550	State, local government, or other person or entity af-9
3551	3551	fected by this section; 10
3552	3552	(2) delay the transfer of the possession of prop-11
3553	3553	erty to the United States or affect the validity of 12
3554	3554	any property acquisitions by purchase or eminent 13
3555	3555	domain, or to otherwise affect the eminent domain 14
3556	3556	laws of the United States or of any State; or 15
3557	3557	(3) create any right or liability for any party. 16
3558	3558	(f) R
3559	3559	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-17
3560	3560	tion may be construed as providing the Secretary new au-18
3561	3561	thority related to the construction, acquisition, or renova-19
3562	3562	tion of real property. 20
3563	3563	SEC. 1202. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COOPERATION BE-21
3564	3564	TWEEN AGENCIES. 22
3565	3565	(a) F
3566	3566	INDING.—Congress finds that personnel con-23
3567	3567	straints exist at land ports of entry with regard to sanitary 24
3568	3568	and phytosanitary inspections for exported goods. 25
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3572	3572	(b) SENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1
3573	3573	gress that, in the best interest of cross-border trade and 2
3574	3574	the agricultural community— 3
3575	3575	(1) any lack of certified personnel for inspection 4
3576	3576	purposes at ports of entry should be addressed by 5
3577	3577	seeking cooperation between agencies and depart-6
3578	3578	ments of the United States, whether in the form of 7
3579	3579	a memorandum of understanding or through a cer-8
3580	3580	tification process, whereby additional existing agents 9
3581	3581	are authorized for additional hours to facilitate and 10
3582	3582	expedite the flow of legitimate trade and commerce 11
3583	3583	of perishable goods in a manner consistent with 12
3584	3584	rules of the Department of Agriculture; and 13
3585	3585	(2) cross designation should be available for 14
3586	3586	personnel who will assist more than one agency or 15
3587	3587	department of the United States at land ports of 16
3588	3588	entry to facilitate and expedite the flow of increased 17
3589	3589	legitimate trade and commerce. 18
3590	3590	SEC. 1203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 19
3591	3591	In addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to 20
3592	3592	be appropriated for such purpose, there is appropriated 21
3593	3593	$2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 22
3594	3594	2028 to carry out this subtitle. 23
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3598	3598	Subtitle B—Border Security 1
3599	3599	Funding 2
3600	3600	SEC. 1211. BORDER SECURITY FUNDING. 3
3601	3601	(a) F
3602	3602	UNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 4
3603	3603	made available by this Act or any other provision of law, 5
3604	3604	there is hereby appropriated to the ‘‘U.S. Customs and 6
3605	3605	Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Im-7
3606	3606	provements’’ account, out of any amounts in the Treasury 8
3607	3607	not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,000, to be avail-9
3608	3608	able for— 10
3609	3609	(1) a full border infrastructure system, includ-11
3610	3610	ing enhanced physical barriers and associated detec-12
3611	3611	tion technology, roads, and lighting; and 13
3612	3612	(2) infrastructure, assets, operations, and the 14
3613	3613	most up-to-date technology to enhance border secu-15
3614	3614	rity along the United States, including— 16
3615	3615	(A) border security technology, including 17
3616	3616	surveillance technology, at and between ports of 18
3617	3617	entry; 19
3618	3618	(B) new roads and improvements to exist-20
3619	3619	ing roads; 21
3620	3620	(C) U.S. Border Patrol facilities and ports 22
3621	3621	of entry; 23
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3625	3625	(D) aircraft, aircraft-based sensors and as-1
3626	3626	sociated technology, vessels, spare parts, and 2
3627	3627	equipment to maintain such assets; and 3
3628	3628	(E) a biometric entry and exit system. 4
3629	3629	(b) A
3630	3630	VAILABILITY OFBORDERBARRIERSYSTEM 5
3631	3631	F
3632	3632	UNDS.— 6
3633	3633	(1) I
3634	3634	N GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated 7
3635	3635	in subsection (a)(1)— 8
3636	3636	(A) $3,041,000,000 shall become available 9
3637	3637	October 1, 2023; 10
3638	3638	(B) $2,608,000,000 shall become available 11
3639	3639	October 1, 2024; 12
3640	3640	(C) $1,715,000,000 shall become available 13
3641	3641	October 1, 2025; 14
3642	3642	(D) $2,140,000,000 shall become available 15
3643	3643	October 1, 2026; 16
3644	3644	(E) $1,735,000,000 shall become available 17
3645	3645	October 1, 2027; 18
3646	3646	(F) $1,746,000,000 shall become available 19
3647	3647	October 1, 2028; 20
3648	3648	(G) $1,776,000,000 shall become available 21
3649	3649	October 1, 2029; 22
3650	3650	(H) $1,746,000,000 shall become available 23
3651	3651	October 1, 2030; and 24
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3655	3655	(I) $1,718,000,000 shall become available 1
3656	3656	October 1, 2031. 2
3657	3657	(c) A
3658	3658	VAILABILITY OFBORDERSECURITYINVEST-3
3659	3659	MENTFUNDS.— 4
3660	3660	(1) I
3661	3661	N GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated 5
3662	3662	in subsection (a)(2)— 6
3663	3663	(A) $500,000,000 shall become available 7
3664	3664	October 1, 2023; 8
3665	3665	(B) $1,850,000,000 shall become available 9
3666	3666	October 1, 2024; 10
3667	3667	(C) $1,950,000,000 shall become available 11
3668	3668	October 1, 2025; 12
3669	3669	(D) $1,925,000,000 shall become available 13
3670	3670	October 1, 2026; and 14
3671	3671	(E) $550,000,000 shall become available 15
3672	3672	October 1, 2027. 16
3673	3673	(d) M
3674	3674	ULTI-YEARSPENDINGPLAN.—The Secretary 17
3675	3675	of Homeland Security shall include in the budget justifica-18
3676	3676	tion materials submitted in support of the President’s an-19
3677	3677	nual budget request for fiscal year 2025 (as submitted 20
3678	3678	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a 21
3679	3679	multi-year spending plan for the amounts made available 22
3680	3680	under subsection (a). 23
3681	3681	(e) Q
3682	3682	UARTERLYBRIEFINGREQUIREMENT.—Begin-24
3683	3683	ning not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-25
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3687	3687	ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Commis-1
3688	3688	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall brief 2
3689	3689	the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 3
3690	3690	House of Representatives regarding activities under and 4
3691	3691	progress made in carrying out this section. 5
3692	3692	SEC. 1212. EXCLUSION FROM PAYGO SCORECARDS. 6
3693	3693	The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 7
3694	3694	on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-8
3695	3695	tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 9
3696	3696	SEC. 1213. FUNDING MATTERS. 10
3697	3697	(a) I
3698	3698	MMIGRATIONINFRASTRUCTURE FUND.— 11
3699	3699	(1) I
3700	3700	N GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 12
3701	3701	of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 13
3702	3702	adding at the end the following new section: 14
3703	3703	‘‘SEC. 9512. IMMIGRATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. 15
3704	3704	‘‘(a) C
3705	3705	REATION OFTRUSTFUND.—There is hereby 16
3706	3706	established in the Treasury of the United States a trust 17
3707	3707	fund to be known as the Immigration Infrastructure 18
3708	3708	Fund, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated 19
3709	3709	or credited to such Fund as provided in this section or 20
3710	3710	section 9602(b). 21
3711	3711	‘‘(b) T
3712	3712	RANSFER TO TRUSTFUND OFAMOUNTS 22
3713	3713	E
3714	3714	QUIVALENT TOCERTAINTAXES.—There are hereby ap-23
3715	3715	propriated to the Immigration Infrastructure Fund 24
3716	3716	amounts equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury 25
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3720	3720	under section 24004 of division B of the Dignity for Immi-1
3721	3721	grants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver 2
3722	3722	the American Dream Act paid or incurred by taxpayers 3
3723	3723	who are aliens and participants in the Dignity Program 4
3724	3724	under title IV of division B of the Dignity for Immigrants 5
3725	3725	while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the 6
3726	3726	American Dream Act. 7
3727	3727	‘‘(c) E
3728	3728	XPENDITURESFROMTRUSTFUND.—Amounts 8
3729	3729	in the Immigration Infrastructure Fund shall be available 9
3730	3730	to carry out the Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding 10
3731	3731	our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act 11
3732	3732	and the amendments made by such Act.’’. 12
3733	3733	(2) C
3734	3734	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-13
3735	3735	tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 14
3736	3736	is amended by adding at the end the following new 15
3737	3737	item: 16
3738	3738	‘‘Sec. 9512. Immigration Infrastructure Fund.’’.
3739	3739	(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 17
3740	3740	by this Act shall apply to amounts received after the 18
3741	3741	date of the enactment of this Act. 19
3742	3742	TITLE III—VISA SECURITY AND 20
3743	3743	INTEGRITY 21
3744	3744	SEC. 1301. VISA SECURITY. 22
3745	3745	(a) V
3746	3746	ISASECURITYUNITS ATHIGH-RISKPOSTS.— 23
3747	3747	Paragraph (1) of section 428(e) of the Homeland Security 24
3748	3748	Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236(e)) is amended— 25
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3752	3752	(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 1
3753	3753	the following: 2
3754	3754	‘‘(A) A
3755	3755	UTHORIZATION.—Subject to the 3
3756	3756	minimum number specified in subparagraph 4
3757	3757	(B), the Secretary’’; and 5
3758	3758	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-6
3759	3759	paragraph: 7
3760	3760	‘‘(B) R
3761	3761	ISK-BASED ASSIGNMENTS.— 8
3762	3762	‘‘(i) I
3763	3763	N GENERAL.—In carrying out 9
3764	3764	subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall as-10
3765	3765	sign employees of the Department to not 11
3766	3766	fewer than 75 diplomatic and consular 12
3767	3767	posts at which visas are issued. Such as-13
3768	3768	signments shall be made— 14
3769	3769	‘‘(I) in a risk-based manner; 15
3770	3770	‘‘(II) considering the criteria de-16
3771	3771	scribed in clause (iii); and 17
3772	3772	‘‘(III) in accordance with Na-18
3773	3773	tional Security Decision Directive 38 19
3774	3774	of June 2, 1982, or any superseding 20
3775	3775	presidential directive concerning staff-21
3776	3776	ing at diplomatic and consular posts. 22
3777	3777	‘‘(ii) P
3778	3778	RIORITY CONSIDERATION .—In 23
3779	3779	carrying out National Security Decision 24
3780	3780	Directive 38 of June 2, 1982, the Sec-25
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3783	3783	•HR 3599 IH
3784	3784	retary of State shall ensure priority consid-1
3785	3785	eration of any staffing assignment pursu-2
3786	3786	ant to this subparagraph. 3
3787	3787	‘‘(iii) C
3788	3788	RITERIA DESCRIBED.—The cri-4
3789	3789	teria referred to in clause (i) are the fol-5
3790	3790	lowing: 6
3791	3791	‘‘(I) The number of nationals of 7
3792	3792	a country in which any of the diplo-8
3793	3793	matic and consular posts referred to 9
3794	3794	in clause (i) are located who were 10
3795	3795	identified in United States Govern-11
3796	3796	ment databases related to the identi-12
3797	3797	ties of known or suspected terrorists 13
3798	3798	during the previous year. 14
3799	3799	‘‘(II) Information on the coopera-15
3800	3800	tion of such country with the counter-16
3801	3801	terrorism efforts of the United States. 17
3802	3802	‘‘(III) Information analyzing the 18
3803	3803	presence, activity, or movement of ter-19
3804	3804	rorist organizations (as such term is 20
3805	3805	defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi) of 21
3806	3806	the Immigration and Nationality Act 22
3807	3807	(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi))) within 23
3808	3808	or through such country. 24
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3812	3812	‘‘(IV) The number of formal ob-1
3813	3813	jections based on derogatory informa-2
3814	3814	tion issued by the Visa Security Advi-3
3815	3815	sory Opinion Unit pursuant to para-4
3816	3816	graph (10) regarding nationals of a 5
3817	3817	country in which any of the diplomatic 6
3818	3818	and consular posts referred to in 7
3819	3819	clause (i) are located. 8
3820	3820	‘‘(V) The adequacy of the border 9
3821	3821	and immigration control of such coun-10
3822	3822	try. 11
3823	3823	‘‘(VI) Any other criteria the Sec-12
3824	3824	retary determines appropriate.’’. 13
3825	3825	(b) C
3826	3826	OUNTERTERROR VETTING ANDSCREENING.— 14
3827	3827	Paragraph (2) of section 428(e) of the Homeland Security 15
3828	3828	Act of 2002 is amended— 16
3829	3829	(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-17
3830	3830	paragraph (D); and 18
3831	3831	(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-19
3832	3832	lowing new subparagraph: 20
3833	3833	‘‘(C) Screen any such applications against 21
3834	3834	the appropriate criminal, national security, and 22
3835	3835	terrorism databases maintained by the Federal 23
3836	3836	Government.’’. 24
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3840	3840	(c) TRAINING ANDHIRING.—Subparagraph (A) of 1
3841	3841	section 428(e)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 2
3842	3842	is amended by— 3
3843	3843	(1) striking ‘‘The Secretary shall ensure, to the 4
3844	3844	extent possible, that any employees’’ and inserting 5
3845	3845	‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of 6
3846	3846	U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Direc-7
3847	3847	tor of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 8
3848	3848	shall provide training to any employees’’; and 9
3849	3849	(2) striking ‘‘shall be provided the necessary 10
3850	3850	training’’. 11
3851	3851	(d) P
3852	3852	RE-ADJUDICATEDVISASECURITYASSISTANCE 12
3853	3853	ANDVISASECURITYADVISORYOPINIONUNIT.—Sub-13
3854	3854	section (e) of section 428 of the Homeland Security Act 14
3855	3855	of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following 15
3856	3856	new paragraphs: 16
3857	3857	‘‘(9) R
3858	3858	EMOTE PRE-ADJUDICATED VISA SECU -17
3859	3859	RITY ASSISTANCE.—At the visa-issuing posts at 18
3860	3860	which employees of the Department are not assigned 19
3861	3861	pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in a 20
3862	3862	risk-based manner, assign employees of the Depart-21
3863	3863	ment to remotely perform the functions required 22
3864	3864	under paragraph (2) at not fewer than 50 of such 23
3865	3865	posts. 24
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3869	3869	‘‘(10) VISA SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION 1
3870	3870	UNIT.—The Secretary shall establish within U.S. 2
3871	3871	Immigration and Customs Enforcement a Visa Secu-3
3872	3872	rity Advisory Opinion Unit to respond to requests 4
3873	3873	from the Secretary of State to conduct a visa secu-5
3874	3874	rity review using information maintained by the De-6
3875	3875	partment on visa applicants, including terrorism as-7
3876	3876	sociation, criminal history, counter-proliferation, and 8
3877	3877	other relevant factors, as determined by the Sec-9
3878	3878	retary.’’. 10
3879	3879	(e) D
3880	3880	EADLINES.—The requirements established 11
3881	3881	under paragraphs (1) and (9) of section 428(e) of the 12
3882	3882	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236(e)), as 13
3883	3883	amended and added by this section, shall be implemented 14
3884	3884	not later than three years after the date of the enactment 15
3885	3885	of this Act. 16
3886	3886	(f) F
3887	3887	UNDING.— 17
3888	3888	(1) A
3889	3889	DDITIONAL VISA FEE.— 18
3890	3890	(A) I
3891	3891	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 19
3892	3892	in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 20
3893	3893	Security, may charge a fee in support of visa 21
3894	3894	security, to be deposited in the Fraud Detection 22
3895	3895	and Nationality Security Directorate account. 23
3896	3896	Fees imposed pursuant to this subsection shall 24
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3900	3900	be available only to the extent provided in ad-1
3901	3901	vance by appropriations Acts. 2
3902	3902	(B) A
3903	3903	MOUNT OF FEE.—The total amount 3
3904	3904	of the additional fee charged pursuant to this 4
3905	3905	subsection shall be equal to an amount suffi-5
3906	3906	cient to cover the annual costs of the visa secu-6
3907	3907	rity program established by the Secretary of 7
3908	3908	Homeland Security under section 428(e) of the 8
3909	3909	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 9
3910	3910	236(e)), as amended by this section. 10
3911	3911	(2) U
3912	3912	SE OF FEES.—Amounts deposited in the 11
3913	3913	Fraud Detection and Nationality Security Direc-12
3914	3914	torate account pursuant to paragraph (1) are au-13
3915	3915	thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 14
3916	3916	Homeland Security for the funding of the visa secu-15
3917	3917	rity program referred to in such paragraph. 16
3918	3918	SEC. 1302. ELECTRONIC PASSPORT SCREENING AND BIO-17
3919	3919	METRIC MATCHING. 18
3920	3920	(a) I
3921	3921	NGENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the 19
3922	3922	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), 20
3923	3923	as amended by this division, is further amended by adding 21
3924	3924	at the end the following new sections: 22
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3928	3928	‘‘SEC. 420A. ELECTRONIC PASSPORT SCREENING AND BIO-1
3929	3929	METRIC MATCHING. 2
3930	3930	‘‘(a) I
3931	3931	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 3
3932	3932	date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner 4
3933	3933	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall— 5
3934	3934	‘‘(1) screen electronic passports at airports of 6
3935	3935	entry by reading each such passport’s embedded 7
3936	3936	chip; and 8
3937	3937	‘‘(2) to the greatest extent practicable, utilize 9
3938	3938	facial recognition technology or other biometric tech-10
3939	3939	nology, as determined by the Commissioner, to in-11
3940	3940	spect travelers at United States airports of entry. 12
3941	3941	‘‘(b) A
3942	3942	PPLICABILITY.— 13
3943	3943	‘‘(1) E
3944	3944	LECTRONIC PASSPORT SCREENING .— 14
3945	3945	Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall apply to pass-15
3946	3946	ports belonging to individuals who are United States 16
3947	3947	citizens, individuals who are nationals of a program 17
3948	3948	country pursuant to section 217 of the Immigration 18
3949	3949	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), and individ-19
3950	3950	uals who are nationals of any other foreign country 20
3951	3951	that issues electronic passports. 21
3952	3952	‘‘(2) F
3953	3953	ACIAL RECOGNITION MATCHING .—Para-22
3954	3954	graph (2) of subsection (a) shall apply, at a min-23
3955	3955	imum, to individuals who are nationals of a program 24
3956	3956	country pursuant to section 217 of the Immigration 25
3957	3957	and Nationality Act. 26
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3961	3961	‘‘(c) ANNUALREPORT.—The Commissioner of U.S. 1
3962	3962	Customs and Border Protection, in collaboration with the 2
3963	3963	Chief Privacy Officer of the Department, shall issue to the 3
3964	3964	Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-4
3965	3965	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 5
3966	3966	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an annual report 6
3967	3967	through fiscal year 2028 on the utilization of facial rec-7
3968	3968	ognition technology and other biometric technology pursu-8
3969	3969	ant to subsection (a)(2). Each such report shall include 9
3970	3970	information on the type of technology used at each airport 10
3971	3971	of entry, the number of individuals who were subject to 11
3972	3972	inspection using either of such technologies at each airport 12
3973	3973	of entry, and within the group of individuals subject to 13
3974	3974	such inspection at each airport, the number of those indi-14
3975	3975	viduals who were United States citizens and legal perma-15
3976	3976	nent residents. Each such report shall provide information 16
3977	3977	on the disposition of data collected during the year covered 17
3978	3978	by such report, together with information on protocols for 18
3979	3979	the management of collected biometric data, including 19
3980	3980	timeframes and criteria for storing, erasing, destroying, 20
3981	3981	or otherwise removing such data from databases utilized 21
3982	3982	by the Department.’’. 22
3983	3983	(b) C
3984	3984	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 23
3985	3985	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 24
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3989	3989	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1
3990	3990	420 the following new item: 2
3991	3991	‘‘Sec. 420A. Electronic passport screening and biometric matching.’’.
3992	3992	SEC. 1303. REPORTING OF VISA OVERSTAYS.
3993	3993	3
3994	3994	Section 2 of Public Law 105–173 (8 U.S.C. 1376) 4
3995	3995	is amended— 5
3996	3996	(1) in subsection (a)— 6
3997	3997	(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and in-7
3998	3998	serting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 8
3999	3999	(B) by inserting before the period at the 9
4000	4000	end the following: ‘‘, and any additional infor-10
4001	4001	mation that the Secretary determines necessary 11
4002	4002	for purposes of the report under subsection 12
4003	4003	(b)’’; and 13
4004	4004	(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-14
4005	4005	lows: 15
4006	4006	‘‘(b) A
4007	4007	NNUALREPORT.—Not later than September 16
4008	4008	30, 2025, and not later than September 30 of each year 17
4009	4009	thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-18
4010	4010	mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com-19
4011	4011	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 20
4012	4012	and to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-21
4013	4013	mental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 22
4014	4014	Senate a report providing, for the preceding fiscal year, 23
4015	4015	numerical estimates (including information on the meth-24
4016	4016	odology utilized to develop such numerical estimates) of— 25
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4020	4020	‘‘(1) for each country, the number of aliens 1
4021	4021	from the country who are described in subsection 2
4022	4022	(a), including— 3
4023	4023	‘‘(A) the total number of such aliens within 4
4024	4024	all classes of nonimmigrant aliens described in 5
4025	4025	section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Na-6
4026	4026	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); and 7
4027	4027	‘‘(B) the number of such aliens within each 8
4028	4028	of the classes of nonimmigrant aliens, as well as 9
4029	4029	the number of such aliens within each of the 10
4030	4030	subclasses of such classes of nonimmigrant 11
4031	4031	aliens, as applicable; 12
4032	4032	‘‘(2) for each country, the percentage of the 13
4033	4033	total number of aliens from the country who were 14
4034	4034	present in the United States and were admitted to 15
4035	4035	the United States as nonimmigrants who are de-16
4036	4036	scribed in subsection (a); 17
4037	4037	‘‘(3) the number of aliens described in sub-18
4038	4038	section (a) who arrived by land at a port of entry 19
4039	4039	into the United States; 20
4040	4040	‘‘(4) the number of aliens described in sub-21
4041	4041	section (a) who entered the United States using a 22
4042	4042	border crossing identification card (as such term is 23
4043	4043	defined in section 101(a)(6) of the Immigration and 24
4044	4044	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(6))); and 25
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4048	4048	‘‘(5) the number of Canadian nationals who en-1
4049	4049	tered the United States without a visa whose author-2
4050	4050	ized period of stay in the United States terminated 3
4051	4051	during the previous fiscal year, but who remained in 4
4052	4052	the United States.’’. 5
4053	4053	SEC. 1304. STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR INFORMA-6
4054	4054	TION SYSTEM VERIFICATION. 7
4055	4055	Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-8
4056	4056	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 9
4057	4057	ensure that the information collected under the program 10
4058	4058	established under section 641 of the Illegal Immigration 11
4059	4059	Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 12
4060	4060	U.S.C. 1372) is available to officers of U.S. Customs and 13
4061	4061	Border Protection for the purpose of conducting primary 14
4062	4062	inspections of aliens seeking admission to the United 15
4063	4063	States at each port of entry of the United States. 16
4064	4064	SEC. 1305. VISA INFORMATION SHARING. 17
4065	4065	(a) I
4066	4066	NGENERAL.—Section 222(f) of the Immigration 18
4067	4067	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)(2)) is amended— 19
4068	4068	(1) by striking ‘‘issuance or refusal’’ and insert-20
4069	4069	ing ‘‘issuance, refusal, or revocation’’; 21
4070	4070	(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 22
4071	4071	subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and on the basis of 23
4072	4072	reciprocity’’ and all that follows and inserting the 24
4073	4073	following ‘‘may provide to a foreign government in-25
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4076	4076	•HR 3599 IH
4077	4077	formation in a Department of State computerized 1
4078	4078	visa database and, when necessary and appropriate, 2
4079	4079	other records covered by this section related to infor-3
4080	4080	mation in such database—’’; 4
4081	4081	(3) in paragraph (2)(A)— 5
4082	4082	(A) by inserting at the beginning ‘‘on the 6
4083	4083	basis of reciprocity,’’; 7
4084	4084	(B) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘for the pur-8
4085	4085	pose of’’; and 9
4086	4086	(C) by striking ‘‘illicit weapons; or’’ and 10
4087	4087	inserting ‘‘illicit weapons, or (ii) determining a 11
4088	4088	person’s deportability or eligibility for a visa, 12
4089	4089	admission, or other immigration benefit;’’; 13
4090	4090	(4) in paragraph (2)(B)— 14
4091	4091	(A) by inserting at the beginning ‘‘on the 15
4092	4092	basis of reciprocity,’’; 16
4093	4093	(B) by striking ‘‘in the database’’ and in-17
4094	4094	serting ‘‘such database’’; 18
4095	4095	(C) by striking ‘‘for the purposes’’ and in-19
4096	4096	serting ‘‘for one of the purposes’’; and 20
4097	4097	(D) by striking ‘‘or to deny visas to per-21
4098	4098	sons who would be inadmissible to the United 22
4099	4099	States.’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 23
4100	4100	(5) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 24
4101	4101	following: 25
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4105	4105	‘‘(C) with regard to any or all aliens in the 1
4106	4106	database specified data elements from each 2
4107	4107	record, if the Secretary of State determines that 3
4108	4108	it is in the national interest to provide such in-4
4109	4109	formation to a foreign government and such in-5
4110	4110	formation is provided in accordance with the 6
4111	4111	confidentiality requirements under section 7
4112	4112	208.’’. 8
4113	4113	(b) E
4114	4114	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9
4115	4115	subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of 10
4116	4116	the enactment of this Act. 11
4117	4117	SEC. 1306. FRAUD PREVENTION. 12
4118	4118	(a) P
4119	4119	ROSPECTIVEANALYTICSTECHNOLOGY.— 13
4120	4120	(1) P
4121	4121	LAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION .—Not later 14
4122	4122	than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 15
4123	4123	this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 16
4124	4124	submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 17
4125	4125	House of Representatives and the Committee on the 18
4126	4126	Judiciary of the Senate a plan for the use of ad-19
4127	4127	vanced analytics software to ensure the proactive de-20
4128	4128	tection of fraud in immigration benefits applications 21
4129	4129	and petitions and to ensure that any such applicant 22
4130	4130	or petitioner does not pose a threat to national secu-23
4131	4131	rity. 24
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4135	4135	(2) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN .—Not later 1
4136	4136	than 1 year after the date of the submission of the 2
4137	4137	plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-3
4138	4138	land Security shall begin implementation of the plan. 4
4139	4139	(b) B
4140	4140	ENEFITSFRAUDASSESSMENT.— 5
4141	4141	(1) I
4142	4142	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 6
4143	4143	Security, acting through the Fraud Detection and 7
4144	4144	Nationality Security Directorate, shall complete a 8
4145	4145	benefit fraud assessment by fiscal year 2025 on each 9
4146	4146	of the following: 10
4147	4147	(A) Petitions by VAWA self-petitioners (as 11
4148	4148	such term is defined in section 101(a)(51) of 12
4149	4149	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 13
4150	4150	1101(a)(51))). 14
4151	4151	(B) Applications or petitions for visas or 15
4152	4152	status under section 101(a)(15)(K) of such Act 16
4153	4153	or under section 201(b)(2) of such Act, in the 17
4154	4154	case of spouses (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)). 18
4155	4155	(C) Applications for visas or status under 19
4156	4156	section 101(a)(27)(J) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 20
4157	4157	1101(a)(27)(J)). 21
4158	4158	(D) Applications for visas or status under 22
4159	4159	section 101(a)(15)(U) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 23
4160	4160	1101(a)(15)(U)). 24
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4164	4164	(E) Petitions for visas or status under sec-1
4165	4165	tion 101(a)(27)(C) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 2
4166	4166	1101(a)(27)(C)). 3
4167	4167	(F) Applications for asylum under section 4
4168	4168	208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158). 5
4169	4169	(G) Applications for adjustment of status 6
4170	4170	under section 209 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1159). 7
4171	4171	(H) Petitions for visas or status under sec-8
4172	4172	tion 201(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)). 9
4173	4173	(2) R
4174	4174	EPORTING ON FINDINGS .—Not later than 10
4175	4175	30 days after the completion of each benefit fraud 11
4176	4176	assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 12
4177	4177	submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 13
4178	4178	House of Representatives and the Committee on the 14
4179	4179	Judiciary of the Senate such assessment and rec-15
4180	4180	ommendations on how to reduce the occurrence of 16
4181	4181	instances of fraud identified by the assessment. 17
4182	4182	SEC. 1307. VISA INELIGIBILITY FOR SPOUSES AND CHIL-18
4183	4183	DREN OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS. 19
4184	4184	Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 20
4185	4185	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended— 21
4186	4186	(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘is the 22
4187	4187	spouse, son, or daughter’’ and inserting ‘‘is or has 23
4188	4188	been the spouse, son, or daughter’’; and 24
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4192	4192	(2) in subparagraph (H)(ii), by striking ‘‘is the 1
4193	4193	spouse, son, or daughter’’ and inserting ‘‘is or has 2
4194	4194	been the spouse, son, or daughter’’. 3
4195	4195	SEC. 1308. DNA TESTING. 4
4196	4196	Section 222(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 5
4197	4197	Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Where 6
4198	4198	considered necessary, by the consular officer or immigra-7
4199	4199	tion official, to establish family relationships, the immi-8
4200	4200	grant shall provide DNA evidence of such a relationship 9
4201	4201	in accordance with procedures established for submitting 10
4202	4202	such evidence. The Secretary and the Secretary of State 11
4203	4203	may, in consultation, issue regulations to require DNA 12
4204	4204	evidence to establish family relationship, from applicants 13
4205	4205	for certain visa classifications.’’ after ‘‘and a certified copy 14
4206	4206	of all other records or documents concerning him or his 15
4207	4207	case which may be required by the consular officer.’’. 16
4208	4208	SEC. 1309. DNA COLLECTION CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 17
4209	4209	LAW. 18
4210	4210	Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-19
4211	4211	ment of this section, the Secretary shall ensure and certify 20
4212	4212	to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 21
4213	4213	Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 22
4214	4214	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP is fully 23
4215	4215	compliant with the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 (Public 24
4216	4216	Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 3084) at all border facilities that 25
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4219	4219	•HR 3599 IH
4220	4220	process adults, including as part of a family unit, in the 1
4221	4221	custody of CBP at the border. 2
4222	4222	TITLE IV—TRANSNATIONAL 3
4223	4223	CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION 4
4224	4224	PREVENTION AND ELIMI-5
4225	4225	NATION 6
4226	4226	SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE. 7
4227	4227	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Transnational Crimi-8
4228	4228	nal Organization Prevention and Elimination Act’’. 9
4229	4229	SEC. 1402. ILLICIT SPOTTING. 10
4230	4230	Section 1510 of title 18, United States Code, is 11
4231	4231	amended by adding at the end the following: 12
4232	4232	‘‘(f) Any person who knowingly transmits, by any 13
4233	4233	means, to another person the location, movement, or ac-14
4234	4234	tivities of any officer or agent of a Federal, State, local, 15
4235	4235	or tribal law enforcement agency with the intent to further 16
4236	4236	a criminal offense under the immigration laws (as such 17
4237	4237	term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Na-18
4238	4238	tionality Act), the Controlled Substances Act, or the Con-19
4239	4239	trolled Substances Import and Export Act, or that relates 20
4240	4240	to agriculture or monetary instruments shall be fined 21
4241	4241	under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or 22
4242	4242	both.’’. 23
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4245	4245	•HR 3599 IH
4246	4246	SEC. 1403. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BOR-1
4247	4247	DER, AND CUSTOMS CONTROLS. 2
4248	4248	(a) B
4249	4249	RINGING IN AND HARBORING OF CERTAIN 3
4250	4250	A
4251	4251	LIENS.—Section 274(a) of the Immigration and Nation-4
4252	4252	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)) is amended— 5
4253	4253	(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘brings to or 6
4254	4254	attempts to’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘brings to 7
4255	4255	or knowingly attempts or conspires to’’; and 8
4256	4256	(2) by adding at the end the following: 9
4257	4257	‘‘(5) In the case of a person who has brought 10
4258	4258	aliens into the United States in violation of this sub-11
4259	4259	section, the sentence otherwise provided for may be 12
4260	4260	increased by up to 10 years if that person, at the 13
4261	4261	time of the offense, used or carried a firearm or 14
4262	4262	who, in furtherance of any such crime, possessed a 15
4263	4263	firearm.’’. 16
4264	4264	(b) A
4265	4265	IDING ORASSISTINGCERTAINALIENSTO 17
4266	4266	E
4267	4267	NTER THEUNITEDSTATES.—Section 277 of the Immi-18
4268	4268	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1327) is amend-19
4269	4269	ed— 20
4270	4270	(1) by inserting after ‘‘knowingly aids or as-21
4271	4271	sists’’ the following: ‘‘or attempts to aid or assist’’; 22
4272	4272	and 23
4273	4273	(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 24
4274	4274	case of a person convicted of an offense under this 25
4275	4275	section, the sentence otherwise provided for may be 26
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4278	4278	•HR 3599 IH
4279	4279	increased by up to 10 years if that person, at the 1
4280	4280	time of the offense, used or carried a firearm or 2
4281	4281	who, in furtherance of any such crime, possessed a 3
4282	4282	firearm.’’. 4
4283	4283	SEC. 1404. REPORT ON SMUGGLING. 5
4284	4284	The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 6
4285	4285	with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall de-7
4286	4286	velop a regularly updated intelligence driven analysis that 8
4287	4287	includes— 9
4288	4288	(1) migrant perceptions of United States law 10
4289	4289	and policy at the border, including human smuggling 11
4290	4290	organization messaging and propaganda; 12
4291	4291	(2) tactics, techniques, and procedures used by 13
4292	4292	human smuggling organizations to exploit border se-14
4293	4293	curity vulnerabilities to facilitate such smuggling ac-15
4294	4294	tivities across the border; 16
4295	4295	(3) the methods and use of technology to orga-17
4296	4296	nize and encourage irregular migration and under-18
4297	4297	mine border security; and 19
4298	4298	(4) any other information the Secretary deter-20
4299	4299	mines appropriate. 21
4300	4300	SEC. 1405. SARAH’S LAW. 22
4301	4301	(a) M
4302	4302	ANDATORYDETENTION OF CERTAINALIENS 23
4303	4303	C
4304	4304	HARGEDWITH ACRIMERESULTING INDEATH ORSERI-24
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4307	4307	•HR 3599 IH
4308	4308	OUSBODILYINJURY.—Section 236(c) of the Immigration 1
4309	4309	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 2
4310	4310	(1) in paragraph (1)— 3
4311	4311	(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 4
4312	4312	striking the comma at the end of each subpara-5
4313	4313	graph and inserting a semicolon; 6
4314	4314	(B) in subparagraph (C)— 7
4315	4315	(i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert-8
4316	4316	ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 9
4317	4317	(ii) by striking ‘‘, or’’ and inserting a 10
4318	4318	semicolon; 11
4319	4319	(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 12
4320	4320	comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 13
4321	4321	(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 14
4322	4322	the following: 15
4323	4323	‘‘(E)(i)(I) was not inspected and admitted 16
4324	4324	into the United States; 17
4325	4325	‘‘(II) held a nonimmigrant visa (or other 18
4326	4326	documentation authorizing admission into the 19
4327	4327	United States as a nonimmigrant) that has 20
4328	4328	been revoked under section 221(i); or 21
4329	4329	‘‘(III) is described in section 22
4330	4330	237(a)(1)(C)(i); and 23
4331	4331	‘‘(ii) has been charged by a prosecuting au-24
4332	4332	thority in the United States with any crime 25
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4335	4335	•HR 3599 IH
4336	4336	that resulted in the death or serious bodily in-1
4337	4337	jury (as defined in section 1365(h)(3) of title 2
4338	4338	18, United States Code) of another person,’’; 3
4339	4339	and 4
4340	4340	(2) by adding at the end the following: 5
4341	4341	‘‘(3) N
4342	4342	OTIFICATION REQUIREMENT .—Upon en-6
4343	4343	countering or gaining knowledge of an alien de-7
4344	4344	scribed in paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of 8
4345	4345	Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs 9
4346	4346	Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts— 10
4347	4347	‘‘(A) to obtain information from law en-11
4348	4348	forcement agencies and from other available 12
4349	4349	sources regarding the identity of any victims of 13
4350	4350	the crimes for which such alien was charged or 14
4351	4351	convicted; and 15
4352	4352	‘‘(B) to provide the victim or, if the victim 16
4353	4353	is deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or clos-17
4354	4354	est living relative of such victim, with informa-18
4355	4355	tion, on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 19
4356	4356	‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 20
4357	4357	of birth, and country of nationality; 21
4358	4358	‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 22
4359	4359	and criminal history; 23
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4362	4362	•HR 3599 IH
4363	4363	‘‘(iii) the alien’s custody status and 1
4364	4364	any changes related to the alien’s custody; 2
4365	4365	and 3
4366	4366	‘‘(iv) a description of any efforts by 4
4367	4367	the United States Government to remove 5
4368	4368	the alien from the United States.’’. 6
4369	4369	(b) S
4370	4370	AVINGSPROVISION.—Nothing in this section, or 7
4371	4371	the amendments made by this section, may be construed 8
4372	4372	to limit the rights of crime victims under any other provi-9
4373	4373	sion of law, including section 3771 of title 18, United 10
4374	4374	States Code. 11
4375	4375	SEC. 1406. ILLEGAL REENTRY. 12
4376	4376	Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 13
4377	4377	(8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended to read as follows: 14
4378	4378	‘‘SEC. 276. REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIEN. 15
4379	4379	‘‘(a) R
4380	4380	EENTRYAFTERREMOVAL.— 16
4381	4381	‘‘(1) I
4382	4382	N GENERAL.—Any alien who has been de-17
4383	4383	nied admission, excluded, deported, or removed, or 18
4384	4384	who has departed the United States while an order 19
4385	4385	of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, 20
4386	4386	and subsequently enters, attempts to enter, crosses 21
4387	4387	the border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is 22
4388	4388	at any time found in the United States, shall be 23
4389	4389	fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned 24
4390	4390	not more than 10 years, or both. 25
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4393	4393	•HR 3599 IH
4394	4394	‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If an alien sought and re-1
4395	4395	ceived the express consent of the Secretary to re-2
4396	4396	apply for admission into the United States, or, with 3
4397	4397	respect to an alien previously denied admission and 4
4398	4398	removed, the alien was not required to obtain such 5
4399	4399	advance consent under the Immigration and Nation-6
4400	4400	ality Act or any prior Act, the alien shall not be sub-7
4401	4401	ject to the fine and imprisonment provided for in 8
4402	4402	paragraph (1). 9
4403	4403	‘‘(b) R
4404	4404	EENTRY OF CRIMINALOFFENDERS.—Not-10
4405	4405	withstanding the penalty provided in subsection (a), if an 11
4406	4406	alien described in that subsection was convicted before 12
4407	4407	such removal or departure— 13
4408	4408	‘‘(1) for 3 or more misdemeanors or for a fel-14
4409	4409	ony, the alien shall be fined under title 18, United 15
4410	4410	States Code, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or 16
4411	4411	both; 17
4412	4412	‘‘(2) for a felony for which the alien was sen-18
4413	4413	tenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 19
4414	4414	30 months, the alien shall be fined under such title, 20
4415	4415	imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; 21
4416	4416	‘‘(3) for a felony for which the alien was sen-22
4417	4417	tenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 23
4418	4418	60 months, the alien shall be fined under such title, 24
4419	4419	imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both; or 25
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4422	4422	•HR 3599 IH
4423	4423	‘‘(4) for murder, rape, kidnapping, or a felony 1
4424	4424	offense described in chapter 77 (relating to peonage 2
4425	4425	and slavery) or 113B (relating to terrorism) of such 3
4426	4426	title, or for 3 or more felonies of any kind, the alien 4
4427	4427	shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more 5
4428	4428	than 30 years, or both. 6
4429	4429	‘‘(c) R
4430	4430	EENTRYAFTERREPEATEDREMOVAL.—Any 7
4431	4431	alien who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, 8
4432	4432	or removed 3 or more times and thereafter enters, at-9
4433	4433	tempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross 10
4434	4434	the border to, or is at any time found in the United States, 11
4435	4435	shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-12
4436	4436	oned not more than 20 years, or both. 13
4437	4437	‘‘(d) P
4438	4438	ROOF OFPRIORCONVICTIONS.—The prior 14
4439	4439	convictions described in subsection (b) are elements of the 15
4440	4440	crimes described, and the penalties in that subsection shall 16
4441	4441	apply only in cases in which the conviction or convictions 17
4442	4442	that form the basis for the additional penalty are— 18
4443	4443	‘‘(1) alleged in the indictment or information; 19
4444	4444	and 20
4445	4445	‘‘(2) proven beyond a reasonable doubt at trial 21
4446	4446	or admitted by the defendant. 22
4447	4447	‘‘(e) R
4448	4448	EENTRY OFALIENREMOVEDPRIOR TOCOM-23
4449	4449	PLETION OFTERM OFIMPRISONMENT.—Any alien re-24
4450	4450	moved pursuant to section 241(a)(4) who enters, attempts 25
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4453	4453	•HR 3599 IH
4454	4454	to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the bor-1
4455	4455	der to, or is at any time found in, the United States shall 2
4456	4456	be incarcerated for the remainder of the sentence of im-3
4457	4457	prisonment which was pending at the time of deportation 4
4458	4458	without any reduction for parole or supervised release un-5
4459	4459	less the alien affirmatively demonstrates that the Sec-6
4460	4460	retary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to 7
4461	4461	the alien’s reentry. Such alien shall be subject to such 8
4462	4462	other penalties relating to the reentry of removed aliens 9
4463	4463	as may be available under this section or any other provi-10
4464	4464	sion of law. 11
4465	4465	‘‘(f) D
4466	4466	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section and 12
4467	4467	section 275, the following definitions shall apply: 13
4468	4468	‘‘(1) C
4469	4469	ROSSES THE BORDER TO THE UNITED 14
4470	4470	STATES.—The term ‘crosses the border’ refers to the 15
4471	4471	physical act of crossing the border free from official 16
4472	4472	restraint. 17
4473	4473	‘‘(2) O
4474	4474	FFICIAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘official 18
4475	4475	restraint’ means any restraint known to the alien 19
4476	4476	that serves to deprive the alien of liberty and pre-20
4477	4477	vents the alien from going at large into the United 21
4478	4478	States. Surveillance unbeknownst to the alien shall 22
4479	4479	not constitute official restraint. 23
4480	4480	‘‘(3) F
4481	4481	ELONY.—The term ‘felony’ means any 24
4482	4482	criminal offense punishable by a term of imprison-25
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4485	4485	•HR 3599 IH
4486	4486	ment of more than 1 year under the laws of the 1
4487	4487	United States, any State, or a foreign government. 2
4488	4488	‘‘(4) M
4489	4489	ISDEMEANOR.—The term ‘misdemeanor’ 3
4490	4490	means any criminal offense punishable by a term of 4
4491	4491	imprisonment of not more than 1 year under the ap-5
4492	4492	plicable laws of the United States, any State, or a 6
4493	4493	foreign government. 7
4494	4494	‘‘(5) R
4495	4495	EMOVAL.—The term ‘removal’ includes 8
4496	4496	any denial of admission, exclusion, deportation, or 9
4497	4497	removal, or any agreement by which an alien stipu-10
4498	4498	lates or agrees to exclusion, deportation, or removal. 11
4499	4499	‘‘(6) S
4500	4500	TATE.—The term ‘State’ means a State 12
4501	4501	of the United States, the District of Columbia, and 13
4502	4502	any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 14
4503	4503	United States.’’. 15
4504	4504	SEC. 1407. GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORT-16
4505	4505	ABILITY FOR ALIEN GANG MEMBERS. 17
4506	4506	(a) D
4507	4507	EFINITION OFGANGMEMBER.—Section 101(a) 18
4508	4508	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
4509	4509	1101(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (52) the 20
4510	4510	following: 21
4511	4511	‘‘(53)(A) The term ‘criminal gang’ means an associa-22
4512	4512	tion of 25 or more individuals— 23
4513	4513	‘‘(i) whose members knowingly, willingly, and 24
4514	4514	collectively identify themselves by adopting a group 25
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4517	4517	•HR 3599 IH
4518	4518	identity, which they use to create an atmosphere of 1
4519	4519	fear or intimidation, frequently by employing one or 2
4520	4520	more of the following: a common name, slogan, iden-3
4521	4521	tifying sign, symbol, tattoo or other physical mark-4
4522	4522	ing, style or color of clothing, hairstyle, hand sign or 5
4523	4523	graffiti; 6
4524	4524	‘‘(ii) whose purpose in part is to engage in 7
4525	4525	criminal activity and which uses violence or intimida-8
4526	4526	tion to further its criminal objectives; and 9
4527	4527	‘‘(iii) whose members engage in criminal activ-10
4528	4528	ity or acts of juvenile delinquency that if committed 11
4529	4529	by an adult would be crimes with the intent to en-12
4530	4530	hance or preserve the association’s power, reputation 13
4531	4531	or economic resources. 14
4532	4532	‘‘(B) The association may also possess some of the 15
4533	4533	following characteristics: 16
4534	4534	‘‘(i) The members may employ rules for joining 17
4535	4535	and operating within the association. 18
4536	4536	‘‘(ii) The members may meet on a recurring 19
4537	4537	basis. 20
4538	4538	‘‘(iii) The association may provide physical pro-21
4539	4539	tection of its members from others. 22
4540	4540	‘‘(iv) The association may seek to exercise con-23
4541	4541	trol over a particular geographic location or region, 24
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4544	4544	•HR 3599 IH
4545	4545	or it may simply defend its perceived interests 1
4546	4546	against rivals. 2
4547	4547	‘‘(v) The association may have an identifiable 3
4548	4548	structure. 4
4549	4549	‘‘(C) The offenses described, whether in violation of 5
4550	4550	Federal or State law or foreign law and regardless of 6
4551	4551	whether the offenses occurred before, on, or after the date 7
4552	4552	of the enactment of this paragraph, are the following: 8
4553	4553	‘‘(i) A ‘felony drug offense’ (as defined in sec-9
4554	4554	tion 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 10
4555	4555	U.S.C. 802)). 11
4556	4556	‘‘(ii) A felony offense involving firearms or ex-12
4557	4557	plosives or in violation of section 931 of title 18, 13
4558	4558	United States Code (relating to purchase, ownership, 14
4559	4559	or possession of body armor by violent felons). 15
4560	4560	‘‘(iii) An offense under section 274 (relating to 16
4561	4561	bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 17
4562	4562	277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to 18
4563	4563	enter the United States), or section 278 (relating to 19
4564	4564	importation of alien for immoral purpose), except 20
4565	4565	that this clause does not apply in the case of an or-21
4566	4566	ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In-22
4567	4567	ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) 23
4568	4568	which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 24
4569	4569	of such Code. 25
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4572	4572	•HR 3599 IH
4573	4573	‘‘(iv) A violent crime described in section 1
4574	4574	101(a)(43)(F). 2
4575	4575	‘‘(v) A crime involving obstruction of justice, 3
4576	4576	tampering with or retaliating against a witness, vic-4
4577	4577	tim, or informant, or perjury or subornation of per-5
4578	4578	jury. 6
4579	4579	‘‘(vi) Any conduct punishable under sections 7
4580	4580	1028A and 1029 of title 18, United States Code (re-8
4581	4581	lating to aggravated identity theft or fraud and re-9
4582	4582	lated activity in connection with identification docu-10
4583	4583	ments or access devices), sections 1581 through 11
4584	4584	1594 of such title (relating to peonage, slavery, and 12
4585	4585	trafficking in persons), section 1951 of such title 13
4586	4586	(relating to interference with commerce by threats or 14
4587	4587	violence), section 1952 of such title (relating to 15
4588	4588	interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid 16
4589	4589	of racketeering enterprises), section 1956 of such 17
4590	4590	title (relating to the laundering of monetary instru-18
4591	4591	ments), section 1957 of such title (relating to engag-19
4592	4592	ing in monetary transactions in property derived 20
4593	4593	from specified unlawful activity), or sections 2312 21
4594	4594	through 2315 of such title (relating to interstate 22
4595	4595	transportation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen 23
4596	4596	property). 24
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4599	4599	•HR 3599 IH
4600	4600	‘‘(vii) An attempt or conspiracy to commit an 1
4601	4601	offense described in this paragraph or aiding, abet-2
4602	4602	ting, counseling, procuring, commanding, inducing, 3
4603	4603	facilitating, or soliciting the commission of an of-4
4604	4604	fense described in clauses (i) through (vi).’’. 5
4605	4605	(b) I
4606	4606	NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of such Act 6
4607	4607	(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended— 7
4608	4608	(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 8
4609	4609	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 9
4610	4610	the end; and 10
4611	4611	(B) by inserting after subclause (II) the 11
4612	4612	following: 12
4613	4613	‘‘(III) a violation of (or a con-13
4614	4614	spiracy or attempt to violate) any law 14
4615	4615	or regulation of a State, the United 15
4616	4616	States, or a foreign country relating 16
4617	4617	to participation or membership in a 17
4618	4618	criminal gang, or 18
4619	4619	‘‘(IV) any felony or misdemeanor 19
4620	4620	offense for which the alien received a 20
4621	4621	sentencing enhancement predicated on 21
4622	4622	knowing gang membership or conduct 22
4623	4623	that promoted, furthered, aided, or 23
4624	4624	supported the illegal activity of the 24
4625	4625	criminal gang, except in the case of 25
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4628	4628	•HR 3599 IH
4629	4629	any such alien who was a minor under 1
4630	4630	the age of 16 at the time of the of-2
4631	4631	fense, who was forced, threatened, or 3
4632	4632	coerced into association with the 4
4633	4633	criminal gang, who was unknowingly 5
4634	4634	associated with the gang, or who 6
4635	4635	acted under duress.’’; and 7
4636	4636	(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
4637	4637	‘‘(N) A
4638	4638	LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 9
4639	4639	GANGS.— 10
4640	4640	‘‘(i) A
4641	4641	LIENS NOT PHYSICALLY 11
4642	4642	PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES .—In the 12
4643	4643	case of an alien who is not physically 13
4644	4644	present in the United States: 14
4645	4645	‘‘(I) That alien is inadmissible if 15
4646	4646	a consular officer, the Secretary of 16
4647	4647	Homeland Security, or the Attorney 17
4648	4648	General knows or has reasonable 18
4649	4649	grounds to believe— 19
4650	4650	‘‘(aa) to be or to have been 20
4651	4651	a member of a criminal gang (as 21
4652	4652	defined in section 101(a)(53)); or 22
4653	4653	‘‘(bb) to have participated in 23
4654	4654	the activities of a criminal gang 24
4655	4655	(as defined in section 25
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4658	4658	•HR 3599 IH
4659	4659	101(a)(53)), knowing or having 1
4660	4660	reason to know that such activi-2
4661	4661	ties will promote, further, aid, or 3
4662	4662	support the illegal activity of the 4
4663	4663	criminal gang. 5
4664	4664	‘‘(II) That alien is inadmissible if 6
4665	4665	a consular officer, the Secretary of 7
4666	4666	Homeland Security, or the Attorney 8
4667	4667	General has reasonable grounds to be-9
4668	4668	lieve the alien has participated in, 10
4669	4669	been a member of, promoted, or con-11
4670	4670	spired with a criminal gang, either in-12
4671	4671	side or outside of the United States. 13
4672	4672	‘‘(III) That alien is inadmissible 14
4673	4673	if a consular officer, an immigration 15
4674	4674	officer, the Secretary of Homeland Se-16
4675	4675	curity, or the Attorney General has 17
4676	4676	reasonable grounds to believe seeks to 18
4677	4677	enter the United States or has en-19
4678	4678	tered the United States in furtherance 20
4679	4679	of the activities of a criminal gang, ei-21
4680	4680	ther inside or outside of the United 22
4681	4681	States. 23
4682	4682	‘‘(ii) A
4683	4683	LIENS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE 24
4684	4684	UNITED STATES.—In the case of an alien who 25
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4687	4687	•HR 3599 IH
4688	4688	is physically present in the United States, that 1
4689	4689	alien is inadmissible if the alien— 2
4690	4690	‘‘(I) is a member of a criminal gang 3
4691	4691	(as defined in section 101(a)(53)); or 4
4692	4692	‘‘(II) has participated in the activities 5
4693	4693	of a criminal gang (as defined in section 6
4694	4694	101(a)(53)), knowing or having reason to 7
4695	4695	know that such activities will promote, fur-8
4696	4696	ther, aid, or support the illegal activity of 9
4697	4697	the criminal gang. 10
4698	4698	‘‘(iii) E
4699	4699	XCEPTIONS.—Clauses (i) and (ii) 11
4700	4700	do not apply to a spouse or child of an alien— 12
4701	4701	‘‘(I) who did not know or should not 13
4702	4702	reasonably have known of the activity 14
4703	4703	causing the alien to be found inadmissible 15
4704	4704	under this section; 16
4705	4705	‘‘(II) whom the consular officer or At-17
4706	4706	torney General has reasonable grounds to 18
4707	4707	believe has renounced the activity causing 19
4708	4708	the alien to be found inadmissible under 20
4709	4709	this section; or 21
4710	4710	‘‘(III) whom the consular officer or 22
4711	4711	Attorney General has reasonable grounds 23
4712	4712	to believe did not willingly participate in 24
4713	4713	the activity of the associated gang, was 25
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4716	4716	•HR 3599 IH
4717	4717	under the direct control of a member, or 1
4718	4718	did so under duress.’’. 2
4719	4719	(c) D
4720	4720	EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-3
4721	4721	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 4
4722	4722	amended by adding at the end the following: 5
4723	4723	‘‘(H) A
4724	4724	LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 6
4725	4725	GANGS.— 7
4726	4726	‘‘(i) I
4727	4727	N GENERAL.—Any alien is de-8
4728	4728	portable who— 9
4729	4729	‘‘(I) is or has been a member of 10
4730	4730	a criminal gang (as defined in section 11
4731	4731	101(a)(53)); 12
4732	4732	‘‘(II) has participated in the ac-13
4733	4733	tivities of a criminal gang (as so de-14
4734	4734	fined), knowing or having reason to 15
4735	4735	know that such activities will promote, 16
4736	4736	further, aid, or support the illegal ac-17
4737	4737	tivity of the criminal gang; 18
4738	4738	‘‘(III) has been convicted of a 19
4739	4739	violation of (or a conspiracy or at-20
4740	4740	tempt to violate) any law or regulation 21
4741	4741	of a State, the United States, or a 22
4742	4742	foreign country relating to participa-23
4743	4743	tion or membership in a criminal 24
4744	4744	gang; or 25
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4747	4747	•HR 3599 IH
4748	4748	‘‘(IV) any felony or misdemeanor 1
4749	4749	offense for which the alien received a 2
4750	4750	sentencing enhancement predicated on 3
4751	4751	gang membership or conduct that pro-4
4752	4752	moted, furthered, aided, or supported 5
4753	4753	the illegal activity of the criminal 6
4754	4754	gang. 7
4755	4755	‘‘(ii) E
4756	4756	XCEPTION.—Clause (i) does not 8
4757	4757	apply to a spouse or child of an alien— 9
4758	4758	‘‘(I) who did not know or should 10
4759	4759	not reasonably have known of the ac-11
4760	4760	tivity causing the alien to be found in-12
4761	4761	admissible under this section; 13
4762	4762	‘‘(II) whom the consular officer 14
4763	4763	or Attorney General has reasonable 15
4764	4764	grounds to believe has renounced the 16
4765	4765	activity causing the alien to be found 17
4766	4766	inadmissible under this section; or 18
4767	4767	‘‘(III) whom the consular officer 19
4768	4768	or Attorney General has reasonable 20
4769	4769	grounds to believe did not willingly 21
4770	4770	participate in the activity of the asso-22
4771	4771	ciated gang, was under the direct con-23
4772	4772	trol of a member, or did so under du-24
4773	4773	ress.’’. 25
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4776	4776	•HR 3599 IH
4777	4777	(d) DESIGNATION.— 1
4778	4778	(1) I
4779	4779	N GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the 2
4780	4780	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 3
4781	4781	amended by inserting after section 219 the fol-4
4782	4782	lowing: 5
4783	4783	‘‘
4784	4784	DESIGNATION OF CRIMINAL GANG 6
4785	4785	‘‘S
4786	4786	EC. 220. (a) DESIGNATION.— 7
4787	4787	‘‘(1) I
4788	4788	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-8
4789	4789	curity, in consultation with the Attorney General, may 9
4790	4790	designate a group, club, organization, or association of 25 10
4791	4791	or more persons as a criminal gang if the Secretary finds 11
4792	4792	that their conduct is described in section 101(a)(53). 12
4793	4793	‘‘(2) P
4794	4794	ROCEDURE.— 13
4795	4795	‘‘(A) N
4796	4796	OTIFICATION.—60 days before making a 14
4797	4797	designation under this subsection, the Secretary 15
4798	4798	shall, by classified communication, notify the Speak-16
4799	4799	er and Minority Leader of the House of Representa-17
4800	4800	tives, the President pro tempore, Majority Leader, 18
4801	4801	and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the mem-19
4802	4802	bers of the relevant committees of the House of Rep-20
4803	4803	resentatives and the Senate, in writing, of the intent 21
4804	4804	to designate a group, club, organization, or associa-22
4805	4805	tion of 25 or more persons under this subsection and 23
4806	4806	the factual basis therefor. 24
4807	4807	‘‘(B) P
4808	4808	UBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG -25
4809	4809	ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the designation 26
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4812	4812	•HR 3599 IH
4813	4813	in the Federal Register seven days after providing 1
4814	4814	the notification under subparagraph (A). 2
4815	4815	‘‘(3) R
4816	4816	ECORD.— 3
4817	4817	‘‘(A) I
4818	4818	N GENERAL.—In making a designation 4
4819	4819	under this subsection, the Secretary shall create an 5
4820	4820	administrative record. 6
4821	4821	‘‘(B) C
4822	4822	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-7
4823	4823	retary may consider classified information in making 8
4824	4824	a designation under this subsection. Classified infor-9
4825	4825	mation shall not be subject to disclosure for such 10
4826	4826	time as it remains classified, except that such infor-11
4827	4827	mation may be disclosed to a court ex parte and in 12
4828	4828	camera for purposes of judicial review under sub-13
4829	4829	section (c). 14
4830	4830	‘‘(4) P
4831	4831	ERIOD OFDESIGNATION.— 15
4832	4832	‘‘(A) I
4833	4833	N GENERAL.—A designation under this 16
4834	4834	subsection shall be effective for all purposes until re-17
4835	4835	voked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursu-18
4836	4836	ant to subsection (c). 19
4837	4837	‘‘(B) R
4838	4838	EVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI -20
4839	4839	TION.— 21
4840	4840	‘‘(i) I
4841	4841	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re-22
4842	4842	view the designation of a criminal gang under 23
4843	4843	the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) 24
4844	4844	if the designated group, club, organization, or 25
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4847	4847	•HR 3599 IH
4848	4848	association of 25 or more persons files a peti-1
4849	4849	tion for revocation within the petition period de-2
4850	4850	scribed in clause (ii). 3
4851	4851	‘‘(ii) P
4852	4852	ETITION PERIOD.—For purposes of 4
4853	4853	clause (i)— 5
4854	4854	‘‘(I) if the designated group, club, or-6
4855	4855	ganization, or association of 25 or more 7
4856	4856	persons has not previously filed a petition 8
4857	4857	for revocation under this subparagraph, 9
4858	4858	the petition period begins 2 years after the 10
4859	4859	date on which the designation was made; 11
4860	4860	or 12
4861	4861	‘‘(II) if the designated group, club, or-13
4862	4862	ganization, or association of 25 or more 14
4863	4863	persons has previously filed a petition for 15
4864	4864	revocation under this subparagraph, the 16
4865	4865	petition period begins 2 years after the 17
4866	4866	date of the determination made under 18
4867	4867	clause (iv) on that petition. 19
4868	4868	‘‘(iii) P
4869	4869	ROCEDURES.—Any group, club, or-20
4870	4870	ganization, or association of 25 or more persons 21
4871	4871	that submits a petition for revocation under 22
4872	4872	this subparagraph of its designation as a crimi-23
4873	4873	nal gang must provide evidence in that petition 24
4874	4874	that it is not described in section 101(a)(53). 25
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4877	4877	•HR 3599 IH
4878	4878	‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION.— 1
4879	4879	‘‘(I) I
4880	4880	N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 2
4881	4881	days after receiving a petition for revoca-3
4882	4882	tion submitted under this subparagraph, 4
4883	4883	the Secretary shall make a determination 5
4884	4884	as to such revocation. 6
4885	4885	‘‘(II) C
4886	4886	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .— 7
4887	4887	The Secretary may consider classified in-8
4888	4888	formation in making a determination in re-9
4889	4889	sponse to a petition for revocation. Classi-10
4890	4890	fied information shall not be subject to dis-11
4891	4891	closure for such time as it remains classi-12
4892	4892	fied, except that such information may be 13
4893	4893	disclosed to a court ex parte and in camera 14
4894	4894	for purposes of judicial review under sub-15
4895	4895	section (c). 16
4896	4896	‘‘(III) P
4897	4897	UBLICATION OF DETERMINA -17
4898	4898	TION.—A determination made by the Sec-18
4899	4899	retary under this clause shall be published 19
4900	4900	in the Federal Register. 20
4901	4901	‘‘(IV) P
4902	4902	ROCEDURES.—Any revocation 21
4903	4903	by the Secretary shall be made in accord-22
4904	4904	ance with paragraph (6). 23
4905	4905	‘‘(C) O
4906	4906	THER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION .— 24
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4909	4909	•HR 3599 IH
4910	4910	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If in a 5-year period no 1
4911	4911	review has taken place under subparagraph (B), 2
4912	4912	the Secretary shall review the designation of the 3
4913	4913	criminal gang in order to determine whether 4
4914	4914	such designation should be revoked pursuant to 5
4915	4915	paragraph (6). 6
4916	4916	‘‘(ii) P
4917	4917	ROCEDURES.—If a review does not 7
4918	4918	take place pursuant to subparagraph (B) in re-8
4919	4919	sponse to a petition for revocation that is filed 9
4920	4920	in accordance with that subparagraph, then the 10
4921	4921	review shall be conducted pursuant to proce-11
4922	4922	dures established by the Secretary. The results 12
4923	4923	of such review and the applicable procedures 13
4924	4924	shall not be reviewable in any court. 14
4925	4925	‘‘(iii) P
4926	4926	UBLICATION OF RESULTS OF RE -15
4927	4927	VIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any deter-16
4928	4928	mination made pursuant to this subparagraph 17
4929	4929	in the Federal Register. 18
4930	4930	‘‘(5) R
4931	4931	EVOCATION BYACT OFCONGRESS.—The Con-19
4932	4932	gress, by an Act of Congress, may block or revoke a des-20
4933	4933	ignation made under paragraph (1). 21
4934	4934	‘‘(6) R
4935	4935	EVOCATIONBASED ON CHANGE IN CIR-22
4936	4936	CUMSTANCES.— 23
4937	4937	‘‘(A) I
4938	4938	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may revoke 24
4939	4939	a designation made under paragraph (1) at any 25
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4942	4942	•HR 3599 IH
4943	4943	time, and shall revoke a designation upon completion 1
4944	4944	of a review conducted pursuant to subparagraphs 2
4945	4945	(B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if the Secretary finds 3
4946	4946	that— 4
4947	4947	‘‘(i) the group, club, organization, or asso-5
4948	4948	ciation of 25 or more persons that has been 6
4949	4949	designated as a criminal gang is no longer de-7
4950	4950	scribed in section 101(a)(53); or 8
4951	4951	‘‘(ii) the national security or the law en-9
4952	4952	forcement interests of the United States war-10
4953	4953	rants a revocation. 11
4954	4954	‘‘(B) P
4955	4955	ROCEDURE.—The procedural require-12
4956	4956	ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a 13
4957	4957	revocation under this paragraph. Any revocation 14
4958	4958	shall take effect on the date specified in the revoca-15
4959	4959	tion or upon publication in the Federal Register if 16
4960	4960	no effective date is specified. 17
4961	4961	‘‘(7) E
4962	4962	FFECT OFREVOCATION.—The revocation of a 18
4963	4963	designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall not affect 19
4964	4964	any action or proceeding based on conduct committed 20
4965	4965	prior to the effective date of such revocation. 21
4966	4966	‘‘(8) U
4967	4967	SE OFDESIGNATION INTRIAL ORHEAR-22
4968	4968	ING.—If a designation under this subsection has become 23
4969	4969	effective under paragraph (2) an alien in a removal pro-24
4970	4970	ceeding shall not be permitted to raise any question con-25
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4973	4973	•HR 3599 IH
4974	4974	cerning the validity of the issuance of such designation 1
4975	4975	as a defense or an objection. 2
4976	4976	‘‘(b) A
4977	4977	MENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.— 3
4978	4978	‘‘(1) I
4979	4979	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend 4
4980	4980	a designation under this subsection if the Secretary 5
4981	4981	finds that the group, club, organization, or associa-6
4982	4982	tion of 25 or more persons has changed its name, 7
4983	4983	adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-8
4984	4984	tuted itself under a different name or names, or 9
4985	4985	merged with another group, club, organization, or 10
4986	4986	association of 25 or more persons. 11
4987	4987	‘‘(2) P
4988	4988	ROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a 12
4989	4989	designation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall 13
4990	4990	be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 14
4991	4991	Paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of sub-15
4992	4992	section (a) shall also apply to an amended designa-16
4993	4993	tion. 17
4994	4994	‘‘(3) A
4995	4995	DMINISTRATIVE RECORD .—The adminis-18
4996	4996	trative record shall be corrected to include the 19
4997	4997	amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-20
4998	4998	mation that supports those amendments. 21
4999	4999	‘‘(4) C
5000	5000	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-22
5001	5001	retary may consider classified information in amend-23
5002	5002	ing a designation in accordance with this subsection. 24
5003	5003	Classified information shall not be subject to disclo-25
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5006	5006	•HR 3599 IH
5007	5007	sure for such time as it remains classified, except 1
5008	5008	that such information may be disclosed to a court ex 2
5009	5009	parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 3
5010	5010	under subsection (c) of this section. 4
5011	5011	‘‘(c) J
5012	5012	UDICIALREVIEW OFDESIGNATION.— 5
5013	5013	‘‘(1) I
5014	5014	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 6
5015	5015	after publication in the Federal Register of a des-7
5016	5016	ignation, an amended designation, or a determina-8
5017	5017	tion in response to a petition for revocation, the des-9
5018	5018	ignated group, club, organization, or association of 10
5019	5019	25 or more persons may seek judicial review in the 11
5020	5020	United States Court of Appeals for the District of 12
5021	5021	Columbia Circuit. 13
5022	5022	‘‘(2) B
5023	5023	ASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this 14
5024	5024	subsection shall be based solely upon the administra-15
5025	5025	tive record, except that the Government may submit, 16
5026	5026	for ex parte and in camera review, classified infor-17
5027	5027	mation used in making the designation, amended 18
5028	5028	designation, or determination in response to a peti-19
5029	5029	tion for revocation. 20
5030	5030	‘‘(3) S
5031	5031	COPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 21
5032	5032	unlawful and set aside a designation, amended des-22
5033	5033	ignation, or determination in response to a petition 23
5034	5034	for revocation the court finds to be— 24
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5037	5037	•HR 3599 IH
5038	5038	‘‘(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-1
5039	5039	cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 2
5040	5040	law; 3
5041	5041	‘‘(B) contrary to constitutional right, 4
5042	5042	power, privilege, or immunity; 5
5043	5043	‘‘(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-6
5044	5044	thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 7
5045	5045	right; 8
5046	5046	‘‘(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-9
5047	5047	ministrative record taken as a whole or in clas-10
5048	5048	sified information submitted to the court under 11
5049	5049	paragraph (2); or 12
5050	5050	‘‘(E) not in accord with the procedures re-13
5051	5051	quired by law. 14
5052	5052	‘‘(4) J
5053	5053	UDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED .—The pend-15
5054	5054	ency of an action for judicial review of a designation, 16
5055	5055	amended designation, or determination in response 17
5056	5056	to a petition for revocation shall not affect the appli-18
5057	5057	cation of this section, unless the court issues a final 19
5058	5058	order setting aside the designation, amended des-20
5059	5059	ignation, or determination in response to a petition 21
5060	5060	for revocation. 22
5061	5061	‘‘(d) D
5062	5062	EFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 23
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5065	5065	•HR 3599 IH
5066	5066	‘‘(1) the term ‘classified information’ has the 1
5067	5067	meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Clas-2
5068	5068	sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); 3
5069	5069	‘‘(2) the term ‘national security’ means the na-4
5070	5070	tional defense, foreign relations, or economic inter-5
5071	5071	ests of the United States; 6
5072	5072	‘‘(3) the term ‘relevant committees’ means the 7
5073	5073	Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of 8
5074	5074	the House of Representatives; and 9
5075	5075	‘‘(4) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 10
5076	5076	of Homeland Security, in consultation with the At-11
5077	5077	torney General.’’. 12
5078	5078	(2) C
5079	5079	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-13
5080	5080	tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 14
5081	5081	item relating to section 219 the following: 15
5082	5082	‘‘Sec. 220. Designation of criminal gang.’’.
5083	5083	(e) MANDATORYDETENTION OF CRIMINALGANG 16
5084	5084	M
5085	5085	EMBERS.— 17
5086	5086	(1) I
5087	5087	N GENERAL.—Section 236(c)(1) of the Im-18
5088	5088	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
5089	5089	1226(c)(1)), as amended by this division, is further 20
5090	5090	amended— 21
5091	5091	(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ 22
5092	5092	at the end; 23
5093	5093	(B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 24
5094	5094	at the end; and 25
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5097	5097	•HR 3599 IH
5098	5098	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 1
5099	5099	the following: 2
5100	5100	‘‘(G) is inadmissible under section 3
5101	5101	212(a)(2)(N) or deportable under section 4
5102	5102	237(a)(2)(H),’’. 5
5103	5103	(2) A
5104	5104	NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 6
5105	5105	of each year (beginning 1 year after the date of the 7
5106	5106	enactment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland 8
5107	5107	Security, after consultation with the appropriate 9
5108	5108	Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the Com-10
5109	5109	mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Represent-11
5110	5110	atives and of the Senate on the number of aliens de-12
5111	5111	tained under the amendments made by paragraph 13
5112	5112	(1). 14
5113	5113	SEC. 1408. MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTY FOR CHILD SEX 15
5114	5114	TRAFFICKING. 16
5115	5115	Section 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 17
5116	5116	amended— 18
5117	5117	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and in-19
5118	5118	serting ‘‘25’’; and 20
5119	5119	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ 21
5120	5120	and inserting ‘‘25 years’’. 22
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5123	5123	•HR 3599 IH
5124	5124	SEC. 1409. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN DRUG CARTELS AS 1
5125	5125	SPECIAL TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGA-2
5126	5126	NIZATION. 3
5127	5127	(a) D
5128	5128	ESIGNATION.— 4
5129	5129	(1) I
5130	5130	N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 5
5131	5131	to designate an organization as a foreign Special 6
5132	5132	Transnational Criminal Organization in accordance 7
5133	5133	with this subsection if the Secretary finds that— 8
5134	5134	(A) the organization is a foreign organiza-9
5135	5135	tion; 10
5136	5136	(B) the organization is a self-perpetuating 11
5137	5137	association of individuals who operate 12
5138	5138	transnationally for the purpose of obtaining 13
5139	5139	power, influence, monetary, or commercial 14
5140	5140	gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while 15
5141	5141	protecting their activities through a pattern of 16
5142	5142	corruption or violence or through a 17
5143	5143	transnational organization structure and the ex-18
5144	5144	ploitation of transnational commerce or commu-19
5145	5145	nication mechanisms; and 20
5146	5146	(C) the organization threatens the security 21
5147	5147	of United States nationals or the national secu-22
5148	5148	rity of the United States. 23
5149	5149	(2) P
5150	5150	ROCEDURE.— 24
5151	5151	(A) N
5152	5152	OTICE.— 25
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5155	5155	•HR 3599 IH
5156	5156	(i) TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS .— 1
5157	5157	Seven days before making a designation 2
5158	5158	under this subsection, the Secretary shall, 3
5159	5159	by classified communication, notify the 4
5160	5160	Speaker and minority leader of the House 5
5161	5161	of Representatives, the President pro tem-6
5162	5162	pore, majority leader, and minority leader 7
5163	5163	of the Senate, and the members of the rel-8
5164	5164	evant committees of the House of Rep-9
5165	5165	resentatives and the Senate, in writing, of 10
5166	5166	the intent to designate an organization 11
5167	5167	under this subsection, together with the 12
5168	5168	findings made under paragraph (1) with 13
5169	5169	respect to that organization, and the fac-14
5170	5170	tual basis therefor. 15
5171	5171	(ii) P
5172	5172	UBLICATION IN FEDERAL REG -16
5173	5173	ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the 17
5174	5174	designation in the Federal Register seven 18
5175	5175	days after providing the notification under 19
5176	5176	clause (i). 20
5177	5177	(B) E
5178	5178	FFECT OF DESIGNATION .—An orga-21
5179	5179	nization designated as a foreign Special 22
5180	5180	Transnational Criminal Organization shall un-23
5181	5181	dergo a full review by the Department of Treas-24
5182	5182	ury of authorities granted by the Foreign Nar-25
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5185	5185	•HR 3599 IH
5186	5186	cotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1
5187	5187	1901 et seq.). 2
5188	5188	(C) F
5189	5189	REEZING OF ASSETS.—Upon notifica-3
5190	5190	tion under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the Secretary of 4
5191	5191	the Treasury may require United States finan-5
5192	5192	cial institutions possessing or controlling any 6
5193	5193	assets of any foreign organization included in 7
5194	5194	the notification to block all financial trans-8
5195	5195	actions involving those assets until further di-9
5196	5196	rective from either the Secretary of the Treas-10
5197	5197	ury, Act of Congress, or order of court. 11
5198	5198	(3) R
5199	5199	ECORD.— 12
5200	5200	(A) I
5201	5201	N GENERAL.—In making a designa-13
5202	5202	tion under this subsection, the Secretary shall 14
5203	5203	create an administrative record. 15
5204	5204	(B) C
5205	5205	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-16
5206	5206	retary may consider classified information in 17
5207	5207	making a designation under this subsection. 18
5208	5208	Classified information shall not be subject to 19
5209	5209	disclosure for such time as it remains classified, 20
5210	5210	except that such information may be disclosed 21
5211	5211	to a court ex parte and in camera for purposes 22
5212	5212	of judicial review under subsection (c). 23
5213	5213	(4) P
5214	5214	ERIOD OF DESIGNATION.— 24
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5217	5217	•HR 3599 IH
5218	5218	(A) IN GENERAL.—A designation under 1
5219	5219	this subsection shall be effective until revoked 2
5220	5220	under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursu-3
5221	5221	ant to subsection (c). 4
5222	5222	(B) R
5223	5223	EVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI -5
5224	5224	TION.— 6
5225	5225	(i) I
5226	5226	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 7
5227	5227	review the designation of a foreign Special 8
5228	5228	Transnational Criminal Organization 9
5229	5229	under the procedures set forth in clauses 10
5230	5230	(iii) and (iv) if the designated organization 11
5231	5231	files a petition for revocation within the pe-12
5232	5232	tition period described in clause (ii). 13
5233	5233	(ii) P
5234	5234	ETITION PERIOD.—For purposes 14
5235	5235	of clause (i)— 15
5236	5236	(I) if the designated organization 16
5237	5237	has not previously filed a petition for 17
5238	5238	revocation under this subparagraph, 18
5239	5239	the petition period begins 2 years 19
5240	5240	after the date on which the designa-20
5241	5241	tion was made; or 21
5242	5242	(II) if the designated organiza-22
5243	5243	tion has previously filed a petition for 23
5244	5244	revocation under this subparagraph, 24
5245	5245	the petition period begins 2 years 25
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5248	5248	•HR 3599 IH
5249	5249	after the date of the determination 1
5250	5250	made under clause (iv) on that peti-2
5251	5251	tion. 3
5252	5252	(iii) P
5253	5253	ROCEDURES.—Any foreign Spe-4
5254	5254	cial Transnational Criminal Organization 5
5255	5255	that submits a petition for revocation 6
5256	5256	under this subparagraph must provide evi-7
5257	5257	dence in that petition that the relevant cir-8
5258	5258	cumstances described in paragraph (1) are 9
5259	5259	sufficiently different from the cir-10
5260	5260	cumstances that were the basis for the des-11
5261	5261	ignation such that a revocation with re-12
5262	5262	spect to the organization is warranted. 13
5263	5263	(iv) D
5264	5264	ETERMINATION.— 14
5265	5265	(I) I
5266	5266	N GENERAL.—Not later than 15
5267	5267	180 days after receiving a petition for 16
5268	5268	revocation submitted under this sub-17
5269	5269	paragraph, the Secretary shall make a 18
5270	5270	determination as to such revocation. 19
5271	5271	(II) C
5272	5272	LASSIFIED INFORMA -20
5273	5273	TION.—The Secretary may consider 21
5274	5274	classified information in making a de-22
5275	5275	termination in response to a petition 23
5276	5276	for revocation. Classified information 24
5277	5277	shall not be subject to disclosure for 25
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5280	5280	•HR 3599 IH
5281	5281	such time as it remains classified, ex-1
5282	5282	cept that such information may be 2
5283	5283	disclosed to a court ex parte and in 3
5284	5284	camera for purposes of judicial review 4
5285	5285	under subsection (c). 5
5286	5286	(III) P
5287	5287	UBLICATION OF DETER -6
5288	5288	MINATION.—A determination made by 7
5289	5289	the Secretary under this clause shall 8
5290	5290	be published in the Federal Register. 9
5291	5291	(IV) P
5292	5292	ROCEDURES.—Any revoca-10
5293	5293	tion by the Secretary shall be made in 11
5294	5294	accordance with paragraph (6). 12
5295	5295	(C) O
5296	5296	THER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION .— 13
5297	5297	(i) I
5298	5298	N GENERAL.—If the Secretary de-14
5299	5299	termines that a 5-year period has elasped 15
5300	5300	since the designation without a review hav-16
5301	5301	ing taken place under subparagraph (B), 17
5302	5302	the Secretary shall review the designation 18
5303	5303	of the foreign Special Transnational Crimi-19
5304	5304	nal Organization in order to determine 20
5305	5305	whether such designation should be re-21
5306	5306	voked pursuant to paragraph (6). 22
5307	5307	(ii) P
5308	5308	ROCEDURES.—If a review does 23
5309	5309	not take place pursuant to subparagraph 24
5310	5310	(B) in response to a petition for revocation 25
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5313	5313	•HR 3599 IH
5314	5314	that is filed in accordance with that sub-1
5315	5315	paragraph, then the review shall be con-2
5316	5316	ducted pursuant to procedures established 3
5317	5317	by the Secretary. The results of such re-4
5318	5318	view and the applicable procedures shall 5
5319	5319	not be reviewable in any court. 6
5320	5320	(iii) P
5321	5321	UBLICATION OF RESULTS OF 7
5322	5322	REVIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any 8
5323	5323	determination made pursuant to this sub-9
5324	5324	paragraph in the Federal Register. 10
5325	5325	(5) R
5326	5326	EVOCATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS .—The 11
5327	5327	Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or re-12
5328	5328	voke a designation made under paragraph (1). 13
5329	5329	(6) R
5330	5330	EVOCATION BASED ON CHANGE IN CIR -14
5331	5331	CUMSTANCES.— 15
5332	5332	(A) I
5333	5333	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-16
5334	5334	voke a designation made under paragraph (1) 17
5335	5335	at any time, and shall revoke a designation 18
5336	5336	upon completion of a review conducted pursu-19
5337	5337	ant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 20
5338	5338	(4) if the Secretary finds that— 21
5339	5339	(i) the circumstances that were the 22
5340	5340	basis for the designation have changed in 23
5341	5341	such a manner as to warrant revocation; or 24
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5344	5344	•HR 3599 IH
5345	5345	(ii) the national security of the United 1
5346	5346	States warrants a revocation. 2
5347	5347	(B) P
5348	5348	ROCEDURE.—The procedural require-3
5349	5349	ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to 4
5350	5350	a revocation under this paragraph. Any revoca-5
5351	5351	tion shall take effect on the date specified in 6
5352	5352	the revocation or upon publication in the Fed-7
5353	5353	eral Register if no effective date is specified. 8
5354	5354	(7) E
5355	5355	FFECT OF REVOCATION .—The revocation 9
5356	5356	of a designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall 10
5357	5357	not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct 11
5358	5358	occurring prior to the effective date of such revoca-12
5359	5359	tion. 13
5360	5360	(8) U
5361	5361	SE OF DESIGNATION IN TRIAL OR HEAR -14
5362	5362	ING.—If a designation under this subsection has be-15
5363	5363	come effective under paragraph (2)(B) a defendant 16
5364	5364	in a criminal action or an alien in a removal pro-17
5365	5365	ceeding shall not be permitted to raise any question 18
5366	5366	concerning the validity of the issuance of such des-19
5367	5367	ignation as a defense or an objection at any trial or 20
5368	5368	hearing. 21
5369	5369	(b) A
5370	5370	MENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.— 22
5371	5371	(1) I
5372	5372	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend a 23
5373	5373	designation under this subsection if the Secretary 24
5374	5374	finds that the organization has changed its name, 25
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5377	5377	•HR 3599 IH
5378	5378	adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-1
5379	5379	tuted itself under a different name or names, or 2
5380	5380	merged with another organization. 3
5381	5381	(2) P
5382	5382	ROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a des-4
5383	5383	ignation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be 5
5384	5384	effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 6
5385	5385	Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(2) 7
5386	5386	shall apply to an amended designation upon such 8
5387	5387	publication. Paragraphs (2)(A)(i), (4), (5), (6), (7), 9
5388	5388	and (8) of subsection (a) shall also apply to an 10
5389	5389	amended designation. 11
5390	5390	(3) A
5391	5391	DMINISTRATIVE RECORD .—The adminis-12
5392	5392	trative record shall be corrected to include the 13
5393	5393	amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-14
5394	5394	mation that supports those amendments. 15
5395	5395	(4) C
5396	5396	LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Secretary 16
5397	5397	may consider classified information in amending a 17
5398	5398	designation in accordance with this subsection. Clas-18
5399	5399	sified information shall not be subject to disclosure 19
5400	5400	for such time as it remains classified, except that 20
5401	5401	such information may be disclosed to a court ex 21
5402	5402	parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 22
5403	5403	under subsection (c). 23
5404	5404	(c) J
5405	5405	UDICIALREVIEW OFDESIGNATION.— 24
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5408	5408	•HR 3599 IH
5409	5409	(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 1
5410	5410	publication in the Federal Register of a designation, 2
5411	5411	an amended designation, or a determination in re-3
5412	5412	sponse to a petition for revocation, the designated 4
5413	5413	organization may seek judicial review in the United 5
5414	5414	States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 6
5415	5415	Circuit. 7
5416	5416	(2) B
5417	5417	ASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this sub-8
5418	5418	section shall be based solely upon the administrative 9
5419	5419	record, except that the Government may submit, for 10
5420	5420	ex parte and in camera review, classified information 11
5421	5421	used in making the designation, amended designa-12
5422	5422	tion, or determination in response to a petition for 13
5423	5423	revocation. 14
5424	5424	(3) S
5425	5425	COPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 15
5426	5426	unlawful and set aside a designation, amended des-16
5427	5427	ignation, or determination in response to a petition 17
5428	5428	for revocation the court finds to be— 18
5429	5429	(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-19
5430	5430	cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 20
5431	5431	law; 21
5432	5432	(B) contrary to constitutional right, power, 22
5433	5433	privilege, or immunity; 23
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5437	5437	(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-1
5438	5438	thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 2
5439	5439	right; 3
5440	5440	(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-4
5441	5441	ministrative record taken as a whole or in clas-5
5442	5442	sified information submitted to the court under 6
5443	5443	paragraph (2); or 7
5444	5444	(E) not in accord with the procedures re-8
5445	5445	quired by law. 9
5446	5446	(4) J
5447	5447	UDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED .—The pend-10
5448	5448	ency of an action for judicial review of a designation, 11
5449	5449	amended designation, or determination in response 12
5450	5450	to a petition for revocation shall not affect the appli-13
5451	5451	cation of this section, unless the court issues a final 14
5452	5452	order setting aside the designation, amended des-15
5453	5453	ignation, or determination in response to a petition 16
5454	5454	for revocation. 17
5455	5455	(d) D
5456	5456	EFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 18
5457	5457	(1) the term ‘‘classified information’’ has the 19
5458	5458	meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Clas-20
5459	5459	sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); 21
5460	5460	(2) the term ‘‘national security’’ means the na-22
5461	5461	tional defense, foreign relations, or economic inter-23
5462	5462	ests of the United States; 24
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5465	5465	•HR 3599 IH
5466	5466	(3) the term ‘‘foreign organization’’ includes a 1
5467	5467	group of persons or an organization whose leader-2
5468	5468	ship is primarily based in a country outside of the 3
5469	5469	United States; 4
5470	5470	(4) the term ‘‘relevant committees’’ means the 5
5471	5471	Committees on the Judiciary, Intelligence, and For-6
5472	5472	eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on 7
5473	5473	the Judiciary, Intelligence, and International Rela-8
5474	5474	tions of the House of Representatives; and 9
5475	5475	(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 10
5476	5476	of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 11
5477	5477	Treasury and the Attorney General. 12
5478	5478	(e) D
5479	5479	ESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate 13
5480	5480	the following organizations, and any similarly situated 14
5481	5481	Mexican drug cartel the Secretary deems appropriate, as 15
5482	5482	Special Transnational Criminal Organizations: 16
5483	5483	(1) Sinaloa Cartel. 17
5484	5484	(2) Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 18
5485	5485	(3) Beltran-Leyva Organization. 19
5486	5486	(4) Cartel del Noreste and Los Zetas. 20
5487	5487	(5) Guerreros Unidos. 21
5488	5488	(6) Gulf Cartel. 22
5489	5489	(7) Juarez Cartel and La Linea. 23
5490	5490	(8) La Familia Michoacana. 24
5491	5491	(9) Los Rojos. 25
5492	5492	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00179 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5494	5494	•HR 3599 IH
5495	5495	(10) Tijuana Cartel. 1
5496	5496	(11) Las Moicas. 2
5497	5497	(12) Los Caballeros Templarios. 3
5498	5498	TITLE V—MANDATORY E-VERIFY 4
5499	5499	SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE. 5
5500	5500	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Legal Workforce Act’’. 6
5501	5501	SEC. 1502. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION 7
5502	5502	PROCESS. 8
5503	5503	(a) I
5504	5504	NGENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-9
5505	5505	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended 10
5506	5506	to read as follows: 11
5507	5507	‘‘(b) E
5508	5508	MPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITYVERIFICATION 12
5509	5509	P
5510	5510	ROCESS.— 13
5511	5511	‘‘(1) N
5512	5512	EW HIRES, RECRUITMENT, AND REFER-14
5513	5513	RAL.—The requirements referred to in paragraphs 15
5514	5514	(1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) are, in the case of 16
5515	5515	a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or refer-17
5516	5516	ring an individual for employment in the United 18
5517	5517	States, the following: 19
5518	5518	‘‘(A) A
5519	5519	TTESTATION AFTER EXAMINATION 20
5520	5520	OF DOCUMENTATION .— 21
5521	5521	‘‘(i) A
5522	5522	TTESTATION.—During the 22
5523	5523	verification period (as defined in subpara-23
5524	5524	graph (E)), the person or entity shall at-24
5525	5525	test, under penalty of perjury and on a 25
5526	5526	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00180 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5527	5527	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 181
5528	5528	•HR 3599 IH
5529	5529	form, including electronic and telephonic 1
5530	5530	formats, designated or established by the 2
5531	5531	Secretary by regulation not later than 6 3
5532	5532	months after the date of the enactment of 4
5533	5533	the Legal Workforce Act, that it has 5
5534	5534	verified that the individual is not an unau-6
5535	5535	thorized alien by— 7
5536	5536	‘‘(I) obtaining from the indi-8
5537	5537	vidual the individual’s social security 9
5538	5538	account number or United States 10
5539	5539	passport number and recording the 11
5540	5540	number on the form (if the individual 12
5541	5541	claims to have been issued such a 13
5542	5542	number), and, if the individual does 14
5543	5543	not attest to United States nationality 15
5544	5544	under subparagraph (B), obtaining 16
5545	5545	such identification or authorization 17
5546	5546	number established by the Depart-18
5547	5547	ment of Homeland Security for the 19
5548	5548	alien as the Secretary of Homeland 20
5549	5549	Security may specify, and recording 21
5550	5550	such number on the form; and 22
5551	5551	‘‘(II) examining— 23
5552	5552	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00181 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5553	5553	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 182
5554	5554	•HR 3599 IH
5555	5555	‘‘(aa) a document relating to 1
5556	5556	the individual presenting it de-2
5557	5557	scribed in clause (ii); or 3
5558	5558	‘‘(bb) a document relating to 4
5559	5559	the individual presenting it de-5
5560	5560	scribed in clause (iii) and a docu-6
5561	5561	ment relating to the individual 7
5562	5562	presenting it described in clause 8
5563	5563	(iv). 9
5564	5564	‘‘(ii) D
5565	5565	OCUMENTS EVIDENCING EM -10
5566	5566	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION AND ESTAB -11
5567	5567	LISHING IDENTITY .—A document de-12
5568	5568	scribed in this subparagraph is an individ-13
5569	5569	ual’s— 14
5570	5570	‘‘(I) unexpired United States 15
5571	5571	passport or passport card; 16
5572	5572	‘‘(II) unexpired permanent resi-17
5573	5573	dent card that contains a photograph; 18
5574	5574	‘‘(III) unexpired employment au-19
5575	5575	thorization card that contains a pho-20
5576	5576	tograph; 21
5577	5577	‘‘(IV) in the case of a non-22
5578	5578	immigrant alien authorized to work 23
5579	5579	for a specific employer incident to sta-24
5580	5580	tus, a foreign passport with Form I– 25
5581	5581	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00182 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5582	5582	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 183
5583	5583	•HR 3599 IH
5584	5584	94 or Form I–94A, or other docu-1
5585	5585	mentation as designated by the Sec-2
5586	5586	retary specifying the alien’s non-3
5587	5587	immigrant status as long as the pe-4
5588	5588	riod of status has not yet expired and 5
5589	5589	the proposed employment is not in 6
5590	5590	conflict with any restrictions or limita-7
5591	5591	tions identified in the documentation; 8
5592	5592	‘‘(V) passport from the Fed-9
5593	5593	erated States of Micronesia (FSM) or 10
5594	5594	the Republic of the Marshall Islands 11
5595	5595	(RMI) with Form I–94 or Form I– 12
5596	5596	94A, or other documentation as des-13
5597	5597	ignated by the Secretary, indicating 14
5598	5598	nonimmigrant admission under the 15
5599	5599	Compact of Free Association Between 16
5600	5600	the United States and the FSM or 17
5601	5601	RMI; or 18
5602	5602	‘‘(VI) other document designated 19
5603	5603	by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-20
5604	5604	rity, if the document— 21
5605	5605	‘‘(aa) contains a photograph 22
5606	5606	of the individual and biometric 23
5607	5607	identification data from the indi-24
5608	5608	vidual and such other personal 25
5609	5609	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00183 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5610	5610	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 184
5611	5611	•HR 3599 IH
5612	5612	identifying information relating 1
5613	5613	to the individual as the Secretary 2
5614	5614	of Homeland Security finds, by 3
5615	5615	regulation, sufficient for purposes 4
5616	5616	of this clause; 5
5617	5617	‘‘(bb) is evidence of author-6
5618	5618	ization of employment in the 7
5619	5619	United States; and 8
5620	5620	‘‘(cc) contains security fea-9
5621	5621	tures to make it resistant to tam-10
5622	5622	pering, counterfeiting, and fraud-11
5623	5623	ulent use. 12
5624	5624	‘‘(iii) D
5625	5625	OCUMENTS EVIDENCING EM -13
5626	5626	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .—A document 14
5627	5627	described in this subparagraph is an indi-15
5628	5628	vidual’s social security account number 16
5629	5629	card (other than such a card which speci-17
5630	5630	fies on the face that the issuance of the 18
5631	5631	card does not authorize employment in the 19
5632	5632	United States). 20
5633	5633	‘‘(iv) D
5634	5634	OCUMENTS ESTABLISHING 21
5635	5635	IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUAL .—A document 22
5636	5636	described in this subparagraph is— 23
5637	5637	‘‘(I) an individual’s unexpired 24
5638	5638	State issued driver’s license or identi-25
5639	5639	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5640	5640	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 185
5641	5641	•HR 3599 IH
5642	5642	fication card if it contains a photo-1
5643	5643	graph and information such as name, 2
5644	5644	date of birth, gender, height, eye 3
5645	5645	color, and address; 4
5646	5646	‘‘(II) an individual’s unexpired 5
5647	5647	U.S. military identification card; 6
5648	5648	‘‘(III) an individual’s unexpired 7
5649	5649	Native American tribal identification 8
5650	5650	document issued by a tribal entity rec-9
5651	5651	ognized by the Bureau of Indian Af-10
5652	5652	fairs; or 11
5653	5653	‘‘(IV) in the case of an individual 12
5654	5654	under 18 years of age, a parent or 13
5655	5655	legal guardian’s attestation under 14
5656	5656	penalty of law as to the identity and 15
5657	5657	age of the individual. 16
5658	5658	‘‘(v) A
5659	5659	UTHORITY TO PROHIBIT USE OF 17
5660	5660	CERTAIN DOCUMENTS .—If the Secretary of 18
5661	5661	Homeland Security finds, by regulation, 19
5662	5662	that any document described in clause (i), 20
5663	5663	(ii), or (iii) as establishing employment au-21
5664	5664	thorization or identity does not reliably es-22
5665	5665	tablish such authorization or identity or is 23
5666	5666	being used fraudulently to an unacceptable 24
5667	5667	degree, the Secretary may prohibit or place 25
5668	5668	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00185 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5669	5669	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 186
5670	5670	•HR 3599 IH
5671	5671	conditions on its use for purposes of this 1
5672	5672	paragraph. 2
5673	5673	‘‘(vi) S
5674	5674	IGNATURE.—Such attestation 3
5675	5675	may be manifested by either a handwritten 4
5676	5676	or electronic signature. 5
5677	5677	‘‘(B) I
5678	5678	NDIVIDUAL ATTESTATION OF EM -6
5679	5679	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .—During the veri-7
5680	5680	fication period (as defined in subparagraph 8
5681	5681	(E)), the individual shall attest, under penalty 9
5682	5682	of perjury on the form designated or established 10
5683	5683	for purposes of subparagraph (A), that the indi-11
5684	5684	vidual is a citizen or national of the United 12
5685	5685	States, an alien lawfully admitted for perma-13
5686	5686	nent residence, or an alien who is authorized 14
5687	5687	under this Act or by the Secretary of Homeland 15
5688	5688	Security to be hired, recruited, or referred for 16
5689	5689	such employment. Such attestation may be 17
5690	5690	manifested by either a handwritten or electronic 18
5691	5691	signature. The individual shall also provide that 19
5692	5692	individual’s social security account number or 20
5693	5693	United States passport number (if the indi-21
5694	5694	vidual claims to have been issued such a num-22
5695	5695	ber), and, if the individual does not attest to 23
5696	5696	United States nationality under this subpara-24
5697	5697	graph, such identification or authorization num-25
5698	5698	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00186 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5699	5699	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 187
5700	5700	•HR 3599 IH
5701	5701	ber established by the Department of Homeland 1
5702	5702	Security for the alien as the Secretary may 2
5703	5703	specify. 3
5704	5704	‘‘(C) R
5705	5705	ETENTION OF VERIFICATION FORM 4
5706	5706	AND VERIFICATION.— 5
5707	5707	‘‘(i) I
5708	5708	N GENERAL.—After completion 6
5709	5709	of such form in accordance with subpara-7
5710	5710	graphs (A) and (B), the person or entity 8
5711	5711	shall— 9
5712	5712	‘‘(I) retain a paper, microfiche, 10
5713	5713	microfilm, or electronic version of the 11
5714	5714	form and make it available for inspec-12
5715	5715	tion by officers of the Department of 13
5716	5716	Homeland Security, the Department 14
5717	5717	of Justice, or the Department of 15
5718	5718	Labor during a period beginning on 16
5719	5719	the date of the recruiting or referral 17
5720	5720	of the individual, or, in the case of the 18
5721	5721	hiring of an individual, the date on 19
5722	5722	which the verification is completed, 20
5723	5723	and ending— 21
5724	5724	‘‘(aa) in the case of the re-22
5725	5725	cruiting or referral of an indi-23
5726	5726	vidual, 3 years after the date of 24
5727	5727	the recruiting or referral; and 25
5728	5728	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00187 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5729	5729	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 188
5730	5730	•HR 3599 IH
5731	5731	‘‘(bb) in the case of the hir-1
5732	5732	ing of an individual, the later of 2
5733	5733	3 years after the date the verifi-3
5734	5734	cation is completed or one year 4
5735	5735	after the date the individual’s 5
5736	5736	employment is terminated; and 6
5737	5737	‘‘(II) during the verification pe-7
5738	5738	riod (as defined in subparagraph (E)), 8
5739	5739	make an inquiry, as provided in sub-9
5740	5740	section (d), using the verification sys-10
5741	5741	tem to seek verification of the identity 11
5742	5742	and employment eligibility of an indi-12
5743	5743	vidual. 13
5744	5744	‘‘(ii) C
5745	5745	ONFIRMATION.— 14
5746	5746	‘‘(I) C
5747	5747	ONFIRMATION RE -15
5748	5748	CEIVED.—If the person or other entity 16
5749	5749	receives an appropriate confirmation 17
5750	5750	of an individual’s identity and work 18
5751	5751	eligibility under the verification sys-19
5752	5752	tem within the time period specified, 20
5753	5753	the person or entity shall record on 21
5754	5754	the form an appropriate code that is 22
5755	5755	provided under the system and that 23
5756	5756	indicates a final confirmation of such 24
5757	5757	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00188 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5758	5758	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 189
5759	5759	•HR 3599 IH
5760	5760	identity and work eligibility of the in-1
5761	5761	dividual. 2
5762	5762	‘‘(II) T
5763	5763	ENTATIVE NONCONFIRMA -3
5764	5764	TION RECEIVED.—If the person or 4
5765	5765	other entity receives a tentative non-5
5766	5766	confirmation of an individual’s iden-6
5767	5767	tity or work eligibility under the 7
5768	5768	verification system within the time pe-8
5769	5769	riod specified, the person or entity 9
5770	5770	shall so inform the individual for 10
5771	5771	whom the verification is sought. If the 11
5772	5772	individual does not contest the non-12
5773	5773	confirmation within the time period 13
5774	5774	specified, the nonconfirmation shall be 14
5775	5775	considered final. The person or entity 15
5776	5776	shall then record on the form an ap-16
5777	5777	propriate code which has been pro-17
5778	5778	vided under the system to indicate a 18
5779	5779	final nonconfirmation. If the indi-19
5780	5780	vidual does contest the nonconfirma-20
5781	5781	tion, the individual shall utilize the 21
5782	5782	process for secondary verification pro-22
5783	5783	vided under subsection (d). The non-23
5784	5784	confirmation will remain tentative 24
5785	5785	until a final confirmation or noncon-25
5786	5786	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00189 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5788	5788	•HR 3599 IH
5789	5789	firmation is provided by the verifica-1
5790	5790	tion system within the time period 2
5791	5791	specified. In no case shall an employer 3
5792	5792	terminate employment of an individual 4
5793	5793	because of a failure of the individual 5
5794	5794	to have identity and work eligibility 6
5795	5795	confirmed under this section until a 7
5796	5796	nonconfirmation becomes final. Noth-8
5797	5797	ing in this clause shall apply to a ter-9
5798	5798	mination of employment for any rea-10
5799	5799	son other than because of such a fail-11
5800	5800	ure. In no case shall an employer re-12
5801	5801	scind the offer of employment to an 13
5802	5802	individual because of a failure of the 14
5803	5803	individual to have identity and work 15
5804	5804	eligibility confirmed under this sub-16
5805	5805	section until a nonconfirmation be-17
5806	5806	comes final. Nothing in this subclause 18
5807	5807	shall apply to a recission of the offer 19
5808	5808	of employment for any reason other 20
5809	5809	than because of such a failure. 21
5810	5810	‘‘(III) F
5811	5811	INAL CONFIRMATION OR 22
5812	5812	NONCONFIRMATION RECEIVED .—If a 23
5813	5813	final confirmation or nonconfirmation 24
5814	5814	is provided by the verification system 25
5815	5815	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00190 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5816	5816	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 191
5817	5817	•HR 3599 IH
5818	5818	regarding an individual, the person or 1
5819	5819	entity shall record on the form an ap-2
5820	5820	propriate code that is provided under 3
5821	5821	the system and that indicates a con-4
5822	5822	firmation or nonconfirmation of iden-5
5823	5823	tity and work eligibility of the indi-6
5824	5824	vidual. 7
5825	5825	‘‘(IV) E
5826	5826	XTENSION OF TIME .—If 8
5827	5827	the person or other entity in good 9
5828	5828	faith attempts to make an inquiry 10
5829	5829	during the time period specified and 11
5830	5830	the verification system has registered 12
5831	5831	that not all inquiries were received 13
5832	5832	during such time, the person or entity 14
5833	5833	may make an inquiry in the first sub-15
5834	5834	sequent working day in which the 16
5835	5835	verification system registers that it 17
5836	5836	has received all inquiries. If the 18
5837	5837	verification system cannot receive in-19
5838	5838	quiries at all times during a day, the 20
5839	5839	person or entity merely has to assert 21
5840	5840	that the entity attempted to make the 22
5841	5841	inquiry on that day for the previous 23
5842	5842	sentence to apply to such an inquiry, 24
5843	5843	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00191 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5845	5845	•HR 3599 IH
5846	5846	and does not have to provide any ad-1
5847	5847	ditional proof concerning such inquiry. 2
5848	5848	‘‘(V) C
5849	5849	ONSEQUENCES OF NON -3
5850	5850	CONFIRMATION.— 4
5851	5851	‘‘(aa) T
5852	5852	ERMINATION OR NO-5
5853	5853	TIFICATION OF CONTINUED EM -6
5854	5854	PLOYMENT.—If the person or 7
5855	5855	other entity has received a final 8
5856	5856	nonconfirmation regarding an in-9
5857	5857	dividual, the person or entity 10
5858	5858	may terminate employment of the 11
5859	5859	individual (or decline to recruit 12
5860	5860	or refer the individual). If the 13
5861	5861	person or entity does not termi-14
5862	5862	nate employment of the indi-15
5863	5863	vidual or proceeds to recruit or 16
5864	5864	refer the individual, the person or 17
5865	5865	entity shall notify the Secretary 18
5866	5866	of Homeland Security of such 19
5867	5867	fact through the verification sys-20
5868	5868	tem or in such other manner as 21
5869	5869	the Secretary may specify. 22
5870	5870	‘‘(bb) F
5871	5871	AILURE TO NO -23
5872	5872	TIFY.—If the person or entity 24
5873	5873	fails to provide notice with re-25
5874	5874	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00192 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5875	5875	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 193
5876	5876	•HR 3599 IH
5877	5877	spect to an individual as required 1
5878	5878	under item (aa), the failure is 2
5879	5879	deemed to constitute a violation 3
5880	5880	of subsection (a)(1)(A) with re-4
5881	5881	spect to that individual. 5
5882	5882	‘‘(VI) C
5883	5883	ONTINUED EMPLOYMENT 6
5884	5884	AFTER FINAL NONCONFIRMATION .—If 7
5885	5885	the person or other entity continues to 8
5886	5886	employ (or to recruit or refer) an indi-9
5887	5887	vidual after receiving final noncon-10
5888	5888	firmation, a rebuttable presumption is 11
5889	5889	created that the person or entity has 12
5890	5890	violated subsection (a)(1)(A). 13
5891	5891	‘‘(D) E
5892	5892	FFECTIVE DATES OF NEW PROCE -14
5893	5893	DURES.— 15
5894	5894	‘‘(i) H
5895	5895	IRING.—Except as provided in 16
5896	5896	clause (iii), the provisions of this para-17
5897	5897	graph shall apply to a person or other enti-18
5898	5898	ty hiring an individual for employment in 19
5899	5899	the United States as follows: 20
5900	5900	‘‘(I) With respect to employers 21
5901	5901	having 10,000 or more employees in 22
5902	5902	the United States on the date of the 23
5903	5903	enactment of the Legal Workforce 24
5904	5904	Act, on the date that is 6 months 25
5905	5905	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00193 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
5906	5906	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 194
5907	5907	•HR 3599 IH
5908	5908	after the date of the enactment of 1
5909	5909	such Act. 2
5910	5910	‘‘(II) With respect to employers 3
5911	5911	having 500 or more employees in the 4
5912	5912	United States, but less than 10,000 5
5913	5913	employees in the United States, on 6
5914	5914	the date of the enactment of the 7
5915	5915	Legal Workforce Act, on the date that 8
5916	5916	is 12 months after the date of the en-9
5917	5917	actment of such Act. 10
5918	5918	‘‘(III) With respect to employers 11
5919	5919	having 20 or more employees in the 12
5920	5920	United States, but less than 500 em-13
5921	5921	ployees in the United States, on the 14
5922	5922	date of the enactment of the Legal 15
5923	5923	Workforce Act, on the date that is 18 16
5924	5924	months after the date of the enact-17
5925	5925	ment of such Act. 18
5926	5926	‘‘(IV) With respect to employers 19
5927	5927	having one or more employees in the 20
5928	5928	United States, but less than 20 em-21
5929	5929	ployees in the United States, on the 22
5930	5930	date of the enactment of the Legal 23
5931	5931	Workforce Act, on the date that is 24 24
5932	5932	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00194 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5934	5934	•HR 3599 IH
5935	5935	months after the date of the enact-1
5936	5936	ment of such Act. 2
5937	5937	‘‘(ii) R
5938	5938	ECRUITING AND REFERRING .— 3
5939	5939	Except as provided in clause (iii), the pro-4
5940	5940	visions of this paragraph shall apply to a 5
5941	5941	person or other entity recruiting or refer-6
5942	5942	ring an individual for employment in the 7
5943	5943	United States on the date that is 12 8
5944	5944	months after the date of the enactment of 9
5945	5945	the Legal Workforce Act. 10
5946	5946	‘‘(iii) A
5947	5947	GRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERV -11
5948	5948	ICES.—With respect to an employee per-12
5949	5949	forming agricultural labor or services, this 13
5950	5950	paragraph shall not apply with respect to 14
5951	5951	the verification of the employee until the 15
5952	5952	date that is 30 months after the date of 16
5953	5953	the enactment of the Legal Workforce Act. 17
5954	5954	For purposes of the preceding sentence, 18
5955	5955	the term ‘agricultural labor or services’ has 19
5956	5956	the meaning given such term by the Sec-20
5957	5957	retary of Agriculture in regulations and in-21
5958	5958	cludes agricultural labor as defined in sec-22
5959	5959	tion 3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code 23
5960	5960	of 1986, agriculture as defined in section 24
5961	5961	3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 25
5962	5962	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5964	5964	•HR 3599 IH
5965	5965	1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f)), the handling, 1
5966	5966	planting, drying, packing, packaging, proc-2
5967	5967	essing, freezing, or grading prior to deliv-3
5968	5968	ery for storage of any agricultural or horti-4
5969	5969	cultural commodity in its unmanufactured 5
5970	5970	state, all activities required for the prepa-6
5971	5971	ration, processing or manufacturing of a 7
5972	5972	product of agriculture (as such term is de-8
5973	5973	fined in such section 3(f)) for further dis-9
5974	5974	tribution, and activities similar to all the 10
5975	5975	foregoing as they relate to fish or shellfish 11
5976	5976	facilities. An employee described in this 12
5977	5977	clause shall not be counted for purposes of 13
5978	5978	clause (i). 14
5979	5979	‘‘(iv) E
5980	5980	XTENSIONS.—Upon request by 15
5981	5981	an employer having 50 or fewer employees, 16
5982	5982	the Secretary shall allow a one-time 6- 17
5983	5983	month extension of the effective date set 18
5984	5984	out in this subparagraph applicable to such 19
5985	5985	employer. Such request shall be made to 20
5986	5986	the Secretary and shall be made prior to 21
5987	5987	such effective date. 22
5988	5988	‘‘(v) T
5989	5989	RANSITION RULE.—Subject to 23
5990	5990	paragraph (4), the following shall apply to 24
5991	5991	a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, 25
5992	5992	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00196 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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5994	5994	•HR 3599 IH
5995	5995	or referring an individual for employment 1
5996	5996	in the United States until the effective 2
5997	5997	date or dates applicable under clauses (i) 3
5998	5998	through (iii): 4
5999	5999	‘‘(I) This subsection, as in effect 5
6000	6000	before the enactment of the Legal 6
6001	6001	Workforce Act. 7
6002	6002	‘‘(II) Subtitle A of title IV of the 8
6003	6003	Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-9
6004	6004	migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 10
6005	6005	U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect be-11
6006	6006	fore the effective date in section 12
6007	6007	6107(c) of the Legal Workforce Act. 13
6008	6008	‘‘(III) Any other provision of 14
6009	6009	Federal law requiring the person or 15
6010	6010	entity to participate in the E-Verify 16
6011	6011	Program described in section 403(a) 17
6012	6012	of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 18
6013	6013	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 19
6014	6014	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect be-20
6015	6015	fore the effective date in section 21
6016	6016	6107(c) of the Legal Workforce Act, 22
6017	6017	including Executive Order 13465 (8 23
6018	6018	U.S.C. 1324a note; relating to Gov-24
6019	6019	ernment procurement). 25
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6022	6022	•HR 3599 IH
6023	6023	‘‘(E) VERIFICATION PERIOD DEFINED .— 1
6024	6024	‘‘(i) I
6025	6025	N GENERAL.—For purposes of 2
6026	6026	this paragraph: 3
6027	6027	‘‘(I) In the case of recruitment or 4
6028	6028	referral, the term ‘verification period’ 5
6029	6029	means the period ending on the date 6
6030	6030	recruiting or referring commences. 7
6031	6031	‘‘(II) In the case of hiring, the 8
6032	6032	term ‘verification period’ means the 9
6033	6033	period beginning on the date on which 10
6034	6034	an offer of employment is extended 11
6035	6035	and ending on the date that is three 12
6036	6036	business days after the date of hire, 13
6037	6037	except as provided in clause (iii). The 14
6038	6038	offer of employment may be condi-15
6039	6039	tioned in accordance with clause (ii). 16
6040	6040	‘‘(ii) J
6041	6041	OB OFFER MAY BE CONDI -17
6042	6042	TIONAL.—A person or other entity may 18
6043	6043	offer a prospective employee an employ-19
6044	6044	ment position that is conditioned on final 20
6045	6045	verification of the identity and employment 21
6046	6046	eligibility of the employee using the proce-22
6047	6047	dures established under this paragraph. 23
6048	6048	‘‘(iii) S
6049	6049	PECIAL RULE.—Notwithstand-24
6050	6050	ing clause (i)(II), in the case of an alien 25
6051	6051	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00198 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6052	6052	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 199
6053	6053	•HR 3599 IH
6054	6054	who is authorized for employment and who 1
6055	6055	provides evidence from the Social Security 2
6056	6056	Administration that the alien has applied 3
6057	6057	for a social security account number, the 4
6058	6058	verification period ends three business days 5
6059	6059	after the alien receives the social security 6
6060	6060	account number. 7
6061	6061	‘‘(2) R
6062	6062	EVERIFICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 8
6063	6063	LIMITED WORK AUTHORIZATION .— 9
6064	6064	‘‘(A) I
6065	6065	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 10
6066	6066	subparagraph (B), a person or entity shall 11
6067	6067	make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), 12
6068	6068	using the verification system to seek reverifica-13
6069	6069	tion of the identity and employment eligibility 14
6070	6070	of all individuals with a limited period of work 15
6071	6071	authorization employed by the person or entity 16
6072	6072	during the three business days after the date on 17
6073	6073	which the employee’s work authorization expires 18
6074	6074	as follows: 19
6075	6075	‘‘(i) With respect to employers having 20
6076	6076	10,000 or more employees in the United 21
6077	6077	States on the date of the enactment of the 22
6078	6078	Legal Workforce Act, beginning on the 23
6079	6079	date that is 6 months after the date of the 24
6080	6080	enactment of such Act. 25
6081	6081	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00199 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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6083	6083	•HR 3599 IH
6084	6084	‘‘(ii) With respect to employers having 1
6085	6085	500 or more employees in the United 2
6086	6086	States, but less than 10,000 employees in 3
6087	6087	the United States, on the date of the en-4
6088	6088	actment of the Legal Workforce Act, be-5
6089	6089	ginning on the date that is 12 months 6
6090	6090	after the date of the enactment of such 7
6091	6091	Act. 8
6092	6092	‘‘(iii) With respect to employers hav-9
6093	6093	ing 20 or more employees in the United 10
6094	6094	States, but less than 500 employees in the 11
6095	6095	United States, on the date of the enact-12
6096	6096	ment of the Legal Workforce Act, begin-13
6097	6097	ning on the date that is 18 months after 14
6098	6098	the date of the enactment of such Act. 15
6099	6099	‘‘(iv) With respect to employers hav-16
6100	6100	ing one or more employees in the United 17
6101	6101	States, but less than 20 employees in the 18
6102	6102	United States, on the date of the enact-19
6103	6103	ment of the Legal Workforce Act, begin-20
6104	6104	ning on the date that is 24 months after 21
6105	6105	the date of the enactment of such Act. 22
6106	6106	‘‘(B) A
6107	6107	GRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERV -23
6108	6108	ICES.—With respect to an employee performing 24
6109	6109	agricultural labor or services, or an employee 25
6110	6110	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00200 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6111	6111	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 201
6112	6112	•HR 3599 IH
6113	6113	recruited or referred by a farm labor contractor 1
6114	6114	(as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Sea-2
6115	6115	sonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 3
6116	6116	U.S.C. 1801)), subparagraph (A) shall not 4
6117	6117	apply with respect to the reverification of the 5
6118	6118	employee until the date that is 30 months after 6
6119	6119	the date of the enactment of the Legal Work-7
6120	6120	force Act. For purposes of the preceding sen-8
6121	6121	tence, the term ‘agricultural labor or services’ 9
6122	6122	has the meaning given such term by the Sec-10
6123	6123	retary of Agriculture in regulations and in-11
6124	6124	cludes agricultural labor as defined in section 12
6125	6125	3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 13
6126	6126	agriculture as defined in section 3(f) of the 14
6127	6127	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 15
6128	6128	203(f)), the handling, planting, drying, packing, 16
6129	6129	packaging, processing, freezing, or grading 17
6130	6130	prior to delivery for storage of any agricultural 18
6131	6131	or horticultural commodity in its unmanufac-19
6132	6132	tured state, all activities required for the prepa-20
6133	6133	ration, processing, or manufacturing of a prod-21
6134	6134	uct of agriculture (as such term is defined in 22
6135	6135	such section 3(f)) for further distribution, and 23
6136	6136	activities similar to all the foregoing as they re-24
6137	6137	late to fish or shellfish facilities. An employee 25
6138	6138	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00201 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6139	6139	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 202
6140	6140	•HR 3599 IH
6141	6141	described in this subparagraph shall not be 1
6142	6142	counted for purposes of subparagraph (A). 2
6143	6143	‘‘(C) R
6144	6144	EVERIFICATION.—Paragraph 3
6145	6145	(1)(C)(ii) shall apply to reverifications pursuant 4
6146	6146	to this paragraph on the same basis as it ap-5
6147	6147	plies to verifications pursuant to paragraph (1), 6
6148	6148	except that employers shall— 7
6149	6149	‘‘(i) use a form designated or estab-8
6150	6150	lished by the Secretary by regulation for 9
6151	6151	purposes of this paragraph; and 10
6152	6152	‘‘(ii) retain a paper, microfiche, micro-11
6153	6153	film, or electronic version of the form and 12
6154	6154	make it available for inspection by officers 13
6155	6155	of the Department of Homeland Security, 14
6156	6156	the Department of Justice, or the Depart-15
6157	6157	ment of Labor during the period beginning 16
6158	6158	on the date the reverification commences 17
6159	6159	and ending on the date that is the later of 18
6160	6160	3 years after the date of such reverification 19
6161	6161	or 1 year after the date the individual’s 20
6162	6162	employment is terminated. 21
6163	6163	‘‘(3) P
6164	6164	REVIOUSLY HIRED INDIVIDUALS .— 22
6165	6165	‘‘(A) O
6166	6166	N A MANDATORY BASIS FOR CER -23
6167	6167	TAIN EMPLOYEES.— 24
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6169	6169	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 203
6170	6170	•HR 3599 IH
6171	6171	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 1
6172	6172	date that is 6 months after the date of the 2
6173	6173	enactment of the Legal Workforce Act, an 3
6174	6174	employer shall make an inquiry, as pro-4
6175	6175	vided in subsection (d), using the 5
6176	6176	verification system to seek verification of 6
6177	6177	the identity and employment eligibility of 7
6178	6178	any individual described in clause (ii) em-8
6179	6179	ployed by the employer whose employment 9
6180	6180	eligibility has not been verified under the 10
6181	6181	E-Verify Program described in section 11
6182	6182	403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 12
6183	6183	and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 13
6184	6184	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 14
6185	6185	‘‘(ii) I
6186	6186	NDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED .—An 15
6187	6187	individual described in this clause is any of 16
6188	6188	the following: 17
6189	6189	‘‘(I) An employee of any unit of 18
6190	6190	a Federal, State, or local government. 19
6191	6191	‘‘(II) An employee who requires a 20
6192	6192	Federal security clearance working in 21
6193	6193	a Federal, State, or local government 22
6194	6194	building, a military base, a nuclear 23
6195	6195	energy site, a weapons site, or an air-24
6196	6196	port or other facility that requires 25
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6198	6198	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 204
6199	6199	•HR 3599 IH
6200	6200	workers to carry a Transportation 1
6201	6201	Worker Identification Credential 2
6202	6202	(TWIC). 3
6203	6203	‘‘(III) An employee assigned to 4
6204	6204	perform work in the United States 5
6205	6205	under a Federal contract, except that 6
6206	6206	this subclause— 7
6207	6207	‘‘(aa) is not applicable to in-8
6208	6208	dividuals who have a clearance 9
6209	6209	under Homeland Security Presi-10
6210	6210	dential Directive 12 (HSPD 12 11
6211	6211	clearance), are administrative or 12
6212	6212	overhead personnel, or are work-13
6213	6213	ing solely on contracts that pro-14
6214	6214	vide Commercial Off The Shelf 15
6215	6215	goods or services as set forth by 16
6216	6216	the Federal Acquisition Regu-17
6217	6217	latory Council, unless they are 18
6218	6218	subject to verification under sub-19
6219	6219	clause (II); and 20
6220	6220	‘‘(bb) only applies to con-21
6221	6221	tracts over the simple acquisition 22
6222	6222	threshold as defined in section 23
6223	6223	2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 24
6224	6224	Regulations. 25
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6226	6226	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 205
6227	6227	•HR 3599 IH
6228	6228	‘‘(B) ON A MANDATORY BASIS FOR MUL -1
6229	6229	TIPLE USERS OF SAME SOCIAL SECURITY AC -2
6230	6230	COUNT NUMBER .—In the case of an employer 3
6231	6231	who is required by this subsection to use the 4
6232	6232	verification system described in subsection (d), 5
6233	6233	or has elected voluntarily to use such system, 6
6234	6234	the employer shall make inquiries to the system 7
6235	6235	in accordance with the following: 8
6236	6236	‘‘(i) The Commissioner of Social Secu-9
6237	6237	rity shall notify annually employees (at the 10
6238	6238	employee address listed on the Wage and 11
6239	6239	Tax Statement) who submit a social secu-12
6240	6240	rity account number to which more than 13
6241	6241	one employer reports income and for which 14
6242	6242	there is a pattern of unusual multiple use. 15
6243	6243	The notification letter shall identify the 16
6244	6244	number of employers to which income is 17
6245	6245	being reported as well as sufficient infor-18
6246	6246	mation notifying the employee of the proc-19
6247	6247	ess to contact the Social Security Adminis-20
6248	6248	tration Fraud Hotline if the employee be-21
6249	6249	lieves the employee’s identity may have 22
6250	6250	been stolen. The notice shall not share in-23
6251	6251	formation protected as private, in order to 24
6252	6252	avoid any recipient of the notice from 25
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6254	6254	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 206
6255	6255	•HR 3599 IH
6256	6256	being in the position to further commit or 1
6257	6257	begin committing identity theft. 2
6258	6258	‘‘(ii) If the person to whom the social 3
6259	6259	security account number was issued by the 4
6260	6260	Social Security Administration has been 5
6261	6261	identified and confirmed by the Commis-6
6262	6262	sioner, and indicates that the social secu-7
6263	6263	rity account number was used without 8
6264	6264	their knowledge, the Secretary and the 9
6265	6265	Commissioner shall lock the social security 10
6266	6266	account number for employment eligibility 11
6267	6267	verification purposes and shall notify the 12
6268	6268	employers of the individuals who wrong-13
6269	6269	fully submitted the social security account 14
6270	6270	number that the employee may not be 15
6271	6271	work eligible. 16
6272	6272	‘‘(iii) Each employer receiving such 17
6273	6273	notification of an incorrect social security 18
6274	6274	account number under clause (ii) shall use 19
6275	6275	the verification system described in sub-20
6276	6276	section (d) to check the work eligibility sta-21
6277	6277	tus of the applicable employee within 10 22
6278	6278	business days of receipt of the notification. 23
6279	6279	‘‘(C) O
6280	6280	N A VOLUNTARY BASIS.—Subject to 24
6281	6281	paragraph (2), and subparagraphs (A) through 25
6282	6282	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00206 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6283	6283	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 207
6284	6284	•HR 3599 IH
6285	6285	(C) of this paragraph, beginning on the date 1
6286	6286	that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 2
6287	6287	of the Legal Workforce Act, an employer may 3
6288	6288	make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), 4
6289	6289	using the verification system to seek verification 5
6290	6290	of the identity and employment eligibility of any 6
6291	6291	individual employed by the employer. If an em-7
6292	6292	ployer chooses voluntarily to seek verification of 8
6293	6293	any individual employed by the employer, the 9
6294	6294	employer shall seek verification of all individ-10
6295	6295	uals employed at the same geographic location 11
6296	6296	or, at the option of the employer, all individuals 12
6297	6297	employed within the same job category, as the 13
6298	6298	employee with respect to whom the employer 14
6299	6299	seeks voluntarily to use the verification system. 15
6300	6300	An employer’s decision about whether or not 16
6301	6301	voluntarily to seek verification of its current 17
6302	6302	workforce under this subparagraph may not be 18
6303	6303	considered by any government agency in any 19
6304	6304	proceeding, investigation, or review provided for 20
6305	6305	in this Act. 21
6306	6306	‘‘(D) V
6307	6307	ERIFICATION.—Paragraph 22
6308	6308	(1)(C)(ii) shall apply to verifications pursuant 23
6309	6309	to this paragraph on the same basis as it ap-24
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6311	6311	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 208
6312	6312	•HR 3599 IH
6313	6313	plies to verifications pursuant to paragraph (1), 1
6314	6314	except that employers shall— 2
6315	6315	‘‘(i) use a form designated or estab-3
6316	6316	lished by the Secretary by regulation for 4
6317	6317	purposes of this paragraph; and 5
6318	6318	‘‘(ii) retain a paper, microfiche, micro-6
6319	6319	film, or electronic version of the form and 7
6320	6320	make it available for inspection by officers 8
6321	6321	of the Department of Homeland Security, 9
6322	6322	the Department of Justice, or the Depart-10
6323	6323	ment of Labor during the period beginning 11
6324	6324	on the date the verification commences and 12
6325	6325	ending on the date that is the later of 3 13
6326	6326	years after the date of such verification or 14
6327	6327	1 year after the date the individual’s em-15
6328	6328	ployment is terminated. 16
6329	6329	‘‘(4) E
6330	6330	ARLY COMPLIANCE.— 17
6331	6331	‘‘(A) F
6332	6332	ORMER E-VERIFY REQUIRED USERS , 18
6333	6333	INCLUDING FEDERAL CONTRACTORS .—Notwith-19
6334	6334	standing the deadlines in paragraphs (1) and 20
6335	6335	(2), beginning on the date of the enactment of 21
6336	6336	the Legal Workforce Act, the Secretary is au-22
6337	6337	thorized to commence requiring employers re-23
6338	6338	quired to participate in the E-Verify Program 24
6339	6339	described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immi-25
6340	6340	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00208 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6341	6341	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 209
6342	6342	•HR 3599 IH
6343	6343	gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 1
6344	6344	Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), including 2
6345	6345	employers required to participate in such pro-3
6346	6346	gram by reason of Federal acquisition laws 4
6347	6347	(and regulations promulgated under those laws, 5
6348	6348	including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), 6
6349	6349	to commence compliance with the requirements 7
6350	6350	of this subsection (and any additional require-8
6351	6351	ments of such Federal acquisition laws and reg-9
6352	6352	ulation) in lieu of any requirement to partici-10
6353	6353	pate in the E-Verify Program. 11
6354	6354	‘‘(B) F
6355	6355	ORMER E-VERIFY VOLUNTARY 12
6356	6356	USERS AND OTHERS DESIRING EARLY COMPLI -13
6357	6357	ANCE.—Notwithstanding the deadlines in para-14
6358	6358	graphs (1) and (2), beginning on the date of 15
6359	6359	the enactment of the Legal Workforce Act, the 16
6360	6360	Secretary shall provide for the voluntary com-17
6361	6361	pliance with the requirements of this subsection 18
6362	6362	by employers voluntarily electing to participate 19
6363	6363	in the E-Verify Program described in section 20
6364	6364	403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 21
6365	6365	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 22
6366	6366	1324a note) before such date, as well as by 23
6367	6367	other employers seeking voluntary early compli-24
6368	6368	ance. 25
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6371	6371	•HR 3599 IH
6372	6372	‘‘(5) COPYING OF DOCUMENTATION PER -1
6373	6373	MITTED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 2
6374	6374	law, the person or entity may copy a document pre-3
6375	6375	sented by an individual pursuant to this subsection 4
6376	6376	and may retain the copy, but only (except as other-5
6377	6377	wise permitted under law) for the purpose of com-6
6378	6378	plying with the requirements of this subsection. 7
6379	6379	‘‘(6) L
6380	6380	IMITATION ON USE OF FORMS .—A form 8
6381	6381	designated or established by the Secretary of Home-9
6382	6382	land Security under this subsection and any infor-10
6383	6383	mation contained in or appended to such form, may 11
6384	6384	not be used for purposes other than for enforcement 12
6385	6385	of this Act and any other provision of Federal crimi-13
6386	6386	nal law. 14
6387	6387	‘‘(7) G
6388	6388	OOD FAITH COMPLIANCE .— 15
6389	6389	‘‘(A) I
6390	6390	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 16
6391	6391	provided in this subsection, a person or entity 17
6392	6392	is considered to have complied with a require-18
6393	6393	ment of this subsection notwithstanding a tech-19
6394	6394	nical or procedural failure to meet such require-20
6395	6395	ment if there was a good faith attempt to com-21
6396	6396	ply with the requirement. 22
6397	6397	‘‘(B) E
6398	6398	XCEPTION IF FAILURE TO CORRECT 23
6399	6399	AFTER NOTICE.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 24
6400	6400	apply if— 25
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6403	6403	•HR 3599 IH
6404	6404	‘‘(i) the failure is not de minimis; 1
6405	6405	‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-2
6406	6406	rity has explained to the person or entity 3
6407	6407	the basis for the failure and why it is not 4
6408	6408	de minimis; 5
6409	6409	‘‘(iii) the person or entity has been 6
6410	6410	provided a period of not less than 30 cal-7
6411	6411	endar days (beginning after the date of the 8
6412	6412	explanation) within which to correct the 9
6413	6413	failure; and 10
6414	6414	‘‘(iv) the person or entity has not cor-11
6415	6415	rected the failure voluntarily within such 12
6416	6416	period. 13
6417	6417	‘‘(C) E
6418	6418	XCEPTION FOR PATTERN OR PRAC -14
6419	6419	TICE VIOLATORS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 15
6420	6420	apply to a person or entity that has or is engag-16
6421	6421	ing in a pattern or practice of violations of sub-17
6422	6422	section (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2). 18
6423	6423	‘‘(8) S
6424	6424	INGLE EXTENSION OF DEADLINES UPON 19
6425	6425	CERTIFICATION.—In a case in which the Secretary 20
6426	6426	of Homeland Security has certified to the Congress 21
6427	6427	that the employment eligibility verification system 22
6428	6428	required under subsection (d) will not be fully oper-23
6429	6429	ational by the date that is 6 months after the date 24
6430	6430	of the enactment of the Legal Workforce Act, each 25
6431	6431	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00211 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6432	6432	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 212
6433	6433	•HR 3599 IH
6434	6434	deadline established under this section for an em-1
6435	6435	ployer to make an inquiry using such system shall 2
6436	6436	be extended by 6 months. No other extension of such 3
6437	6437	a deadline shall be made except as authorized under 4
6438	6438	paragraph (1)(D)(iv).’’. 5
6439	6439	(b) D
6440	6440	ATE OFHIRE.—Section 274A(h) of the Immi-6
6441	6441	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is 7
6442	6442	amended by adding at the end the following: 8
6443	6443	‘‘(4) D
6444	6444	EFINITION OF DATE OF HIRE .—As used 9
6445	6445	in this section, the term ‘date of hire’ means the 10
6446	6446	date of actual commencement of employment for 11
6447	6447	wages or other remuneration, unless otherwise speci-12
6448	6448	fied.’’. 13
6449	6449	SEC. 1503. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYS-14
6450	6450	TEM. 15
6451	6451	Section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
6452	6452	Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)) is amended to read as follows: 17
6453	6453	‘‘(d) E
6454	6454	MPLOYMENTELIGIBILITYVERIFICATIONSYS-18
6455	6455	TEM.— 19
6456	6456	‘‘(1) I
6457	6457	N GENERAL.—Patterned on the employ-20
6458	6458	ment eligibility confirmation system established 21
6459	6459	under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 22
6460	6460	and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 23
6461	6461	1324a note), the Secretary of Homeland Security 24
6462	6462	shall establish and administer a verification system 25
6463	6463	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00212 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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6465	6465	•HR 3599 IH
6466	6466	through which the Secretary (or a designee of the 1
6467	6467	Secretary, which may be a nongovernmental enti-2
6468	6468	ty)— 3
6469	6469	‘‘(A) responds to inquiries made by per-4
6470	6470	sons at any time through a toll-free telephone 5
6471	6471	line and other toll-free electronic media con-6
6472	6472	cerning an individual’s identity and whether the 7
6473	6473	individual is authorized to be employed; and 8
6474	6474	‘‘(B) maintains records of the inquiries 9
6475	6475	that were made, of verifications provided (or 10
6476	6476	not provided), and of the codes provided to in-11
6477	6477	quirers as evidence of their compliance with 12
6478	6478	their obligations under this section. 13
6479	6479	‘‘(2) I
6480	6480	NITIAL RESPONSE.—The verification sys-14
6481	6481	tem shall provide confirmation or a tentative non-15
6482	6482	confirmation of an individual’s identity and employ-16
6483	6483	ment eligibility within 3 working days of the initial 17
6484	6484	inquiry. If providing confirmation or tentative non-18
6485	6485	confirmation, the verification system shall provide an 19
6486	6486	appropriate code indicating such confirmation or 20
6487	6487	such nonconfirmation. 21
6488	6488	‘‘(3) S
6489	6489	ECONDARY CONFIRMATION PROCESS IN 22
6490	6490	CASE OF TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMATION .—In cases 23
6491	6491	of tentative nonconfirmation, the Secretary shall 24
6492	6492	specify, in consultation with the Commissioner of 25
6493	6493	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00213 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6494	6494	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 214
6495	6495	•HR 3599 IH
6496	6496	Social Security, an available secondary verification 1
6497	6497	process to confirm the validity of information pro-2
6498	6498	vided and to provide a final confirmation or noncon-3
6499	6499	firmation not later than 10 working days after the 4
6500	6500	date on which the notice of the tentative noncon-5
6501	6501	firmation is received by the employee. The Secretary, 6
6502	6502	in consultation with the Commissioner, may extend 7
6503	6503	this deadline once on a case-by-case basis for a pe-8
6504	6504	riod of 10 working days, and if the time is extended, 9
6505	6505	shall document such extension within the verification 10
6506	6506	system. The Secretary, in consultation with the 11
6507	6507	Commissioner, shall notify the employee and em-12
6508	6508	ployer of such extension. The Secretary, in consulta-13
6509	6509	tion with the Commissioner, shall create a standard 14
6510	6510	process of such extension and notification and shall 15
6511	6511	make a description of such process available to the 16
6512	6512	public. When final confirmation or nonconfirmation 17
6513	6513	is provided, the verification system shall provide an 18
6514	6514	appropriate code indicating such confirmation or 19
6515	6515	nonconfirmation. 20
6516	6516	‘‘(4) D
6517	6517	ESIGN AND OPERATION OF SYSTEM .— 21
6518	6518	The verification system shall be designed and oper-22
6519	6519	ated— 23
6520	6520	‘‘(A) to maximize its reliability and ease of 24
6521	6521	use by persons and other entities consistent 25
6522	6522	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00214 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6523	6523	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 215
6524	6524	•HR 3599 IH
6525	6525	with insulating and protecting the privacy and 1
6526	6526	security of the underlying information; 2
6527	6527	‘‘(B) to respond to all inquiries made by 3
6528	6528	such persons and entities on whether individ-4
6529	6529	uals are authorized to be employed and to reg-5
6530	6530	ister all times when such inquiries are not re-6
6531	6531	ceived; 7
6532	6532	‘‘(C) with appropriate administrative, tech-8
6533	6533	nical, and physical safeguards to prevent unau-9
6534	6534	thorized disclosure of personal information; 10
6535	6535	‘‘(D) to have reasonable safeguards against 11
6536	6536	the system’s resulting in unlawful discrimina-12
6537	6537	tory practices based on national origin or citi-13
6538	6538	zenship status, including— 14
6539	6539	‘‘(i) the selective or unauthorized use 15
6540	6540	of the system to verify eligibility; or 16
6541	6541	‘‘(ii) the exclusion of certain individ-17
6542	6542	uals from consideration for employment as 18
6543	6543	a result of a perceived likelihood that addi-19
6544	6544	tional verification will be required, beyond 20
6545	6545	what is required for most job applicants; 21
6546	6546	‘‘(E) to maximize the prevention of iden-22
6547	6547	tity theft use in the system; and 23
6548	6548	‘‘(F) to limit the subjects of verification to 24
6549	6549	the following individuals: 25
6550	6550	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00215 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6551	6551	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 216
6552	6552	•HR 3599 IH
6553	6553	‘‘(i) Individuals hired, referred, or re-1
6554	6554	cruited, in accordance with paragraph (1) 2
6555	6555	or (4) of subsection (b). 3
6556	6556	‘‘(ii) Employees and prospective em-4
6557	6557	ployees, in accordance with paragraph (1), 5
6558	6558	(2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b). 6
6559	6559	‘‘(iii) Individuals seeking to confirm 7
6560	6560	their own employment eligibility on a vol-8
6561	6561	untary basis. 9
6562	6562	‘‘(5) R
6563	6563	ESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSIONER OF 10
6564	6564	SOCIAL SECURITY.—As part of the verification sys-11
6565	6565	tem, the Commissioner of Social Security, in con-12
6566	6566	sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 13
6567	6567	(and any designee of the Secretary selected to estab-14
6568	6568	lish and administer the verification system), shall es-15
6569	6569	tablish a reliable, secure method, which, within the 16
6570	6570	time periods specified under paragraphs (2) and (3), 17
6571	6571	compares the name and social security account num-18
6572	6572	ber provided in an inquiry against such information 19
6573	6573	maintained by the Commissioner in order to validate 20
6574	6574	(or not validate) the information provided regarding 21
6575	6575	an individual whose identity and employment eligi-22
6576	6576	bility must be confirmed, the correspondence of the 23
6577	6577	name and number, and whether the individual has 24
6578	6578	presented a social security account number that is 25
6579	6579	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00216 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6580	6580	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 217
6581	6581	•HR 3599 IH
6582	6582	not valid for employment. The Commissioner shall 1
6583	6583	not disclose or release social security information 2
6584	6584	(other than such confirmation or nonconfirmation) 3
6585	6585	under the verification system except as provided for 4
6586	6586	in this section or section 205(c)(2)(I) of the Social 5
6587	6587	Security Act. 6
6588	6588	‘‘(6) R
6589	6589	ESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF 7
6590	6590	HOMELAND SECURITY .—As part of the verification 8
6591	6591	system, the Secretary of Homeland Security (in con-9
6592	6592	sultation with any designee of the Secretary selected 10
6593	6593	to establish and administer the verification system), 11
6594	6594	shall establish a reliable, secure method, which, with-12
6595	6595	in the time periods specified under paragraphs (2) 13
6596	6596	and (3), compares the name and alien identification 14
6597	6597	or authorization number (or any other information 15
6598	6598	as determined relevant by the Secretary) which are 16
6599	6599	provided in an inquiry against such information 17
6600	6600	maintained or accessed by the Secretary in order to 18
6601	6601	validate (or not validate) the information provided, 19
6602	6602	the correspondence of the name and number, wheth-20
6603	6603	er the alien is authorized to be employed in the 21
6604	6604	United States, or to the extent that the Secretary 22
6605	6605	determines to be feasible and appropriate, whether 23
6606	6606	the records available to the Secretary verify the 24
6607	6607	identity or status of a national of the United States. 25
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6609	6609	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 218
6610	6610	•HR 3599 IH
6611	6611	‘‘(7) UPDATING INFORMATION .—The Commis-1
6612	6612	sioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Home-2
6613	6613	land Security shall update their information in a 3
6614	6614	manner that promotes the maximum accuracy and 4
6615	6615	shall provide a process for the prompt correction of 5
6616	6616	erroneous information, including instances in which 6
6617	6617	it is brought to their attention in the secondary 7
6618	6618	verification process described in paragraph (3). 8
6619	6619	‘‘(8) L
6620	6620	IMITATION ON USE OF THE 9
6621	6621	VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND ANY RELATED SYS -10
6622	6622	TEMS.— 11
6623	6623	‘‘(A) N
6624	6624	O NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION 12
6625	6625	CARD.—Nothing in this section shall be con-13
6626	6626	strued to authorize, directly or indirectly, the 14
6627	6627	issuance or use of national identification cards 15
6628	6628	or the establishment of a national identification 16
6629	6629	card. 17
6630	6630	‘‘(B) C
6631	6631	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The 18
6632	6632	Secretary may authorize or direct any person or 19
6633	6633	entity responsible for granting access to, pro-20
6634	6634	tecting, securing, operating, administering, or 21
6635	6635	regulating part of the critical infrastructure (as 22
6636	6636	defined in section 1016(e) of the Critical Infra-23
6637	6637	structure Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 24
6638	6638	5195c(e))) to use the verification system to the 25
6639	6639	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00218 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
6640	6640	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 219
6641	6641	•HR 3599 IH
6642	6642	extent the Secretary determines that such use 1
6643	6643	will assist in the protection of the critical infra-2
6644	6644	structure. 3
6645	6645	‘‘(9) R
6646	6646	EMEDIES.—If an individual alleges that 4
6647	6647	the individual would not have been dismissed from 5
6648	6648	a job but for an error of the verification mechanism, 6
6649	6649	the individual may seek compensation only through 7
6650	6650	the mechanism of the Federal Tort Claims Act, and 8
6651	6651	injunctive relief to correct such error. No class ac-9
6652	6652	tion may be brought under this paragraph.’’. 10
6653	6653	SEC. 1504. RECRUITMENT, REFERRAL, AND CONTINUATION 11
6654	6654	OF EMPLOYMENT. 12
6655	6655	(a) A
6656	6656	DDITIONALCHANGES TORULES FORRECRUIT-13
6657	6657	MENT, REFERRAL, ANDCONTINUATION OF EMPLOY-14
6658	6658	MENT.—Section 274A(a) of the Immigration and Nation-15
6659	6659	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)) is amended— 16
6660	6660	(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘for a fee’’; 17
6661	6661	(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-18
6662	6662	graph (B) to read as follows: 19
6663	6663	‘‘(B) to hire, continue to employ, or to re-20
6664	6664	cruit or refer for employment in the United 21
6665	6665	States an individual without complying with the 22
6666	6666	requirements of subsection (b).’’; and 23
6667	6667	(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘after hiring 24
6668	6668	an alien for employment in accordance with para-25
6669	6669	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00219 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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6671	6671	•HR 3599 IH
6672	6672	graph (1),’’ and inserting ‘‘after complying with 1
6673	6673	paragraph (1),’’. 2
6674	6674	(b) D
6675	6675	EFINITION.—Section 274A(h) of the Immigra-3
6676	6676	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)), as amended 4
6677	6677	by section 1602(b) of this Act, is further amended by add-5
6678	6678	ing at the end the following: 6
6679	6679	‘‘(5) D
6680	6680	EFINITION OF RECRUIT OR REFER .—As 7
6681	6681	used in this section, the term ‘refer’ means the act 8
6682	6682	of sending or directing a person who is in the United 9
6683	6683	States or transmitting documentation or information 10
6684	6684	to another, directly or indirectly, with the intent of 11
6685	6685	obtaining employment in the United States for such 12
6686	6686	person. Only persons or entities referring for remu-13
6687	6687	neration (whether on a retainer or contingency 14
6688	6688	basis) are included in the definition, except that 15
6689	6689	union hiring halls that refer union members or non-16
6690	6690	union individuals who pay union membership dues 17
6691	6691	are included in the definition whether or not they re-18
6692	6692	ceive remuneration, as are labor service entities or 19
6693	6693	labor service agencies, whether public, private, for- 20
6694	6694	profit, or nonprofit, that refer, dispatch, or other-21
6695	6695	wise facilitate the hiring of laborers for any period 22
6696	6696	of time by a third party. As used in this section, the 23
6697	6697	term ‘recruit’ means the act of soliciting a person 24
6698	6698	who is in the United States, directly or indirectly, 25
6699	6699	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00220 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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6701	6701	•HR 3599 IH
6702	6702	and referring the person to another with the intent 1
6703	6703	of obtaining employment for that person. Only per-2
6704	6704	sons or entities referring for remuneration (whether 3
6705	6705	on a retainer or contingency basis) are included in 4
6706	6706	the definition, except that union hiring halls that 5
6707	6707	refer union members or nonunion individuals who 6
6708	6708	pay union membership dues are included in this defi-7
6709	6709	nition whether or not they receive remuneration, as 8
6710	6710	are labor service entities or labor service agencies, 9
6711	6711	whether public, private, for-profit, or nonprofit that 10
6712	6712	recruit, dispatch, or otherwise facilitate the hiring of 11
6713	6713	laborers for any period of time by a third party.’’. 12
6714	6714	(c) E
6715	6715	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13
6716	6716	this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 14
6717	6717	after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 15
6718	6718	the amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 16
6719	6719	6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act inso-17
6720	6720	far as such amendments relate to continuation of employ-18
6721	6721	ment. 19
6722	6722	SEC. 1505. GOOD FAITH DEFENSE. 20
6723	6723	Section 274A(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nation-21
6724	6724	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(3)) is amended to read as 22
6725	6725	follows: 23
6726	6726	‘‘(3) G
6727	6727	OOD FAITH DEFENSE.— 24
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6729	6729	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 222
6730	6730	•HR 3599 IH
6731	6731	‘‘(A) DEFENSE.—An employer (or person 1
6732	6732	or entity that hires, employs, recruits, or refers 2
6733	6733	(as defined in subsection (h)(5)), or is otherwise 3
6734	6734	obligated to comply with this section) who es-4
6735	6735	tablishes that it has complied in good faith with 5
6736	6736	the requirements of subsection (b)— 6
6737	6737	‘‘(i) shall not be liable to a job appli-7
6738	6738	cant, an employee, the Federal Govern-8
6739	6739	ment, or a State or local government, 9
6740	6740	under Federal, State, or local criminal or 10
6741	6741	civil law for any employment-related action 11
6742	6742	taken with respect to a job applicant or 12
6743	6743	employee in good-faith reliance on informa-13
6744	6744	tion provided through the system estab-14
6745	6745	lished under subsection (d); and 15
6746	6746	‘‘(ii) has established compliance with 16
6747	6747	its obligations under subparagraphs (A) 17
6748	6748	and (B) of paragraph (1) and subsection 18
6749	6749	(b) absent a showing by the Secretary of 19
6750	6750	Homeland Security, by clear and con-20
6751	6751	vincing evidence, that the employer had 21
6752	6752	knowledge that an employee is an unau-22
6753	6753	thorized alien. 23
6754	6754	‘‘(B) M
6755	6755	ITIGATION ELEMENT .—For pur-24
6756	6756	poses of subparagraph (A)(i), if an employer 25
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6759	6759	•HR 3599 IH
6760	6760	proves by a preponderance of the evidence that 1
6761	6761	the employer uses a reasonable, secure, and es-2
6762	6762	tablished technology to authenticate the identity 3
6763	6763	of the new employee, that fact shall be taken 4
6764	6764	into account for purposes of determining good 5
6765	6765	faith use of the system established under sub-6
6766	6766	section (d). 7
6767	6767	‘‘(C) F
6768	6768	AILURE TO SEEK AND OBTAIN 8
6769	6769	VERIFICATION.—Subject to the effective dates 9
6770	6770	and other deadlines applicable under subsection 10
6771	6771	(b), in the case of a person or entity in the 11
6772	6772	United States that hires, or continues to em-12
6773	6773	ploy, an individual, or recruits or refers an indi-13
6774	6774	vidual for employment, the following require-14
6775	6775	ments apply: 15
6776	6776	‘‘(i) F
6777	6777	AILURE TO SEEK 16
6778	6778	VERIFICATION.— 17
6779	6779	‘‘(I) I
6780	6780	N GENERAL.—If the person 18
6781	6781	or entity has not made an inquiry, 19
6782	6782	under the mechanism established 20
6783	6783	under subsection (d) and in accord-21
6784	6784	ance with the timeframes established 22
6785	6785	under subsection (b), seeking 23
6786	6786	verification of the identity and work 24
6787	6787	eligibility of the individual, the de-25
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6790	6790	•HR 3599 IH
6791	6791	fense under subparagraph (A) shall 1
6792	6792	not be considered to apply with re-2
6793	6793	spect to any employment, except as 3
6794	6794	provided in subclause (II). 4
6795	6795	‘‘(II) S
6796	6796	PECIAL RULE FOR FAIL -5
6797	6797	URE OF VERIFICATION MECHANISM .— 6
6798	6798	If such a person or entity in good 7
6799	6799	faith attempts to make an inquiry in 8
6800	6800	order to qualify for the defense under 9
6801	6801	subparagraph (A) and the verification 10
6802	6802	mechanism has registered that not all 11
6803	6803	inquiries were responded to during the 12
6804	6804	relevant time, the person or entity can 13
6805	6805	make an inquiry until the end of the 14
6806	6806	first subsequent working day in which 15
6807	6807	the verification mechanism registers 16
6808	6808	no nonresponses and qualify for such 17
6809	6809	defense. 18
6810	6810	‘‘(ii) F
6811	6811	AILURE TO OBTAIN 19
6812	6812	VERIFICATION.—If the person or entity 20
6813	6813	has made the inquiry described in clause 21
6814	6814	(i)(I) but has not received an appropriate 22
6815	6815	verification of such identity and work eligi-23
6816	6816	bility under such mechanism within the 24
6817	6817	time period specified under subsection 25
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6820	6820	•HR 3599 IH
6821	6821	(d)(2) after the time the verification in-1
6822	6822	quiry was received, the defense under sub-2
6823	6823	paragraph (A) shall not be considered to 3
6824	6824	apply with respect to any employment after 4
6825	6825	the end of such time period.’’. 5
6826	6826	SEC. 1506. PREEMPTION AND STATES’ RIGHTS. 6
6827	6827	Section 274A(h)(2) of the Immigration and Nation-7
6828	6828	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2)) is amended to read as 8
6829	6829	follows: 9
6830	6830	‘‘(2) P
6831	6831	REEMPTION.— 10
6832	6832	‘‘(A) S
6833	6833	INGLE, NATIONAL POLICY .—The 11
6834	6834	provisions of this section preempt any State or 12
6835	6835	local law, ordinance, policy, or rule, including 13
6836	6836	any criminal or civil fine or penalty structure, 14
6837	6837	insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to 15
6838	6838	the hiring, continued employment, or status 16
6839	6839	verification for employment eligibility purposes, 17
6840	6840	of unauthorized aliens. 18
6841	6841	‘‘(B) S
6842	6842	TATE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL 19
6843	6843	LAW.— 20
6844	6844	‘‘(i) B
6845	6845	USINESS LICENSING.—A State, 21
6846	6846	locality, municipality, or political subdivi-22
6847	6847	sion may exercise its authority over busi-23
6848	6848	ness licensing and similar laws as a pen-24
6849	6849	alty for failure to use the verification sys-25
6850	6850	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00225 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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6852	6852	•HR 3599 IH
6853	6853	tem described in subsection (d) to verify 1
6854	6854	employment eligibility when and as re-2
6855	6855	quired under subsection (b). 3
6856	6856	‘‘(ii) G
6857	6857	ENERAL RULES.—A State, at 4
6858	6858	its own cost, may enforce the provisions of 5
6859	6859	this section, but only insofar as such State 6
6860	6860	follows the Federal regulations imple-7
6861	6861	menting this section, applies the Federal 8
6862	6862	penalty structure set out in this section, 9
6863	6863	and complies with all Federal rules and 10
6864	6864	guidance concerning implementation of this 11
6865	6865	section. Such State may collect any fines 12
6866	6866	assessed under this section. An employer 13
6867	6867	may not be subject to enforcement, includ-14
6868	6868	ing audit and investigation, by both a Fed-15
6869	6869	eral agency and a State for the same viola-16
6870	6870	tion under this section. Whichever entity, 17
6871	6871	the Federal agency or the State, is first to 18
6872	6872	initiate the enforcement action, has the 19
6873	6873	right of first refusal to proceed with the 20
6874	6874	enforcement action. The Secretary must 21
6875	6875	provide copies of all guidance, training, 22
6876	6876	and field instructions provided to Federal 23
6877	6877	officials implementing the provisions of 24
6878	6878	this section to each State.’’. 25
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6881	6881	•HR 3599 IH
6882	6882	SEC. 1507. REPEAL. 1
6883	6883	(a) I
6884	6884	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Illegal 2
6885	6885	Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 3
6886	6886	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is repealed. 4
6887	6887	(b) R
6888	6888	EFERENCES.—Any reference in any Federal 5
6889	6889	law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au-6
6890	6890	thority, or any document of, or pertaining to, the Depart-7
6891	6891	ment of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, or the 8
6892	6892	Social Security Administration, to the employment eligi-9
6893	6893	bility confirmation system established under section 404 10
6894	6894	of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-11
6895	6895	sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is deemed to 12
6896	6896	refer to the employment eligibility confirmation system es-13
6897	6897	tablished under section 274A(d) of the Immigration and 14
6898	6898	Nationality Act, as amended by section 1603 of this Act. 15
6899	6899	(c) E
6900	6900	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 16
6901	6901	on the date that is 30 months after the date of the enact-17
6902	6902	ment of this Act. 18
6903	6903	(d) C
6904	6904	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections, 19
6905	6905	in section 1(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-20
6906	6906	migrant Responsibility Act of 1996, is amended by strik-21
6907	6907	ing the items relating to subtitle A of title IV. 22
6908	6908	SEC. 1508. PENALTIES. 23
6909	6909	Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 24
6910	6910	(8 U.S.C. 1324a) is amended— 25
6911	6911	(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 26
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6914	6914	•HR 3599 IH
6915	6915	(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each 1
6916	6916	place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-2
6917	6917	retary of Homeland Security’’; and 3
6918	6918	(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 4
6919	6919	‘‘Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Home-5
6920	6920	land Security’’; 6
6921	6921	(2) in subsection (e)(4)— 7
6922	6922	(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter be-8
6923	6923	fore clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, subject to para-9
6924	6924	graph (10),’’ after ‘‘in an amount’’; 10
6925	6925	(B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 11
6926	6926	‘‘not less than $250 and not more than 12
6927	6927	$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $2,500 13
6928	6928	and not more than $5,000’’; 14
6929	6929	(C) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 15
6930	6930	‘‘not less than $2,000 and not more than 16
6931	6931	$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $5,000 17
6932	6932	and not more than $10,000’’; 18
6933	6933	(D) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 19
6934	6934	‘‘not less than $3,000 and not more than 20
6935	6935	$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $10,000 21
6936	6936	and not more than $25,000’’; and 22
6937	6937	(E) by moving the margin of the continu-23
6938	6938	ation text following subparagraph (B) two ems 24
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6941	6941	•HR 3599 IH
6942	6942	to the left and by amending subparagraph (B) 1
6943	6943	to read as follows: 2
6944	6944	‘‘(B) may require the person or entity to 3
6945	6945	take such other remedial action as is appro-4
6946	6946	priate.’’; 5
6947	6947	(3) in subsection (e)(5)— 6
6948	6948	(A) in the paragraph heading, strike ‘‘
6949	6949	PA-7
6950	6950	PERWORK’’; 8
6951	6951	(B) by inserting ‘‘, subject to paragraphs 9
6952	6952	(10) through (12),’’ after ‘‘in an amount’’; 10
6953	6953	(C) by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting 11
6954	6954	‘‘$1,000’’; 12
6955	6955	(D) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting 13
6956	6956	‘‘$25,000’’; and 14
6957	6957	(E) by adding at the end the following: 15
6958	6958	‘‘Failure by a person or entity to utilize the em-16
6959	6959	ployment eligibility verification system as re-17
6960	6960	quired by law, or providing information to the 18
6961	6961	system that the person or entity knows or rea-19
6962	6962	sonably believes to be false, shall be treated as 20
6963	6963	a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A).’’; 21
6964	6964	(4) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the 22
6965	6965	following: 23
6966	6966	‘‘(10) E
6967	6967	XEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR GOOD 24
6968	6968	FAITH VIOLATION.—In the case of imposition of a 25
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6971	6971	•HR 3599 IH
6972	6972	civil penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to 1
6973	6973	a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) for hir-2
6974	6974	ing or continuation of employment or recruitment or 3
6975	6975	referral by person or entity and in the case of impo-4
6976	6976	sition of a civil penalty under paragraph (5) for a 5
6977	6977	violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) for hiring or re-6
6978	6978	cruitment or referral by a person or entity, the pen-7
6979	6979	alty otherwise imposed may be waived or reduced if 8
6980	6980	the violator establishes that the violator acted in 9
6981	6981	good faith. 10
6982	6982	‘‘(11) M
6983	6983	ITIGATION ELEMENT.—For purposes of 11
6984	6984	paragraph (4), the size of the business shall be 12
6985	6985	taken into account when assessing the level of civil 13
6986	6986	money penalty. 14
6987	6987	‘‘(12) A
6988	6988	UTHORITY TO DEBAR EMPLOYERS FOR 15
6989	6989	CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.— 16
6990	6990	‘‘(A) I
6991	6991	N GENERAL.—If a person or entity 17
6992	6992	is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Se-18
6993	6993	curity to be a repeat violator of paragraph 19
6994	6994	(1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a), or is convicted 20
6995	6995	of a crime under this section, such person or 21
6996	6996	entity may be considered for debarment from 22
6997	6997	the receipt of Federal contracts, grants, or co-23
6998	6998	operative agreements in accordance with the de-24
6999	6999	barment standards and pursuant to the debar-25
7000	7000	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00230 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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7002	7002	•HR 3599 IH
7003	7003	ment procedures set forth in the Federal Acqui-1
7004	7004	sition Regulation. 2
7005	7005	‘‘(B) D
7006	7006	OES NOT HAVE CONTRACT , GRANT, 3
7007	7007	AGREEMENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland 4
7008	7008	Security or the Attorney General wishes to have 5
7009	7009	a person or entity considered for debarment in 6
7010	7010	accordance with this paragraph, and such a 7
7011	7011	person or entity does not hold a Federal con-8
7012	7012	tract, grant, or cooperative agreement, the Sec-9
7013	7013	retary or Attorney General shall refer the mat-10
7014	7014	ter to the Administrator of General Services to 11
7015	7015	determine whether to list the person or entity 12
7016	7016	on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal 13
7017	7017	Procurement, and if so, for what duration and 14
7018	7018	under what scope. 15
7019	7019	‘‘(C) H
7020	7020	AS CONTRACT, GRANT, AGREE-16
7021	7021	MENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security 17
7022	7022	or the Attorney General wishes to have a per-18
7023	7023	son or entity considered for debarment in ac-19
7024	7024	cordance with this paragraph, and such person 20
7025	7025	or entity holds a Federal contract, grant, or co-21
7026	7026	operative agreement, the Secretary or Attorney 22
7027	7027	General shall advise all agencies or departments 23
7028	7028	holding a contract, grant, or cooperative agree-24
7029	7029	ment with the person or entity of the Govern-25
7030	7030	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00231 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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7032	7032	•HR 3599 IH
7033	7033	ment’s interest in having the person or entity 1
7034	7034	considered for debarment, and after soliciting 2
7035	7035	and considering the views of all such agencies 3
7036	7036	and departments, the Secretary or Attorney 4
7037	7037	General may refer the matter to any appro-5
7038	7038	priate lead agency to determine whether to list 6
7039	7039	the person or entity on the List of Parties Ex-7
7040	7040	cluded from Federal Procurement, and if so, for 8
7041	7041	what duration and under what scope. 9
7042	7042	‘‘(D) R
7043	7043	EVIEW.—Any decision to debar a 10
7044	7044	person or entity in accordance with this para-11
7045	7045	graph shall be reviewable pursuant to part 9.4 12
7046	7046	of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 13
7047	7047	‘‘(13) O
7048	7048	FFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN -14
7049	7049	MENT COMPLAINTS .—The Secretary of Homeland 15
7050	7050	Security shall establish an office— 16
7051	7051	‘‘(A) to which State and local government 17
7052	7052	agencies may submit information indicating po-18
7053	7053	tential violations of subsection (a), (b), or 19
7054	7054	(g)(1) that were generated in the normal course 20
7055	7055	of law enforcement or the normal course of 21
7056	7056	other official activities in the State or locality; 22
7057	7057	‘‘(B) that is required to indicate to the 23
7058	7058	complaining State or local agency within five 24
7059	7059	business days of the filing of such a complaint 25
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7062	7062	•HR 3599 IH
7063	7063	by identifying whether the Secretary will fur-1
7064	7064	ther investigate the information provided; 2
7065	7065	‘‘(C) that is required to investigate those 3
7066	7066	complaints filed by State or local government 4
7067	7067	agencies that, on their face, have a substantial 5
7068	7068	probability of validity; 6
7069	7069	‘‘(D) that is required to notify the com-7
7070	7070	plaining State or local agency of the results of 8
7071	7071	any such investigation conducted; and 9
7072	7072	‘‘(E) that is required to report to the Con-10
7073	7073	gress annually the number of complaints re-11
7074	7074	ceived under this paragraph, the States and lo-12
7075	7075	calities that filed such complaints, and the reso-13
7076	7076	lution of the complaints investigated by the Sec-14
7077	7077	retary.’’; and 15
7078	7078	(5) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 16
7079	7079	to read as follows: 17
7080	7080	‘‘(1) C
7081	7081	RIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti-18
7082	7082	ty which engages in a pattern or practice of viola-19
7083	7083	tions of subsection (a) (1) or (2) shall be fined not 20
7084	7084	more than $5,000 for each unauthorized alien with 21
7085	7085	respect to which such a violation occurs, imprisoned 22
7086	7086	for not more than 18 months, or both, notwith-23
7087	7087	standing the provisions of any other Federal law re-24
7088	7088	lating to fine levels.’’. 25
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7091	7091	•HR 3599 IH
7092	7092	SEC. 1509. FRAUD AND MISUSE OF DOCUMENTS. 1
7093	7093	Section 1546(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 2
7094	7094	amended— 3
7095	7095	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘identification 4
7096	7096	document,’’ and inserting ‘‘identification document 5
7097	7097	or document meant to establish work authorization 6
7098	7098	(including the documents described in section 7
7099	7099	274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act),’’; 8
7100	7100	and 9
7101	7101	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘identification 10
7102	7102	document’’ and inserting ‘‘identification document or 11
7103	7103	document meant to establish work authorization (in-12
7104	7104	cluding the documents described in section 274A(b) 13
7105	7105	of the Immigration and Nationality Act),’’. 14
7106	7106	SEC. 1510. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINIS-15
7107	7107	TRATION PROGRAMS. 16
7108	7108	(a) F
7109	7109	UNDINGUNDERAGREEMENT.—Effective for 17
7110	7110	fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2025, the 18
7111	7111	Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of 19
7112	7112	Homeland Security shall enter into and maintain an 20
7113	7113	agreement which shall— 21
7114	7114	(1) provide funds to the Commissioner for the 22
7115	7115	full costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner 23
7116	7116	under section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Na-24
7117	7117	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by 25
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7120	7120	•HR 3599 IH
7121	7121	section 1503 of this Act, including (but not limited 1
7122	7122	to)— 2
7123	7123	(A) acquiring, installing, and maintaining 3
7124	7124	technological equipment and systems necessary 4
7125	7125	for the fulfillment of the responsibilities of the 5
7126	7126	Commissioner under such section 274A(d), but 6
7127	7127	only that portion of such costs that are attrib-7
7128	7128	utable exclusively to such responsibilities; and 8
7129	7129	(B) responding to individuals who contest 9
7130	7130	a tentative nonconfirmation provided by the em-10
7131	7131	ployment eligibility verification system estab-11
7132	7132	lished under such section; 12
7133	7133	(2) provide such funds annually in advance of 13
7134	7134	the applicable quarter based on estimating method-14
7135	7135	ology agreed to by the Commissioner and the Sec-15
7136	7136	retary (except in such instances where the delayed 16
7137	7137	enactment of an annual appropriation may preclude 17
7138	7138	such quarterly payments); and 18
7139	7139	(3) require an annual accounting and reconcili-19
7140	7140	ation of the actual costs incurred and the funds pro-20
7141	7141	vided under the agreement, which shall be reviewed 21
7142	7142	by the Inspectors General of the Social Security Ad-22
7143	7143	ministration and the Department of Homeland Secu-23
7144	7144	rity. 24
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7147	7147	•HR 3599 IH
7148	7148	(b) CONTINUATION OFEMPLOYMENTVERIFICATION 1
7149	7149	INABSENCE OFTIMELYAGREEMENT.—In any case in 2
7150	7150	which the agreement required under subsection (a) for any 3
7151	7151	fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2025, has not 4
7152	7152	been reached as of October 1 of such fiscal year, the latest 5
7153	7153	agreement between the Commissioner and the Secretary 6
7154	7154	of Homeland Security providing for funding to cover the 7
7155	7155	costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner under 8
7156	7156	section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9
7157	7157	(8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)) shall be deemed in effect on an in-10
7158	7158	terim basis for such fiscal year until such time as an 11
7159	7159	agreement required under subsection (a) is subsequently 12
7160	7160	reached, except that the terms of such interim agreement 13
7161	7161	shall be modified by the Director of the Office of Manage-14
7162	7162	ment and Budget to adjust for inflation and any increase 15
7163	7163	or decrease in the volume of requests under the employ-16
7164	7164	ment eligibility verification system. In any case in which 17
7165	7165	an interim agreement applies for any fiscal year under this 18
7166	7166	subsection, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not 19
7167	7167	later than October 1 of such fiscal year, notify the Com-20
7168	7168	mittee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judici-21
7169	7169	ary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 22
7170	7170	of Representatives and the Committee on Finance, the 23
7171	7171	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ap-24
7172	7172	propriations of the Senate of the failure to reach the 25
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7175	7175	•HR 3599 IH
7176	7176	agreement required under subsection (a) for such fiscal 1
7177	7177	year. Until such time as the agreement required under 2
7178	7178	subsection (a) has been reached for such fiscal year, the 3
7179	7179	Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not later than the 4
7180	7180	end of each 90-day period after October 1 of such fiscal 5
7181	7181	year, notify such Committees of the status of negotiations 6
7182	7182	between the Commissioner and the Secretary in order to 7
7183	7183	reach such an agreement. 8
7184	7184	SEC. 1511. FRAUD PREVENTION. 9
7185	7185	(a) B
7186	7186	LOCKINGMISUSEDSOCIALSECURITYACCOUNT 10
7187	7187	N
7188	7188	UMBERS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-11
7189	7189	sultation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall 12
7190	7190	establish a program in which social security account num-13
7191	7191	bers that have been identified to be subject to unusual 14
7192	7192	multiple use in the employment eligibility verification sys-15
7193	7193	tem established under section 274A(d) of the Immigration 16
7194	7194	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by 17
7195	7195	section 1503 of this Act, or that are otherwise suspected 18
7196	7196	or determined to have been compromised by identity fraud 19
7197	7197	or other misuse, shall be blocked from use for such system 20
7198	7198	purposes unless the individual using such number is able 21
7199	7199	to establish, through secure and fair additional security 22
7200	7200	procedures, that the individual is the legitimate holder of 23
7201	7201	the number. 24
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7204	7204	•HR 3599 IH
7205	7205	(b) ALLOWINGSUSPENSION OFUSE OFCERTAINSO-1
7206	7206	CIALSECURITYACCOUNTNUMBERS.—The Secretary of 2
7207	7207	Homeland Security, in consultation with the Commis-3
7208	7208	sioner of Social Security, shall establish a program which 4
7209	7209	shall provide a reliable, secure method by which victims 5
7210	7210	of identity fraud and other individuals may suspend or 6
7211	7211	limit the use of their social security account number or 7
7212	7212	other identifying information for purposes of the employ-8
7213	7213	ment eligibility verification system established under sec-9
7214	7214	tion 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 10
7215	7215	U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by section 1503 of this Act. 11
7216	7216	The Secretary may implement the program on a limited 12
7217	7217	pilot program basis before making it fully available to all 13
7218	7218	individuals. 14
7219	7219	(c) A
7220	7220	LLOWINGPARENTSTOPREVENTTHEFT OF 15
7221	7221	T
7222	7222	HEIRCHILD’SIDENTITY.—The Secretary of Homeland 16
7223	7223	Security, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social 17
7224	7224	Security, shall establish a program which shall provide a 18
7225	7225	reliable, secure method by which parents or legal guard-19
7226	7226	ians may suspend or limit the use of the social security 20
7227	7227	account number or other identifying information of a 21
7228	7228	minor under their care for the purposes of the employment 22
7229	7229	eligibility verification system established under 274A(d) of 23
7230	7230	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), 24
7231	7231	as amended by section 1503 of this Act. The Secretary 25
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7234	7234	•HR 3599 IH
7235	7235	may implement the program on a limited pilot program 1
7236	7236	basis before making it fully available to all individuals. 2
7237	7237	SEC. 1512. USE OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY 3
7238	7238	VERIFICATION PHOTO TOOL. 4
7239	7239	An employer who uses the photo matching tool used 5
7240	7240	as part of the E-Verify System shall match the photo tool 6
7241	7241	photograph to both the photograph on the identity or em-7
7242	7242	ployment eligibility document provided by the employee 8
7243	7243	and to the face of the employee submitting the document 9
7244	7244	for employment verification purposes. 10
7245	7245	SEC. 1513. IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION EMPLOYMENT ELI-11
7246	7246	GIBILITY VERIFICATION PILOT PROGRAMS. 12
7247	7247	Not later than 24 months after the date of the enact-13
7248	7248	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 14
7249	7249	after consultation with the Commissioner of Social Secu-15
7250	7250	rity and the Director of the National Institute of Stand-16
7251	7251	ards and Technology, shall establish by regulation not less 17
7252	7252	than 2 Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility 18
7253	7253	Verification pilot programs, each using a separate and dis-19
7254	7254	tinct technology (the ‘‘Authentication Pilots’’). The pur-20
7255	7255	pose of the Authentication Pilots shall be to provide for 21
7256	7256	identity authentication and employment eligibility verifica-22
7257	7257	tion with respect to enrolled new employees which shall 23
7258	7258	be available to any employer that elects to participate in 24
7259	7259	either of the Authentication Pilots. Any participating em-25
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7262	7262	•HR 3599 IH
7263	7263	ployer may cancel the employer’s participation in the Au-1
7264	7264	thentication Pilot after one year after electing to partici-2
7265	7265	pate without prejudice to future participation. The Sec-3
7266	7266	retary shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of 4
7267	7267	the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 5
7268	7268	Judiciary of the Senate the Secretary’s findings on the 6
7269	7269	Authentication Pilots, including the authentication tech-7
7270	7270	nologies chosen, not later than 12 months after com-8
7271	7271	mencement of the Authentication Pilots. 9
7272	7272	SEC. 1514. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS. 10
7273	7273	(a) I
7274	7274	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 11
7275	7275	date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 12
7276	7276	of the Social Security Administration shall complete audits 13
7277	7277	of the following categories in order to uncover evidence 14
7278	7278	of individuals who are not authorized to work in the 15
7279	7279	United States: 16
7280	7280	(1) Workers who dispute wages reported on 17
7281	7281	their social security account number when they be-18
7282	7282	lieve someone else has used such number and name 19
7283	7283	to report wages. 20
7284	7284	(2) Children’s social security account numbers 21
7285	7285	used for work purposes. 22
7286	7286	(3) Employers whose workers present signifi-23
7287	7287	cant numbers of mismatched social security account 24
7288	7288	numbers or names for wage reporting. 25
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7291	7291	•HR 3599 IH
7292	7292	(b) SUBMISSION.—The Inspector General of the So-1
7293	7293	cial Security Administration shall submit the audits com-2
7294	7294	pleted under subsection (a) to the Committee on Ways and 3
7295	7295	Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 4
7296	7296	on Finance of the Senate for review of the evidence of 5
7297	7297	individuals who are not authorized to work in the United 6
7298	7298	States. The Chairmen of those Committees shall then de-7
7299	7299	termine information to be shared with the Secretary of 8
7300	7300	Homeland Security so that such Secretary can investigate 9
7301	7301	the unauthorized employment demonstrated by such evi-10
7302	7302	dence. 11
7303	7303	SEC. 1515. NATIONWIDE E-VERIFY AUDIT. 12
7304	7304	Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 13
7305	7305	of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a 14
7306	7306	nationwide audit of compliance with the requirements of 15
7307	7307	section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 16
7308	7308	by employers in all States, and shall report compliance lev-17
7309	7309	els on a State-by-State basis. The Secretary of Homeland 18
7310	7310	Security may not adjust the status of an individual under 19
7311	7311	section 24103 until the Secretary of Commerce certifies 20
7312	7312	that all employers in all States are in compliance with the 21
7313	7313	requirements of section 274A(b) of the Immigration and 22
7314	7314	Nationality Act. 23
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7317	7317	•HR 3599 IH
7318	7318	TITLE VI—ASYLUM REFORM 1
7319	7319	SEC. 1601. HUMANITARIAN CAMPUSES. 2
7320	7320	Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act 3
7321	7321	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at 4
7322	7322	the end the following: 5
7323	7323	‘‘SEC. 437. HUMANITARIAN CAMPUSES. 6
7324	7324	‘‘(a) I
7325	7325	NGENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 7
7326	7326	the effective date of this section, the Secretary shall estab-8
7327	7327	lish not fewer than 5 humanitarian campuses located in 9
7328	7328	high traffic sectors of U.S. Border Patrol, as determined 10
7329	7329	by the Secretary, along the southern border land border 11
7330	7330	of the United States (referred to in this section as a ‘hu-12
7331	7331	manitarian campus’). 13
7332	7332	‘‘(b) P
7333	7333	URPOSE.— 14
7334	7334	‘‘(1) P
7335	7335	ROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT .—The hu-15
7336	7336	manitarian campuses shall carry out processing and 16
7337	7337	management activities for asylum seekers appre-17
7338	7338	hended at the border, including— 18
7339	7339	‘‘(A) criminal history checks; 19
7340	7340	‘‘(B) identity verification; 20
7341	7341	‘‘(C) biometrics collection and analysis; 21
7342	7342	‘‘(D) medical screenings; 22
7343	7343	‘‘(E) asylum interviews and credible fear 23
7344	7344	determinations under section 235 of the Immi-24
7345	7345	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225) 25
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7348	7348	•HR 3599 IH
7349	7349	and reasonable fear determinations under sec-1
7350	7350	tion 241(b)(3)(B) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 2
7351	7351	1231(b)(3)(B)); 3
7352	7352	‘‘(F) facilitating coordination and commu-4
7353	7353	nication between Federal entities and non-5
7354	7354	governmental organizations that are directly in-6
7355	7355	volved in providing assistance to aliens; 7
7356	7356	‘‘(G) legal orientation programming and 8
7357	7357	communication between aliens and outside legal 9
7358	7358	counsel; 10
7359	7359	‘‘(H) issuance of legal documents relating 11
7360	7360	to immigration court proceedings of aliens; and 12
7361	7361	‘‘(I) any other activity the Secretary con-13
7362	7362	siders appropriate. 14
7363	7363	‘‘(2) C
7364	7364	ONSIDERATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR AD -15
7365	7365	DITIONAL FORMS OF RELIEF .—In conducting an 16
7366	7366	asylum interviews and credible fear determinations 17
7367	7367	under section 235 of the Immigration and Nation-18
7368	7368	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225) and reasonable fear deter-19
7369	7369	minations under section 241(b)(3)(B) of that Act (8 20
7370	7370	U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B)), the officer shall consider, in 21
7371	7371	addition to whether the alien has a credible fear of 22
7372	7372	persecution, whether the alien may be prima facie el-23
7373	7373	igible for any other form of relief from removal, in-24
7374	7374	cluding— 25
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7377	7377	•HR 3599 IH
7378	7378	‘‘(A) withholding of removal under section 1
7379	7379	241(b)(3) or any cause or claim under the 2
7380	7380	United Nations Convention Against Torture 3
7381	7381	and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or De-4
7382	7382	grading Treatment or Punishment; 5
7383	7383	‘‘(B) status under subparagraph (T) or 6
7384	7384	(U) of section 101(a)(15); 7
7385	7385	‘‘(C) special immigrant juvenile status; 8
7386	7386	‘‘(D) family reunification pursuant to an 9
7387	7387	approved I–130 petition; and 10
7388	7388	‘‘(E) any other basis for relief from re-11
7389	7389	moval under the immigration laws. 12
7390	7390	‘‘(c) P
7391	7391	ERSONNEL AND LIVINGCONDITIONS.—The 13
7392	7392	humanitarian campuses shall include— 14
7393	7393	‘‘(1) personnel assigned from— 15
7394	7394	‘‘(A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 16
7395	7395	‘‘(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-17
7396	7396	forcement; 18
7397	7397	‘‘(C) the Federal Emergency Management 19
7398	7398	Agency; 20
7399	7399	‘‘(D) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 21
7400	7400	Services; and 22
7401	7401	‘‘(E) the Office of Refugee Resettlement; 23
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7404	7404	•HR 3599 IH
7405	7405	‘‘(2) upon agreement with an applicable Federal 1
7406	7406	agency, personnel from such Federal agency who are 2
7407	7407	assigned to the humanitarian campus; 3
7408	7408	‘‘(3) sufficient medical staff, including physi-4
7409	7409	cians specializing in pediatric or family medicine, 5
7410	7410	nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; 6
7411	7411	‘‘(4) licensed social workers; 7
7412	7412	‘‘(5) mental health professionals; 8
7413	7413	‘‘(6) child advocates appointed by the Secretary 9
7414	7414	of Health and Human Services under section 10
7415	7415	235(c)(6)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 11
7416	7416	Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 12
7417	7417	U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(B)); and 13
7418	7418	‘‘(7) sufficient space to carry out the processing 14
7419	7419	and management activities described in subsection 15
7420	7420	(b). 16
7421	7421	‘‘(d) C
7422	7422	RIMINALHISTORYCHECKS.—Each criminal 17
7423	7423	history check carried out under subsection (b)(1) shall be 18
7424	7424	conducted using a set of fingerprints or other biometric 19
7425	7425	identifier obtained from— 20
7426	7426	‘‘(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 21
7427	7427	‘‘(2) the criminal history repositories of all 22
7428	7428	States that the individual listed as a current or 23
7429	7429	former residence; and 24
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7432	7432	•HR 3599 IH
7433	7433	‘‘(3) any other appropriate Federal or State 1
7434	7434	database resource or repository, as determined by 2
7435	7435	the Secretary. 3
7436	7436	‘‘(e) E
7437	7437	XCEPTIONS FOR ADDITIONALPURPOSES.— 4
7438	7438	Subject to operational and spatial availability, in the event 5
7439	7439	of a major disaster or emergency declared under the Rob-6
7440	7440	ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 7
7441	7441	Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or any homeland security 8
7442	7442	crisis requiring the establishment of a departmental Joint 9
7443	7443	Task Force under section 708(b), the Secretary may tem-10
7444	7444	porarily utilize a humanitarian campus to carry out oper-11
7445	7445	ations relating to such declaration or crisis. 12
7446	7446	‘‘(f) D
7447	7447	ONATIONS.—The Department may accept do-13
7448	7448	nations from private entities, nongovernmental organiza-14
7449	7449	tions, and other groups independent of the Federal Gov-15
7450	7450	ernment for the care of children and family units detained 16
7451	7451	at a humanitarian campus, including— 17
7452	7452	‘‘(1) medical goods and services; 18
7453	7453	‘‘(2) school supplies; 19
7454	7454	‘‘(3) toys; 20
7455	7455	‘‘(4) clothing; and 21
7456	7456	‘‘(5) any other item intended to promote the 22
7457	7457	well-being of such children and family units. 23
7458	7458	‘‘(g) A
7459	7459	CCESS TOFACILITIES FORPRIVATEENTITIES 24
7460	7460	ANDNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 25
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7463	7463	•HR 3599 IH
7464	7464	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Private entities and non-1
7465	7465	governmental organizations that are directly involved 2
7466	7466	in providing humanitarian or legal assistance to 3
7467	7467	families and individuals encountered by the Depart-4
7468	7468	ment along the southwest border of the United 5
7469	7469	States, or organizations that provide assistance to 6
7470	7470	detained individuals, shall have access to humani-7
7471	7471	tarian campuses for purposes of— 8
7472	7472	‘‘(A) legal orientation programming; 9
7473	7473	‘‘(B) providing case management services 10
7474	7474	or establishing case management services; 11
7475	7475	‘‘(C) coordination with the Department 12
7476	7476	with respect to the care of families and individ-13
7477	7477	uals held in humanitarian campuses, including 14
7478	7478	the care of families and individuals who are re-15
7479	7479	leased or scheduled to be released; 16
7480	7480	‘‘(D) communication between aliens and 17
7481	7481	outside legal counsel; 18
7482	7482	‘‘(E) the provision of humanitarian assist-19
7483	7483	ance; and 20
7484	7484	‘‘(F) any other purpose the Secretary con-21
7485	7485	siders appropriate. 22
7486	7486	‘‘(2) A
7487	7487	CCESS PLAN.—Not later than 60 days 23
7488	7488	after the date of the enactment of this section, the 24
7489	7489	Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register pro-25
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7492	7492	•HR 3599 IH
7493	7493	cedures relating to access to humanitarian campuses 1
7494	7494	under paragraph (1) that ensure— 2
7495	7495	‘‘(A) the safety of personnel of, and aliens 3
7496	7496	detained in, humanitarian campuses; and 4
7497	7497	‘‘(B) the orderly management and oper-5
7498	7498	ation of humanitarian campuses. 6
7499	7499	‘‘(h) L
7500	7500	EGALCOUNSEL.—Aliens detained in a human-7
7501	7501	itarian campus shall have access to legal counsel in accord-8
7502	7502	ance with section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality 9
7503	7503	Act (8 U.S.C. 1362), including the opportunity to consult 10
7504	7504	with counsel before any legally determinative aspect of the 11
7505	7505	asylum process occurs. 12
7506	7506	‘‘(i) P
7507	7507	ROCEDURESTOFACILITATECOMMUNICATION 13
7508	7508	W
7509	7509	ITHCOUNSEL.—The Secretary shall develop written 14
7510	7510	procedures to permit aliens detained in a humanitarian 15
7511	7511	campus to visit with, and make confidential telephone calls 16
7512	7512	to, legal representatives and legal services providers and 17
7513	7513	to receive incoming calls from legal representatives and 18
7514	7514	legal services providers, in a private and confidential space 19
7515	7515	while in custody, for the purposes of retaining or con-20
7516	7516	sulting with counsel or obtaining legal advice from legal 21
7517	7517	services providers. 22
7518	7518	‘‘(j) L
7519	7519	EGALORIENTATION.—An alien detained in a 23
7520	7520	humanitarian campus shall be provided the opportunity to 24
7521	7521	receive a complete legal orientation presentation adminis-25
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7524	7524	•HR 3599 IH
7525	7525	tered by a nongovernmental organization in cooperation 1
7526	7526	with the Executive Office for Immigration Review. 2
7527	7527	‘‘(k) M
7528	7528	ANAGEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CAM-3
7529	7529	PUSES.— 4
7530	7530	‘‘(1) O
7531	7531	PERATION.—The Commissioner of U.S. 5
7532	7532	Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with 6
7533	7533	the interagency coordinating council established 7
7534	7534	under paragraph (2), shall operate the humanitarian 8
7535	7535	campuses. 9
7536	7536	‘‘(2) I
7537	7537	NTERAGENCY COORDINATING COM -10
7538	7538	MITTEE.— 11
7539	7539	‘‘(A) E
7540	7540	STABLISHMENT.—There is estab-12
7541	7541	lished an interagency coordinating committee 13
7542	7542	for the purpose of coordinating operations and 14
7543	7543	management of the humanitarian campuses. 15
7544	7544	‘‘(B) M
7545	7545	EMBERSHIP.—The interagency co-16
7546	7546	ordinating committee shall be chaired by the 17
7547	7547	Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 18
7548	7548	Protection, or his or her designee, and shall in-19
7549	7549	clude representatives designated by the heads of 20
7550	7550	the following agencies: 21
7551	7551	‘‘(i) U.S. Immigration and Customs 22
7552	7552	Enforcement. 23
7553	7553	‘‘(ii) The Federal Emergency Manage-24
7554	7554	ment Agency. 25
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7557	7557	•HR 3599 IH
7558	7558	‘‘(iii) U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-1
7559	7559	tion Services. 2
7560	7560	‘‘(iv) The Office of Refugee Resettle-3
7561	7561	ment. 4
7562	7562	‘‘(v) Any other agency that supplies 5
7563	7563	personnel to the humanitarian campuses, 6
7564	7564	upon agreement between the Commissioner 7
7565	7565	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 8
7566	7566	and the head of such other agency. 9
7567	7567	‘‘(l) S
7568	7568	CREENINGTIMELINE.—Aliens shall undergo a 10
7569	7569	complete full screening under this section not later than 11
7570	7570	15 days after being processed at the campus, including 12
7571	7571	screening for gang, cartel, or criminal affiliation, legal ori-13
7572	7572	entation, and initial credible fear interview.’’. 14
7573	7573	SEC. 1602. EXPEDITED ASYLUM DETERMINATIONS. 15
7574	7574	(a) I
7575	7575	NGENERAL.—Title II of the Immigration and 16
7576	7576	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended by 17
7577	7577	inserting after section 208 the following: 18
7578	7578	‘‘SEC. 208A. PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED ASYLUM DETER-19
7579	7579	MINATIONS. 20
7580	7580	‘‘(a) I
7581	7581	NGENERAL.—In the case of any alien who en-21
7582	7582	ters the United States without lawful status the proce-22
7583	7583	dures described in this section shall apply. 23
7584	7584	‘‘(b) A
7585	7585	RRIVALRESTPERIOD.—On arrival to a hu-24
7586	7586	manitarian campus an alien shall be provided a mandatory 25
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7589	7589	•HR 3599 IH
7590	7590	rest period for 72 hours after initial processing of the alien 1
7591	7591	occurs. 2
7592	7592	‘‘(c) I
7593	7593	NITIALSCREENING.—The Secretary of Home-3
7594	7594	land Security shall ensure that an alien who is subject to 4
7595	7595	this section shall undergo an initial screening within 15 5
7596	7596	days after arrival at a humanitarian campus, which shall 6
7597	7597	consist of the following: 7
7598	7598	‘‘(1) L
7599	7599	EGAL COUNSEL .—The Secretary of 8
7600	7600	Homeland Security shall ensure each asylum seeker 9
7601	7601	is able to make contact with legal counsel within the 10
7602	7602	first week of arrival, prior to sitting for a credible 11
7603	7603	fear interview. 12
7604	7604	‘‘(2) C
7605	7605	REDIBLE FEAR DETERMINATION .—Any 13
7606	7606	alien seeking asylum who fails to pass the initial 14
7607	7607	credible fear interview shall be subject to expedited 15
7608	7608	removal under section 235. 16
7609	7609	‘‘(d) S
7610	7610	ECONDARYSCREENING.—In the case of aliens 17
7611	7611	who successfully pass a credible fear interview, an asylum 18
7612	7612	officer may triage cases and make final decisions on asy-19
7613	7613	lum cases not later than 45 days after an initial screening 20
7614	7614	is completed under subsection (c). A secondary screening 21
7615	7615	shall consist of the following: 22
7616	7616	‘‘(1) I
7617	7617	N GENERAL.—An asylum officer shall be 23
7618	7618	required to deny or approve the application for asy-24
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7621	7621	•HR 3599 IH
7622	7622	lum or refer complex or uncertain cases to an immi-1
7623	7623	gration judge. 2
7624	7624	‘‘(2) E
7625	7625	XPEDITED APPEAL.—Any application for 3
7626	7626	asylum of an alien that is denied under paragraph 4
7627	7627	(1) shall be subject to expedited review, not later 5
7628	7628	than 7 days after such denial, by an asylum officer 6
7629	7629	other than the asylum officer who denied such appli-7
7630	7630	cation. 8
7631	7631	‘‘(3) L
7632	7632	IMITED REVIEWABILITY .—Any decision 9
7633	7633	to deny or approve an application under this section 10
7634	7634	may not be subject to judicial review, except as pro-11
7635	7635	vided in paragraphs (4) and (5). 12
7636	7636	‘‘(4) A
7637	7637	DDITIONAL REVIEW .—In any cir-13
7638	7638	cumstance in which new evidence related to the ap-14
7639	7639	plicant arises during consideration, an additional re-15
7640	7640	view may be conducted by an asylum officer within 16
7641	7641	7 days after such new evidence arises. 17
7642	7642	‘‘(5) V
7643	7643	ULNERABLE POPULATIONS .— 18
7644	7644	‘‘(A) I
7645	7645	N GENERAL.—An alien that is a 19
7646	7646	member of a vulnerable population may request 20
7647	7647	additional review. 21
7648	7648	‘‘(B) D
7649	7649	ESCRIPTION.—A member of a vul-22
7650	7650	nerable population includes any individual who 23
7651	7651	is— 24
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7654	7654	•HR 3599 IH
7655	7655	‘‘(i) a pregnant woman or a nursing 1
7656	7656	mother; 2
7657	7657	‘‘(ii) a woman at disproportionate risk 3
7658	7658	of sexual or gender-based violence, exploi-4
7659	7659	tation, or abuse; 5
7660	7660	‘‘(iii) a person at risk of violence due 6
7661	7661	to their sexual orientation or gender iden-7
7662	7662	tity; 8
7663	7663	‘‘(iv) a person with a disability; 9
7664	7664	‘‘(v) an elderly person; 10
7665	7665	‘‘(vi) a person with urgent medical 11
7666	7666	needs; 12
7667	7667	‘‘(vii) a stateless person; and 13
7668	7668	‘‘(viii) a person holding a valid hu-14
7669	7669	manitarian visa. 15
7670	7670	‘‘(6) A
7671	7671	DDITIONAL REVIEW DETERMINATIONS .— 16
7672	7672	An additional review conducted with respect to an 17
7673	7673	alien meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) or 18
7674	7674	(4) may uphold the previous determination or be re-19
7675	7675	ferred to an immigration judge for a final decision. 20
7676	7676	‘‘(7) E
7677	7677	FFECT OF DENIAL.—Any alien who is de-21
7678	7678	nied asylum status under this subsection shall be 22
7679	7679	subject to expedited removal under section 235. 23
7680	7680	‘‘(e) I
7681	7681	MMIGRATIONJUDGEREFERRAL.—If referred 24
7682	7682	to an immigration judge, the following shall apply: 25
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7685	7685	•HR 3599 IH
7686	7686	‘‘(1) COURT REFERRAL AND CASE MANAGE -1
7687	7687	MENT.—In the case that an asylum officer refers a 2
7688	7688	case to an immigration judge after a secondary or 3
7689	7689	additional review, each alien subject to such referral 4
7690	7690	shall receive a Notice to Appear and be permitted to 5
7691	7691	leave the humanitarian campus. Each such alien 6
7692	7692	shall be placed in a case management program. 7
7693	7693	‘‘(2) M
7694	7694	ONITORING.—Each alien in case man-8
7695	7695	agement shall be consistently monitored, and each 9
7696	7696	adult shall wear a wrist GPS tracker and check in 10
7697	7697	regularly with case officers. 11
7698	7698	‘‘(3) A
7699	7699	DULT CONFIRMATION OF LOCATION .— 12
7700	7700	Any alien placed in case management who is an 13
7701	7701	adult, parent, or legal guardian shall check in on a 14
7702	7702	weekly basis using automated telephone technology 15
7703	7703	that confirms the caller’s identity and location. 16
7704	7704	‘‘(4) F
7705	7705	AILURE TO COMPLY .—Any alien who 17
7706	7706	fails to comply with the case management require-18
7707	7707	ments under this subsection shall be denied asylum 19
7708	7708	and subject to expedited removal under section 235. 20
7709	7709	‘‘(f) H
7710	7710	UMANITARIANCAMPUS.—In this section, the 21
7711	7711	term ‘humanitarian campus’ means the campus described 22
7712	7712	in section 472 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.’’. 23
7713	7713	(b) E
7714	7714	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 24
7715	7715	this section shall take effect as soon as practicable, but 25
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7718	7718	•HR 3599 IH
7719	7719	not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 1
7720	7720	Act. 2
7721	7721	SEC. 1603. SCREENING AND PROCESSING IN WESTERN 3
7722	7722	HEMISPHERE. 4
7723	7723	(a) I
7724	7724	NGENERAL.—There shall be established not less 5
7725	7725	than 5 facilities in the Western hemisphere that shall offer 6
7726	7726	asylum pre-screening and family reunification services. 7
7727	7727	(b) L
7728	7728	OCATIONS.—Of the facilities established under 8
7729	7729	subsection (a)— 9
7730	7730	(1) at least one of these shall be located in 10
7731	7731	South America, south of the Darien Province in 11
7732	7732	Panama; 12
7733	7733	(2) at least one shall be located in Mexico; 13
7734	7734	(3) at least one shall be located in Central 14
7735	7735	America; and 15
7736	7736	(4) at least one shall be located in a country 16
7737	7737	that participates in the Caribbean Basin Security 17
7738	7738	Initiative. 18
7739	7739	(c) S
7740	7740	ERVICESOFFERED.—The facilities established 19
7741	7741	under this section shall offer the following: 20
7742	7742	(1) P
7743	7743	RE-SCREENING FOR ASYLUM ELIGI -21
7744	7744	BILITY.—Asylum officers shall offer asylum pre- 22
7745	7745	screenings, which may be conducted virtually. 23
7746	7746	(2) F
7747	7747	AMILY RE-UNIFICATION.—The Secretary 24
7748	7748	of Homeland Security shall develop an external fam-25
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7751	7751	•HR 3599 IH
7752	7752	ily reunification process for unmarried sons and 1
7753	7753	daughters under the age of 21 seeking to be re-2
7754	7754	united with any parent with legal status in the 3
7755	7755	United States. 4
7756	7756	(3) E
7757	7757	MPLOYMENT CONSULTATION AND APPLI -5
7758	7758	CATIONS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 6
7759	7759	shall ensure that consultations are provided to aliens 7
7760	7760	seeking to apply for legal work visas and assess 8
7761	7761	other legal pathways to citizenship. 9
7762	7762	(4) R
7763	7763	EGIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES .— 10
7764	7764	The Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction 11
7765	7765	with the Secretary of State, shall ensure individuals 12
7766	7766	are provided with regional economic opportunities in 13
7767	7767	areas in close proximity to the facilities established 14
7768	7768	under this section. 15
7769	7769	(d) I
7770	7770	NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 16
7771	7771	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-17
7772	7772	land Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 18
7773	7773	shall— 19
7774	7774	(1) initiate a Dominican Republic Family Re-20
7775	7775	unification Program to process applications for pa-21
7776	7776	role for certain vetted individuals with already ap-22
7777	7777	proved form I–130 petition for alien relative to be 23
7778	7778	considered upon invitation, for parole, on a case by 24
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7781	7781	•HR 3599 IH
7782	7782	case basis, while they wait for their immigration 1
7783	7783	visa; and 2
7784	7784	(2) prioritize applications described in para-3
7785	7785	graph (1) in the order in which they were received 4
7786	7786	by the United States Citizenship and Immigration 5
7787	7787	Services before the date of the enactment of this 6
7788	7788	Act. 7
7789	7789	SEC. 1604. RECORDING EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND CRED-8
7790	7790	IBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 9
7791	7791	(a) I
7792	7792	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-10
7793	7793	rity shall establish quality assurance procedures and take 11
7794	7794	steps to effectively ensure that questions by employees of 12
7795	7795	the Department of Homeland Security exercising expe-13
7796	7796	dited removal authority under section 235(b) of the Immi-14
7797	7797	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) are asked 15
7798	7798	in a uniform manner, to the extent possible, and that both 16
7799	7799	these questions and the answers provided in response to 17
7800	7800	them are recorded in a uniform fashion. 18
7801	7801	(b) F
7802	7802	ACTORSRELATING TOSWORNSTATEMENTS.— 19
7803	7803	Where practicable, any sworn or signed written statement 20
7804	7804	taken of an alien as part of the record of a proceeding 21
7805	7805	under section 235(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Na-22
7806	7806	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)) shall be accom-23
7807	7807	panied by a recording of the interview which served as the 24
7808	7808	basis for that sworn statement. 25
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7811	7811	•HR 3599 IH
7812	7812	(c) INTERPRETERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 1
7813	7813	a fluent interpreter, not affiliated with the government of 2
7814	7814	the country from which the alien may claim asylum, is 3
7815	7815	used when the interviewing officer does not speak a lan-4
7816	7816	guage that the alien is fluent in speaking. 5
7817	7817	(d) R
7818	7818	ECORDINGS INIMMIGRATIONPROCEEDINGS.— 6
7819	7819	There shall be an audio or audio visual recording of inter-7
7820	7820	views of aliens subject to expedited removal. The recording 8
7821	7821	shall be included in the record of proceeding and shall be 9
7822	7822	considered as evidence in any further proceedings involv-10
7823	7823	ing the alien. 11
7824	7824	SEC. 1605. RENUNCIATION OF ASYLUM STATUS PURSUANT 12
7825	7825	TO RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY. 13
7826	7826	(a) I
7827	7827	NGENERAL.—Section 208(c) of the Immigration 14
7828	7828	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(c)) is amended by 15
7829	7829	adding at the end the following new paragraph: 16
7830	7830	‘‘(4) R
7831	7831	ENUNCIATION OF STATUS PURSUANT TO 17
7832	7832	RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY .— 18
7833	7833	‘‘(A) I
7834	7834	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 19
7835	7835	subparagraphs (B) and (C), any alien who is 20
7836	7836	granted asylum status under this Act, who, 21
7837	7837	within 5 years after being granted such status, 22
7838	7838	absent changed country conditions, subse-23
7839	7839	quently returns to the country of such alien’s 24
7840	7840	nationality or, in the case of an alien having no 25
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7843	7843	•HR 3599 IH
7844	7844	nationality, returns to any country in which 1
7845	7845	such alien last habitually resided, and who ap-2
7846	7846	plied for such status because of persecution or 3
7847	7847	a well-founded fear of persecution in that coun-4
7848	7848	try on account of race, religion, nationality, 5
7849	7849	membership in a particular social group, or po-6
7850	7850	litical opinion, shall have his or her status ter-7
7851	7851	minated. 8
7852	7852	‘‘(B) W
7853	7853	AIVER.—The Secretary has discre-9
7854	7854	tion to waive subparagraph (A) if it is estab-10
7855	7855	lished to the satisfaction of the Secretary that 11
7856	7856	the alien had a compelling reason for the re-12
7857	7857	turn. The waiver may be sought prior to depar-13
7858	7858	ture from the United States or upon return. 14
7859	7859	‘‘(C) L
7860	7860	AWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS .— 15
7861	7861	Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to lawful per-16
7862	7862	manent residents.’’. 17
7863	7863	(b) C
7864	7864	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 208(c)(3) 18
7865	7865	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19
7866	7866	1158(c)(3)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘paragraph 20
7867	7867	(2)’’ the following: ‘‘or (4)’’. 21
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7870	7870	•HR 3599 IH
7871	7871	SEC. 1606. NOTICE CONCERNING FRIVOLOUS ASYLUM AP-1
7872	7872	PLICATIONS. 2
7873	7873	(a) I
7874	7874	NGENERAL.—Section 208(d)(4) of the Immi-3
7875	7875	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(4)) is 4
7876	7876	amended— 5
7877	7877	(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 6
7878	7878	by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security 7
7879	7879	or’’ before ‘‘the Attorney General’’; 8
7880	7880	(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and of 9
7881	7881	the consequences, under paragraph (6), of knowingly 10
7882	7882	filing a frivolous application for asylum; and’’ and 11
7883	7883	inserting a semicolon; 12
7884	7884	(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 13
7885	7885	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
7886	7886	(4) by adding at the end the following: 15
7887	7887	‘‘(C) ensure that a written warning ap-16
7888	7888	pears on the asylum application advising the 17
7889	7889	alien of the consequences of filing a frivolous 18
7890	7890	application and serving as notice to the alien of 19
7891	7891	the consequence of filing a frivolous applica-20
7892	7892	tion.’’. 21
7893	7893	(b) C
7894	7894	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 208(d)(6) 22
7895	7895	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 23
7896	7896	1158(d)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘If the’’ and all that 24
7897	7897	follows and inserting: 25
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7900	7900	•HR 3599 IH
7901	7901	‘‘(A) If the Attorney General determines 1
7902	7902	that an alien has knowingly made a frivolous 2
7903	7903	application for asylum and the alien has re-3
7904	7904	ceived the notice under paragraph (4)(C), the 4
7905	7905	alien shall be permanently ineligible for any 5
7906	7906	benefits under this chapter, effective as the date 6
7907	7907	of the final determination of such an applica-7
7908	7908	tion. 8
7909	7909	‘‘(B) An application is frivolous if the Sec-9
7910	7910	retary of Homeland Security or the Attorney 10
7911	7911	General determines, consistent with subpara-11
7912	7912	graph (C), that any of the material elements 12
7913	7913	are knowingly fabricated. 13
7914	7914	‘‘(C) In determining that an application is 14
7915	7915	frivolous, the Secretary or the Attorney Gen-15
7916	7916	eral, must be satisfied that the applicant, dur-16
7917	7917	ing the course of the proceedings, has had suffi-17
7918	7918	cient opportunity to clarify any discrepancies or 18
7919	7919	implausible aspects of the claim. 19
7920	7920	‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, a find-20
7921	7921	ing that an alien filed a frivolous asylum appli-21
7922	7922	cation shall not preclude the alien from seeking 22
7923	7923	withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) 23
7924	7924	or protection pursuant to the Convention 24
7925	7925	Against Torture.’’. 25
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7928	7928	•HR 3599 IH
7929	7929	SEC. 1607. ANTI-FRAUD INVESTIGATIVE WORK PRODUCT. 1
7930	7930	(a) A
7931	7931	SYLUMCREDIBILITYDETERMINATIONS.—Sec-2
7932	7932	tion 208(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 3
7933	7933	Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii)) is amended by inserting 4
7934	7934	after ‘‘all relevant factors’’ the following: ‘‘, including 5
7935	7935	statements made to, and investigative reports prepared by, 6
7936	7936	immigration authorities and other government officials’’. 7
7937	7937	(b) R
7938	7938	ELIEF FORREMOVALCREDIBILITYDETER-8
7939	7939	MINATIONS.—Section 240(c)(4)(C) of the Immigration 9
7940	7940	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4)(C)) is amended 10
7941	7941	by inserting after ‘‘all relevant factors’’ the following: ‘‘, 11
7942	7942	including statements made to, and investigative reports 12
7943	7943	prepared by, immigration authorities and other govern-13
7944	7944	ment officials’’. 14
7945	7945	SEC. 1608. PENALTIES FOR ASYLUM FRAUD. 15
7946	7946	Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, is 16
7947	7947	amended by inserting at the end of the paragraph— 17
7948	7948	‘‘(d) Whoever, in any matter before the Secretary of 18
7949	7949	Homeland Security or the Attorney General pertaining to 19
7950	7950	asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nation-20
7951	7951	ality Act or withholding of removal under section 21
7952	7952	241(b)(3) of such Act, knowingly and willfully— 22
7953	7953	‘‘(1) makes any materially false, fictitious, or 23
7954	7954	fraudulent statement or representation; or 24
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7957	7957	•HR 3599 IH
7958	7958	‘‘(2) makes or uses any false writings or docu-1
7959	7959	ment knowing the same to contain any materially 2
7960	7960	false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, 3
7961	7961	shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 4
7962	7962	10 years, or both.’’. 5
7963	7963	SEC. 1609. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ASYLUM FRAUD. 6
7964	7964	Section 3291 of title 18, United States Code, is 7
7965	7965	amended— 8
7966	7966	(1) by striking ‘‘1544,’’ and inserting ‘‘1544, 9
7967	7967	and section 1546,’’; and 10
7968	7968	(2) by striking ‘‘offense.’’ and inserting ‘‘of-11
7969	7969	fense or within 10 years after the fraud is discov-12
7970	7970	ered.’’. 13
7971	7971	SEC. 1610. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES; FACILI-14
7972	7972	TIES STANDARDS. 15
7973	7973	(a) S
7974	7974	TANDARDOPERATINGPROCEDURES.—Section 16
7975	7975	411(k)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 17
7976	7976	U.S.C. 211(k)) is amended— 18
7977	7977	(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 19
7978	7978	the end; 20
7979	7979	(2) in subparagraph (E)(iv), by striking the pe-21
7980	7980	riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 22
7981	7981	(3) by adding at the end the following: 23
7982	7982	‘‘(F) standard operating procedures re-24
7983	7983	garding the detection, interdiction, inspection, 25
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7986	7986	•HR 3599 IH
7987	7987	processing, or transferring of alien children that 1
7988	7988	officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border 2
7989	7989	Protection shall employ in the execution of their 3
7990	7990	duties.’’. 4
7991	7991	(b) F
7992	7992	ACILITIESSTANDARDS.— 5
7993	7993	(1) I
7994	7994	NITIAL REVIEW AND UPDATE .—Not later 6
7995	7995	than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 7
7996	7996	this Act, the Secretary shall review and update the 8
7997	7997	regulations under part 115 of title 6, Code of Fed-9
7998	7998	eral Regulations, that set standards to prevent, de-10
7999	7999	tect, and respond to sexual abuse and assault in im-11
8000	8000	migration detention facilities and other holding fa-12
8001	8001	cilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of 13
8002	8002	Homeland Security. 14
8003	8003	(2) Q
8004	8004	UADRENNIAL REVIEW .—The Secretary 15
8005	8005	shall review and update the regulations referred to 16
8006	8006	in paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 17
8007	8007	4 years. 18
8008	8008	SEC. 1611. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SPON-19
8009	8009	SORS OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 20
8010	8010	(a) I
8011	8011	NGENERAL.—Section 235(c) of the William Wil-21
8012	8012	berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 22
8013	8013	Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)) is amended— 23
8014	8014	(1) in paragraph (3)— 24
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8017	8017	•HR 3599 IH
8018	8018	(A) in subparagraph (A), in the first sen-1
8019	8019	tence, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and in-2
8020	8020	serting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’; 3
8021	8021	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 4
8022	8022	and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-5
8023	8023	tively; 6
8024	8024	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 7
8025	8025	the following: 8
8026	8026	‘‘(B) C
8027	8027	RIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS .— 9
8028	8028	‘‘(i) I
8029	8029	N GENERAL.—Before placing an 10
8030	8030	unaccompanied alien child with an indi-11
8031	8031	vidual, the Secretary of Health and 12
8032	8032	Human Services shall— 13
8033	8033	‘‘(I) conduct a criminal history 14
8034	8034	background check on the individual 15
8035	8035	and each adult member of the individ-16
8036	8036	ual’s household; and 17
8037	8037	‘‘(II) if appropriate, collect bio-18
8038	8038	metric samples in connection with any 19
8039	8039	such background check. 20
8040	8040	‘‘(ii) S
8041	8041	COPE.— 21
8042	8042	‘‘(I) I
8043	8043	N GENERAL.—Each biomet-22
8044	8044	ric criminal history background check 23
8045	8045	required under clause (i) shall be con-24
8046	8046	ducted through— 25
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8049	8049	•HR 3599 IH
8050	8050	‘‘(aa) the Federal Bureau of 1
8051	8051	Investigation; 2
8052	8052	‘‘(bb) criminal history re-3
8053	8053	positories of each State the indi-4
8054	8054	vidual lists as a current or 5
8055	8055	former residence; and 6
8056	8056	‘‘(cc) any other Federal or 7
8057	8057	State database or repository the 8
8058	8058	Secretary of Health and Human 9
8059	8059	Services considers appropriate. 10
8060	8060	‘‘(II) U
8061	8061	SE OF RAPID DNA IN -11
8062	8062	STRUMENTS.—DNA analysis of a 12
8063	8063	DNA sample collected under sub-13
8064	8064	clause (I) may be carried out with 14
8065	8065	Rapid DNA instruments (as defined 15
8066	8066	in section 3(c) of the DNA Analysis 16
8067	8067	Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 17
8068	8068	U.S.C. 40702(c))). 18
8069	8069	‘‘(III) L
8070	8070	IMITATION ON USE OF 19
8071	8071	BIOMETRIC SAMPLES.—The Secretary 20
8072	8072	of Health and Human Services may 21
8073	8073	not release a fingerprint or DNA sam-22
8074	8074	ple collected, or disclose the results of 23
8075	8075	a fingerprint or DNA analysis con-24
8076	8076	ducted under this subparagraph, or 25
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8079	8079	•HR 3599 IH
8080	8080	any other information obtained pursu-1
8081	8081	ant to this section, to the Department 2
8082	8082	of Homeland Security for any immi-3
8083	8083	gration enforcement purpose. 4
8084	8084	‘‘(IV) A
8085	8085	CCESS TO INFORMATION 5
8086	8086	THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF 6
8087	8087	HOMELAND SECURITY .—Not later 7
8088	8088	than 14 days after receiving a request 8
8089	8089	from the Secretary of Health and 9
8090	8090	Human Services, the Secretary of 10
8091	8091	Homeland Security shall provide in-11
8092	8092	formation necessary to conduct suit-12
8093	8093	ability assessments from appropriate 13
8094	8094	Federal, State, and local law enforce-14
8095	8095	ment and immigration databases. 15
8096	8096	‘‘(iii) P
8097	8097	ROHIBITION ON PLACEMENT 16
8098	8098	WITH INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF CER -17
8099	8099	TAIN OFFENSES.—The Secretary of Health 18
8100	8100	and Human Services may not place an un-19
8101	8101	accompanied alien child in the custody or 20
8102	8102	household of an individual who has been 21
8103	8103	convicted of, or is currently being tried 22
8104	8104	for— 23
8105	8105	‘‘(I) a sex offense (as defined in 24
8106	8106	section 111 of the Sex Offender Reg-25
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8109	8109	•HR 3599 IH
8110	8110	istration and Notification Act (34 1
8111	8111	U.S.C. 20911)); 2
8112	8112	‘‘(II) a crime involving severe 3
8113	8113	forms of trafficking in persons (as de-4
8114	8114	fined in section 103 of the Trafficking 5
8115	8115	Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 6
8116	8116	U.S.C. 7102)); 7
8117	8117	‘‘(III) a crime of domestic vio-8
8118	8118	lence (as defined in section 40002(a) 9
8119	8119	of the Violence Against Women Act 10
8120	8120	(34 U.S.C. 12291(a))); 11
8121	8121	‘‘(IV) a crime of child abuse and 12
8122	8122	neglect (as defined in section 3 of the 13
8123	8123	Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-14
8124	8124	ment Act (Public Law 93–247; 42 15
8125	8125	U.S.C. 5101 note)); 16
8126	8126	‘‘(V) murder, manslaughter, or 17
8127	8127	an attempt to commit murder or man-18
8128	8128	slaughter (within the meanings of 19
8129	8129	such terms in sections 1111, 1112, 20
8130	8130	and 1113 of title 18, United States 21
8131	8131	Code); or 22
8132	8132	‘‘(VI) a crime involving receipt, 23
8133	8133	distribution, or possession of a visual 24
8134	8134	depiction of a minor engaging in sexu-25
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8137	8137	•HR 3599 IH
8138	8138	ally explicit conduct (within the mean-1
8139	8139	ings of such terms in section 2252 of 2
8140	8140	title 18, United States Code).’’; and 3
8141	8141	(D) by adding at the end the following: 4
8142	8142	‘‘(E) W
8143	8143	ELL-BEING FOLLOW-UP CALLS.— 5
8144	8144	Not later than 30 days after the date on which 6
8145	8145	an unaccompanied alien child is released from 7
8146	8146	the custody of the Secretary of Health and 8
8147	8147	Human Services, and every 60 days thereafter 9
8148	8148	until the date on which a final decision has 10
8149	8149	been issued in the removal proceedings of the 11
8150	8150	child or such proceedings are terminated, the 12
8151	8151	Secretary shall conduct a follow-up telephone 13
8152	8152	call with the unaccompanied alien child and the 14
8153	8153	child’s custodian or the primary point of con-15
8154	8154	tact for any other entity with which the child 16
8155	8155	was placed. 17
8156	8156	‘‘(F) C
8157	8157	HANGE OF ADDRESS .—The Sec-18
8158	8158	retary of Health and Human Services shall— 19
8159	8159	‘‘(i) require each custodian with whom 20
8160	8160	an unaccompanied alien child is placed 21
8161	8161	under this subsection to notify the Sec-22
8162	8162	retary with respect to any change in the 23
8163	8163	unaccompanied alien child’s physical or 24
8164	8164	mailing address, including any situation in 25
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8167	8167	•HR 3599 IH
8168	8168	which the unaccompanied alien child per-1
8169	8169	manently departs the custodian’s residence, 2
8170	8170	not later than 7 days after the date on 3
8171	8171	which such change or departure occurs; 4
8172	8172	and 5
8173	8173	‘‘(ii) develop and implement a system 6
8174	8174	that permits custodians to submit notifica-7
8175	8175	tions electronically with respect to a 8
8176	8176	change of address.’’. 9
8177	8177	(b) C
8178	8178	OLLECTION ANDCOMPILATION OFSTATISTICAL 10
8179	8179	I
8180	8180	NFORMATION.—Section 462(b)(1)(K) of the Homeland 11
8181	8181	Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(b)(1)(K)) is amended 12
8182	8182	by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, including— 13
8183	8183	‘‘(i) the average length of time from 14
8184	8184	apprehension to the child’s master cal-15
8185	8185	endar hearing, organized by the fiscal year 16
8186	8186	in which the children were apprehended by 17
8187	8187	U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 18
8188	8188	‘‘(ii) the number of children identified 19
8189	8189	under clause (i) who did and did not ap-20
8190	8190	pear at master calendar hearings, includ-21
8191	8191	ing the percentage of children in each cat-22
8192	8192	egory who were represented by counsel; 23
8193	8193	‘‘(iii) the average length of time from 24
8194	8194	apprehension to the child’s merits hearing, 25
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8197	8197	•HR 3599 IH
8198	8198	organized by the fiscal year in which the 1
8199	8199	children were apprehended by U.S. Cus-2
8200	8200	toms and Border Protection; 3
8201	8201	‘‘(iv) the number of children identified 4
8202	8202	under clause (i) who did and did not ap-5
8203	8203	pear at merits hearings, including the per-6
8204	8204	centage of children in each category who 7
8205	8205	are represented by counsel; and 8
8206	8206	‘‘(v) the total number of well-being 9
8207	8207	follow-up calls conducted under section 10
8208	8208	235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 11
8209	8209	Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 12
8210	8210	2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(3)(E)) at each 13
8211	8211	time interval following placement with a 14
8212	8212	custodian or other entity, and the number 15
8213	8213	of children that the Secretary of Health 16
8214	8214	and Human Services is unable to contact 17
8215	8215	at each interval, organized by the fiscal 18
8216	8216	year in which the children were appre-19
8217	8217	hended by U.S. Customs and Border Pro-20
8218	8218	tection; and’’. 21
8219	8219	(c) C
8220	8220	LARIFICATION.—Unaccompanied alien children 22
8221	8221	shall be processed and reunited with their sponsors in the 23
8222	8222	United States in accordance with guidance outlined in the 24
8223	8223	stipulated settlement agreement filed in the United States 25
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8226	8226	•HR 3599 IH
8227	8227	District Court for the Central District of California on 1
8228	8228	January 17, 1997 (CV 85–4544–RJK) (commonly known 2
8229	8229	as the ‘‘Flores settlement agreement’’). 3
8230	8230	SEC. 1612. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSFER OF 4
8231	8231	CUSTODY OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-5
8232	8232	DREN. 6
8233	8233	(a) I
8234	8234	NGENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United 7
8235	8235	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-8
8236	8236	lowing: 9
8237	8237	‘‘§ 1041. Fraud in connection with the transfer of cus-10
8238	8238	tody of unaccompanied alien children 11
8239	8239	‘‘(a) I
8240	8240	NGENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for a person 12
8241	8241	to obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child (as de-13
8242	8242	fined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 14
8243	8243	2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)))— 15
8244	8244	‘‘(1) by making any materially false, fictitious, 16
8245	8245	or fraudulent statement or representation; or 17
8246	8246	‘‘(2) by making or using any false writing or 18
8247	8247	document with the knowledge that such writing or 19
8248	8248	document contains any materially false, fictitious, or 20
8249	8249	fraudulent statement or entry. 21
8250	8250	‘‘(b) P
8251	8251	ENALTIES.— 22
8252	8252	‘‘(1) I
8253	8253	N GENERAL.—Any person who violates, or 23
8254	8254	attempts or conspires to violate, subsection (a) shall 24
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8257	8257	•HR 3599 IH
8258	8258	be fined under this title and imprisoned for not less 1
8259	8259	than 1 year. 2
8260	8260	‘‘(2) E
8261	8261	NHANCED PENALTY FOR TRAF -3
8262	8262	FICKING.—If the primary purpose of a violation, at-4
8263	8263	tempted violation, or conspiracy to violate this sec-5
8264	8264	tion was to subject the child to sexually explicit ac-6
8265	8265	tivity or any other form of exploitation, the offender 7
8266	8266	shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not 8
8267	8267	less than 15 years.’’. 9
8268	8268	(b) C
8269	8269	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 10
8270	8270	for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 11
8271	8271	by adding at the end the following: 12
8272	8272	‘‘1041. Fraud in connection with the transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien
8273	8273	children.’’.
8274	8274	SEC. 1613. HIRING AUTHORITY.
8275	8275	13
8276	8276	(a) U.S. I
8277	8277	MMIGRATION AND CUSTOMSENFORCE-14
8278	8278	MENT.— 15
8279	8279	(1) I
8280	8280	N GENERAL.—The Director of U.S. Immi-16
8281	8281	gration and Customs Enforcement shall hire, train, 17
8282	8282	and assign— 18
8283	8283	(A) not fewer than 300 Enforcement and 19
8284	8284	Removal Operations support personnel to ad-20
8285	8285	dress case management responsibilities relating 21
8286	8286	to aliens apprehended along the southwest bor-22
8287	8287	der, and the operation of humanitarian cam-23
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8290	8290	•HR 3599 IH
8291	8291	puses established under section 437(a) of the 1
8292	8292	Homeland Security Act of 2002; 2
8293	8293	(B) not fewer than 128 attorneys in the 3
8294	8294	Office of the Principal Legal Advisor; 4
8295	8295	(C) not fewer than 41 support staff within 5
8296	8296	the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to as-6
8297	8297	sist immigration judges within the Executive 7
8298	8298	Office for Immigration Review with removal, 8
8299	8299	asylum, and custody determination proceedings; 9
8300	8300	and 10
8301	8301	(D) not fewer than 500 asylum officers to 11
8302	8302	assist in expedited asylum determinations at 12
8303	8303	humanitarian campuses established under sec-13
8304	8304	tion 1601. 14
8305	8305	(2) GAO
8306	8306	REVIEW AND REPORT RELATING TO 15
8307	8307	STAFFING NEEDS.— 16
8308	8308	(A) R
8309	8309	EVIEW.—The Comptroller General of 17
8310	8310	the United States shall conduct a review of— 18
8311	8311	(i) U.S. Immigration and Customs 19
8312	8312	Enforcement activities and staffing needs 20
8313	8313	related to irregular migration influx events 21
8314	8314	along the southwest border during fiscal 22
8315	8315	years 2014, 2019, and 2021, including— 23
8316	8316	(I) the total number of aliens 24
8317	8317	placed in removal proceedings in con-25
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8320	8320	•HR 3599 IH
8321	8321	nection with such irregular migration 1
8322	8322	influx events; 2
8323	8323	(II) the number of hours dedi-3
8324	8324	cated to responding to irregular mi-4
8325	8325	gration influx events by Enforcement 5
8326	8326	and Removal Operations officers, En-6
8327	8327	forcement and Removal Operations 7
8328	8328	support personnel, attorneys within 8
8329	8329	the Office of the Principal Legal Advi-9
8330	8330	sor, and support staff within the Of-10
8331	8331	fice of the Principal Legal Advisor; 11
8332	8332	and 12
8333	8333	(III) the impact that response to 13
8334	8334	such irregular migration influx events 14
8335	8335	had on the ability of U.S. Immigra-15
8336	8336	tion and Customs Enforcement to 16
8337	8337	carry out other aspects of its mission, 17
8338	8338	including the regular transport of mi-18
8339	8339	grants from U.S. Customs and Border 19
8340	8340	Protection facilities to U.S. Immigra-20
8341	8341	tion and Customs Enforcement facili-21
8342	8342	ties; and 22
8343	8343	(ii) staffing levels within the Office of 23
8344	8344	the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immi-24
8345	8345	gration and Customs Enforcement, includ-25
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8348	8348	•HR 3599 IH
8349	8349	ing the impact such staffing levels have on 1
8350	8350	docketing of cases within the Executive Of-2
8351	8351	fice for Immigration Review. 3
8352	8352	(B) R
8353	8353	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 4
8354	8354	the date of the enactment of this Act, the 5
8355	8355	Comptroller General shall submit to the appro-6
8356	8356	priate committees of Congress a report that de-7
8357	8357	scribes the results of the review conducted 8
8358	8358	under subparagraph (A). 9
8359	8359	(b) E
8360	8360	XECUTIVEOFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION RE-10
8361	8361	VIEW.—The Director of the Executive Office for Immigra-11
8362	8362	tion Review shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 12
8363	8363	150 new Immigration Judge teams, including staff attor-13
8364	8364	neys and all applicable support staff for such Immigration 14
8365	8365	Judge teams. 15
8366	8366	(c) U.S. C
8367	8367	ITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERV-16
8368	8368	ICES.—The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 17
8369	8369	Services shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 300 18
8370	8370	asylum officers. 19
8371	8371	SEC. 1614. HUMANITARIAN STATUS. 20
8372	8372	Section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Na-21
8373	8373	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)) is amended— 22
8374	8374	(1) in subparagraph (U)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 23
8375	8375	at the end; 24
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8378	8378	•HR 3599 IH
8379	8379	(2) in subparagraph (V)(ii)(II), by striking the 1
8380	8380	period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 2
8381	8381	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
8382	8382	‘‘(W) an alien who is prima facie eligible 4
8383	8383	for asylum based on overwhelming evidence 5
8384	8384	during an asylum prescreening at a facility in 6
8385	8385	the Western hemisphere, except that the num-7
8386	8386	ber of aliens admitted under this status may 8
8387	8387	not exceed the number of refugees authorized to 9
8388	8388	enter during a fiscal year.’’. 10
8389	8389	SEC. 1615. TWO STRIKE POLICY. 11
8390	8390	(a) I
8391	8391	NGENERAL.—Section 208 of the Immigration 12
8392	8392	and Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end the 13
8393	8393	following: 14
8394	8394	‘‘(f) E
8395	8395	NTRY AT ANUNAUTHORIZEDLOCATION.— 15
8396	8396	‘‘(1) L
8397	8397	OGGING UNLAWFUL ENTRY .—Any alien 16
8398	8398	who fails to enter the United States at a designated 17
8399	8399	port of entry shall be logged by an agent biometri-18
8400	8400	cally and informed by such agent that applications 19
8401	8401	for asylum may only be made at a designated port 20
8402	8402	of entry. 21
8403	8403	‘‘(2) S
8404	8404	UBSEQUENT ENTRY .—Any alien who fails 22
8405	8405	to enter the United States at a designated port of 23
8406	8406	entry after being logged under paragraph (1) shall 24
8407	8407	be subject to expedited removal under section 235.’’. 25
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8410	8410	•HR 3599 IH
8411	8411	(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
8412	8412	this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of en-2
8413	8413	actment of this Act. 3
8414	8414	SEC. 1616. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR LEGAL SERVICE PRO-4
8415	8415	VIDERS AT HUMANITARIAN CAMPUSES. 5
8416	8416	Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act 6
8417	8417	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), as amended by section 7
8418	8418	1601 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 8
8419	8419	following: 9
8420	8420	‘‘SEC. 438. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR LEGAL SERVICE PRO-10
8421	8421	VIDERS AT HUMANITARIAN CAMPUSES. 11
8422	8422	‘‘(a) P
8423	8423	ROGRAMAUTHORIZED.— 12
8424	8424	‘‘(1) L
8425	8425	OAN FORGIVENESS AUTHORIZED .—The 13
8426	8426	Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 14
8427	8427	Education, shall forgive, in accordance with this sec-15
8428	8428	tion, the qualified loan amount described in sub-16
8429	8429	section (b) of the eligible student loan obligation of 17
8430	8430	a borrower who— 18
8431	8431	‘‘(A) has attended an accredited law school 19
8432	8432	at an institution of higher education (as defined 20
8433	8433	in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 21
8434	8434	1965) and obtained a Juris Doctor degree; 22
8435	8435	‘‘(B) has completed not less than four 23
8436	8436	years of full-time employment as an attorney 24
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8439	8439	•HR 3599 IH
8440	8440	providing legal services at a humanitarian cam-1
8441	8441	pus established under section 437(a); and 2
8442	8442	‘‘(C) is not in default on a loan for which 3
8443	8443	the borrower seeks forgiveness. 4
8444	8444	‘‘(2) M
8445	8445	ETHOD OF LOAN FORGIVENESS .—To 5
8446	8446	provide loan forgiveness under paragraph (1), the 6
8447	8447	Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 7
8448	8448	Education, is authorized to carry out a program— 8
8449	8449	‘‘(A) through the holder of the loan, to as-9
8450	8450	sume the obligation to repay a qualified loan 10
8451	8451	amount for a loan made, insured, or guaranteed 11
8452	8452	under part B of the Higher Education Act of 12
8453	8453	1965 (other than an excepted PLUS loan or an 13
8454	8454	excepted consolidation loan (as such terms are 14
8455	8455	defined in section 493C(a) of such Act of 15
8456	8456	1965)); and 16
8457	8457	‘‘(B) to cancel a qualified loan amount for 17
8458	8458	a loan made under part D or E of such Act of 18
8459	8459	1965 (other than an excepted PLUS loan or an 19
8460	8460	excepted consolidation loan (as such terms are 20
8461	8461	defined in section 493C(a) of such Act of 21
8462	8462	1965)). 22
8463	8463	‘‘(3) R
8464	8464	EGULATIONS.—The Secretary is author-23
8465	8465	ized to issue such regulations as may be necessary 24
8466	8466	to carry out this section. 25
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8469	8469	•HR 3599 IH
8470	8470	‘‘(b) QUALIFIEDLOANSAMOUNT.— 1
8471	8471	‘‘(1) A
8472	8472	MOUNT OF FORGIVENESS .—The Sec-2
8473	8473	retary shall forgive 75 percent of the eligible student 3
8474	8474	loan obligation of a borrower described in subsection 4
8475	8475	(a)(1) that is outstanding after the completion of the 5
8476	8476	fourth year of employment described in such para-6
8477	8477	graph. 7
8478	8478	‘‘(2) E
8479	8479	LIGIBLE STUDENT LOAN OBLIGATION .— 8
8480	8480	The term ‘eligible student loan obligation’ has the 9
8481	8481	meaning given the term ‘student loan’ in section 10
8482	8482	428L of the Higher Education Act of 1965, except 11
8483	8483	that only the portion of such a student loan that is 12
8484	8484	attributable to the borrower’s study of law and at-13
8485	8485	tainment of a Juris Doctor degree (and not to un-14
8486	8486	dergraduate study or other courses of study) shall be 15
8487	8487	included when calculating the outstanding eligible 16
8488	8488	student loan obligation of a borrower for purposes of 17
8489	8489	paragraph (1). 18
8490	8490	‘‘(c) C
8491	8491	ONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 19
8492	8492	be construed to authorize any refunding of any repayment 20
8493	8493	of a loan.’’. 21
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8496	8496	•HR 3599 IH
8497	8497	TITLE VII—RULE OF LAW, SECU-1
8498	8498	RITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVEL-2
8499	8499	OPMENT IN CENTRAL AMER-3
8500	8500	ICA 4
8501	8501	Subtitle A—Promoting the Rule of 5
8502	8502	Law, Security, and Economic 6
8503	8503	Development in Central Amer-7
8504	8504	ica 8
8505	8505	SEC. 1701. UNITED STATES STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT 9
8506	8506	IN CENTRAL AMERICA. 10
8507	8507	(a) I
8508	8508	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall im-11
8509	8509	plement a 4-year strategy, to be known as the ‘‘United 12
8510	8510	States Strategy for Engagement in Central America’’ (re-13
8511	8511	ferred to in this subtitle as the ‘‘Strategy’’)— 14
8512	8512	(1) to advance reforms in Central America; and 15
8513	8513	(2) to address the key factors contributing to 16
8514	8514	the flight of families, unaccompanied noncitizen chil-17
8515	8515	dren, and other individuals from Central America to 18
8516	8516	the United States. 19
8517	8517	(b) E
8518	8518	LEMENTS.—The Strategy shall include efforts— 20
8519	8519	(1) to strengthen democratic governance, ac-21
8520	8520	countability, transparency, and the rule of law; 22
8521	8521	(2) to combat corruption and impunity; 23
8522	8522	(3) to improve access to justice; 24
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8525	8525	•HR 3599 IH
8526	8526	(4) to bolster the effectiveness and independ-1
8527	8527	ence of judicial systems and public prosecutors’ of-2
8528	8528	fices; 3
8529	8529	(5) to improve the effectiveness of civilian police 4
8530	8530	forces; 5
8531	8531	(6) to confront and counter the violence, extor-6
8532	8532	tion, and other crimes perpetrated by armed crimi-7
8533	8533	nal gangs, illicit trafficking organizations, and orga-8
8534	8534	nized crime, while disrupting recruitment efforts by 9
8535	8535	such organizations; 10
8536	8536	(7) to disrupt money laundering and other illicit 11
8537	8537	financial operations of criminal networks, armed 12
8538	8538	gangs, illicit trafficking organizations, and human 13
8539	8539	smuggling networks; 14
8540	8540	(8) to promote greater respect for internation-15
8541	8541	ally recognized human rights, labor rights, funda-16
8542	8542	mental freedoms, and the media; 17
8543	8543	(9) to enhance accountability for government 18
8544	8544	officials, including police and security force per-19
8545	8545	sonnel, who are credibly alleged to have committed 20
8546	8546	serious violations of human rights or other crimes; 21
8547	8547	(10) to enhance the capability of governments 22
8548	8548	in Central America to protect and provide for vul-23
8549	8549	nerable and at-risk populations; 24
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8552	8552	•HR 3599 IH
8553	8553	(11) to address the underlying causes of pov-1
8554	8554	erty and inequality and the constraints to inclusive 2
8555	8555	economic growth in Central America; and 3
8556	8556	(12) to prevent and respond to endemic levels 4
8557	8557	of sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence. 5
8558	8558	(c) C
8559	8559	OORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In imple-6
8560	8560	menting the Strategy, the Secretary of State shall— 7
8561	8561	(1) coordinate with the Secretary of the Treas-8
8562	8562	ury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary, the At-9
8563	8563	torney General, the Administrator of the United 10
8564	8564	States Agency for International Development, and 11
8565	8565	the Chief Executive Officer of the United States De-12
8566	8566	velopment Finance Corporation; and 13
8567	8567	(2) consult with the Director of National Intel-14
8568	8568	ligence, national and local civil society organizations 15
8569	8569	in Central America and the United States, and the 16
8570	8570	governments of Central America. 17
8571	8571	(d) S
8572	8572	UPPORT FORCENTRALAMERICANEFFORTS.— 18
8573	8573	To the degree feasible, the Strategy shall support or com-19
8574	8574	plement efforts being carried out by the Governments of 20
8575	8575	El Salvador, of Guatemala, and of Honduras, in coordina-21
8576	8576	tion with bilateral and multilateral donors and partners, 22
8577	8577	including the Inter-American Development Bank. 23
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8580	8580	•HR 3599 IH
8581	8581	SEC. 1702. SECURING SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL DO-1
8582	8582	NORS AND PARTNERS. 2
8583	8583	(a) P
8584	8584	LAN.—The Secretary of State shall implement 3
8585	8585	a 4-year plan— 4
8586	8586	(1) to secure support from international donors 5
8587	8587	and regional partners to enhance the implementation 6
8588	8588	of the Strategy; 7
8589	8589	(2) to identify governments that are willing to 8
8590	8590	provide financial and technical assistance for the im-9
8591	8591	plementation of the Strategy and the specific assist-10
8592	8592	ance that will be provided; and 11
8593	8593	(3) to identify and describe the financial and 12
8594	8594	technical assistance to be provided by multilateral 13
8595	8595	institutions, including the Inter-American Develop-14
8596	8596	ment Bank, the World Bank, the International Mon-15
8597	8597	etary Fund, the Andean Development Corporation– 16
8598	8598	Development Bank of Latin America, and the Orga-17
8599	8599	nization of American States. 18
8600	8600	(b) D
8601	8601	IPLOMATICENGAGEMENT AND COORDINA-19
8602	8602	TION.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 20
8603	8603	Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall— 21
8604	8604	(1) carry out diplomatic engagement to secure 22
8605	8605	contributions of financial and technical assistance 23
8606	8606	from international donors and partners in support of 24
8607	8607	the Strategy; and 25
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8610	8610	•HR 3599 IH
8611	8611	(2) take all necessary steps to ensure effective 1
8612	8612	cooperation among international donors and part-2
8613	8613	ners supporting the Strategy. 3
8614	8614	SEC. 1703. COMBATING CORRUPTION, STRENGTHENING 4
8615	8615	THE RULE OF LAW, AND CONSOLIDATING 5
8616	8616	DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. 6
8617	8617	The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 7
8618	8618	United States Agency for International Development are 8
8619	8619	authorized— 9
8620	8620	(1) to combat corruption in Central America by 10
8621	8621	supporting— 11
8622	8622	(A) Inspectors General and oversight insti-12
8623	8623	tutions, including— 13
8624	8624	(i) support for multilateral support 14
8625	8625	missions for key ministries, including min-15
8626	8626	istries responsible for tax, customs, pro-16
8627	8627	curement, and citizen security; and 17
8628	8628	(ii) relevant training for inspectors 18
8629	8629	and auditors; 19
8630	8630	(B) multilateral support missions against 20
8631	8631	corruption and impunity; 21
8632	8632	(C) civil society organizations conducting 22
8633	8633	oversight of executive and legislative branch of-23
8634	8634	ficials and functions, police and security forces, 24
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8637	8637	•HR 3599 IH
8638	8638	and judicial officials and public prosecutors; 1
8639	8639	and 2
8640	8640	(D) the enhancement of freedom of infor-3
8641	8641	mation mechanisms; 4
8642	8642	(2) to strengthen the rule of law in Central 5
8643	8643	America by supporting— 6
8644	8644	(A) Attorney General offices, public pros-7
8645	8645	ecutors, and the judiciary, including enhancing 8
8646	8646	investigative and forensics capabilities; 9
8647	8647	(B) an independent, merit-based selection 10
8648	8648	processes for judges and prosecutors, inde-11
8649	8649	pendent internal controls, and relevant ethics 12
8650	8650	and professional training, including training on 13
8651	8651	sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence; 14
8652	8652	(C) improved victim, witness, and whistle-15
8653	8653	blower protection and access to justice; and 16
8654	8654	(D) reforms to and the improvement of 17
8655	8655	prison facilities and management; 18
8656	8656	(3) to consolidate democratic governance in 19
8657	8657	Central America by supporting— 20
8658	8658	(A) reforms of civil services, related train-21
8659	8659	ing programs, and relevant laws and processes 22
8660	8660	that lead to independent, merit-based selection 23
8661	8661	processes; 24
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8664	8664	•HR 3599 IH
8665	8665	(B) national legislatures and their capacity 1
8666	8666	to conduct oversight of executive branch func-2
8667	8667	tions; 3
8668	8668	(C) reforms to, and strengthening of, polit-4
8669	8669	ical party and campaign finance laws and elec-5
8670	8670	toral tribunals; and 6
8671	8671	(D) local governments and their capacity 7
8672	8672	to provide critical safety, education, health, and 8
8673	8673	sanitation services to citizens; and 9
8674	8674	(4) to defend human rights by supporting— 10
8675	8675	(A) human rights ombudsman offices; 11
8676	8676	(B) government protection programs that 12
8677	8677	provide physical protection and security to 13
8678	8678	human rights defenders, journalists, trade 14
8679	8679	unionists, whistleblowers, and civil society activ-15
8680	8680	ists who are at risk; 16
8681	8681	(C) civil society organizations that promote 17
8682	8682	and defend human rights; and 18
8683	8683	(D) civil society organizations that address 19
8684	8684	sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence, 20
8685	8685	and that protect victims of such violence. 21
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8688	8688	•HR 3599 IH
8689	8689	SEC. 1704. COMBATING CRIMINAL VIOLENCE AND IMPROV-1
8690	8690	ING CITIZEN SECURITY. 2
8691	8691	The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 3
8692	8692	United States Agency for International Development are 4
8693	8693	authorized— 5
8694	8694	(1) to counter the violence and crime per-6
8695	8695	petrated by armed criminal gangs, illicit trafficking 7
8696	8696	organizations, and human smuggling networks in 8
8697	8697	Central America by providing assistance to civilian 9
8698	8698	law enforcement, including support for— 10
8699	8699	(A) the execution and management of com-11
8700	8700	plex, multi-actor criminal cases; 12
8701	8701	(B) the enhancement of intelligence collec-13
8702	8702	tion capacity, and training on civilian intel-14
8703	8703	ligence collection (including safeguards for pri-15
8704	8704	vacy and basic civil liberties), investigative tech-16
8705	8705	niques, forensic analysis, and evidence preserva-17
8706	8706	tion; 18
8707	8707	(C) community policing policies and pro-19
8708	8708	grams; 20
8709	8709	(D) the enhancement of capacity to iden-21
8710	8710	tify, investigate, and prosecute crimes involving 22
8711	8711	sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence; 23
8712	8712	and 24
8713	8713	(E) port, airport, and border security offi-25
8714	8714	cials, agencies and systems, including— 26
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8717	8717	•HR 3599 IH
8718	8718	(i) the professionalization of immigra-1
8719	8719	tion personnel; 2
8720	8720	(ii) improvements to computer infra-3
8721	8721	structure and data management systems, 4
8722	8722	secure communications technologies, non-5
8723	8723	intrusive inspection equipment, and radar 6
8724	8724	and aerial surveillance equipment; and 7
8725	8725	(iii) assistance to canine units; 8
8726	8726	(2) to disrupt illicit financial networks in Cen-9
8727	8727	tral America, including by supporting— 10
8728	8728	(A) finance ministries, including the impo-11
8729	8729	sition of financial sanctions to block the assets 12
8730	8730	of individuals and organizations involved in 13
8731	8731	money laundering or the financing of armed 14
8732	8732	criminal gangs, illicit trafficking networks, 15
8733	8733	human smuggling networks, or organized crime; 16
8734	8734	(B) financial intelligence units, including 17
8735	8735	the establishment and enhancement of anti- 18
8736	8736	money laundering programs; and 19
8737	8737	(C) the reform of bank secrecy laws; 20
8738	8738	(3) to assist in the professionalization of civilian 21
8739	8739	police forces in Central America by supporting— 22
8740	8740	(A) reforms with respect to personnel re-23
8741	8741	cruitment, vetting, and dismissal processes, in-24
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8744	8744	•HR 3599 IH
8745	8745	cluding the enhancement of polygraph capa-1
8746	8746	bility for use in such processes; 2
8747	8747	(B) Inspectors General and oversight of-3
8748	8748	fices, including relevant training for inspectors 4
8749	8749	and auditors, and independent oversight mecha-5
8750	8750	nisms, as appropriate; and 6
8751	8751	(C) training and the development of proto-7
8752	8752	cols regarding the appropriate use of force and 8
8753	8753	human rights; and 9
8754	8754	(4) to improve crime prevention and to reduce 10
8755	8755	violence, extortion, child recruitment into gangs, and 11
8756	8756	sexual slavery by supporting— 12
8757	8757	(A) the improvement of child protection 13
8758	8758	systems; 14
8759	8759	(B) the enhancement of programs for at- 15
8760	8760	risk youth, including the improvement of com-16
8761	8761	munity centers and programs aimed at success-17
8762	8762	fully reinserting former gang members; 18
8763	8763	(C) livelihood programming that provides 19
8764	8764	youth and other at-risk individuals with legal 20
8765	8765	and sustainable alternatives to gang member-21
8766	8766	ship; 22
8767	8767	(D) safe shelter and humanitarian re-23
8768	8768	sponses for victims of crime and internal dis-24
8769	8769	placement; and 25
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8772	8772	•HR 3599 IH
8773	8773	(E) programs to receive and effectively re-1
8774	8774	integrate repatriated migrants in El Salvador, 2
8775	8775	Guatemala, and Honduras. 3
8776	8776	SEC. 1705. COMBATING SEXUAL, GENDER-BASED, AND DO-4
8777	8777	MESTIC VIOLENCE. 5
8778	8778	The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 6
8779	8779	United States Agency for International Development are 7
8780	8780	authorized to counter sexual, gender-based, and domestic 8
8781	8781	violence in Central American countries by— 9
8782	8782	(1) broadening engagement among national and 10
8783	8783	local institutions to address sexual, gender-based, 11
8784	8784	and domestic violence; 12
8785	8785	(2) supporting educational initiatives to reduce 13
8786	8786	sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence; 14
8787	8787	(3) supporting outreach efforts tailored to meet 15
8788	8788	the needs of women, girls, and other vulnerable indi-16
8789	8789	viduals at risk of violence and exploitation; 17
8790	8790	(4) formalizing standards of care and confiden-18
8791	8791	tiality at police, health facilities, and other govern-19
8792	8792	ment facilities; and 20
8793	8793	(5) establishing accountability mechanisms for 21
8794	8794	perpetrators of violence. 22
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8797	8797	•HR 3599 IH
8798	8798	Subtitle B—Information Campaign 1
8799	8799	on the Dangers of Irregular Mi-2
8800	8800	gration 3
8801	8801	SEC. 1711. INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON DANGERS OF IR-4
8802	8802	REGULAR MIGRATION. 5
8803	8803	(a) I
8804	8804	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-6
8805	8805	nation with the Secretary, shall design and implement 7
8806	8806	public information campaigns in El Salvador, Guatemala, 8
8807	8807	Honduras, and other appropriate Central American coun-9
8808	8808	tries— 10
8809	8809	(1) to disseminate information about the poten-11
8810	8810	tial dangers of travel to the United States; 12
8811	8811	(2) to provide accurate information about 13
8812	8812	United States immigration law and policy; and 14
8813	8813	(3) to provide accurate information about the 15
8814	8814	availability of asylum, other humanitarian protec-16
8815	8815	tions in countries in the Western Hemisphere, and 17
8816	8816	other legal means for migration. 18
8817	8817	(b) E
8818	8818	LEMENTS.—The information campaigns imple-19
8819	8819	mented pursuant to subsection (a), to the greatest extent 20
8820	8820	possible— 21
8821	8821	(1) shall be targeted at regions with high levels 22
8822	8822	of outbound migration or significant populations of 23
8823	8823	internally displaced persons; 24
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8826	8826	•HR 3599 IH
8827	8827	(2) shall include examples of valid and invalid 1
8828	8828	asylum claims; 2
8829	8829	(3) shall be conducted in local languages; 3
8830	8830	(4) shall employ a variety of communications 4
8831	8831	media, including social media; and 5
8832	8832	(5) shall be developed in coordination with pro-6
8833	8833	gram officials at the Department of Homeland Secu-7
8834	8834	rity, the Department of State, and other govern-8
8835	8835	ment, nonprofit, or academic entities in close contact 9
8836	8836	with migrant populations from El Salvador, Guate-10
8837	8837	mala, and Honduras, including repatriated migrants. 11
8838	8838	Subtitle C—Cracking Down on 12
8839	8839	Criminal Organizations 13
8840	8840	SEC. 1721. ENHANCED INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION 14
8841	8841	OF HUMAN SMUGGLING NETWORKS AND 15
8842	8842	TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS. 16
8843	8843	The Attorney General and the Secretary shall expand 17
8844	8844	collaboration on the investigation and prosecution of 18
8845	8845	human smuggling networks and trafficking organizations 19
8846	8846	targeting migrants, asylum seekers, and unaccompanied 20
8847	8847	children and operating at the southwestern border of the 21
8848	8848	United States, including the continuation and expansion 22
8849	8849	of anti-trafficking coordination teams. 23
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8852	8852	•HR 3599 IH
8853	8853	SEC. 1722. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ORGANIZED SMUG-1
8854	8854	GLING SCHEMES. 2
8855	8855	(a) I
8856	8856	NGENERAL.—Section 274(a)(1)(B) of the Im-3
8857	8857	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(B)) 4
8858	8858	is amended— 5
8859	8859	(1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as 6
8860	8860	clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 7
8861	8861	(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 8
8862	8862	‘‘(iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph 9
8863	8863	(A)(i) during and in relation to which the person, 10
8864	8864	while acting for profit or other financial gain, know-11
8865	8865	ingly directs or participates in a scheme to cause 12
8866	8866	any person (other than a parent, spouse, sibling, son 13
8867	8867	or daughter, grandparent, or grandchild of the of-14
8868	8868	fender) to enter or to attempt to enter the United 15
8869	8869	States at the same time at a place other than a des-16
8870	8870	ignated port of entry or place other than designated 17
8871	8871	by the Secretary, be fined under title 18, United 18
8872	8872	States Code, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 19
8873	8873	both;’’; and 20
8874	8874	(3) in clause (iv), as redesignated, by inserting 21
8875	8875	‘‘commits or attempts to commit sexual assault of,’’ 22
8876	8876	after ‘‘section 1365 of title 18, United States Code) 23
8877	8877	to,’’. 24
8878	8878	(b) B
8879	8879	ULKCASHSMUGGLING.—Section 5332(b)(1) of 25
8880	8880	title 31, United States Code, is amended— 26
8881	8881	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00294 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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8883	8883	•HR 3599 IH
8884	8884	(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking 1
8885	8885	‘‘T
8886	8886	ERM OF IMPRISONMENT .—’’ and inserting ‘‘IN 2
8887	8887	GENERAL.—’’; and 3
8888	8888	(2) by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 4
8889	8889	years, fined under title 18, or both’’. 5
8890	8890	SEC. 1723. EXPANDING FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON NAR-6
8891	8891	COTICS TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUN-7
8892	8892	DERING. 8
8893	8893	(a) F
8894	8894	INANCIALSANCTIONSEXPANSION.—The Sec-9
8895	8895	retary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Sec-10
8896	8896	retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director 11
8897	8897	of Central Intelligence shall expand investigations, intel-12
8898	8898	ligence collection, and analysis pursuant to the Foreign 13
8899	8899	Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et 14
8900	8900	seq.) to increase the identification and application of sanc-15
8901	8901	tions against— 16
8902	8902	(1) significant foreign narcotics traffickers and 17
8903	8903	their organizations and networks; and 18
8904	8904	(2) foreign persons, including government offi-19
8905	8905	cials, who provide material, financial, or techno-20
8906	8906	logical support to such traffickers, organizations, or 21
8907	8907	networks. 22
8908	8908	(b) S
8909	8909	PECIFICTARGETS.—The activities described in 23
8910	8910	subsection (a) shall specifically target foreign narcotics 24
8911	8911	traffickers, their organizations and networks, and the for-25
8912	8912	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00295 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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8914	8914	•HR 3599 IH
8915	8915	eign persons, including government officials, who provide 1
8916	8916	material, financial, or technological support to such traf-2
8917	8917	fickers, organizations, and networks that are present and 3
8918	8918	operating in Central America. 4
8919	8919	(c) A
8920	8920	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 5
8921	8921	are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 6
8922	8922	necessary to carry out subsection (a). 7
8923	8923	SEC. 1724. SUPPORT FOR TRANSNATIONAL ANTI-GANG 8
8924	8924	TASK FORCES FOR COUNTERING CRIMINAL 9
8925	8925	GANGS. 10
8926	8926	The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 11
8927	8927	the Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the 12
8928	8928	Director of Homeland Security Investigations, and the 13
8929	8929	Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 14
8930	8930	shall expand the use of transnational task forces that seek 15
8931	8931	to address transnational crime perpetrated by gangs in El 16
8932	8932	Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and any other identified 17
8933	8933	country by— 18
8934	8934	(1) expanding transnational criminal investiga-19
8935	8935	tions focused on criminal gangs in identified coun-20
8936	8936	tries, such as MS–13 and 18th Street; 21
8937	8937	(2) expanding training and partnership efforts 22
8938	8938	with law enforcement entities in identified countries 23
8939	8939	to disrupt and dismantle criminal gangs, both inter-24
8940	8940	nationally and in their respective countries; 25
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8943	8943	•HR 3599 IH
8944	8944	(3) establishing or expanding gang-related in-1
8945	8945	vestigative units; 2
8946	8946	(4) collecting and disseminating intelligence to 3
8947	8947	support related United States-based investigations; 4
8948	8948	and 5
8949	8949	(5) expanding programming related to gang 6
8950	8950	intervention and prevention for at-risk youth. 7
8951	8951	DIVISION B—AMERICAN DREAM 8
8952	8952	AND PROMISE 9
8953	8953	SEC. 21000. SHORT TITLE. 10
8954	8954	This division may be cited as the ‘‘American Dream 11
8955	8955	and Promise Act’’. 12
8956	8956	TITLE I—DREAM ACT 13
8957	8957	SEC. 21001. SHORT TITLE. 14
8958	8958	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Dream Act’’. 15
8959	8959	SEC. 21002. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON A CONDI-16
8960	8960	TIONAL BASIS FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM 17
8961	8961	RESIDENTS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED 18
8962	8962	STATES AS CHILDREN. 19
8963	8963	(a) C
8964	8964	ONDITIONALBASIS FORSTATUS.—Notwith-20
8965	8965	standing any other provision of law, and except as pro-21
8966	8966	vided in section 21004(c)(2), an alien shall be considered, 22
8967	8967	at the time of obtaining the status of an alien lawfully 23
8968	8968	admitted for permanent residence under this section, to 24
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8971	8971	•HR 3599 IH
8972	8972	have obtained such status on a conditional basis subject 1
8973	8973	to the provisions of this title. 2
8974	8974	(b) R
8975	8975	EQUIREMENTS.— 3
8976	8976	(1) I
8977	8977	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 4
8978	8978	provision of law, the Secretary or the Attorney Gen-5
8979	8979	eral shall adjust to the status of an alien lawfully 6
8980	8980	admitted for permanent residence on a conditional 7
8981	8981	basis, or without the conditional basis as provided in 8
8982	8982	section 21004(c)(2), an alien who is inadmissible or 9
8983	8983	deportable from the United States, is subject to a 10
8984	8984	grant of Deferred Enforced Departure, has tem-11
8985	8985	porary protected status under section 244 of the Im-12
8986	8986	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), or 13
8987	8987	is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a non-14
8988	8988	immigrant under subparagraph (E)(i), (E)(ii), 15
8989	8989	(H)(i)(b), or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act 16
8990	8990	(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) if— 17
8991	8991	(A) the alien has been continuously phys-18
8992	8992	ically present in the United States since the 19
8993	8993	date that is 3 years prior to the date of enact-20
8994	8994	ment; 21
8995	8995	(B) the alien was 18 years of age or 22
8996	8996	younger on the date on which the alien entered 23
8997	8997	the United States and has continuously resided 24
8998	8998	in the United States since such entry; 25
8999	8999	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00298 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9001	9001	•HR 3599 IH
9002	9002	(C) the alien— 1
9003	9003	(i) subject to paragraph (2), is not in-2
9004	9004	admissible under paragraph (1), (6)(E), 3
9005	9005	(6)(G), (8), or (10) of section 212(a) of 4
9006	9006	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 5
9007	9007	U.S.C. 1182(a)); 6
9008	9008	(ii) has not ordered, incited, assisted, 7
9009	9009	or otherwise participated in the persecution 8
9010	9010	of any person on account of race, religion, 9
9011	9011	nationality, membership in a particular so-10
9012	9012	cial group, or political opinion; and 11
9013	9013	(iii) is not barred from adjustment of 12
9014	9014	status under this title based on the crimi-13
9015	9015	nal and national security grounds de-14
9016	9016	scribed under subsection (c), subject to the 15
9017	9017	provisions of such subsection; and 16
9018	9018	(D) the alien— 17
9019	9019	(i) has been admitted to an institution 18
9020	9020	of higher education; 19
9021	9021	(ii) has been admitted to an area ca-20
9022	9022	reer and technical education school at the 21
9023	9023	postsecondary level; 22
9024	9024	(iii) in the United States, has ob-23
9025	9025	tained— 24
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9028	9028	•HR 3599 IH
9029	9029	(I) a high school diploma or a 1
9030	9030	commensurate alternative award from 2
9031	9031	a public or private high school; 3
9032	9032	(II) a General Education Devel-4
9033	9033	opment credential, a high school 5
9034	9034	equivalency diploma recognized under 6
9035	9035	State law, or another similar State- 7
9036	9036	authorized credential; 8
9037	9037	(III) a credential or certificate 9
9038	9038	from an area career and technical 10
9039	9039	education school at the secondary 11
9040	9040	level; or 12
9041	9041	(IV) a recognized postsecondary 13
9042	9042	credential; or 14
9043	9043	(iv) is enrolled in secondary school or 15
9044	9044	in an education program assisting students 16
9045	9045	in— 17
9046	9046	(I) obtaining a high school di-18
9047	9047	ploma or its recognized equivalent 19
9048	9048	under State law; 20
9049	9049	(II) passing the General Edu-21
9050	9050	cation Development test, a high school 22
9051	9051	equivalence diploma examination, or 23
9052	9052	other similar State-authorized exam; 24
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9055	9055	•HR 3599 IH
9056	9056	(III) obtaining a certificate or 1
9057	9057	credential from an area career and 2
9058	9058	technical education school providing 3
9059	9059	education at the secondary level; or 4
9060	9060	(IV) obtaining a recognized post-5
9061	9061	secondary credential. 6
9062	9062	(2) W
9063	9063	AIVER OF GROUNDS OF INADMIS -7
9064	9064	SIBILITY.—With respect to any benefit under this 8
9065	9065	title, and in addition to the waivers under subsection 9
9066	9066	(c)(2), the Secretary may waive the grounds of inad-10
9067	9067	missibility under paragraph (1), (6)(E), (6)(G), or 11
9068	9068	(10)(D) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and 12
9069	9069	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) for humanitarian 13
9070	9070	purposes, for family unity, or because the waiver is 14
9071	9071	otherwise in the public interest. 15
9072	9072	(3) A
9073	9073	PPLICATION FEE.— 16
9074	9074	(A) I
9075	9075	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may, 17
9076	9076	subject to an exemption under section 23003(c), 18
9077	9077	require an alien applying under this section to 19
9078	9078	pay a reasonable fee that is commensurate with 20
9079	9079	the cost of processing the application but does 21
9080	9080	not exceed $495.00. 22
9081	9081	(B) S
9082	9082	PECIAL PROCEDURES FOR APPLI -23
9083	9083	CANTS WITH DACA.—The Secretary shall estab-24
9084	9084	lish a streamlined procedure for aliens who have 25
9085	9085	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00301 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
9086	9086	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 302
9087	9087	•HR 3599 IH
9088	9088	been granted DACA and who meet the require-1
9089	9089	ments for renewal (under the terms of the pro-2
9090	9090	gram in effect on January 1, 2017) to apply for 3
9091	9091	adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully 4
9092	9092	admitted for permanent residence on a condi-5
9093	9093	tional basis under this section, or without the 6
9094	9094	conditional basis as provided in section 7
9095	9095	21004(c)(2). Such procedure shall not include a 8
9096	9096	requirement that the applicant pay a fee, except 9
9097	9097	that the Secretary may require an applicant 10
9098	9098	who meets the requirements for lawful perma-11
9099	9099	nent residence without the conditional basis 12
9100	9100	under section 21004(c)(2) to pay a fee that is 13
9101	9101	commensurate with the cost of processing the 14
9102	9102	application, subject to the exemption under sec-15
9103	9103	tion 23003(c). 16
9104	9104	(4) B
9105	9105	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 17
9106	9106	may not grant an alien permanent resident status on 18
9107	9107	a conditional basis under this section until the re-19
9108	9108	quirements of section 23002 are satisfied. 20
9109	9109	(5) M
9110	9110	ILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE .—An alien 21
9111	9111	applying for permanent resident status on a condi-22
9112	9112	tional basis under this section, or without the condi-23
9113	9113	tional basis as provided in section 21004(c)(2), shall 24
9114	9114	establish that the alien has registered under the 25
9115	9115	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00302 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
9116	9116	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 303
9117	9117	•HR 3599 IH
9118	9118	Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et 1
9119	9119	seq.), if the alien is subject to registration under 2
9120	9120	such Act. 3
9121	9121	(c) C
9122	9122	RIMINAL ANDNATIONALSECURITYBARS.— 4
9123	9123	(1) G
9124	9124	ROUNDS OF INELIGIBILITY .—Except as 5
9125	9125	provided in paragraph (2), an alien is ineligible for 6
9126	9126	adjustment of status under this title (whether on a 7
9127	9127	conditional basis or without the conditional basis as 8
9128	9128	provided in section 21004(c)(2)) if any of the fol-9
9129	9129	lowing apply: 10
9130	9130	(A) The alien is inadmissible under para-11
9131	9131	graph (2) or (3) of section 212(a) of the Immi-12
9132	9132	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). 13
9133	9133	(B) Excluding any offense under State law 14
9134	9134	for which an essential element is the alien’s im-15
9135	9135	migration status, and any minor traffic offense, 16
9136	9136	the alien has been convicted of— 17
9137	9137	(i) any felony offense; 18
9138	9138	(ii) two or more misdemeanor offenses 19
9139	9139	(excluding simple possession of cannabis or 20
9140	9140	cannabis-related paraphernalia, any offense 21
9141	9141	involving cannabis or cannabis-related par-22
9142	9142	aphernalia which is no longer prosecutable 23
9143	9143	in the State in which the conviction was 24
9144	9144	entered, and any offense involving civil dis-25
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9147	9147	•HR 3599 IH
9148	9148	obedience without violence) not occurring 1
9149	9149	on the same date, and not arising out of 2
9150	9150	the same act, omission, or scheme of mis-3
9151	9151	conduct; or 4
9152	9152	(iii) a misdemeanor offense of domes-5
9153	9153	tic violence, unless the alien demonstrates 6
9154	9154	that such crime is related to the alien hav-7
9155	9155	ing been— 8
9156	9156	(I) a victim of domestic violence, 9
9157	9157	sexual assault, stalking, child abuse or 10
9158	9158	neglect, abuse or neglect in later life, 11
9159	9159	or human trafficking; 12
9160	9160	(II) battered or subjected to ex-13
9161	9161	treme cruelty; or 14
9162	9162	(III) a victim of criminal activity 15
9163	9163	described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) 16
9164	9164	of the Immigration and Nationality 17
9165	9165	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)). 18
9166	9166	(2) W
9167	9167	AIVERS FOR CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS .— 19
9168	9168	For humanitarian purposes, family unity, or if oth-20
9169	9169	erwise in the public interest, the Secretary may— 21
9170	9170	(A) waive the grounds of inadmissibility 22
9171	9171	under subparagraphs (A), (C), and (D) of sec-23
9172	9172	tion 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nation-24
9173	9173	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)), unless the con-25
9174	9174	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00304 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
9175	9175	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 305
9176	9176	•HR 3599 IH
9177	9177	viction forming the basis for inadmissibility 1
9178	9178	would otherwise render the alien ineligible 2
9179	9179	under paragraph (1)(B) (subject to subpara-3
9180	9180	graph (B)); and 4
9181	9181	(B) for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of 5
9182	9182	paragraph (1)(B), waive consideration of— 6
9183	9183	(i) one misdemeanor offense if the 7
9184	9184	alien has not been convicted of any offense 8
9185	9185	in the 5-year period preceding the date on 9
9186	9186	which the alien applies for adjustment of 10
9187	9187	status under this title; or 11
9188	9188	(ii) up to two misdemeanor offenses if 12
9189	9189	the alien has not been convicted of any of-13
9190	9190	fense in the 10-year period preceding the 14
9191	9191	date on which the alien applies for adjust-15
9192	9192	ment of status under this title. 16
9193	9193	(3) A
9194	9194	UTHORITY TO CONDUCT SECONDARY RE -17
9195	9195	VIEW.— 18
9196	9196	(A) I
9197	9197	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding an 19
9198	9198	alien’s eligibility for adjustment of status under 20
9199	9199	this title, and subject to the procedures de-21
9200	9200	scribed in this paragraph, the Secretary may, 22
9201	9201	as a matter of non-delegable discretion, provi-23
9202	9202	sionally deny an application for adjustment of 24
9203	9203	status (whether on a conditional basis or with-25
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9205	9205	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 306
9206	9206	•HR 3599 IH
9207	9207	out the conditional basis as provided in section 1
9208	9208	21004(c)(2)) if the Secretary, based on clear 2
9209	9209	and convincing evidence, which shall include 3
9210	9210	credible law enforcement information, deter-4
9211	9211	mines that the alien is described in subpara-5
9212	9212	graph (B) or (D). 6
9213	9213	(B) P
9214	9214	UBLIC SAFETY.—An alien is de-7
9215	9215	scribed in this subparagraph if— 8
9216	9216	(i) excluding simple possession of can-9
9217	9217	nabis or cannabis-related paraphernalia, 10
9218	9218	any offense involving cannabis or cannabis- 11
9219	9219	related paraphernalia which is no longer 12
9220	9220	prosecutable in the State in which the con-13
9221	9221	viction was entered, any offense under 14
9222	9222	State law for which an essential element is 15
9223	9223	the alien’s immigration status, any offense 16
9224	9224	involving civil disobedience without vio-17
9225	9225	lence, and any minor traffic offense, the 18
9226	9226	alien— 19
9227	9227	(I) has been convicted of a mis-20
9228	9228	demeanor offense punishable by a 21
9229	9229	term of imprisonment of more than 22
9230	9230	30 days; or 23
9231	9231	(II) has been adjudicated delin-24
9232	9232	quent in a State or local juvenile court 25
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9235	9235	•HR 3599 IH
9236	9236	proceeding that resulted in a disposi-1
9237	9237	tion ordering placement in a secure 2
9238	9238	facility; and 3
9239	9239	(ii) the alien poses a significant and 4
9240	9240	continuing threat to public safety related 5
9241	9241	to such conviction or adjudication. 6
9242	9242	(C) P
9243	9243	UBLIC SAFETY DETERMINATION .— 7
9244	9244	For purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii), the Sec-8
9245	9245	retary shall consider the recency of the convic-9
9246	9246	tion or adjudication; the length of any imposed 10
9247	9247	sentence or placement; the nature and serious-11
9248	9248	ness of the conviction or adjudication, including 12
9249	9249	whether the elements of the offense include the 13
9250	9250	unlawful possession or use of a deadly weapon 14
9251	9251	to commit an offense or other conduct intended 15
9252	9252	to cause serious bodily injury; and any miti-16
9253	9253	gating factors pertaining to the alien’s role in 17
9254	9254	the commission of the offense. 18
9255	9255	(D) G
9256	9256	ANG PARTICIPATION.—An alien is 19
9257	9257	described in this subparagraph if the alien has, 20
9258	9258	within the 5 years immediately preceding the 21
9259	9259	date of the application, knowingly, willfully, and 22
9260	9260	voluntarily participated in offenses committed 23
9261	9261	by a criminal street gang (as described in sub-24
9262	9262	sections (a) and (c) of section 521 of title 18, 25
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9265	9265	•HR 3599 IH
9266	9266	United States Code) with the intent to promote 1
9267	9267	or further the commission of such offenses. 2
9268	9268	(E) E
9269	9269	VIDENTIARY LIMITATION.—For pur-3
9270	9270	poses of subparagraph (D), allegations of gang 4
9271	9271	membership obtained from a State or Federal 5
9272	9272	in-house or local database, or a network of 6
9273	9273	databases used for the purpose of recording and 7
9274	9274	sharing activities of alleged gang members 8
9275	9275	across law enforcement agencies, shall not es-9
9276	9276	tablish the participation described in such para-10
9277	9277	graph. 11
9278	9278	(F) N
9279	9279	OTICE.— 12
9280	9280	(i) I
9281	9281	N GENERAL.—Prior to rendering 13
9282	9282	a discretionary decision under this para-14
9283	9283	graph, the Secretary shall provide written 15
9284	9284	notice of the intent to provisionally deny 16
9285	9285	the application to the alien (or the alien’s 17
9286	9286	counsel of record, if any) by certified mail 18
9287	9287	and, if an electronic mail address is pro-19
9288	9288	vided, by electronic mail (or other form of 20
9289	9289	electronic communication). Such notice 21
9290	9290	shall— 22
9291	9291	(I) articulate with specificity all 23
9292	9292	grounds for the preliminary deter-24
9293	9293	mination, including the evidence relied 25
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9296	9296	•HR 3599 IH
9297	9297	upon to support the determination; 1
9298	9298	and 2
9299	9299	(II) provide the alien with not 3
9300	9300	less than 90 days to respond. 4
9301	9301	(ii) S
9302	9302	ECOND NOTICE.—Not more than 5
9303	9303	30 days after the issuance of the notice 6
9304	9304	under clause (i), the Secretary shall pro-7
9305	9305	vide a second written notice that meets the 8
9306	9306	requirements of such clause. 9
9307	9307	(iii) N
9308	9308	OTICE NOT RECEIVED .—Not-10
9309	9309	withstanding any other provision of law, if 11
9310	9310	an applicant provides good cause for not 12
9311	9311	contesting a provisional denial under this 13
9312	9312	paragraph, including a failure to receive 14
9313	9313	notice as required under this subpara-15
9314	9314	graph, the Secretary shall, upon a motion 16
9315	9315	filed by the alien, reopen an application for 17
9316	9316	adjustment of status under this title and 18
9317	9317	allow the applicant an opportunity to re-19
9318	9318	spond, consistent with clause (i)(II). 20
9319	9319	(G) J
9320	9320	UDICIAL REVIEW OF A PROVISIONAL 21
9321	9321	DENIAL.— 22
9322	9322	(i) I
9323	9323	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 23
9324	9324	any other provision of law, if, after notice 24
9325	9325	and the opportunity to respond under sub-25
9326	9326	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00309 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9328	9328	•HR 3599 IH
9329	9329	paragraph (F), the Secretary provisionally 1
9330	9330	denies an application for adjustment of 2
9331	9331	status under this Act, the alien shall have 3
9332	9332	60 days from the date of the Secretary’s 4
9333	9333	determination to seek review of such deter-5
9334	9334	mination in an appropriate United States 6
9335	9335	district court. 7
9336	9336	(ii) S
9337	9337	COPE OF REVIEW AND DECI -8
9338	9338	SION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-9
9339	9339	sion of law, review under paragraph (1) 10
9340	9340	shall be de novo and based solely on the 11
9341	9341	administrative record, except that the ap-12
9342	9342	plicant shall be given the opportunity to 13
9343	9343	supplement the administrative record and 14
9344	9344	the Secretary shall be given the oppor-15
9345	9345	tunity to rebut the evidence and arguments 16
9346	9346	raised in such submission. Upon issuing its 17
9347	9347	decision, the court shall remand the mat-18
9348	9348	ter, with appropriate instructions, to the 19
9349	9349	Department of Homeland Security to 20
9350	9350	render a final decision on the application. 21
9351	9351	(iii) A
9352	9352	PPOINTED COUNSEL .—Notwith-22
9353	9353	standing any other provision of law, an ap-23
9354	9354	plicant seeking judicial review under clause 24
9355	9355	(i) shall be represented by counsel. Upon 25
9356	9356	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00310 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9358	9358	•HR 3599 IH
9359	9359	the request of the applicant, counsel shall 1
9360	9360	be appointed for the applicant, in accord-2
9361	9361	ance with procedures to be established by 3
9362	9362	the Attorney General within 90 days of the 4
9363	9363	date of the enactment of this Act, and 5
9364	9364	shall be funded in accordance with fees col-6
9365	9365	lected and deposited in the Immigration 7
9366	9366	Counsel Account under section 23012. 8
9367	9367	(4) D
9368	9368	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-9
9369	9369	section— 10
9370	9370	(A) the term ‘‘felony offense’’ means an of-11
9371	9371	fense under Federal or State law that is pun-12
9372	9372	ishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 13
9373	9373	more than 1 year; 14
9374	9374	(B) the term ‘‘misdemeanor offense’’ 15
9375	9375	means an offense under Federal or State law 16
9376	9376	that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 17
9377	9377	more than 5 days but not more than 1 year; 18
9378	9378	and 19
9379	9379	(C) the term ‘‘crime of domestic violence’’ 20
9380	9380	means any offense that has as an element the 21
9381	9381	use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys-22
9382	9382	ical force against a person committed by a cur-23
9383	9383	rent or former spouse of the person, by an indi-24
9384	9384	vidual with whom the person shares a child in 25
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9387	9387	•HR 3599 IH
9388	9388	common, by an individual who is cohabiting 1
9389	9389	with or has cohabited with the person as a 2
9390	9390	spouse, by an individual similarly situated to a 3
9391	9391	spouse of the person under the domestic or 4
9392	9392	family violence laws of the jurisdiction where 5
9393	9393	the offense occurs, or by any other individual 6
9394	9394	against a person who is protected from that in-7
9395	9395	dividual’s acts under the domestic or family vio-8
9396	9396	lence laws of the United States or any State, 9
9397	9397	Indian Tribal government, or unit of local gov-10
9398	9398	ernment. 11
9399	9399	(d) L
9400	9400	IMITATION ONREMOVAL OFCERTAINALIEN 12
9401	9401	M
9402	9402	INORS.—An alien who is 18 years of age or younger and 13
9403	9403	meets the requirements under subparagraphs (A), (B), 14
9404	9404	and (C) of subsection (b)(1) shall be provided a reasonable 15
9405	9405	opportunity to meet the educational requirements under 16
9406	9406	subparagraph (D) of such subsection. The Attorney Gen-17
9407	9407	eral or the Secretary may not commence or continue with 18
9408	9408	removal proceedings against such an alien. 19
9409	9409	(e) W
9410	9410	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION.—The Secretary 20
9411	9411	shall, upon receipt of a request to withdraw an application 21
9412	9412	for adjustment of status under this section, cease proc-22
9413	9413	essing of the application, and close the case. Withdrawal 23
9414	9414	of the application under this subsection shall not prejudice 24
9415	9415	any future application filed by the applicant for any immi-25
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9418	9418	•HR 3599 IH
9419	9419	gration benefit under this title or under the Immigration 1
9420	9420	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 2
9421	9421	SEC. 21003. TERMS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON 3
9422	9422	A CONDITIONAL BASIS. 4
9423	9423	(a) P
9424	9424	ERIOD OFSTATUS.—Permanent resident status 5
9425	9425	on a conditional basis is— 6
9426	9426	(1) valid for a period of 10 years, unless such 7
9427	9427	period is extended by the Secretary; and 8
9428	9428	(2) subject to revocation under subsection (c). 9
9429	9429	(b) N
9430	9430	OTICE OFREQUIREMENTS.—At the time an 10
9431	9431	alien obtains permanent resident status on a conditional 11
9432	9432	basis, the Secretary shall provide notice to the alien re-12
9433	9433	garding the provisions of this title and the requirements 13
9434	9434	to have the conditional basis of such status removed. 14
9435	9435	(c) R
9436	9436	EVOCATION OF STATUS.—The Secretary may 15
9437	9437	revoke the permanent resident status on a conditional 16
9438	9438	basis of an alien only if the Secretary— 17
9439	9439	(1) determines that the alien ceases to meet the 18
9440	9440	requirements under section 21002(b)(1)(C); and 19
9441	9441	(2) prior to the revocation, provides the alien— 20
9442	9442	(A) notice of the proposed revocation; and 21
9443	9443	(B) the opportunity for a hearing to pro-22
9444	9444	vide evidence that the alien meets such require-23
9445	9445	ments or otherwise to contest the proposed rev-24
9446	9446	ocation. 25
9447	9447	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00313 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9449	9449	•HR 3599 IH
9450	9450	(d) RETURN TOPREVIOUSIMMIGRATIONSTATUS.— 1
9451	9451	An alien whose permanent resident status on a conditional 2
9452	9452	basis expires under subsection (a)(1) or is revoked under 3
9453	9453	subsection (c), shall return to the immigration status that 4
9454	9454	the alien had immediately before receiving permanent resi-5
9455	9455	dent status on a conditional basis. 6
9456	9456	SEC. 21004. REMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL BASIS OF PERMA-7
9457	9457	NENT RESIDENT STATUS. 8
9458	9458	(a) E
9459	9459	LIGIBILITY FORREMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL 9
9460	9460	B
9461	9461	ASIS.— 10
9462	9462	(1) I
9463	9463	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 11
9464	9464	the Secretary shall remove the conditional basis of 12
9465	9465	an alien’s permanent resident status granted under 13
9466	9466	this title and grant the alien status as an alien law-14
9467	9467	fully admitted for permanent residence if the alien— 15
9468	9468	(A) is described in section 21002(b)(1)(C); 16
9469	9469	(B) has not abandoned the alien’s resi-17
9470	9470	dence in the United States during the period in 18
9471	9471	which the alien has permanent resident status 19
9472	9472	on a conditional basis; and 20
9473	9473	(C)(i) has obtained a degree from an insti-21
9474	9474	tution of higher education or a recognized post-22
9475	9475	secondary credential from an area career and 23
9476	9476	technical education school providing education 24
9477	9477	at the postsecondary level; 25
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9480	9480	•HR 3599 IH
9481	9481	(ii) has served in the Uniformed Services 1
9482	9482	for at least 3 years and, if discharged, received 2
9483	9483	an honorable discharge; or 3
9484	9484	(iii) demonstrates earned income for peri-4
9485	9485	ods totaling at least 4 years and at least 75 5
9486	9486	percent of the time that the alien has had a 6
9487	9487	valid employment authorization. 7
9488	9488	(2) H
9489	9489	ARDSHIP EXCEPTION .—The Secretary 8
9490	9490	shall remove the conditional basis of an alien’s per-9
9491	9491	manent resident status and grant the alien status as 10
9492	9492	an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 11
9493	9493	if the alien— 12
9494	9494	(A) satisfies the requirements under sub-13
9495	9495	paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); 14
9496	9496	(B) demonstrates compelling circumstances 15
9497	9497	for the inability to satisfy the requirements 16
9498	9498	under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph; and 17
9499	9499	(C) demonstrates that— 18
9500	9500	(i) the alien has a disability; 19
9501	9501	(ii) the alien is a full-time caregiver; 20
9502	9502	or 21
9503	9503	(iii) the removal of the alien from the 22
9504	9504	United States would result in hardship to 23
9505	9505	the alien or the alien’s spouse, parent, or 24
9506	9506	child who is a national of the United 25
9507	9507	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00315 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9509	9509	•HR 3599 IH
9510	9510	States or is lawfully admitted for perma-1
9511	9511	nent residence. 2
9512	9512	(3) C
9513	9513	ITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT .— 3
9514	9514	(A) I
9515	9515	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 4
9516	9516	subparagraph (B), the conditional basis of an 5
9517	9517	alien’s permanent resident status granted under 6
9518	9518	this title may not be removed unless the alien 7
9519	9519	demonstrates that the alien satisfies the re-8
9520	9520	quirements under section 3112(a) of the Immi-9
9521	9521	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)). 10
9522	9522	(B) E
9523	9523	XCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 11
9524	9524	not apply to an alien who is unable to meet the 12
9525	9525	requirements under such section 23012(a) due 13
9526	9526	to disability. 14
9527	9527	(4) A
9528	9528	PPLICATION FEE.—The Secretary may, 15
9529	9529	subject to an exemption under section 23003(c), re-16
9530	9530	quire aliens applying for removal of the conditional 17
9531	9531	basis of an alien’s permanent resident status under 18
9532	9532	this section to pay a reasonable fee that is commen-19
9533	9533	surate with the cost of processing the application. 20
9534	9534	(5) B
9535	9535	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 21
9536	9536	may not remove the conditional basis of an alien’s 22
9537	9537	permanent resident status until the requirements of 23
9538	9538	section 23002 are satisfied. 24
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9541	9541	•HR 3599 IH
9542	9542	(b) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OFNATURALIZA-1
9543	9543	TION.— 2
9544	9544	(1) I
9545	9545	N GENERAL.—For purposes of title III of 3
9546	9546	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 4
9547	9547	et seq.), an alien granted permanent resident status 5
9548	9548	on a conditional basis shall be considered to have 6
9549	9549	been admitted to the United States, and be present 7
9550	9550	in the United States, as an alien lawfully admitted 8
9551	9551	for permanent residence. 9
9552	9552	(2) L
9553	9553	IMITATION ON APPLICATION FOR NATU -10
9554	9554	RALIZATION.—An alien may not apply for natu-11
9555	9555	ralization while the alien is in permanent resident 12
9556	9556	status on a conditional basis. 13
9557	9557	(c) T
9558	9558	IMING OFAPPROVAL OFLAWFULPERMANENT 14
9559	9559	R
9560	9560	ESIDENTSTATUS.— 15
9561	9561	(1) I
9562	9562	N GENERAL.—An alien granted permanent 16
9563	9563	resident status on a conditional basis under this title 17
9564	9564	may apply to have such conditional basis removed at 18
9565	9565	any time after such alien has met the eligibility re-19
9566	9566	quirements set forth in subsection (a). 20
9567	9567	(2) A
9568	9568	PPROVAL WITH REGARD TO INITIAL APPLI -21
9569	9569	CATIONS.— 22
9570	9570	(A) I
9571	9571	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 23
9572	9572	other provision of law, the Secretary or the At-24
9573	9573	torney General shall adjust to the status of an 25
9574	9574	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00317 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9576	9576	•HR 3599 IH
9577	9577	alien lawfully admitted for permanent resident 1
9578	9578	status without conditional basis, any alien 2
9579	9579	who— 3
9580	9580	(i) demonstrates eligibility for lawful 4
9581	9581	permanent residence status on a condi-5
9582	9582	tional basis under section 21002(b); and 6
9583	9583	(ii) subject to the exceptions described 7
9584	9584	in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3)(B) of this 8
9585	9585	section, already has fulfilled the require-9
9586	9586	ments of paragraphs (1) and (3) of sub-10
9587	9587	section (a) of this section at the time such 11
9588	9588	alien first submits an application for bene-12
9589	9589	fits under this title. 13
9590	9590	(B) B
9591	9591	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—Subsection 14
9592	9592	(a)(5) shall apply to an alien seeking lawful 15
9593	9593	permanent resident status without conditional 16
9594	9594	basis in an initial application in the same man-17
9595	9595	ner as it applies to an alien seeking removal of 18
9596	9596	the conditional basis of an alien’s permanent 19
9597	9597	resident status. Section 21002(b)(4) shall not 20
9598	9598	be construed to require the Secretary to con-21
9599	9599	duct more than one identical security or law en-22
9600	9600	forcement background check on such an alien. 23
9601	9601	(C) A
9602	9602	PPLICATION FEES.—In the case of an 24
9603	9603	alien seeking lawful permanent resident status 25
9604	9604	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00318 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9606	9606	•HR 3599 IH
9607	9607	without conditional basis in an initial applica-1
9608	9608	tion, the alien shall pay the fee required under 2
9609	9609	subsection (a)(4), subject to the exemption al-3
9610	9610	lowed under section 23003, but shall not be re-4
9611	9611	quired to pay the application fee under section 5
9612	9612	21002(b)(3). 6
9613	9613	SEC. 21005. RESTORATION OF STATE OPTION TO DETER-7
9614	9614	MINE RESIDENCY FOR PURPOSES OF HIGHER 8
9615	9615	EDUCATION BENEFITS. 9
9616	9616	(a) I
9617	9617	NGENERAL.—Section 505 of the Illegal Immi-10
9618	9618	gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 11
9619	9619	(8 U.S.C. 1623) is repealed. 12
9620	9620	(b) E
9621	9621	FFECTIVEDATE.—The repeal under subsection 13
9622	9622	(a) shall take effect as if included in the original enact-14
9623	9623	ment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 15
9624	9624	Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104– 16
9625	9625	208; 110 Stat. 3009–546). 17
9626	9626	TITLE II—AMERICAN PROMISE 18
9627	9627	ACT 19
9628	9628	SEC. 22001. SHORT TITLE. 20
9629	9629	This title may be cited as the ‘‘American Promise 21
9630	9630	Act’’. 22
9631	9631	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00319 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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9633	9633	•HR 3599 IH
9634	9634	SEC. 22002. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NA-1
9635	9635	TIONALS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DES-2
9636	9636	IGNATED FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STA-3
9637	9637	TUS OR DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE. 4
9638	9638	(a) I
9639	9639	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-5
9640	9640	sion of law, the Secretary or the Attorney General shall 6
9641	9641	adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for per-7
9642	9642	manent residence, an alien described in subsection (b) if 8
9643	9643	the alien— 9
9644	9644	(1) applies for such adjustment, including sub-10
9645	9645	mitting any required documents under section 11
9646	9646	23007, not later than 5 years after the date of the 12
9647	9647	enactment of this Act; 13
9648	9648	(2) has been continuously physically present in 14
9649	9649	the United States for a period of not less than 3 15
9650	9650	years after the date of enactment of this Act; and 16
9651	9651	(3) subject to subsection (c), is not inadmissible 17
9652	9652	under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (6)(D), (6)(E), 18
9653	9653	(6)(F), (6)(G), (8), or (10) of section 212(a) of the 19
9654	9654	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 20
9655	9655	1182(a)). 21
9656	9656	(b) A
9657	9657	LIENSELIGIBLE FORADJUSTMENT OF STA-22
9658	9658	TUS.—An alien shall be eligible for adjustment of status 23
9659	9659	under this section if the alien is an individual who— 24
9660	9660	(1) is a national of a foreign state (or part 25
9661	9661	thereof) (or in the case of an alien having no nation-26
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9664	9664	•HR 3599 IH
9665	9665	ality, is a person who last habitually resided in such 1
9666	9666	state) with a designation under subsection (b) of 2
9667	9667	section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3
9668	9668	(8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) as of March 8, 2021, who had 4
9669	9669	or was otherwise eligible for temporary protected 5
9670	9670	status on such date notwithstanding subsections 6
9671	9671	(c)(1)(A)(iv) and (c)(3)(C) of such section; and 7
9672	9672	(2) has not engaged in conduct since such date 8
9673	9673	that would render the alien ineligible for temporary 9
9674	9674	protected status under section 244(c)(2) of the Im-10
9675	9675	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11
9676	9676	1245a(c)(2)). 12
9677	9677	(c) W
9678	9678	AIVER OFGROUNDS OFINADMISSIBILITY.— 13
9679	9679	(1) I
9680	9680	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-14
9681	9681	graph (2), with respect to any benefit under this 15
9682	9682	title, and in addition to any waivers that are other-16
9683	9683	wise available, the Secretary may waive the grounds 17
9684	9684	of inadmissibility under paragraph (1), subpara-18
9685	9685	graphs (A), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2), subpara-19
9686	9686	graphs (D) through (G) of paragraph (6), or para-20
9687	9687	graph (10)(D) of section 212(a) of the Immigration 21
9688	9688	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) for humani-22
9689	9689	tarian purposes, for family unity, or because the 23
9690	9690	waiver is otherwise in the public interest. 24
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9693	9693	•HR 3599 IH
9694	9694	(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may not waive 1
9695	9695	a ground described in paragraph (1) if such inad-2
9696	9696	missibility is based on a conviction or convictions, 3
9697	9697	and such conviction or convictions would otherwise 4
9698	9698	render the alien ineligible under section 5
9699	9699	244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 6
9700	9700	Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)). 7
9701	9701	(d) A
9702	9702	PPLICATION.— 8
9703	9703	(1) F
9704	9704	EE.—The Secretary shall, subject to an 9
9705	9705	exemption under section 23003(c), require an alien 10
9706	9706	applying for adjustment of status under this section 11
9707	9707	to pay a reasonable fee that is commensurate with 12
9708	9708	the cost of processing the application, but does not 13
9709	9709	exceed $1,140. 14
9710	9710	(2) B
9711	9711	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Secretary 15
9712	9712	may not grant an alien permanent resident status on 16
9713	9713	a conditional basis under this section until the re-17
9714	9714	quirements of section 23002 are satisfied. 18
9715	9715	(3) W
9716	9716	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION .—The Sec-19
9717	9717	retary of Homeland Security shall, upon receipt of 20
9718	9718	a request to withdraw an application for adjustment 21
9719	9719	of status under this section, cease processing of the 22
9720	9720	application and close the case. Withdrawal of the ap-23
9721	9721	plication under this subsection shall not prejudice 24
9722	9722	any future application filed by the applicant for any 25
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9725	9725	•HR 3599 IH
9726	9726	immigration benefit under this title or under the Im-1
9727	9727	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 2
9728	9728	seq.). 3
9729	9729	SEC. 22003. CLARIFICATION. 4
9730	9730	Section 244(f)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 5
9731	9731	Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(4)) is amended by inserting after 6
9732	9732	‘‘considered’’ the following: ‘‘as having been inspected and 7
9733	9733	admitted into the United States, and’’. 8
9734	9734	TITLE III—GENERAL 9
9735	9735	PROVISIONS 10
9736	9736	SEC. 23001. DEFINITIONS. 11
9737	9737	(a) I
9738	9738	NGENERAL.—In this division: 12
9739	9739	(1) I
9740	9740	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise specifi-13
9741	9741	cally provided, any term used in this division that is 14
9742	9742	used in the immigration laws shall have the meaning 15
9743	9743	given such term in the immigration laws. 16
9744	9744	(2) A
9745	9745	PPROPRIATE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 17
9746	9746	COURT.—The term ‘‘appropriate United States dis-18
9747	9747	trict court’’ means the United States District Court 19
9748	9748	for the District of Columbia or the United States 20
9749	9749	district court with jurisdiction over the alien’s prin-21
9750	9750	cipal place of residence. 22
9751	9751	(3) A
9752	9752	REA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 23
9753	9753	SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu-24
9754	9754	cation school’’ has the meaning given such term in 25
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9757	9757	•HR 3599 IH
9758	9758	section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-1
9759	9759	nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 2
9760	9760	(4) DACA.—The term ‘‘DACA’’ means de-3
9761	9761	ferred action granted to an alien pursuant to the 4
9762	9762	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy an-5
9763	9763	nounced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on 6
9764	9764	June 15, 2012. 7
9765	9765	(5) D
9766	9766	ISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ has the 8
9767	9767	meaning given such term in section 3(1) of the 9
9768	9768	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10
9769	9769	12102(1)). 11
9770	9770	(6) F
9771	9771	EDERAL POVERTY LINE .—The term ‘‘Fed-12
9772	9772	eral poverty line’’ has the meaning given such term 13
9773	9773	in section 213A(h) of the Immigration and Nation-14
9774	9774	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a). 15
9775	9775	(7) H
9776	9776	IGH SCHOOL; SECONDARY SCHOOL .—The 16
9777	9777	terms ‘‘high school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 17
9778	9778	the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 18
9779	9779	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 19
9780	9780	1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 20
9781	9781	(8) I
9782	9782	MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-21
9783	9783	tion laws’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-22
9784	9784	tion 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality 23
9785	9785	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)). 24
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9788	9788	•HR 3599 IH
9789	9789	(9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 1
9790	9790	term ‘‘institution of higher education’’— 2
9791	9791	(A) except as provided in subparagraph 3
9792	9792	(B), has the meaning given such term in section 4
9793	9793	102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 5
9794	9794	U.S.C. 1002); and 6
9795	9795	(B) does not include an institution of high-7
9796	9796	er education outside of the United States. 8
9797	9797	(10) R
9798	9798	ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -9
9799	9799	TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-10
9800	9800	tial’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 11
9801	9801	of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 12
9802	9802	(29 U.S.C. 3102). 13
9803	9803	(11) S
9804	9804	ECRETARY.—Except as otherwise specifi-14
9805	9805	cally provided, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-15
9806	9806	retary of Homeland Security. 16
9807	9807	(12) U
9808	9808	NIFORMED SERVICES .—The term ‘‘Uni-17
9809	9809	formed Services’’ has the meaning given the term 18
9810	9810	‘‘uniformed services’’ in section 101(a) of title 10, 19
9811	9811	United States Code. 20
9812	9812	(b) T
9813	9813	REATMENT OFEXPUNGEDCONVICTIONS.—For 21
9814	9814	purposes of adjustment of status under this division, the 22
9815	9815	terms ‘‘convicted’’ and ‘‘conviction’’, as used in this divi-23
9816	9816	sion and in sections 212 and 244 of the Immigration and 24
9817	9817	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182, 1254a), do not include 25
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9820	9820	•HR 3599 IH
9821	9821	a judgment that has been expunged or set aside, that re-1
9822	9822	sulted in a rehabilitative disposition, or the equivalent. 2
9823	9823	SEC. 23002. SUBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC 3
9824	9824	DATA; BACKGROUND CHECKS. 4
9825	9825	(a) S
9826	9826	UBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC 5
9827	9827	D
9828	9828	ATA.—The Secretary may not grant an alien adjustment 6
9829	9829	of status under this division, on either a conditional or 7
9830	9830	permanent basis, unless the alien submits biometric and 8
9831	9831	biographic data, in accordance with procedures established 9
9832	9832	by the Secretary. The Secretary shall provide an alter-10
9833	9833	native procedure for aliens who are unable to provide such 11
9834	9834	biometric or biographic data because of a physical impair-12
9835	9835	ment. 13
9836	9836	(b) B
9837	9837	ACKGROUNDCHECKS.—The Secretary shall use 14
9838	9838	biometric, biographic, and other data that the Secretary 15
9839	9839	determines appropriate to conduct security and law en-16
9840	9840	forcement background checks and to determine whether 17
9841	9841	there is any criminal, national security, or other factor 18
9842	9842	that would render the alien ineligible for adjustment of 19
9843	9843	status under this division, on either a conditional or per-20
9844	9844	manent basis. The status of an alien may not be adjusted, 21
9845	9845	on either a conditional or permanent basis, unless security 22
9846	9846	and law enforcement background checks are completed to 23
9847	9847	the satisfaction of the Secretary. 24
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9850	9850	•HR 3599 IH
9851	9851	SEC. 23003. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL; APPLICATION AND 1
9852	9852	FEE EXEMPTION; AND OTHER CONDITIONS 2
9853	9853	ON ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 3
9854	9854	(a) L
9855	9855	IMITATION ONREMOVAL.—An alien who ap-4
9856	9856	pears to be prima facie eligible for relief under this divi-5
9857	9857	sion shall be given a reasonable opportunity to apply for 6
9858	9858	such relief and may not be removed until, subject to sec-7
9859	9859	tion 23006(c)(2), a final decision establishing ineligibility 8
9860	9860	for relief is rendered. 9
9861	9861	(b) A
9862	9862	PPLICATION.—An alien present in the United 10
9863	9863	States who has been ordered removed or has been per-11
9864	9864	mitted to depart voluntarily from the United States may, 12
9865	9865	notwithstanding such order or permission to depart, apply 13
9866	9866	for adjustment of status under this division. Such alien 14
9867	9867	shall not be required to file a separate motion to reopen, 15
9868	9868	reconsider, or vacate the order of removal. If the Secretary 16
9869	9869	approves the application, the Secretary shall cancel the 17
9870	9870	order of removal. If the Secretary renders a final adminis-18
9871	9871	trative decision to deny the application, the order of re-19
9872	9872	moval or permission to depart shall be effective and en-20
9873	9873	forceable to the same extent as if the application had not 21
9874	9874	been made, only after all available administrative and judi-22
9875	9875	cial remedies have been exhausted. 23
9876	9876	(c) F
9877	9877	EEEXEMPTION.—An applicant may be exempt-24
9878	9878	ed from paying an application fee required under this divi-25
9879	9879	sion if the applicant— 26
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9882	9882	•HR 3599 IH
9883	9883	(1) is 18 years of age or younger; 1
9884	9884	(2) received total income, during the 12-month 2
9885	9885	period immediately preceding the date on which the 3
9886	9886	applicant files an application under this division, 4
9887	9887	that is less than 150 percent of the Federal poverty 5
9888	9888	line; 6
9889	9889	(3) is in foster care or otherwise lacks any pa-7
9890	9890	rental or other familial support; or 8
9891	9891	(4) cannot care for himself or herself because of 9
9892	9892	a serious, chronic disability. 10
9893	9893	(d) A
9894	9894	DVANCEPAROLE.—During the period beginning 11
9895	9895	on the date on which an alien applies for adjustment of 12
9896	9896	status under this division and ending on the date on which 13
9897	9897	the Secretary makes a final decision regarding such appli-14
9898	9898	cation, the alien shall be eligible to apply for advance pa-15
9899	9899	role. Section 101(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
9900	9900	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(g)) shall not apply to an alien granted 17
9901	9901	advance parole under this Act. 18
9902	9902	(e) E
9903	9903	MPLOYMENT.—An alien whose removal is stayed 19
9904	9904	pursuant to this division, who may not be placed in re-20
9905	9905	moval proceedings pursuant to this division, or who has 21
9906	9906	pending an application under this division, shall, upon ap-22
9907	9907	plication to the Secretary, be granted an employment au-23
9908	9908	thorization document. 24
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9911	9911	•HR 3599 IH
9912	9912	SEC. 23004. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS PRESENCE 1
9913	9913	AND RESIDENCE. 2
9914	9914	(a) E
9915	9915	FFECT OFNOTICETOAPPEAR.—Any period of 3
9916	9916	continuous physical presence or continuous residence in 4
9917	9917	the United States of an alien who applies for permanent 5
9918	9918	resident status under this division (whether on a condi-6
9919	9919	tional basis or without the conditional basis as provided 7
9920	9920	in section 21004(c)(2)) shall not terminate when the alien 8
9921	9921	is served a notice to appear under section 239(a) of the 9
9922	9922	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(a)). 10
9923	9923	(b) T
9924	9924	REATMENT OFCERTAINBREAKS INPRESENCE 11
9925	9925	ORRESIDENCE.— 12
9926	9926	(1) I
9927	9927	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-13
9928	9928	graphs (2) and (3), an alien shall be considered to 14
9929	9929	have failed to maintain— 15
9930	9930	(A) continuous physical presence in the 16
9931	9931	United States under this division if the alien 17
9932	9932	has departed from the United States for any 18
9933	9933	period exceeding 90 days or for any periods, in 19
9934	9934	the aggregate, exceeding 180 days; and 20
9935	9935	(B) continuous residence in the United 21
9936	9936	States under this division if the alien has de-22
9937	9937	parted from the United States for any period 23
9938	9938	exceeding 180 days, unless the alien establishes 24
9939	9939	to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Home-25
9940	9940	land Security that the alien did not in fact 26
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9943	9943	•HR 3599 IH
9944	9944	abandon residence in the United States during 1
9945	9945	such period. 2
9946	9946	(2) E
9947	9947	XTENSIONS FOR EXTENUATING CIR -3
9948	9948	CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may extend the time 4
9949	9949	periods described in paragraph (1) for an alien who 5
9950	9950	demonstrates that the failure to timely return to the 6
9951	9951	United States was due to extenuating circumstances 7
9952	9952	beyond the alien’s control, including— 8
9953	9953	(A) the serious illness of the alien; 9
9954	9954	(B) death or serious illness of a parent, 10
9955	9955	grandparent, sibling, or child of the alien; 11
9956	9956	(C) processing delays associated with the 12
9957	9957	application process for a visa or other travel 13
9958	9958	document; or 14
9959	9959	(D) restrictions on international travel due 15
9960	9960	to the public health emergency declared by the 16
9961	9961	Secretary of Health and Human Services under 17
9962	9962	section 3119 of the Public Health Service Act 18
9963	9963	(42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID–19. 19
9964	9964	(3) T
9965	9965	RAVEL AUTHORIZED BY THE SEC -20
9966	9966	RETARY.—Any period of travel outside of the United 21
9967	9967	States by an alien that was authorized by the Sec-22
9968	9968	retary may not be counted toward any period of de-23
9969	9969	parture from the United States under paragraph 24
9970	9970	(1). 25
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9973	9973	•HR 3599 IH
9974	9974	(c) WAIVER OFPHYSICALPRESENCE.—With respect 1
9975	9975	to aliens who were removed or departed the United States 2
9976	9976	on or after January 20, 2017, and who were continuously 3
9977	9977	physically present in the United States for at least 5 years 4
9978	9978	prior to such removal or departure, the Secretary may, 5
9979	9979	as a matter of discretion, waive the physical presence re-6
9980	9980	quirement under section 21002(b)(1)(A) or section 7
9981	9981	22002(a)(2) for humanitarian purposes, for family unity, 8
9982	9982	or because a waiver is otherwise in the public interest. The 9
9983	9983	Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 10
9984	9984	shall establish a procedure for such aliens to apply for re-11
9985	9985	lief under section 21002 or 22002 from outside the United 12
9986	9986	States if they would have been eligible for relief under 13
9987	9987	such section, but for their removal or departure. 14
9988	9988	SEC. 23005. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS. 15
9989	9989	Nothing in this division or in any other law may be 16
9990	9990	construed to apply a numerical limitation on the number 17
9991	9991	of aliens who may be granted permanent resident status 18
9992	9992	under this division (whether on a conditional basis, or 19
9993	9993	without the conditional basis as provided in section 20
9994	9994	21004(c)(2)). 21
9995	9995	SEC. 23006. AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDI-22
9996	9996	CIAL REVIEW. 23
9997	9997	(a) A
9998	9998	DMINISTRATIVEREVIEW.—Not later than 30 24
9999	9999	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-25
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10002	10002	•HR 3599 IH
10003	10003	retary shall provide to aliens who have applied for adjust-1
10004	10004	ment of status under this division a process by which an 2
10005	10005	applicant may seek administrative appellate review of a 3
10006	10006	denial of an application for adjustment of status, or a rev-4
10007	10007	ocation of such status. 5
10008	10008	(b) J
10009	10009	UDICIALREVIEW.—Except as provided in sub-6
10010	10010	section (c), and notwithstanding any other provision of 7
10011	10011	law, an alien may seek judicial review of a denial of an 8
10012	10012	application for adjustment of status, or a revocation of 9
10013	10013	such status, under this division in an appropriate United 10
10014	10014	States district court. 11
10015	10015	(c) S
10016	10016	TAY OFREMOVAL.— 12
10017	10017	(1) I
10018	10018	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-13
10019	10019	graph (2), an alien seeking administrative or judicial 14
10020	10020	review under this division may not be removed from 15
10021	10021	the United States until a final decision is rendered 16
10022	10022	establishing that the alien is ineligible for adjust-17
10023	10023	ment of status under this Act. 18
10024	10024	(2) E
10025	10025	XCEPTION.—The Secretary may remove 19
10026	10026	an alien described in paragraph (1) pending judicial 20
10027	10027	review if such removal is based on criminal or na-21
10028	10028	tional security grounds described in this division. 22
10029	10029	Such removal shall not affect the alien’s right to ju-23
10030	10030	dicial review under this division. The Secretary shall 24
10031	10031	promptly return a removed alien if a decision to 25
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10034	10034	•HR 3599 IH
10035	10035	deny an application for adjustment of status under 1
10036	10036	this division, or to revoke such status, is reversed. 2
10037	10037	SEC. 23007. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS. 3
10038	10038	(a) D
10039	10039	OCUMENTS ESTABLISHING IDENTITY.—An 4
10040	10040	alien’s application for permanent resident status under 5
10041	10041	this division (whether on a conditional basis, or without 6
10042	10042	the conditional basis as provided in section 21004(c)(2)) 7
10043	10043	may include, as evidence of identity, the following: 8
10044	10044	(1) A passport or national identity document 9
10045	10045	from the alien’s country of origin that includes the 10
10046	10046	alien’s name and the alien’s photograph or finger-11
10047	10047	print. 12
10048	10048	(2) The alien’s birth certificate and an identity 13
10049	10049	card that includes the alien’s name and photograph. 14
10050	10050	(3) A school identification card that includes 15
10051	10051	the alien’s name and photograph, and school records 16
10052	10052	showing the alien’s name and that the alien is or 17
10053	10053	was enrolled at the school. 18
10054	10054	(4) A Uniformed Services identification card 19
10055	10055	issued by the Department of Defense. 20
10056	10056	(5) Any immigration or other document issued 21
10057	10057	by the United States Government bearing the alien’s 22
10058	10058	name and photograph. 23
10059	10059	(6) A State-issued identification card bearing 24
10060	10060	the alien’s name and photograph. 25
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10064	10064	(7) Any other evidence determined to be cred-1
10065	10065	ible by the Secretary. 2
10066	10066	(b) D
10067	10067	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGENTRY, CONTIN-3
10068	10068	UOUSPHYSICALPRESENCE, LACK OFABANDONMENT OF 4
10069	10069	R
10070	10070	ESIDENCE.—To establish that an alien was 18 years of 5
10071	10071	age or younger on the date on which the alien entered 6
10072	10072	the United States, and has continuously resided in the 7
10073	10073	United States since such entry, as required under section 8
10074	10074	21002(b)(1)(B), that an alien has been continuously phys-9
10075	10075	ically present in the United States, as required under sec-10
10076	10076	tion 21002(b)(1)(A) or 202(a)(2), or that an alien has not 11
10077	10077	abandoned residence in the United States, as required 12
10078	10078	under section 21004(a)(1)(B), the alien may submit the 13
10079	10079	following forms of evidence: 14
10080	10080	(1) Passport entries, including admission 15
10081	10081	stamps on the alien’s passport. 16
10082	10082	(2) Any document from the Department of Jus-17
10083	10083	tice or the Department of Homeland Security noting 18
10084	10084	the alien’s date of entry into the United States. 19
10085	10085	(3) Records from any educational institution 20
10086	10086	the alien has attended in the United States. 21
10087	10087	(4) Employment records of the alien that in-22
10088	10088	clude the employer’s name and contact information, 23
10089	10089	or other records demonstrating earned income. 24
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10093	10093	(5) Records of service from the Uniformed 1
10094	10094	Services. 2
10095	10095	(6) Official records from a religious entity con-3
10096	10096	firming the alien’s participation in a religious cere-4
10097	10097	mony. 5
10098	10098	(7) A birth certificate for a child who was born 6
10099	10099	in the United States. 7
10100	10100	(8) Hospital or medical records showing med-8
10101	10101	ical treatment or hospitalization, the name of the 9
10102	10102	medical facility or physician, and the date of the 10
10103	10103	treatment or hospitalization. 11
10104	10104	(9) Automobile license receipts or registration. 12
10105	10105	(10) Deeds, mortgages, or rental agreement 13
10106	10106	contracts. 14
10107	10107	(11) Rent receipts or utility bills bearing the 15
10108	10108	alien’s name or the name of an immediate family 16
10109	10109	member of the alien, and the alien’s address. 17
10110	10110	(12) Tax receipts. 18
10111	10111	(13) Insurance policies. 19
10112	10112	(14) Remittance records, including copies of 20
10113	10113	money order receipts sent in or out of the country. 21
10114	10114	(15) Travel records. 22
10115	10115	(16) Dated bank transactions. 23
10116	10116	(17) Two or more sworn affidavits from individ-24
10117	10117	uals who are not related to the alien who have direct 25
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10120	10120	•HR 3599 IH
10121	10121	knowledge of the alien’s continuous physical pres-1
10122	10122	ence in the United States, that contain— 2
10123	10123	(A) the name, address, and telephone num-3
10124	10124	ber of the affiant; and 4
10125	10125	(B) the nature and duration of the rela-5
10126	10126	tionship between the affiant and the alien. 6
10127	10127	(18) Any other evidence determined to be cred-7
10128	10128	ible by the Secretary. 8
10129	10129	(c) D
10130	10130	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGADMISSION TO AN 9
10131	10131	I
10132	10132	NSTITUTION OFHIGHEREDUCATION.—To establish that 10
10133	10133	an alien has been admitted to an institution of higher edu-11
10134	10134	cation, the alien may submit to the Secretary a document 12
10135	10135	from the institution of higher education certifying that the 13
10136	10136	alien— 14
10137	10137	(1) has been admitted to the institution; or 15
10138	10138	(2) is currently enrolled in the institution as a 16
10139	10139	student. 17
10140	10140	(d) D
10141	10141	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGRECEIPT OF ADE-18
10142	10142	GREEFROM ANINSTITUTION OFHIGHEREDUCATION.— 19
10143	10143	To establish that an alien has acquired a degree from an 20
10144	10144	institution of higher education in the United States, the 21
10145	10145	alien may submit to the Secretary a diploma or other doc-22
10146	10146	ument from the institution stating that the alien has re-23
10147	10147	ceived such a degree. 24
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10150	10150	•HR 3599 IH
10151	10151	(e) DOCUMENTSESTABLISHINGRECEIPT OF AHIGH 1
10152	10152	S
10153	10153	CHOOLDIPLOMA, GENERALEDUCATIONALDEVELOP-2
10154	10154	MENTCREDENTIAL, OR ARECOGNIZEDEQUIVALENT.— 3
10155	10155	To establish that in the United States an alien has earned 4
10156	10156	a high school diploma or a commensurate alternative 5
10157	10157	award from a public or private high school, has obtained 6
10158	10158	the General Education Development credential, or other-7
10159	10159	wise has satisfied section 21002(b)(1)(D)(iii), the alien 8
10160	10160	may submit to the Secretary the following: 9
10161	10161	(1) A high school diploma, certificate of comple-10
10162	10162	tion, or other alternate award. 11
10163	10163	(2) A high school equivalency diploma or certifi-12
10164	10164	cate recognized under State law. 13
10165	10165	(3) Evidence that the alien passed a State-au-14
10166	10166	thorized exam, including the General Education De-15
10167	10167	velopment test, in the United States. 16
10168	10168	(4) Evidence that the alien successfully com-17
10169	10169	pleted an area career and technical education pro-18
10170	10170	gram, such as a certification, certificate, or similar 19
10171	10171	alternate award. 20
10172	10172	(5) Evidence that the alien obtained a recog-21
10173	10173	nized postsecondary credential. 22
10174	10174	(6) Any other evidence determined to be cred-23
10175	10175	ible by the Secretary. 24
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10178	10178	•HR 3599 IH
10179	10179	(f) DOCUMENTSESTABLISHINGENROLLMENT IN AN 1
10180	10180	E
10181	10181	DUCATIONALPROGRAM.—To establish that an alien is 2
10182	10182	enrolled in any school or education program described in 3
10183	10183	section 21002(b)(1)(D)(iv) or 21004(a)(1)(C), the alien 4
10184	10184	may submit school records from the United States school 5
10185	10185	that the alien is currently attending that include— 6
10186	10186	(1) the name of the school; and 7
10187	10187	(2) the alien’s name, periods of attendance, and 8
10188	10188	current grade or educational level. 9
10189	10189	(g) D
10190	10190	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGEXEMPTIONFROM 10
10191	10191	A
10192	10192	PPLICATIONFEES.—To establish that an alien is exempt 11
10193	10193	from an application fee under this division, the alien may 12
10194	10194	submit to the Secretary the following relevant documents: 13
10195	10195	(1) D
10196	10196	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH AGE .—To es-14
10197	10197	tablish that an alien meets an age requirement, the 15
10198	10198	alien may provide proof of identity, as described in 16
10199	10199	subsection (a), that establishes that the alien is 18 17
10200	10200	years of age or younger. 18
10201	10201	(2) D
10202	10202	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH INCOME .—To 19
10203	10203	establish the alien’s income, the alien may provide— 20
10204	10204	(A) employment records or other records of 21
10205	10205	earned income, including records that have been 22
10206	10206	maintained by the Social Security Administra-23
10207	10207	tion, the Internal Revenue Service, or any other 24
10208	10208	Federal, State, or local government agency; 25
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10211	10211	•HR 3599 IH
10212	10212	(B) bank records; or 1
10213	10213	(C) at least two sworn affidavits from indi-2
10214	10214	viduals who are not related to the alien and 3
10215	10215	who have direct knowledge of the alien’s work 4
10216	10216	and income that contain— 5
10217	10217	(i) the name, address, and telephone 6
10218	10218	number of the affiant; and 7
10219	10219	(ii) the nature and duration of the re-8
10220	10220	lationship between the affiant and the 9
10221	10221	alien. 10
10222	10222	(3) D
10223	10223	OCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH FOSTER CARE , 11
10224	10224	LACK OF FAMILIAL SUPPORT , OR SERIOUS, CHRONIC 12
10225	10225	DISABILITY.—To establish that the alien is in foster 13
10226	10226	care, lacks parental or familial support, or has a se-14
10227	10227	rious, chronic disability, the alien may provide at 15
10228	10228	least two sworn affidavits from individuals who are 16
10229	10229	not related to the alien and who have direct knowl-17
10230	10230	edge of the circumstances that contain— 18
10231	10231	(A) a statement that the alien is in foster 19
10232	10232	care, otherwise lacks any parental or other fa-20
10233	10233	miliar support, or has a serious, chronic dis-21
10234	10234	ability, as appropriate; 22
10235	10235	(B) the name, address, and telephone num-23
10236	10236	ber of the affiant; and 24
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10239	10239	•HR 3599 IH
10240	10240	(C) the nature and duration of the rela-1
10241	10241	tionship between the affiant and the alien. 2
10242	10242	(h) D
10243	10243	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGQUALIFICATION FOR 3
10244	10244	H
10245	10245	ARDSHIPEXEMPTION.—To establish that an alien satis-4
10246	10246	fies one of the criteria for the hardship exemption set forth 5
10247	10247	in section 21004(a)(2)(C), the alien may submit to the 6
10248	10248	Secretary at least two sworn affidavits from individuals 7
10249	10249	who are not related to the alien and who have direct 8
10250	10250	knowledge of the circumstances that warrant the exemp-9
10251	10251	tion, that contain— 10
10252	10252	(1) the name, address, and telephone number of 11
10253	10253	the affiant; and 12
10254	10254	(2) the nature and duration of the relationship 13
10255	10255	between the affiant and the alien. 14
10256	10256	(i) D
10257	10257	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGSERVICE IN THE 15
10258	10258	U
10259	10259	NIFORMEDSERVICES.—To establish that an alien has 16
10260	10260	served in the Uniformed Services for at least 2 years and, 17
10261	10261	if discharged, received an honorable discharge, the alien 18
10262	10262	may submit to the Secretary— 19
10263	10263	(1) a Department of Defense form DD–214; 20
10264	10264	(2) a National Guard Report of Separation and 21
10265	10265	Record of Service form 22; 22
10266	10266	(3) personnel records for such service from the 23
10267	10267	appropriate Uniformed Service; or 24
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10270	10270	•HR 3599 IH
10271	10271	(4) health records from the appropriate Uni-1
10272	10272	formed Service. 2
10273	10273	(j) D
10274	10274	OCUMENTSESTABLISHINGEARNEDINCOME.— 3
10275	10275	(1) I
10276	10276	N GENERAL.—An alien may satisfy the 4
10277	10277	earned income requirement under section 5
10278	10278	21004(a)(1)(C)(iii) by submitting records that— 6
10279	10279	(A) establish compliance with such require-7
10280	10280	ment; and 8
10281	10281	(B) have been maintained by the Social Se-9
10282	10282	curity Administration, the Internal Revenue 10
10283	10283	Service, or any other Federal, State, or local 11
10284	10284	government agency. 12
10285	10285	(2) O
10286	10286	THER DOCUMENTS .—An alien who is un-13
10287	10287	able to submit the records described in paragraph 14
10288	10288	(1) may satisfy the earned income requirement by 15
10289	10289	submitting at least two types of reliable documents 16
10290	10290	that provide evidence of employment or other forms 17
10291	10291	of earned income, including— 18
10292	10292	(A) bank records; 19
10293	10293	(B) business records; 20
10294	10294	(C) employer or contractor records; 21
10295	10295	(D) records of a labor union, day labor 22
10296	10296	center, or organization that assists workers in 23
10297	10297	employment; 24
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10300	10300	•HR 3599 IH
10301	10301	(E) sworn affidavits from individuals who 1
10302	10302	are not related to the alien and who have direct 2
10303	10303	knowledge of the alien’s work, that contain— 3
10304	10304	(i) the name, address, and telephone 4
10305	10305	number of the affiant; and 5
10306	10306	(ii) the nature and duration of the re-6
10307	10307	lationship between the affiant and the 7
10308	10308	alien; 8
10309	10309	(F) remittance records; or 9
10310	10310	(G) any other evidence determined to be 10
10311	10311	credible by the Secretary. 11
10312	10312	(k) A
10313	10313	UTHORITYTOPROHIBITUSE OFCERTAIN 12
10314	10314	D
10315	10315	OCUMENTS.—If the Secretary determines, after publica-13
10316	10316	tion in the Federal Register and an opportunity for public 14
10317	10317	comment, that any document or class of documents does 15
10318	10318	not reliably establish identity or that permanent resident 16
10319	10319	status under this division (whether on a conditional basis, 17
10320	10320	or without the conditional basis as provided in section 18
10321	10321	21004(c)(2)) is being obtained fraudulently to an unac-19
10322	10322	ceptable degree, the Secretary may prohibit or restrict the 20
10323	10323	use of such document or class of documents. 21
10324	10324	SEC. 23008. RULEMAKING. 22
10325	10325	(a) I
10326	10326	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 23
10327	10327	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub-24
10328	10328	lish in the Federal Register interim final rules imple-25
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10331	10331	•HR 3599 IH
10332	10332	menting this division, which shall allow eligible individuals 1
10333	10333	to immediately apply for relief under this division. Not-2
10334	10334	withstanding section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 3
10335	10335	the regulation shall be effective, on an interim basis, im-4
10336	10336	mediately upon publication, but may be subject to change 5
10337	10337	and revision after public notice and opportunity for a pe-6
10338	10338	riod of public comment. The Secretary shall finalize such 7
10339	10339	rules not later than 180 days after the date of publication. 8
10340	10340	(b) P
10341	10341	APERWORK REDUCTIONACT.—The require-9
10342	10342	ments under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 10
10343	10343	(commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), 11
10344	10344	shall not apply to any action to implement this Act. 12
10345	10345	SEC. 23009. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. 13
10346	10346	(a) I
10347	10347	NGENERAL.—The Secretary may not disclose 14
10348	10348	or use information (including information provided during 15
10349	10349	administrative or judicial review) provided in applications 16
10350	10350	filed under this division or in requests for DACA for the 17
10351	10351	purpose of immigration enforcement. 18
10352	10352	(b) R
10353	10353	EFERRALSPROHIBITED.—The Secretary, based 19
10354	10354	solely on information provided in an application for adjust-20
10355	10355	ment of status under this division (including information 21
10356	10356	provided during administrative or judicial review) or an 22
10357	10357	application for DACA, may not refer an applicant to U.S. 23
10358	10358	Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs 24
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10361	10361	•HR 3599 IH
10362	10362	and Border Protection, or any designee of either such enti-1
10363	10363	ty. 2
10364	10364	(c) L
10365	10365	IMITEDEXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-3
10366	10366	sections (a) and (b), information provided in an applica-4
10367	10367	tion for adjustment of status under this division may be 5
10368	10368	shared with Federal security and law enforcement agen-6
10369	10369	cies— 7
10370	10370	(1) for assistance in the consideration of an ap-8
10371	10371	plication for adjustment of status under this divi-9
10372	10372	sion; 10
10373	10373	(2) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims; 11
10374	10374	(3) for national security purposes; or 12
10375	10375	(4) for the investigation or prosecution of any 13
10376	10376	felony offense not related to immigration status. 14
10377	10377	(d) P
10378	10378	ENALTY.—Any person who knowingly uses, pub-15
10379	10379	lishes, or permits information to be examined in violation 16
10380	10380	of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000. 17
10381	10381	SEC. 23010. GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE APPLI-18
10382	10382	CANTS. 19
10383	10383	(a) E
10384	10384	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish, 20
10385	10385	within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a pro-21
10386	10386	gram to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 22
10387	10387	nonprofit organizations that will use the funding to assist 23
10388	10388	eligible applicants under this division by providing them 24
10389	10389	with the services described in subsection (b). 25
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10392	10392	•HR 3599 IH
10393	10393	(b) USE OFFUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 1
10394	10394	this section shall be used for the design and implementa-2
10395	10395	tion of programs that provide— 3
10396	10396	(1) information to the public regarding the eli-4
10397	10397	gibility and benefits of permanent resident status 5
10398	10398	under this division (whether on a conditional basis, 6
10399	10399	or without the conditional basis as provided in sec-7
10400	10400	tion 21004(c)(2)), particularly to individuals poten-8
10401	10401	tially eligible for such status; 9
10402	10402	(2) assistance, within the scope of authorized 10
10403	10403	practice of immigration law, to individuals submit-11
10404	10404	ting applications for adjustment of status under this 12
10405	10405	division (whether on a conditional basis, or without 13
10406	10406	the conditional basis as provided in section 14
10407	10407	21004(c)(2)), including— 15
10408	10408	(A) screening prospective applicants to as-16
10409	10409	sess their eligibility for such status; 17
10410	10410	(B) completing applications and petitions, 18
10411	10411	including providing assistance in obtaining the 19
10412	10412	requisite documents and supporting evidence; 20
10413	10413	and 21
10414	10414	(C) providing any other assistance that the 22
10415	10415	Secretary or grantee considers useful or nec-23
10416	10416	essary to apply for adjustment of status under 24
10417	10417	this division (whether on a conditional basis, or 25
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10420	10420	•HR 3599 IH
10421	10421	without the conditional basis as provided in sec-1
10422	10422	tion 21004(c)(2)); and 2
10423	10423	(3) assistance, within the scope of authorized 3
10424	10424	practice of immigration law, and instruction, to indi-4
10425	10425	viduals— 5
10426	10426	(A) on the rights and responsibilities of 6
10427	10427	United States citizenship; 7
10428	10428	(B) in civics and English as a second lan-8
10429	10429	guage; 9
10430	10430	(C) in preparation for the General Edu-10
10431	10431	cation Development test; and 11
10432	10432	(D) in applying for adjustment of status 12
10433	10433	and United States citizenship. 13
10434	10434	(c) A
10435	10435	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 14
10436	10436	(1) A
10437	10437	MOUNTS AUTHORIZED .—There are author-15
10438	10438	ized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-16
10439	10439	essary for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 17
10440	10440	2034 to carry out this section. 18
10441	10441	(2) A
10442	10442	VAILABILITY.—Any amounts appropriated 19
10443	10443	pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available 20
10444	10444	until expended. 21
10445	10445	SEC. 23011. PROVISIONS AFFECTING ELIGIBILITY FOR AD-22
10446	10446	JUSTMENT OF STATUS. 23
10447	10447	An alien’s eligibility to be lawfully admitted for per-24
10448	10448	manent residence under this division (whether on a condi-25
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10451	10451	•HR 3599 IH
10452	10452	tional basis, or without the conditional basis as provided 1
10453	10453	in section 21004(c)(2)) shall not preclude the alien from 2
10454	10454	seeking any status under any other provision of law for 3
10455	10455	which the alien may otherwise be eligible. 4
10456	10456	SEC. 23012. SUPPLEMENTARY SURCHARGE FOR APPOINTED 5
10457	10457	COUNSEL. 6
10458	10458	(a) I
10459	10459	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in section 7
10460	10460	23002 and in cases where the applicant is exempt from 8
10461	10461	paying a fee under section 23003(c), in any case in which 9
10462	10462	a fee is charged pursuant to this division, an additional 10
10463	10463	surcharge of $25 shall be imposed and collected for the 11
10464	10464	purpose of providing appointed counsel to applicants seek-12
10465	10465	ing judicial review of the Secretary’s decision to provision-13
10466	10466	ally deny an application under this Act. 14
10467	10467	(b) I
10468	10468	MMIGRATIONCOUNSELACCOUNT.—There is es-15
10469	10469	tablished in the general fund of the Treasury a separate 16
10470	10470	account which shall be known as the ‘‘Immigration Coun-17
10471	10471	sel Account’’. Fees collected under subsection (a) shall be 18
10472	10472	deposited into the Immigration Counsel Account and shall 19
10473	10473	remain available until expended for purposes of providing 20
10474	10474	appointed counsel as required under this Act. 21
10475	10475	(c) R
10476	10476	EPORT.—At the end of each 2-year period, be-22
10477	10477	ginning with the establishment of this account, the Sec-23
10478	10478	retary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 24
10479	10479	Congress concerning the status of the account, including 25
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10482	10482	•HR 3599 IH
10483	10483	any balances therein, and recommend any adjustment in 1
10484	10484	the prescribed fee that may be required to ensure that the 2
10485	10485	receipts collected from the fee charged for the succeeding 3
10486	10486	2 years equal, as closely as possible, the cost of providing 4
10487	10487	appointed counsel as required under this Act. 5
10488	10488	SEC. 23013. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROVISIONAL DENIAL AU-6
10489	10489	THORITY. 7
10490	10490	Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 8
10491	10491	of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 9
10492	10492	Homeland Security shall submit to the Congress a report 10
10493	10493	detailing the number of applicants that receive— 11
10494	10494	(1) a provisional denial under this division; 12
10495	10495	(2) a final denial under this division without 13
10496	10496	seeking judicial review; 14
10497	10497	(3) a final denial under this division after seek-15
10498	10498	ing judicial review; and 16
10499	10499	(4) an approval under this division after seek-17
10500	10500	ing judicial review. 18
10501	10501	TITLE IV—DIGNITY AND 19
10502	10502	REDEMPTION PROGRAMS 20
10503	10503	Subtitle A—Dignity Program 21
10504	10504	SEC. 24001. ESTABLISHMENT. 22
10505	10505	(a) I
10506	10506	NGENERAL.—There is established a program, 23
10507	10507	to be known as the ‘‘Dignity Program’’ under this subtitle, 24
10508	10508	which shall provide for deferred action on removal and the 25
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10511	10511	•HR 3599 IH
10512	10512	provision of employment and travel authorization in the 1
10513	10513	case of eligible applicants, in accordance with the provi-2
10514	10514	sions of this subtitle. 3
10515	10515	(b) A
10516	10516	BOLITION OF3- AND10-YEARBARS.—For pur-4
10517	10517	poses of this subtitle, section 212(a)(9) of the Immigration 5
10518	10518	and Nationality Act shall not apply for purposes of any 6
10519	10519	person who applies and thereafter participates in the Dig-7
10520	10520	nity Program. 8
10521	10521	SEC. 24002. ELIGIBILITY. 9
10522	10522	The Secretary of Homeland Security shall approve an 10
10523	10523	application to participate in the Dignity Program from an 11
10524	10524	eligible alien subject to the following: 12
10525	10525	(1) A
10526	10526	PPLICATION.—The applicant shall submit 13
10527	10527	such information that the Secretary determines suf-14
10528	10528	ficient to prove the following: 15
10529	10529	(A) That the alien has been continually 16
10530	10530	physically present in the United States at least 17
10531	10531	5 years prior to the enactment of this Act. 18
10532	10532	(B) That the alien is not inadmissible 19
10533	10533	under section 212(a) of the Immigration and 20
10534	10534	Nationality Act (except that paragraph (9) shall 21
10535	10535	not apply for purposes of this section). 22
10536	10536	(C) That the alien has included a restitu-23
10537	10537	tion payment of at least $1,000, to be deposited 24
10538	10538	in the H–1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account, 25
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10541	10541	•HR 3599 IH
10542	10542	which shall be used to support American work-1
10543	10543	ers for purposes described in subtitle C of title 2
10544	10544	IV of division B. 3
10545	10545	(2) S
10546	10546	UBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIO -4
10547	10547	GRAPHIC DATA; BACKGROUND CHECKS .— 5
10548	10548	(A) S
10549	10549	UBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIO -6
10550	10550	GRAPHIC DATA.—The Secretary may not ap-7
10551	10551	prove such an application, unless the alien sub-8
10552	10552	mits biometric and biographic data, in accord-9
10553	10553	ance with procedures established by the Sec-10
10554	10554	retary. The Secretary shall provide an alter-11
10555	10555	native procedure for aliens who are unable to 12
10556	10556	provide such biometric or biographic data be-13
10557	10557	cause of a physical impairment. 14
10558	10558	(B) B
10559	10559	ACKGROUND CHECKS .—The Sec-15
10560	10560	retary shall use biometric, biographic, and other 16
10561	10561	data that the Secretary determines appropriate 17
10562	10562	to conduct security and law enforcement back-18
10563	10563	ground checks and to determine whether there 19
10564	10564	is any criminal, national security, or other fac-20
10565	10565	tor that would render the alien ineligible for 21
10566	10566	participation in the Dignity Program in accord-22
10567	10567	ance with paragraph (3). The application for 23
10568	10568	participation in the Dignity Program may not 24
10569	10569	be approved unless security and law enforce-25
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10572	10572	•HR 3599 IH
10573	10573	ment background checks are completed to the 1
10574	10574	satisfaction of the Secretary. 2
10575	10575	(3) G
10576	10576	ROUNDS OF INELIGIBILITY .—Except as 3
10577	10577	provided in paragraph (2), an alien is ineligible for 4
10578	10578	participation in the Dignity Program if, excluding 5
10579	10579	any offense under State law for which an essential 6
10580	10580	element is the alien’s immigration status, and any 7
10581	10581	minor traffic offense, the alien has been convicted 8
10582	10582	of— 9
10583	10583	(A) any felony offense; 10
10584	10584	(B) two or more misdemeanor offenses (ex-11
10585	10585	cluding simple possession of cannabis or can-12
10586	10586	nabis-related paraphernalia, any offense involv-13
10587	10587	ing cannabis or cannabis-related paraphernalia 14
10588	10588	which is no longer prosecutable in the State in 15
10589	10589	which the conviction was entered, and any of-16
10590	10590	fense involving civil disobedience without vio-17
10591	10591	lence) not occurring on the same date, and not 18
10592	10592	arising out of the same act, omission, or scheme 19
10593	10593	of misconduct; or 20
10594	10594	(C) a misdemeanor offense of domestic vio-21
10595	10595	lence, unless the alien demonstrates that such 22
10596	10596	crime is related to the alien having been— 23
10597	10597	(i) a victim of domestic violence, sex-24
10598	10598	ual assault, stalking, child abuse or ne-25
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10601	10601	•HR 3599 IH
10602	10602	glect, abuse or neglect in later life, or 1
10603	10603	human trafficking; 2
10604	10604	(ii) battered or subjected to extreme 3
10605	10605	cruelty; or 4
10606	10606	(iii) a victim of criminal activity de-5
10607	10607	scribed in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) of the 6
10608	10608	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 7
10609	10609	1101(a)(15)(U)(iii)). 8
10610	10610	(4) W
10611	10611	AIVERS FOR CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS .— 9
10612	10612	For humanitarian purposes, family unity, or if oth-10
10613	10613	erwise in the public interest, the Secretary may 11
10614	10614	waive— 12
10615	10615	(A) the grounds of inadmissibility under 13
10616	10616	subparagraphs (A), (C), and (D) of section 14
10617	10617	212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 15
10618	10618	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)); and 16
10619	10619	(B) consideration of— 17
10620	10620	(i) one misdemeanor offense if the 18
10621	10621	alien has not been convicted of any offense 19
10622	10622	in the 5-year period preceding the date on 20
10623	10623	which the alien applies for adjustment of 21
10624	10624	status; or 22
10625	10625	(ii) up to two misdemeanor offenses if 23
10626	10626	the alien has not been convicted of any of-24
10627	10627	fense in the 10-year period preceding the 25
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10630	10630	•HR 3599 IH
10631	10631	date on which the alien applies for adjust-1
10632	10632	ment of status. 2
10633	10633	SEC. 24003. REGISTRATION; DEPARTURE. 3
10634	10634	(a) R
10635	10635	EGISTRATION.—Any alien approved to partici-4
10636	10636	pate in the Dignity Program shall— 5
10637	10637	(1) register with the Secretary of Homeland Se-6
10638	10638	curity; 7
10639	10639	(2) submit biometric and biographic data to the 8
10640	10640	Secretary; and 9
10641	10641	(3) submit a sworn declaration stipulating to 10
10642	10642	presence in the United States without a lawful immi-11
10643	10643	gration status, and, as appropriate, unlawful pres-12
10644	10644	ence, in the United States. 13
10645	10645	(b) D
10646	10646	EPARTURE.—Not later than 24 months after 14
10647	10647	the date of the enactment of this Act, any alien present 15
10648	10648	in the United States without lawful status under the immi-16
10649	10649	gration laws, or not participating in the programs outlined 17
10650	10650	in division B or seeking Certified Agricultural Worker sta-18
10651	10651	tus under this Act shall apply for the Dignity Program 19
10652	10652	or depart the United States. 20
10653	10653	(c) I
10654	10654	NTENTIONALSELF-DEPORTATION.—Any alien 21
10655	10655	that voluntarily departs the United States not later than 22
10656	10656	24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 23
10657	10657	not be subject to the provisions of section 212(a)(9) of 24
10658	10658	the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to— 25
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10661	10661	•HR 3599 IH
10662	10662	(1) any removal ordered under section 1
10663	10663	235(b)(1) of such Act or at the end of proceedings 2
10664	10664	under section 240 of such Act initiated upon the 3
10665	10665	alien’s arrival in the United States; or 4
10666	10666	(2) any removal ordered under section 240 of 5
10667	10667	such Act, 6
10668	10668	prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
10669	10669	(d) L
10670	10670	IMITATION ONREMOVAL.—An alien who ap-8
10671	10671	pears to be prima facie eligible for status under this sub-9
10672	10672	title during the 24-month period following the date of en-10
10673	10673	actment of this Act may not be removed or fined based 11
10674	10674	on their immigration status— 12
10675	10675	(1) during such period; and 13
10676	10676	(2) in the case that the alien applies for status 14
10677	10677	under this subtitle, until a final decision establishing 15
10678	10678	ineligibility for such status is rendered. 16
10679	10679	(e) E
10680	10680	XCEPTION.—This section does not apply in the 17
10681	10681	case of any alien with a valid Notice to Appear in immigra-18
10682	10682	tion court or with a pending determination on their immi-19
10683	10683	gration status that is not decided before this date. 20
10684	10684	SEC. 24004. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 21
10685	10685	(a) I
10686	10686	NGENERAL.—Any applicant who is approved to 22
10687	10687	participate in the Dignity Program shall make an appoint-23
10688	10688	ment with USCIS who shall issue an order deferring fur-24
10689	10689	ther action for a period of 7 years. 25
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10692	10692	•HR 3599 IH
10693	10693	(b) CONDITIONS.—Each participant in the Dignity 1
10694	10694	Program shall conform to the following: 2
10695	10695	(1) R
10696	10696	EPORT.—The participant shall biennially 3
10697	10697	report to the Secretary of Homeland Security and 4
10698	10698	provide the following information: 5
10699	10699	(A) Place of residence. 6
10700	10700	(B) Testimony as to good standing within 7
10701	10701	the community. 8
10702	10702	(2) R
10703	10703	ESTITUTION.— 9
10704	10704	(A) I
10705	10705	N GENERAL.—The participant shall 10
10706	10706	pay an additional fee of at least $1,000 with 11
10707	10707	each report under paragraph (1), until a total 12
10708	10708	amount of $5,000 has been paid, to be depos-13
10709	10709	ited in the H–1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Ac-14
10710	10710	count, which shall be used to support American 15
10711	10711	workers for purposes described in subtitle C of 16
10712	10712	title IV of division B. 17
10713	10713	(B) L
10714	10714	IMITATION IN THE CASE OF MI -18
10715	10715	NORS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with 19
10716	10716	respect to any participant in the Dignity Pro-20
10717	10717	gram who is under 18 years of age. 21
10718	10718	(3) L
10719	10719	AWFUL CONDUCT .—The participant shall 22
10720	10720	comply with all Federal and State laws. 23
10721	10721	(4) E
10722	10722	MPLOYMENT.—The participant shall re-24
10723	10723	main, for a period of not less than 4 years during 25
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10726	10726	•HR 3599 IH
10727	10727	their participation in the Dignity Program, employed 1
10728	10728	(including self-employment and serving as a care-2
10729	10729	giver) or enrolled in a course of study at an institute 3
10730	10730	of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the 4
10731	10731	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), or 5
10732	10732	an area career and technical education school, as de-6
10733	10733	fined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 7
10734	10734	Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 8
10735	10735	The Secretary may waive the application of this 9
10736	10736	paragraph in the case of any alien with dependents 10
10737	10737	under the age of 12, any alien the Secretary deter-11
10738	10738	mines would be unable to reasonably comply by rea-12
10739	10739	son of a disability or other impediment, or anyone 13
10740	10740	above 65 years of age. 14
10741	10741	(5) T
10742	10742	AXES.—The participant shall pay any ap-15
10743	10743	plicable taxes and satisfy any tax obligations out-16
10744	10744	standing within 10 years of the date of application 17
10745	10745	approval. 18
10746	10746	(6) S
10747	10747	UPPORT DEPENDENTS .—The participant 19
10748	10748	shall support any dependents including by providing 20
10749	10749	food, shelter, clothing, education, and covering basic 21
10750	10750	medical needs. 22
10751	10751	(7) M
10752	10752	EDICAL COSTS.— 23
10753	10753	(A) I
10754	10754	N GENERAL.—The participant shall 24
10755	10755	be enrolled under qualifying health coverage. 25
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10758	10758	•HR 3599 IH
10759	10759	(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 1
10760	10760	paragraph, the term ‘‘qualifying health cov-2
10761	10761	erage’’ means, with respect to the participant, 3
10762	10762	the higher of the following levels of coverage ap-4
10763	10763	plicable to such alien: 5
10764	10764	(i) At a minimum, catastrophic health 6
10765	10765	insurance coverage that provides coverage 7
10766	10766	of such individual with respect to at least 8
10767	10767	the State of employment and State of resi-9
10768	10768	dence of the alien. 10
10769	10769	(ii) In the case of an alien whose 11
10770	10770	State of residence or State of employment 12
10771	10771	requires such an alien to maintain cov-13
10772	10772	erage under health insurance, such health 14
10773	10773	insurance. 15
10774	10774	(8) P
10775	10775	UBLIC BENEFITS.—Beginning on the date 16
10776	10776	of participation in the Dignity Program, the partici-17
10777	10777	pant shall not avail himself or herself of any Federal 18
10778	10778	means-tested benefits or entitlement programs. For 19
10779	10779	purposes of this paragraph, any benefits received by 20
10780	10780	a child or dependent that is a United States citizen 21
10781	10781	living in the same household shall not be taken into 22
10782	10782	account. 23
10783	10783	(9) L
10784	10784	EVY.—In addition to other taxes, there is 24
10785	10785	hereby imposed on the income of every participant a 25
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10788	10788	•HR 3599 IH
10789	10789	tax equal to 1.5 percent of the adjusted gross in-1
10790	10790	come (as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal 2
10791	10791	Revenue Code of 1986) received by the individual 3
10792	10792	with respect to employment (as defined in section 4
10793	10793	3121(b) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). The 5
10794	10794	participant shall comply with the requirements of 6
10795	10795	section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 7
10796	10796	Any tax collected under this paragraph shall be de-8
10797	10797	posited in the Immigration Infrastructure Fund es-9
10798	10798	tablished in section 1213. 10
10799	10799	(10) E
10800	10800	XEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PAYROLL 11
10801	10801	TAXES.—A participant shall not be liable for any tax 12
10802	10802	under section 3101 or 3102 of the Internal Revenue 13
10803	10803	Code of 1986. 14
10804	10804	(c) A
10805	10805	UTHORIZINGPARTICIPANTSAPPROVEDTOPAR-15
10806	10806	TICIPATE IN THEDIGNITYPROGRAMTOENLIST IN THE 16
10807	10807	A
10808	10808	RMEDFORCES.— 17
10809	10809	(1) W
10810	10810	AIVER.—Under this provision, for any in-18
10811	10811	dividual in the Dignity program that enlists in the 19
10812	10812	Armed Forces, the conditions outlined in subsection 20
10813	10813	(b) shall be waived during their service. 21
10814	10814	(2) C
10815	10815	OMPLETION OF TERM OF ENLISTMENT .— 22
10816	10816	Upon completion of a term of enlistment, the re-23
10817	10817	quirements of the Dignity Program shall be satisfied 24
10818	10818	for that individual, and that individual shall be eligi-25
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10821	10821	•HR 3599 IH
10822	10822	ble to adjust to lawful permanent resident status 1
10823	10823	through the Armed Forces. 2
10824	10824	(d) V
10825	10825	IOLATIONS.—If a participant violates a condi-3
10826	10826	tion under subsection (b), the Secretary may at the Sec-4
10827	10827	retary’s discretion, waive enforcement of minor violations 5
10828	10828	including late fees, take extenuating circumstances into ef-6
10829	10829	fect, or consider factors of undue hardship, but in all other 7
10830	10830	cases, the Secretary shall initiate removal proceedings. In 8
10831	10831	such proceedings, the immigration judge may make a de-9
10832	10832	termination as to whether to order removal or to issue an 10
10833	10833	order modifying the conditions of that participant’s par-11
10834	10834	ticipation in the Dignity Program. 12
10835	10835	SEC. 24005. COMPLETION. 13
10836	10836	(a) I
10837	10837	NGENERAL.—Upon satisfying the conditions set 14
10838	10838	forth in subsection (b) and thereby successfully completing 15
10839	10839	the Dignity Program, the participant may choose— 16
10840	10840	(1) to receive Dignity status under this section; 17
10841	10841	or 18
10842	10842	(2) to register for the Redemption Program 19
10843	10843	under subtitle B. 20
10844	10844	(b) C
10845	10845	OMPLETION.—The conditions set forth in this 21
10846	10846	subsection for successful completion of the Dignity Pro-22
10847	10847	gram are as follows: 23
10848	10848	(1) Compliance with all requirements of sub-24
10849	10849	section (b)(1). 25
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10852	10852	•HR 3599 IH
10853	10853	(2) Compliance with all requirements of sub-1
10854	10854	section (b)(2). 2
10855	10855	(3) Compliance with the requirement of sub-3
10856	10856	section (b)(3) for the entire period of the participa-4
10857	10857	tion in the Dignity Program. 5
10858	10858	(c) D
10859	10859	IGNITYSTATUS.—The status under this sec-6
10860	10860	tion— 7
10861	10861	(1) shall be valid for a period of 5 years; 8
10862	10862	(2) may be renewed any number of times; and 9
10863	10863	(3) shall provide the alien with— 10
10864	10864	(A) lawful status as a nonimmigrant; 11
10865	10865	(B) authorization for employment; and 12
10866	10866	(C) the ability to reenter the United States 13
10867	10867	any number of times. 14
10868	10868	(d) R
10869	10869	EDEMPTIONPROGRAM.—Upon completion of 15
10870	10870	the requirements of the Dignity Program, an applicant 16
10871	10871	may choose to register for the Redemption Program under 17
10872	10872	subtitle B. 18
10873	10873	Subtitle B—Redemption Program 19
10874	10874	SEC. 24101. ESTABLISHMENT. 20
10875	10875	(a) E
10876	10876	STABLISHMENT.—There is established a pro-21
10877	10877	gram, to be known as the ‘‘Redemption Program’’, under 22
10878	10878	which eligible applicants may acquire conditional redemp-23
10879	10879	tion status, and shall be authorized to apply for lawful 24
10880	10880	permanent residency under the immigration laws in ac-25
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10883	10883	•HR 3599 IH
10884	10884	cordance with section 24103. Such status shall be valid 1
10885	10885	for a period of 5 years, and may be renewed any number 2
10886	10886	of times. 3
10887	10887	(b) E
10888	10888	LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to apply under the 4
10889	10889	Redemption Program, an applicant shall be an alien who 5
10890	10890	has successfully completed the Dignity Program under 6
10891	10891	subtitle A. 7
10892	10892	(c) S
10893	10893	TATUS.—In the case of an alien who is an eligi-8
10894	10894	ble applicant granted conditional redemption status under 9
10895	10895	this section, the alien— 10
10896	10896	(1) may not be removed or return the alien to 11
10897	10897	the alien’s country of nationality or, in the case of 12
10898	10898	a person having no nationality, the country of the 13
10899	10899	alien’s last habitual residence; 14
10900	10900	(2) shall be authorized to engage in employ-15
10901	10901	ment in the United States and be provided with ap-16
10902	10902	propriate endorsement of that authorization; and 17
10903	10903	(3) may be allowed to travel abroad. 18
10904	10904	(d) C
10905	10905	ONDITIONALITY.—Conditional redemption sta-19
10906	10906	tus does not convey a right to remain permanently in the 20
10907	10907	United States, and may be terminated if it is determined 21
10908	10908	that the alien has violated any condition set forth under 22
10909	10909	section 24102. 23
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10912	10912	•HR 3599 IH
10913	10913	SEC. 24102. CONDITIONS. 1
10914	10914	(a) I
10915	10915	NGENERAL.—An alien receiving conditional sta-2
10916	10916	tus under section 24101 shall comply with the following: 3
10917	10917	(1) The alien shall report to the Secretary of 4
10918	10918	Homeland Security biennially. 5
10919	10919	(2) The alien shall maintain an accurate record 6
10920	10920	with the Secretary of the following: 7
10921	10921	(A) The alien’s place of residence. 8
10922	10922	(B) Testimony regarding good standing 9
10923	10923	within the community. 10
10924	10924	(3) The alien shall complete either of the fol-11
10925	10925	lowing: 12
10926	10926	(A) Payment of additional fees of at least 13
10927	10927	$2,000 upon each report under paragraph (1), 14
10928	10928	until a total of $5,000 has been paid; or 15
10929	10929	(B) certification that the alien has com-16
10930	10930	pleted such community service requirement as 17
10931	10931	the Secretary may establish, consistent with the 18
10932	10932	following: 19
10933	10933	(i) Not less than 200 hours of com-20
10934	10934	munity service shall be required. 21
10935	10935	(ii) The community service may be 22
10936	10936	completed with the National Service Corps 23
10937	10937	or with other, local community service pro-24
10938	10938	viders, as the Secretary determines appro-25
10939	10939	priate. 26
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10942	10942	•HR 3599 IH
10943	10943	(4) The alien has learned English. 1
10944	10944	(5) The alien has learned United States civics. 2
10945	10945	(b) W
10946	10946	AIVER.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 3
10947	10947	may waive paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection (a) in the 4
10948	10948	case of an alien who is 65 years of age or older. 5
10949	10949	SEC. 24103. COMPLETION AND REMOVAL OF CONDITIONAL 6
10950	10950	STATUS. 7
10951	10951	If an alien maintains and completes the requirements 8
10952	10952	of this section, after a period of 4 years beginning on the 9
10953	10953	date that the alien’s application for participation in the 10
10954	10954	Redemption Program is approved, and subject to sections 11
10955	10955	1181 and 1515 of Division A of this Act, the Secretary 12
10956	10956	may adjust the status of the alien to that of a lawful per-13
10957	10957	manent resident, except that the alien’s status granted 14
10958	10958	under section 24101 may not be extended unless the alien 15
10959	10959	demonstrates that the alien satisfies the requirements 16
10960	10960	under section 312(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 17
10961	10961	Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)). 18
10962	10962	Subtitle C—Contribution to 19
10963	10963	American Workers 20
10964	10964	SEC. 24200. PURPOSE. 21
10965	10965	This subtitle shall direct restitution payments from 22
10966	10966	the Dignity and Redemption programs to be disbursed to 23
10967	10967	American workers through promoting apprenticeships and 24
10968	10968	other work-based learning programs for small and me-25
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10971	10971	•HR 3599 IH
10972	10972	dium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors, 1
10973	10973	through the establishment and support of industry or sec-2
10974	10974	tor partnerships. 3
10975	10975	SEC. 24201. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 4
10976	10976	From funds paid by restitution under title IV of divi-5
10977	10977	sion B of the Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our 6
10978	10978	Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act and 7
10979	10979	available under section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and 8
10980	10980	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), the Secretary shall 9
10981	10981	carry out this Act. 10
10982	10982	SEC. 24202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 11
10983	10983	(a) A
10984	10984	MERICANCOMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE 12
10985	10985	I
10986	10986	MPROVEMENT ACT OF1998.—Section 414(c) of the 13
10987	10987	American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement 14
10988	10988	Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) is repealed. 15
10989	10989	(b) I
10990	10990	MMIGRATION AND NATIONALITYACT.—Section 16
10991	10991	286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17
10992	10992	U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 18
10993	10993	‘‘(2) U
10994	10994	SE OF FEES FOR WORK -BASED LEARNING 19
10995	10995	PROGRAMS.—90 percent of amounts deposited into 20
10996	10996	the H–1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account pursu-21
10997	10997	ant to the Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding 22
10998	10998	our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American 23
10999	10999	Dream Act shall remain available to the Secretary of 24
11000	11000	Labor until expended to carry out the Dignity for 25
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11003	11003	•HR 3599 IH
11004	11004	Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite 1
11005	11005	and Deliver the American Dream Act.’’. 2
11006	11006	PART 1—PROMOTING APPRENTICESHIPS 3
11007	11007	THROUGH REGIONAL TRAINING NETWORKS 4
11008	11008	SEC. 24301. DEFINITIONS. 5
11009	11009	In this Act: 6
11010	11010	(1) E
11011	11011	LIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-7
11012	11012	ble partnership’’ means an industry or sector part-8
11013	11013	nership as defined in section 3 of the Workforce In-9
11014	11014	novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) that 10
11015	11015	submits and obtains approval of an application con-11
11016	11016	sistent with section 5(c). 12
11017	11017	(2) I
11018	11018	N-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR .—The term 13
11019	11019	‘‘in-demand industry sector’’ means a sector de-14
11020	11020	scribed in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of section 15
11021	11021	3(23) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 16
11022	11022	Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)). 17
11023	11023	(3) L
11024	11024	OCAL OR REGIONAL.—The term ‘‘local or 18
11025	11025	regional’’, used with respect to an entity, means that 19
11026	11026	the entity provides services in, respectively, a local 20
11027	11027	area or region. 21
11028	11028	(4) W
11029	11029	ORKFORCE TERMS .—The terms ‘‘Gov-22
11030	11030	ernor’’, ‘‘individual with a barrier to employment’’, 23
11031	11031	‘‘industry or sector partnership’’, ‘‘local area’’, ‘‘local 24
11032	11032	board’’, ‘‘State board’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘recognized 25
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11035	11035	•HR 3599 IH
11036	11036	postsecondary credential’’, ‘‘region’’, ‘‘State’’, and 1
11037	11037	‘‘supportive services’’, used with respect to activities 2
11038	11038	supported under this Act, have the meanings given 3
11039	11039	the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation 4
11040	11040	and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 5
11041	11041	(5) S
11042	11042	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
11043	11043	the Secretary of Labor. 7
11044	11044	SEC. 24302. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 8
11045	11045	(a) R
11046	11046	ESERVATION.—Of the amounts available for this 9
11047	11047	Act under section 4, the Secretary may reserve— 10
11048	11048	(1) not more than 5 percent of those amounts 11
11049	11049	for the costs of technical assistance and Federal ad-12
11050	11050	ministration of this Act; 13
11051	11051	(2) not more than 2 percent of those amounts 14
11052	11052	for the costs of evaluations conducted under section 15
11053	11053	8(b); and 16
11054	11054	(3) not more than
11055	11055	1
11056	11056	∕4of 1 percent of such 17
11057	11057	amounts to provide assistance to the outlying areas. 18
11058	11058	(b) A
11059	11059	LLOTMENTS.— 19
11060	11060	(1) I
11061	11061	N GENERAL.—Of the amounts available for 20
11062	11062	this Act under section 4 that remain after the Sec-21
11063	11063	retary makes the reservations under subsection (a), 22
11064	11064	the Secretary shall, for the purpose of supporting 23
11065	11065	(which may include assistance in establishing ex-24
11066	11066	panded) local or regional eligible partnerships to 25
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11069	11069	•HR 3599 IH
11070	11070	support work-based learning programs under this 1
11071	11071	Act, make allotments to eligible States in accordance 2
11072	11072	with clauses (ii) through (v) of section 132(b)(1)(B) 3
11073	11073	of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 4
11074	11074	(29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)), subject to paragraph 5
11075	11075	(2). 6
11076	11076	(2) A
11077	11077	PPLICATION.—For purposes of applying 7
11078	11078	the clauses described in paragraph (1), under para-8
11079	11079	graph (1), the Secretary— 9
11080	11080	(A) shall not apply subclauses (I) and (III) 10
11081	11081	of clause (iv) with respect to the first fiscal year 11
11082	11082	after the date of enactment of this Act; 12
11083	11083	(B) shall apply clause (iv)(II) by sub-13
11084	11084	stituting ‘‘0.5 percent of the remaining amounts 14
11085	11085	described in paragraph (1)’’ for the total de-15
11086	11086	scribed in that clause; 16
11087	11087	(C) shall not apply clause (iv)(IV); 17
11088	11088	(D) shall apply clause (v)(II) by sub-18
11089	11089	stituting the term ‘‘allotment percentage’’, used 19
11090	11090	with respect to the second full fiscal year after 20
11091	11091	the date of enactment of this Act, or a subse-21
11092	11092	quent fiscal year, means a percentage of the re-22
11093	11093	maining amounts described in paragraph (1) 23
11094	11094	that is received through an allotment made 24
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11097	11097	•HR 3599 IH
11098	11098	under this subsection for the fiscal year for the 1
11099	11099	two sentences in that clause; and 2
11100	11100	(E) shall apply clause (v)(III) by sub-3
11101	11101	stituting ‘‘a work-based learning program car-4
11102	11102	ried out under this Act’’ for ‘‘a program of 5
11103	11103	workforce investment activities carried out 6
11104	11104	under this subtitle’’. 7
11105	11105	(3) U
11106	11106	SE OF UNALLOTTED FUNDS .—If a State 8
11107	11107	fails to meet the requirements for an allotment 9
11108	11108	under this subsection, the Secretary may allot funds 10
11109	11109	that are not allotted under paragraphs (1) and (2) 11
11110	11110	to eligible States under a formula based on the for-12
11111	11111	mula specified in section 132(c) of the Workforce In-13
11112	11112	novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(c)). 14
11113	11113	(4) D
11114	11114	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 15
11115	11115	‘‘eligible State’’ means a State that meets the re-16
11116	11116	quirements of section 102 or 103 of the Workforce 17
11117	11117	Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 18
11118	11118	3113) and subsection (c). 19
11119	11119	(c) S
11120	11120	TATEELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an 20
11121	11121	allotment under subsection (b), a State, in consultation 21
11122	11122	with State boards and local boards, shall submit an appli-22
11123	11123	cation to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and 23
11124	11124	containing a description of the activities to be carried out 24
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11127	11127	•HR 3599 IH
11128	11128	with the grant funds. At a minimum, the application shall 1
11129	11129	include information on— 2
11130	11130	(1) the local or regional industry or sector part-3
11131	11131	nerships that will be supported, including the lead 4
11132	11132	partners for the partnerships, and how the partner-5
11133	11133	ships will work to engage small and medium-sized 6
11134	11134	businesses, as applicable, in the activities of the 7
11135	11135	partnerships; 8
11136	11136	(2) the in-demand industry sectors that will be 9
11137	11137	served, including how such industry sectors were 10
11138	11138	identified, and how the activities of the partnerships 11
11139	11139	will align with State, regional, and local plans as re-12
11140	11140	quired under title I of the Workforce Innovation and 13
11141	11141	Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.); 14
11142	11142	(3) the apprenticeship programs or other work- 15
11143	11143	based learning programs to be supported though the 16
11144	11144	partnerships; 17
11145	11145	(4) the populations that will receive services, in-18
11146	11146	cluding individuals with barriers to employment and 19
11147	11147	populations that were historically underrepresented 20
11148	11148	in the industry sectors to be served through the 21
11149	11149	partnerships; 22
11150	11150	(5) the services, including business engagement, 23
11151	11151	classroom instruction, and support services (includ-24
11152	11152	ing at least 6 months of post-employment support 25
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11155	11155	•HR 3599 IH
11156	11156	services), that will be supported through the grant 1
11157	11157	funds; 2
11158	11158	(6) the recognized postsecondary credentials 3
11159	11159	that workers will obtain through participation in the 4
11160	11160	program and the quality of the program that leads 5
11161	11161	to the credentials; 6
11162	11162	(7) levels of performance to be achieved on the 7
11163	11163	performance indicators described in section 8, to 8
11164	11164	measure progress towards expanding work-based 9
11165	11165	learning programs; 10
11166	11166	(8) how local or regional partnerships will lever-11
11167	11167	age additional resources, including funding provided 12
11168	11168	under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Op-13
11169	11169	portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) and non- 14
11170	11170	Federal resources, to support the activities carried 15
11171	11171	out under this Act; and 16
11172	11172	(9) such other subjects as the Secretary may 17
11173	11173	require. 18
11174	11174	(d) R
11175	11175	EVIEW OFAPPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 19
11176	11176	review applications submitted under subsection (c) in con-20
11177	11177	sultation with the Secretary of Education and the Sec-21
11178	11178	retary of Health and Human Services. 22
11179	11179	SEC. 24303. GRANTS TO PARTNERSHIPS. 23
11180	11180	(a) G
11181	11181	RANTS.— 24
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11184	11184	•HR 3599 IH
11185	11185	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State 1
11186	11186	that receives an allotment under section 5 shall use 2
11187	11187	the funds made available through the allotment and 3
11188	11188	not reserved under subsection (d) to award grants to 4
11189	11189	eligible partnerships. The Governor shall award the 5
11190	11190	grants for the purpose of assisting (which may in-6
11191	11191	clude establishing or expanding) local or regional in-7
11192	11192	dustry or sector partnerships that are identified in 8
11193	11193	the application submitted under section 5(c), to 9
11194	11194	carry out activities described in section 7. 10
11195	11195	(2) P
11196	11196	ERIOD OF GRANT.—A State may make a 11
11197	11197	grant under this section for a period of 3 years. 12
11198	11198	(3) A
11199	11199	VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Governor of 13
11200	11200	a State that receives an allotment under section 5 14
11201	11201	for a fiscal year may use the funds made available 15
11202	11202	through the allotment during that year or the 2 sub-16
11203	11203	sequent fiscal years. 17
11204	11204	(b) E
11205	11205	LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 18
11206	11206	under this section, an industry or sector partnership de-19
11207	11207	scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall— 20
11208	11208	(1) submit an application to the State at such 21
11209	11209	time, in such manner, and containing such informa-22
11210	11210	tion as the State may require; and 23
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11213	11213	•HR 3599 IH
11214	11214	(2) designate a partner in the industry or sector 1
11215	11215	partnership, to serve as the fiscal agent for purposes 2
11216	11216	of the grant. 3
11217	11217	(c) A
11218	11218	WARDS OFGRANTS.— 4
11219	11219	(1) P
11220	11220	ARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE ELIGIBLE 5
11221	11221	PARTNERSHIPS.—Subject to paragraph (2), a State 6
11222	11222	may award grants under this section in a way that 7
11223	11223	results in an entity being represented in more than 8
11224	11224	one partnership that receives such a grant. 9
11225	11225	(2) G
11226	11226	EOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY .—In making the 10
11227	11227	grants, a State shall ensure that there is geographic 11
11228	11228	diversity in the areas in which activities will be car-12
11229	11229	ried out under the grants. 13
11230	11230	(d) A
11231	11231	DMINISTRATION.—The State may reserve not 14
11232	11232	more than 5 percent of the amount of an allotment under 15
11233	11233	section 5 for the administration of the grants awarded 16
11234	11234	under this section. 17
11235	11235	SEC. 24304. USE OF FUNDS. 18
11236	11236	(a) I
11237	11237	NGENERAL.—An eligible partnership that re-19
11238	11238	ceives a grant under section 6 shall use the grant funds 20
11239	11239	to support apprenticeships or other work-based learning 21
11240	11240	programs. The eligible partnership shall use the grant 22
11241	11241	funds to support the activities described in subsections (b) 23
11242	11242	and (c) and such other strategies as may be necessary to 24
11243	11243	support the development and implementation of work- 25
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11246	11246	•HR 3599 IH
11247	11247	based learning programs, and participant retention in and 1
11248	11248	completion of those programs. The partnership may use 2
11249	11249	the grant funds to establish or expand eligible partner-3
11250	11250	ships. 4
11251	11251	(b) B
11252	11252	USINESSENGAGEMENT.—The eligible partner-5
11253	11253	ship shall use grant funds to provide services to engage 6
11254	11254	businesses in work-based learning programs, which may 7
11255	11255	include assisting a small or medium-sized business with— 8
11256	11256	(1) the navigation of the registration process 9
11257	11257	for a sponsor of an apprenticeship program; 10
11258	11258	(2) the connection of the business with an edu-11
11259	11259	cation provider to develop classroom instruction to 12
11260	11260	complement on-the-job learning; 13
11261	11261	(3) the development of a curriculum for a work- 14
11262	11262	based learning program; 15
11263	11263	(4) the employment of workers in a work-based 16
11264	11264	learning program for a transitional period before the 17
11265	11265	business hires an individual for continuing employ-18
11266	11266	ment; 19
11267	11267	(5) the provision of training to managers and 20
11268	11268	front-line workers to serve as trainers or mentors to 21
11269	11269	workers in the work-based learning program; 22
11270	11270	(6) the provision of career awareness activities; 23
11271	11271	and 24
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11274	11274	•HR 3599 IH
11275	11275	(7) the recruitment of individuals to participate 1
11276	11276	in a work-based learning program from individuals 2
11277	11277	receiving additional workforce and human services, 3
11278	11278	including— 4
11279	11279	(A) workers in programs under the Work-5
11280	11280	force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 6
11281	11281	U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 7
11282	11282	(B) recipients of assistance through the 8
11283	11283	supplemental nutrition assistance program es-9
11284	11284	tablished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 10
11285	11285	2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); and 11
11286	11286	(C) recipients of assistance through the 12
11287	11287	program of block grants to States for tem-13
11288	11288	porary assistance for needy families established 14
11289	11289	under part A of title IV of the Social Security 15
11290	11290	Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 16
11291	11291	(c) S
11292	11292	UPPORTSERVICES FORWORKERS.— 17
11293	11293	(1) I
11294	11294	N GENERAL.—The eligible partnership 18
11295	11295	shall use grant funds to provide support services for 19
11296	11296	workers to assure their success in work-based learn-20
11297	11297	ing programs, which may include— 21
11298	11298	(A) connection of individuals with adult 22
11299	11299	basic education during pre-work-based learning 23
11300	11300	or training, and during the period of employ-24
11301	11301	ment; 25
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11304	11304	•HR 3599 IH
11305	11305	(B) connection of individuals with pre- 1
11306	11306	work-based learning or training, including 2
11307	11307	through a pre-apprenticeship program; 3
11308	11308	(C) provision of additional mentorship and 4
11309	11309	retention supports for individuals pre-work- 5
11310	11310	based learning or training, and during the pe-6
11311	11311	riod of employment; 7
11312	11312	(D) provision of tools, work attire, and 8
11313	11313	other required items necessary to start employ-9
11314	11314	ment pre-work-based learning or training, and 10
11315	11315	during the period of employment; and 11
11316	11316	(E) provision of transportation, child care 12
11317	11317	services, or other support services pre-work- 13
11318	11318	based learning or training, and during the pe-14
11319	11319	riod of employment. 15
11320	11320	(2) L
11321	11321	ENGTH OF SERVICES.—Each eligible part-16
11322	11322	nership shall provide support services for workers for 17
11323	11323	not less than 12 months after the date of placement 18
11324	11324	of an individual in a work-based learning program. 19
11325	11325	That 12-month period shall include a period of pre- 20
11326	11326	work-based learning or training, a transitional pe-21
11327	11327	riod of employment as described in subsection 22
11328	11328	(b)(4), and a period of continuing employment. 23
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11331	11331	•HR 3599 IH
11332	11332	SEC. 24305. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 1
11333	11333	(a) L
11334	11334	OCALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 2
11335	11335	receiving a grant under section 6, and annually thereafter, 3
11336	11336	each eligible partnership in a State shall conduct an eval-4
11337	11337	uation and submit to the State a local report containing 5
11338	11338	information on— 6
11339	11339	(1) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-7
11340	11340	ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-8
11341	11341	cators under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce 9
11342	11342	Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 10
11343	11343	3141(b)(2)(A))— 11
11344	11344	(A) for all workers in the work-based 12
11345	11345	learning program involved; and 13
11346	11346	(B) for all such workers, disaggregated by 14
11347	11347	each population specified in section 3(24) of the 15
11348	11348	Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 16
11349	11349	U.S.C. 3102(24)) and by race, ethnicity, sex, 17
11350	11350	and age; and 18
11351	11351	(2) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-19
11352	11352	ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-20
11353	11353	cators under that section 116(b)(2)(A)— 21
11354	11354	(A) for individuals with barriers to employ-22
11355	11355	ment in the work-based learning program in-23
11356	11356	volved; and 24
11357	11357	(B) for all such individuals, disaggregated 25
11358	11358	by each population specified in section 3(24) of 26
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11361	11361	•HR 3599 IH
11362	11362	the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 1
11363	11363	and by race, ethnicity, sex, and age. 2
11364	11364	(b) S
11365	11365	TATEREPORTS.—Not later than 24 months 3
11366	11366	after receiving initial local reports under subsection (a) 4
11367	11367	(but in no case less than 18 months after the cor-5
11368	11368	responding grants are awarded) and annually thereafter, 6
11369	11369	the State shall conduct an evaluation and submit a report 7
11370	11370	to the Secretary containing— 8
11371	11371	(1) the information provided by the eligible 9
11372	11372	partnerships through the local reports; and 10
11373	11373	(2) the State level of performance, aggregated 11
11374	11374	across all eligible partnerships, with respect to the 12
11375	11375	performance indicators described in subsection (a). 13
11376	11376	PART 2—HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS 14
11377	11377	SEC. 24401. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO HIGH-DEMAND CA-15
11378	11378	REERS. 16
11379	11379	(a) P
11380	11380	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ex-17
11381	11381	pand student access to, and participation in, new industry- 18
11382	11382	led earn-and-learn programs leading to high-wage, high- 19
11383	11383	skill, and high-demand careers. 20
11384	11384	(b) A
11385	11385	UTHORIZATION OF APPRENTICESHIP GRANT 21
11386	11386	P
11387	11387	ROGRAM.— 22
11388	11388	(1) I
11389	11389	N GENERAL.—From the amounts provided 23
11390	11390	under this title, the Secretary shall award grants, on 24
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11393	11393	•HR 3599 IH
11394	11394	a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships for the 1
11395	11395	purpose described in subsection (a). 2
11396	11396	(2) D
11397	11397	URATION.—The Secretary shall award 3
11398	11398	grants under this section for a period of— 4
11399	11399	(A) not less than 1 year; and 5
11400	11400	(B) not more than 4 years. 6
11401	11401	(3) L
11402	11402	IMITATIONS.— 7
11403	11403	(A) N
11404	11404	UMBER OF AWARDS .—An eligible 8
11405	11405	partnership or member of such partnership may 9
11406	11406	not be awarded more than one grant under this 10
11407	11407	section. 11
11408	11408	(B) A
11409	11409	DMINISTRATION COSTS.—An eligible 12
11410	11410	partnership awarded a grant under this section 13
11411	11411	may not use more than 5 percent of the grant 14
11412	11412	funds to pay administrative costs associated 15
11413	11413	with activities funded by the grant. 16
11414	11414	(c) M
11415	11415	ATCHINGFUNDS.—To receive a grant under 17
11416	11416	this section, an eligible partnership shall, through cash or 18
11417	11417	in-kind contributions, provide matching funds from non- 19
11418	11418	Federal sources in an amount equal to or greater than 20
11419	11419	50 percent of the amount of such grant. 21
11420	11420	(d) A
11421	11421	PPLICATIONS.— 22
11422	11422	(1) I
11423	11423	N GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 23
11424	11424	this section, an eligible partnership shall submit to 24
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11427	11427	•HR 3599 IH
11428	11428	the Secretary at such a time as the Secretary may 1
11429	11429	require, an application that— 2
11430	11430	(A) identifies and designates the business 3
11431	11431	or institution of higher education responsible 4
11432	11432	for the administration and supervision of the 5
11433	11433	earn-and-learn program for which such grant 6
11434	11434	funds would be used; 7
11435	11435	(B) identifies the businesses and institu-8
11436	11436	tions of higher education that comprise the eli-9
11437	11437	gible partnership; 10
11438	11438	(C) identifies the source and amount of the 11
11439	11439	matching funds required under subsection (c); 12
11440	11440	(D) identifies the number of students who 13
11441	11441	will participate and complete the relevant earn- 14
11442	11442	and-learn program within 1 year of the expira-15
11443	11443	tion of the grant; 16
11444	11444	(E) identifies the amount of time, not to 17
11445	11445	exceed 2 years, required for students to com-18
11446	11446	plete the program; 19
11447	11447	(F) identifies the relevant recognized post-20
11448	11448	secondary credential to be awarded to students 21
11449	11449	who complete the program; 22
11450	11450	(G) identifies the anticipated earnings of 23
11451	11451	students— 24
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11454	11454	•HR 3599 IH
11455	11455	(i) 1 year after program completion; 1
11456	11456	and 2
11457	11457	(ii) 3 years after program completion; 3
11458	11458	(H) describes the specific project for which 4
11459	11459	the application is submitted, including a sum-5
11460	11460	mary of the relevant classroom and paid struc-6
11461	11461	tured on-the-job training students will receive; 7
11462	11462	(I) describes how the eligible partnership 8
11463	11463	will finance the program after the end of the 9
11464	11464	grant period; 10
11465	11465	(J) describes how the eligible partnership 11
11466	11466	will support the collection of information and 12
11467	11467	data for purposes of the program evaluation re-13
11468	11468	quired under subsection (e); and 14
11469	11469	(K) describes the alignment of the pro-15
11470	11470	gram with State identified in-demand industry 16
11471	11471	sectors. 17
11472	11472	(e) E
11473	11473	VALUATION.— 18
11474	11474	(1) I
11475	11475	N GENERAL.—From the amounts provided 19
11476	11476	under this title, the Secretary shall provide for the 20
11477	11477	independent evaluation of the grant program estab-21
11478	11478	lished under this section that includes the following: 22
11479	11479	(A) The number of eligible individuals who 23
11480	11480	participated in programs assisted under this 24
11481	11481	section. 25
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11484	11484	•HR 3599 IH
11485	11485	(B) The percentage of program partici-1
11486	11486	pants who are in unsubsidized employment dur-2
11487	11487	ing the second quarter after exit from the pro-3
11488	11488	gram. 4
11489	11489	(C) The percentage of program partici-5
11490	11490	pants who are in unsubsidized employment dur-6
11491	11491	ing the fourth quarter after exit from the pro-7
11492	11492	gram. 8
11493	11493	(D) The median earnings of program par-9
11494	11494	ticipants who are in unsubsidized employment 10
11495	11495	during the second quarter after exit from the 11
11496	11496	program. 12
11497	11497	(E) The percentage of program partici-13
11498	11498	pants who obtain a recognized postsecondary 14
11499	11499	credential during participation in the program. 15
11500	11500	(2) P
11501	11501	UBLICATION.—The evaluation required by 16
11502	11502	this subsection shall be made publicly available on 17
11503	11503	the website of the Department. 18
11504	11504	(f) D
11505	11505	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
11506	11506	(1) E
11507	11507	ARN-AND-LEARN PROGRAM .—The term 20
11508	11508	‘‘earn-and-learn program’’ means an education pro-21
11509	11509	gram, including an apprenticeship program, that 22
11510	11510	provides students with structured, sustained, and 23
11511	11511	paid on-the-job training and accompanying, for cred-24
11512	11512	it, classroom instruction that— 25
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11515	11515	•HR 3599 IH
11516	11516	(A) is for a period of between 3 months 1
11517	11517	and 2 years; and 2
11518	11518	(B) leads to, on completion of the pro-3
11519	11519	gram, a recognized postsecondary credential. 4
11520	11520	(2) E
11521	11521	LIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-5
11522	11522	ble partnership’’ shall mean a consortium that in-6
11523	11523	cludes— 7
11524	11524	(A) 1 or more businesses; and 8
11525	11525	(B) 1 or more institutions of higher edu-9
11526	11526	cation. 10
11527	11527	(3) I
11528	11528	N-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCUPA -11
11529	11529	TION.—The term ‘‘in-demand industry sector or oc-12
11530	11530	cupation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 13
11531	11531	3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 14
11532	11532	(29 U.S.C. 3102). 15
11533	11533	(4) O
11534	11534	N-THE-JOB TRAINING.—The term ‘‘on-the- 16
11535	11535	job training’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-17
11536	11536	tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 18
11537	11537	Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 19
11538	11538	(5) R
11539	11539	ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -20
11540	11540	TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-21
11541	11541	tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 22
11542	11542	the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 23
11543	11543	U.S.C. 3102). 24
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11546	11546	•HR 3599 IH
11547	11547	DIVISION C—IMPROVING SEA-1
11548	11548	SONAL GUEST WORKER OP-2
11549	11549	PORTUNITIES 3
11550	11550	SEC. 31001. SHORT TITLE. 4
11551	11551	This division may be cited as the ‘‘H–2B Returning 5
11552	11552	Worker Exception Act’’. 6
11553	11553	SEC. 31002. DEFINITIONS. 7
11554	11554	For purposes of this division: 8
11555	11555	(1) The term ‘‘H–2B’’, when used with respect 9
11556	11556	to a worker or other individual, refers an alien ad-10
11557	11557	mitted or provided status as a nonimmigrant de-11
11558	11558	scribed in section 101(a)(15)H)(ii)(b) of the Immi-12
11559	11559	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 13
11560	11560	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)). Such term, when used with 14
11561	11561	respect to a petition, procedure, process, program, or 15
11562	11562	visa, refers to a petition, procedure, process, pro-16
11563	11563	gram, or visa related to admission or provision of 17
11564	11564	status under such section. 18
11565	11565	(2) The term ‘‘job order’’ means the document 19
11566	11566	containing the material terms and conditions of em-20
11567	11567	ployment, including obligations and assurances re-21
11568	11568	quired under this division or any other law. 22
11569	11569	(3) The term ‘‘United States worker’’ means 23
11570	11570	any employee who is— 24
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11573	11573	•HR 3599 IH
11574	11574	(A) a national of the United States (as de-1
11575	11575	fined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration 2
11576	11576	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22))); or 3
11577	11577	(B) an alien lawfully admitted for perma-4
11578	11578	nent residence, is admitted as a refugee under 5
11579	11579	section 207 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), is 6
11580	11580	granted asylum under section 208 of such Act 7
11581	11581	(8 U.S.C. 1158), or is an immigrant otherwise 8
11582	11582	authorized by the immigration laws (as defined 9
11583	11583	in section 101(a)(17) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 10
11584	11584	1101(a)(17))) or the Secretary of Homeland 11
11585	11585	Security to be employed. 12
11586	11586	SEC. 31003. H–2B CAP RELIEF. 13
11587	11587	(a) H–2B N
11588	11588	UMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 14
11589	11589	214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 15
11590	11590	U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) is amended— 16
11591	11591	(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2013, 2014, or 17
11592	11592	2015’’ and inserting ‘‘1 of the 3 preceding fiscal 18
11593	11593	years’’; and 19
11594	11594	(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting 20
11595	11595	‘‘a fiscal year’’. 21
11596	11596	(b) E
11597	11597	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 22
11598	11598	subsection (a) shall take effect during the fiscal year in 23
11599	11599	which it is enacted. 24
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11602	11602	•HR 3599 IH
11603	11603	SEC. 31004. INCREASED SANCTIONS FOR WILLFUL MIS-1
11604	11604	REPRESENTATION OR FAILURE TO MEET THE 2
11605	11605	REQUIREMENTS FOR PETITIONING FOR AN 3
11606	11606	H–2B WORKER. 4
11607	11607	Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 5
11608	11608	(8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— 6
11609	11609	(1) in subsection (c)(13)(B), by striking 7
11610	11610	‘‘$150’’ and inserting ‘‘$350’’; and 8
11611	11611	(2) in subsection (c)(14)(A)(i), by striking 9
11612	11612	‘‘may, in addition to any other remedy authorized by 10
11613	11613	law, impose such administrative remedies (including 11
11614	11614	civil monetary penalties in an amount not to exceed 12
11615	11615	$10,000 per violation)’’ and inserting ‘‘shall impose 13
11616	11616	civil monetary penalties in an amount of not less 14
11617	11617	than $1,000 but not to exceed $10,000 per violation, 15
11618	11618	in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, 16
11619	11619	and may impose such other administrative rem-17
11620	11620	edies’’. 18
11621	11621	SEC. 31005. REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK BURDEN. 19
11622	11622	(a) S
11623	11623	TREAMLINEDH–2B PLATFORM.— 20
11624	11624	(1) I
11625	11625	N GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 21
11626	11626	after the date of the enactment of this division, the 22
11627	11627	Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 23
11628	11628	with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of State, 24
11629	11629	and the Administrator of the United States Digital 25
11630	11630	Service, shall ensure the establishment of an elec-26
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11633	11633	•HR 3599 IH
11634	11634	tronic platform through which employers may sub-1
11635	11635	mit and request approval of an H–2B petition. Such 2
11636	11636	platform shall— 3
11637	11637	(A) serve as a single point of access for 4
11638	11638	employers to input all information and sup-5
11639	11639	porting documentation required for obtaining 6
11640	11640	labor certification from the Secretary of Labor 7
11641	11641	and the adjudication of the petition by the Sec-8
11642	11642	retary of Homeland Security; 9
11643	11643	(B) serve as a single point of access for the 10
11644	11644	Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 11
11645	11645	of Labor, the Secretary of State, and State 12
11646	11646	workforce agencies concurrently to perform 13
11647	11647	their respective review and adjudicatory respon-14
11648	11648	sibilities in the petition process; 15
11649	11649	(C) facilitate communication between em-16
11650	11650	ployers and agency adjudicators, including by 17
11651	11651	allowing employers to— 18
11652	11652	(i) receive and respond to notices of 19
11653	11653	deficiency and requests for information; 20
11654	11654	(ii) receive notices of approval and de-21
11655	11655	nial; and 22
11656	11656	(iii) request reconsideration or appeal 23
11657	11657	of agency decisions; and 24
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11660	11660	•HR 3599 IH
11661	11661	(D) provide information to the Secretary of 1
11662	11662	State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 2
11663	11663	necessary for the efficient and secure processing 3
11664	11664	of H–2B visas and applications for admission. 4
11665	11665	(2) O
11666	11666	BJECTIVES.—In developing the platform 5
11667	11667	described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-6
11668	11668	land Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 7
11669	11669	Labor, the Secretary of State, and the Adminis-8
11670	11670	trator of the United States Digital Service, shall 9
11671	11671	make an effort to streamline and improve the H–2B 10
11672	11672	process, including by— 11
11673	11673	(A) eliminating the need for employers to 12
11674	11674	submit duplicate information and documenta-13
11675	11675	tion to multiple agencies; 14
11676	11676	(B) reducing common petition errors, and 15
11677	11677	otherwise improving and expediting the proc-16
11678	11678	essing of H–2B petitions; 17
11679	11679	(C) ensuring compliance with H–2B pro-18
11680	11680	gram requirements and the protection of the 19
11681	11681	wages and working conditions of workers; and 20
11682	11682	(D) eliminating unnecessary government 21
11683	11683	waste. 22
11684	11684	(3) E
11685	11685	NHANCEMENT OF EXISTING PLATFORM .— 23
11686	11686	If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-24
11687	11687	retary of Labor, the Secretary of State, or the State 25
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11690	11690	•HR 3599 IH
11691	11691	workforce agencies already have an electronic plat-1
11692	11692	form with respect to the H–2B process on the date 2
11693	11693	of the enactment of this division, they shall enhance 3
11694	11694	it as necessary so as to ensure that adjudication of 4
11695	11695	an H–2B petition may be conducted electronically as 5
11696	11696	specified in this section. 6
11697	11697	(b) O
11698	11698	NLINEJOBREGISTRY.—The Secretary of Labor 7
11699	11699	shall maintain a publicly accessible online job registry and 8
11700	11700	database of all job orders submitted by H–2B employers. 9
11701	11701	The registry and database shall— 10
11702	11702	(1) be searchable using relevant criteria, includ-11
11703	11703	ing the types of jobs needed to be filled, the dates 12
11704	11704	and locations of need, and the employers named in 13
11705	11705	the job order; 14
11706	11706	(2) provide an interface for workers in English, 15
11707	11707	Spanish, and any other language that the Secretary 16
11708	11708	of Labor determines to be appropriate; and 17
11709	11709	(3) provide for public access of job order certifi-18
11710	11710	cations. 19
11711	11711	SEC. 31006. WORKPLACE SAFETY. 20
11712	11712	(a) W
11713	11713	ORKSITESAFETY ANDCOMPLIANCEPLAN.— 21
11714	11714	If the employer is seeking to employ an H–2B worker pur-22
11715	11715	suant to this division and the Immigration and Nationality 23
11716	11716	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), the employer shall maintain 24
11717	11717	an effective worksite safety and compliance plan to ensure 25
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11720	11720	•HR 3599 IH
11721	11721	safety and reduce workplace illnesses, injuries and fatali-1
11722	11722	ties. Such plan shall— 2
11723	11723	(1) be in writing in English and, to the extent 3
11724	11724	necessary, any language common to a significant 4
11725	11725	portion of the workers if they are not fluent in 5
11726	11726	English; and 6
11727	11727	(2) be posted at a conspicuous location at the 7
11728	11728	worksite and provided to employees prior to the com-8
11729	11729	mencement of labor or services. 9
11730	11730	(b) C
11731	11731	ONTENTS OFPLAN.—The Secretary of Labor 10
11732	11732	shall establish by regulation the minimum requirements 11
11733	11733	for the plan described in subsection (a). Such plan shall 12
11734	11734	include measures to— 13
11735	11735	(1) protect against sexual harassment and vio-14
11736	11736	lence, resolve complaints involving harassment or vi-15
11737	11737	olence, and protect against retaliation against work-16
11738	11738	ers reporting harassment or violence; and 17
11739	11739	(2) contain other provisions necessary for en-18
11740	11740	suring workplace safety. 19
11741	11741	SEC. 31007. FOREIGN LABOR RECRUITING; PROHIBITION 20
11742	11742	ON FEES. 21
11743	11743	(a) F
11744	11744	OREIGNLABORRECRUITING.—If an employer 22
11745	11745	has engaged any foreign labor contractor or recruiter (or 23
11746	11746	any agent of such a foreign labor contractor or recruiter) 24
11747	11747	in the recruitment of H–2B workers, the employer shall 25
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11750	11750	•HR 3599 IH
11751	11751	disclose the identity and geographic location of such per-1
11752	11752	son or entity to the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 2
11753	11753	the regulations of the Secretary. 3
11754	11754	(b) P
11755	11755	ROHIBITIONAGAINSTEMPLOYEES PAYING 4
11756	11756	F
11757	11757	EES.—Neither the employer nor its agents shall seek or 5
11758	11758	receive payment of any kind from any worker for any ac-6
11759	11759	tivity related to the H–2B petition process, including pay-7
11760	11760	ment of the employer’s attorneys’ fees, application fees, 8
11761	11761	or recruitment costs. An employer and its agents may re-9
11762	11762	ceive reimbursement for costs that are the responsibility, 10
11763	11763	and primarily for the benefit, of the worker, such as gov-11
11764	11764	ernment-required passport fees. 12
11765	11765	(c) T
11766	11766	HIRD-PARTYCONTRACTS.—The employer shall 13
11767	11767	contractually forbid any foreign labor contractor or re-14
11768	11768	cruiter (or any agent of a foreign labor contractor or re-15
11769	11769	cruiter) who the employer engages, either directly or indi-16
11770	11770	rectly, in the recruitment of H–2B workers to seek or re-17
11771	11771	ceive payments or other compensation from prospective 18
11772	11772	employees. Upon learning that a foreign labor contractor 19
11773	11773	or recruiter has collected such payments, the employer 20
11774	11774	shall terminate any contracts with the foreign labor con-21
11775	11775	tractor or recruiter. 22
11776	11776	SEC. 31008. PROGRAM INTEGRITY MEASURES. 23
11777	11777	(a) E
11778	11778	NFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—With respect to 24
11779	11779	the H–2B program, the Secretary of Labor is authorized 25
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11782	11782	•HR 3599 IH
11783	11783	to take such actions against employers, including imposing 1
11784	11784	appropriate penalties and seeking monetary and injunctive 2
11785	11785	relief and specific performance of contractual obligations, 3
11786	11786	as may be necessary to ensure compliance with— 4
11787	11787	(1) the requirements of this division and the 5
11788	11788	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 6
11789	11789	seq.); and 7
11790	11790	(2) the applicable terms and conditions of em-8
11791	11791	ployment. 9
11792	11792	(b) C
11793	11793	OMPLAINTPROCESS.— 10
11794	11794	(1) P
11795	11795	ROCESS.—With respect to the H–2B pro-11
11796	11796	gram, the Secretary of Labor shall establish a proc-12
11797	11797	ess for the receipt, investigation, and disposition of 13
11798	11798	complaints alleging failure of an employer to comply 14
11799	11799	with— 15
11800	11800	(A) the requirements of this division and 16
11801	11801	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
11802	11802	1101 et seq.); and 18
11803	11803	(B) the applicable terms and conditions of 19
11804	11804	employment. 20
11805	11805	(2) F
11806	11806	ILING.—Any aggrieved person or organiza-21
11807	11807	tion, including a bargaining representative, may file 22
11808	11808	a complaint referred to in paragraph (1) not later 23
11809	11809	than 2 years after the date of the conduct that is 24
11810	11810	the subject of the complaint. 25
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11813	11813	•HR 3599 IH
11814	11814	(3) COMPLAINT NOT EXCLUSIVE .—A complaint 1
11815	11815	filed under this subsection is not an exclusive rem-2
11816	11816	edy and the filing of such a complaint does not 3
11817	11817	waive any rights or remedies of the aggrieved party 4
11818	11818	under this law or other laws. 5
11819	11819	(4) D
11820	11820	ECISION AND REMEDIES .—If the Sec-6
11821	11821	retary of Labor finds, after notice and opportunity 7
11822	11822	for a hearing, that the employer failed to comply 8
11823	11823	with the requirements of this division, the Immigra-9
11824	11824	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), or 10
11825	11825	the terms and conditions of employment, the Sec-11
11826	11826	retary of Labor shall require payment of unpaid 12
11827	11827	wages, unpaid benefits, damages, and civil money 13
11828	11828	penalties. The Secretary is also authorized to impose 14
11829	11829	other administrative remedies, including disqualifica-15
11830	11830	tion of the employer from utilizing the H–2B pro-16
11831	11831	gram for a period of up to 5 years in the event of 17
11832	11832	willful or multiple material violations. The Secretary 18
11833	11833	is authorized to permanently disqualify an employer 19
11834	11834	from utilizing the H–2B program upon a subsequent 20
11835	11835	finding involving willful or multiple material viola-21
11836	11836	tions. 22
11837	11837	(5) D
11838	11838	ISPOSITION OF PENALTIES .—To the ex-23
11839	11839	tent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, civil 24
11840	11840	penalties collected under this subsection shall be 25
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11843	11843	•HR 3599 IH
11844	11844	used by the Secretary of Labor for the administra-1
11845	11845	tion and enforcement of the provisions of this sec-2
11846	11846	tion. 3
11847	11847	(6) S
11848	11848	TATUTORY CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 4
11849	11849	this subsection may be construed as limiting the au-5
11850	11850	thority of the Secretary of Labor to conduct an in-6
11851	11851	vestigation in the absence of a complaint. 7
11852	11852	(7) R
11853	11853	ETALIATION PROHIBITED .—It is a viola-8
11854	11854	tion of this subsection for any person to intimidate, 9
11855	11855	threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in 10
11856	11856	any other manner discriminate against, or to cause 11
11857	11857	any person to intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, 12
11858	11858	blacklist, or in any manner discriminate against, an 13
11859	11859	employee, including a former employee or an appli-14
11860	11860	cant for employment, because the employee— 15
11861	11861	(A) has disclosed information to the em-16
11862	11862	ployer, or to any other person, that the em-17
11863	11863	ployee reasonably believes evidences a violation 18
11864	11864	of the immigration laws relating to the H–2B 19
11865	11865	program, or any rule or regulation relating to 20
11866	11866	such program; 21
11867	11867	(B) has filed a complaint concerning the 22
11868	11868	employer’s compliance with the immigration 23
11869	11869	laws relating to the H–2B program, or any rule 24
11870	11870	or regulation relating to such program; 25
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11873	11873	•HR 3599 IH
11874	11874	(C) cooperates or seeks to cooperate in an 1
11875	11875	investigation or other proceeding concerning the 2
11876	11876	employer’s compliance with the immigration 3
11877	11877	laws relating to the H–2B program, or any rule 4
11878	11878	or regulation relating to such program; or 5
11879	11879	(D) has taken steps to exercise or assert 6
11880	11880	any right or protection under the provisions of 7
11881	11881	this section, or any rule or regulation pertaining 8
11882	11882	to this section, or any other relevant Federal, 9
11883	11883	State, or local law. 10
11884	11884	(c) I
11885	11885	NTERAGENCYCOMMUNICATION.—The Secretary 11
11886	11886	of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 12
11887	11887	Security, the Secretary of State and the Equal Employ-13
11888	11888	ment Opportunity Commission, shall establish mecha-14
11889	11889	nisms by which the agencies and their components share 15
11890	11890	information, including by public electronic means, regard-16
11891	11891	ing complaints, studies, investigations, findings and rem-17
11892	11892	edies regarding compliance by employers with the require-18
11893	11893	ments of the H–2B program and other employment-re-19
11894	11894	lated laws and regulations. 20
11895	11895	SEC. 31009. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY. 21
11896	11896	(a) I
11897	11897	NGENERAL.—A petition filed by an employer 22
11898	11898	under subsection (c)(1) initially to grant an alien non-23
11899	11899	immigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of 24
11900	11900	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 25
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11903	11903	•HR 3599 IH
11904	11904	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)), or to extend or change to such sta-1
11905	11905	tus, may be approved only for nationals of countries that 2
11906	11906	the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated as 3
11907	11907	participating countries, with the concurrence of the Sec-4
11908	11908	retary of State, in a notice published in the Federal Reg-5
11909	11909	ister, taking into account for each such country factors, 6
11910	11910	including— 7
11911	11911	(1) the fraud rate relating to petitions under 8
11912	11912	section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 9
11913	11913	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)) filed for by nationals of the 10
11914	11914	country and visa applications under such section 11
11915	11915	filed by nationals of the country; 12
11916	11916	(2) the denial rate of visa applications under 13
11917	11917	such section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) filed by nationals of 14
11918	11918	the country; 15
11919	11919	(3) the overstay rate of nationals of the country 16
11920	11920	who were admitted to the United States under such 17
11921	11921	section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii); 18
11922	11922	(4) the number of nationals of the country who 19
11923	11923	were admitted to the United States under such sec-20
11924	11924	tion 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) and who were reported by 21
11925	11925	their employers to— 22
11926	11926	(A) have failed to report to work within 5 23
11927	11927	workdays of the employment start date on the 24
11928	11928	petition or within 5 workdays of the date on 25
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11931	11931	•HR 3599 IH
11932	11932	which the worker is admitted into the United 1
11933	11933	States pursuant to the petition, whichever is 2
11934	11934	later; or 3
11935	11935	(B) have not reported for work for a pe-4
11936	11936	riod of 5 consecutive workdays without the con-5
11937	11937	sent of the employer; 6
11938	11938	(5) the number of final and unexecuted orders 7
11939	11939	of removal against citizens, subjects, nationals, and 8
11940	11940	residents of the country; and 9
11941	11941	(6) such other factors as may serve the United 10
11942	11942	States interest. 11
11943	11943	(b) L
11944	11944	IMITATION.—A country may not be included on 12
11945	11945	the list described in subsection (a) if the country denies 13
11946	11946	or unreasonably delays the repatriation of aliens who are 14
11947	11947	subject to a final order of removal and who are citizens, 15
11948	11948	subjects, nationals or residents of that country. 16
11949	11949	(c) S
11950	11950	TATISTICS.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-17
11951	11951	rity shall include in the notice described in subsection (a), 18
11952	11952	for each country included in the list of participating coun-19
11953	11953	tries, the statistics referenced in paragraphs (1) through 20
11954	11954	(5) of that subsection, if available, for the immediately 21
11955	11955	preceding fiscal year. 22
11956	11956	(d) N
11957	11957	ATIONALFROM ACOUNTRYNOT ON THE 23
11958	11958	L
11959	11959	IST.—A national from a country not on the list described 24
11960	11960	in subsection (a) may be a beneficiary of an approved peti-25
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11963	11963	•HR 3599 IH
11964	11964	tion under such section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) upon the re-1
11965	11965	quest of a petitioner or potential petitioner, if the Sec-2
11966	11966	retary of Homeland Security, in his sole and unreviewable 3
11967	11967	discretion, determines that it is in the United States inter-4
11968	11968	est for that alien to be a beneficiary of such petition. De-5
11969	11969	termination of such a United States interest will take into 6
11970	11970	account factors, including but not limited to— 7
11971	11971	(1) evidence from the petitioner demonstrating 8
11972	11972	that a worker with the required skills is not available 9
11973	11973	from among foreign workers from a country cur-10
11974	11974	rently on the list described in subsection (a); 11
11975	11975	(2) evidence that the beneficiary has been ad-12
11976	11976	mitted to the United States previously in status 13
11977	11977	under such section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii); 14
11978	11978	(3) the potential for abuse, fraud, or other 15
11979	11979	harm to the integrity of the visa program under 16
11980	11980	such section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) through the potential 17
11981	11981	admission of a beneficiary from a country not cur-18
11982	11982	rently on the list; and 19
11983	11983	(4) such other factors as may serve the United 20
11984	11984	States interest. 21
11985	11985	(e) D
11986	11986	URATION.—Once published, any designation of 22
11987	11987	participating countries pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 23
11988	11988	effective for one year after the date of publication in the 24
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11991	11991	•HR 3599 IH
11992	11992	Federal Register and shall be without effect at the end 1
11993	11993	of that one-year period. 2
11994	11994	SEC. 31010. H–2B EMPLOYER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 3
11995	11995	(a) I
11996	11996	NGENERAL.—An employer of one or more H– 4
11997	11997	2B workers shall, within three business days, make elec-5
11998	11998	tronic notification, in the manner prescribed by the Sec-6
11999	11999	retary of Homeland Security, of the following events: 7
12000	12000	(1) Such a worker fails to report to work within 8
12001	12001	5 workdays of the employment start date on the pe-9
12002	12002	tition or within 5 workdays of the date on which the 10
12003	12003	worker is admitted into the United States pursuant 11
12004	12004	to the petition, whichever is later. 12
12005	12005	(2) The labor or services for which such a work-13
12006	12006	er was hired is completed more than 30 days earlier 14
12007	12007	than the employment end date stated on the peti-15
12008	12008	tion. 16
12009	12009	(3) The employment of such a worker is termi-17
12010	12010	nated prior to the completion of labor or services for 18
12011	12011	which he or she was hired. 19
12012	12012	(4) Such a worker has not reported for work 20
12013	12013	for a period of 5 consecutive workdays without the 21
12014	12014	consent of the employer. 22
12015	12015	(b) E
12016	12016	VIDENCE.—An employer shall retain evidence of 23
12017	12017	a notification described in subsection (a) and make it 24
12018	12018	available for inspection by officers of the Department of 25
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12021	12021	•HR 3599 IH
12022	12022	Homeland Security for a 1-year period beginning on the 1
12023	12023	date of the notification. 2
12024	12024	(c) P
12025	12025	ENALTY.—The Secretary shall impose civil mon-3
12026	12026	etary penalties, in an amount not less than $500 per viola-4
12027	12027	tion and not to exceed $1,000 per violation, as the Sec-5
12028	12028	retary determines to be appropriate, for each instance 6
12029	12029	where the employer cannot demonstrate that it has com-7
12030	12030	plied with the notification requirements, unless, in the 8
12031	12031	case of an untimely notification, the employer dem-9
12032	12032	onstrates with such notification that good cause existed 10
12033	12033	for the untimely notification, and the Secretary of Home-11
12034	12034	land Security, in the Secretary’s discretion, waives such 12
12035	12035	penalty. 13
12036	12036	(d) P
12037	12037	ROCESS.—If the Secretary has determined that 14
12038	12038	an employer has violated the notification requirements in 15
12039	12039	subsection (a), the employer shall be given written notice 16
12040	12040	and 30 days to reply before being given written notice of 17
12041	12041	the assessment of the penalty. 18
12042	12042	(e) F
12043	12043	AILURETOPAYPENALTY.—If a penalty de-19
12044	12044	scribed in subsection (c) is not paid within 10 days of as-20
12045	12045	sessment, no nonimmigrant or immigrant petition may be 21
12046	12046	processed for that employer, nor may that employer con-22
12047	12047	tinue to employ nonimmigrants, until such penalty is paid. 23
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12050	12050	•HR 3599 IH
12051	12051	SEC. 31011. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
12052	12052	There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 2
12053	12053	year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter such sums as 3
12054	12054	may be necessary for the purposes of— 4
12055	12055	(1) recruiting United States workers for labor 5
12056	12056	or services which might otherwise be performed by 6
12057	12057	H–2B workers, including by ensuring that State 7
12058	12058	workforce agencies are sufficiently funded to fulfill 8
12059	12059	their functions under the H–2B program; 9
12060	12060	(2) enabling the Secretary of Labor to make de-10
12061	12061	terminations and certifications under the H–2B pro-11
12062	12062	gram in accordance with this division and the Immi-12
12063	12063	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 13
12064	12064	including the operation of the publicly accessible on-14
12065	12065	line job registry and database of job orders described 15
12066	12066	in section 1005(b) of this division; and 16
12067	12067	(3) monitoring the terms and conditions under 17
12068	12068	which H–2B workers (and United States workers 18
12069	12069	employed by the same employers) are employed in 19
12070	12070	the United States. 20
12071	12071	DIVISION D—AMERICAN 21
12072	12072	AGRICULTURE DOMINANCE ACT 22
12073	12073	SEC. 41001. SHORT TITLE. 23
12074	12074	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Agriculture 24
12075	12075	Dominance Act’’. 25
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12078	12078	•HR 3599 IH
12079	12079	TITLE I—SECURING THE DOMES-1
12080	12080	TIC AGRICULTURAL WORK-2
12081	12081	FORCE 3
12082	12082	Subtitle A—Status for Certified 4
12083	12083	Agricultural Workers 5
12084	12084	SEC. 41101. CERTIFIED AGRICULTURAL WORKER STATUS. 6
12085	12085	(a) R
12086	12086	EQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIEDAGRICULTURAL 7
12087	12087	W
12088	12088	ORKERSTATUS.— 8
12089	12089	(1) P
12090	12090	RINCIPAL ALIENS.—The Secretary may 9
12091	12091	grant certified agricultural worker status to an alien 10
12092	12092	who submits a completed application, including the 11
12093	12093	required processing fees, before the end of the period 12
12094	12094	set forth in subsection (c) and who— 13
12095	12095	(A) performed agricultural labor or serv-14
12096	12096	ices in the United States for at least 1,035 15
12097	12097	hours (or 180 workdays) during the 2-year pe-16
12098	12098	riod preceding the date of the introduction of 17
12099	12099	this Act; 18
12100	12100	(B) on the date of the introduction of this 19
12101	12101	Act— 20
12102	12102	(i) is inadmissible or deportable from 21
12103	12103	the United States; or 22
12104	12104	(ii) is under a grant of deferred en-23
12105	12105	forced departure or has temporary pro-24
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12108	12108	•HR 3599 IH
12109	12109	tected status under section 244 of the Im-1
12110	12110	migration and Nationality Act; 2
12111	12111	(C) subject to section 104, has been con-3
12112	12112	tinuously present in the United States since the 4
12113	12113	date of the introduction of this Act and until 5
12114	12114	the date on which the alien is granted certified 6
12115	12115	agricultural worker status; and 7
12116	12116	(D) is not otherwise ineligible for certified 8
12117	12117	agricultural worker status as provided in sub-9
12118	12118	section (b). 10
12119	12119	(2) D
12120	12120	EPENDENT SPOUSE AND CHILDREN .—The 11
12121	12121	Secretary may grant certified agricultural dependent 12
12122	12122	status to the spouse or child of an alien granted cer-13
12123	12123	tified agricultural worker status under paragraph 14
12124	12124	(1) if the spouse or child is not ineligible for cer-15
12125	12125	tified agricultural dependent status as provided in 16
12126	12126	subsection (b). 17
12127	12127	(b) G
12128	12128	ROUNDS FORINELIGIBILITY.— 18
12129	12129	(1) G
12130	12130	ROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY .—Except as 19
12131	12131	provided in paragraph (3), an alien is ineligible for 20
12132	12132	certified agricultural worker or certified agricultural 21
12133	12133	dependent status if the Secretary determines that 22
12134	12134	the alien is inadmissible under section 212(a) of the 23
12135	12135	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24
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12138	12138	•HR 3599 IH
12139	12139	1182(a)), except that in determining inadmis-1
12140	12140	sibility— 2
12141	12141	(A) paragraphs (4), (5), (7), and (9)(B) of 3
12142	12142	such section shall not apply; 4
12143	12143	(B) subparagraphs (A), (C), (D), (F), and 5
12144	12144	(G) of such section 212(a)(6) and paragraphs 6
12145	12145	(9)(C) and (10)(B) of such section 212(a) shall 7
12146	12146	not apply unless based on the act of unlawfully 8
12147	12147	entering the United States after the date of in-9
12148	12148	troduction of this Act; and 10
12149	12149	(C) paragraphs (6)(B) and (9)(A) of such 11
12150	12150	section 212(a) shall not apply unless the rel-12
12151	12151	evant conduct began on or after the date of fil-13
12152	12152	ing of the application for certified agricultural 14
12153	12153	worker status. 15
12154	12154	(2) A
12155	12155	DDITIONAL CRIMINAL BARS .—Except as 16
12156	12156	provided in paragraph (3), an alien is ineligible for 17
12157	12157	certified agricultural worker or certified agricultural 18
12158	12158	dependent status if the Secretary determines that, 19
12159	12159	excluding any offense under State law for which an 20
12160	12160	essential element is the alien’s immigration status 21
12161	12161	and any minor traffic offense, the alien has been 22
12162	12162	convicted of— 23
12163	12163	(A) any felony offense; 24
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12166	12166	•HR 3599 IH
12167	12167	(B) an aggravated felony (as defined in 1
12168	12168	section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Na-2
12169	12169	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) at the 3
12170	12170	time of the conviction); 4
12171	12171	(C) two misdemeanor offenses involving 5
12172	12172	moral turpitude, as described in section 6
12173	12173	212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Na-7
12174	12174	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)), 8
12175	12175	unless an offense is waived by the Secretary 9
12176	12176	under paragraph (3)(B); or 10
12177	12177	(D) three or more misdemeanor offenses 11
12178	12178	not occurring on the same date, and not arising 12
12179	12179	out of the same act, omission, or scheme of 13
12180	12180	misconduct. 14
12181	12181	(3) W
12182	12182	AIVERS FOR CERTAIN GROUNDS OF INAD -15
12183	12183	MISSIBILITY.—For humanitarian purposes, family 16
12184	12184	unity, or if otherwise in the public interest, the Sec-17
12185	12185	retary may waive the grounds of inadmissibility 18
12186	12186	under— 19
12187	12187	(A) paragraph (1), (6)(E), or (10)(D) of 20
12188	12188	section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nation-21
12189	12189	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)); or 22
12190	12190	(B) subparagraphs (A) and (D) of section 23
12191	12191	212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 24
12192	12192	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)), unless inadmis-25
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12195	12195	•HR 3599 IH
12196	12196	sibility is based on a conviction that would oth-1
12197	12197	erwise render the alien ineligible under subpara-2
12198	12198	graph (A), (B), or (D) of paragraph (2). 3
12199	12199	(c) A
12200	12200	PPLICATION.— 4
12201	12201	(1) A
12202	12202	PPLICATION PERIOD.—Except as provided 5
12203	12203	in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall accept initial 6
12204	12204	applications for certified agricultural worker status 7
12205	12205	during the 18-month period beginning on the date 8
12206	12206	on which the interim final rule is published in the 9
12207	12207	Federal Register pursuant to section 122(a). 10
12208	12208	(2) E
12209	12209	XTENSION.—If the Secretary determines, 11
12210	12210	during the initial period described in paragraph (1), 12
12211	12211	that additional time is required to process initial ap-13
12212	12212	plications for certified agricultural worker status or 14
12213	12213	for other good cause, the Secretary may extend the 15
12214	12214	period for accepting applications for up to an addi-16
12215	12215	tional 12 months. 17
12216	12216	(3) S
12217	12217	UBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS .— 18
12218	12218	(A) I
12219	12219	N GENERAL.—An alien may file an 19
12220	12220	application with the Secretary under this sec-20
12221	12221	tion with the assistance of an attorney or a 21
12222	12222	nonprofit religious, charitable, social service, or 22
12223	12223	similar organization recognized by the Board of 23
12224	12224	Immigration Appeals under section 292.2 of 24
12225	12225	title 8, Code of Federal Regulations. The Sec-25
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12228	12228	•HR 3599 IH
12229	12229	retary shall also create a procedure for accept-1
12230	12230	ing applications filed by qualified designated en-2
12231	12231	tities with the consent of the applicant. 3
12232	12232	(B) F
12233	12233	ARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICES .— 4
12234	12234	The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-5
12235	12235	retary of Agriculture, shall establish a process 6
12236	12236	for the filing of applications under this section 7
12237	12237	at Farm Service Agency offices throughout the 8
12238	12238	United States. 9
12239	12239	(4) E
12240	12240	VIDENCE OF APPLICATION FILING .—As 10
12241	12241	soon as practicable after receiving an application for 11
12242	12242	certified agricultural worker status, the Secretary 12
12243	12243	shall provide the applicant with a document acknowl-13
12244	12244	edging the receipt of such application. Such docu-14
12245	12245	ment shall serve as interim proof of the alien’s au-15
12246	12246	thorization to accept employment in the United 16
12247	12247	States and shall be accepted by an employer as evi-17
12248	12248	dence of employment authorization under section 18
12249	12249	274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 19
12250	12250	Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)(C)), if the employer is 20
12251	12251	employing the holder of such document to perform 21
12252	12252	agricultural labor or services, pending a final admin-22
12253	12253	istrative decision on the application. 23
12254	12254	(5) E
12255	12255	FFECT OF PENDING APPLICATION .—Dur-24
12256	12256	ing the period beginning on the date on which an 25
12257	12257	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00406 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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12259	12259	•HR 3599 IH
12260	12260	alien applies for certified agricultural worker status 1
12261	12261	under this subtitle, and ending on the date on which 2
12262	12262	the Secretary makes a final administrative decision 3
12263	12263	regarding such application, the alien and any de-4
12264	12264	pendents included in the application— 5
12265	12265	(A) may apply for advance parole, which 6
12266	12266	shall be granted upon demonstrating a legiti-7
12267	12267	mate need to travel outside the United States 8
12268	12268	for a temporary purpose; 9
12269	12269	(B) may not be detained by the Secretary 10
12270	12270	or removed from the United States unless the 11
12271	12271	Secretary makes a prima facie determination 12
12272	12272	that such alien is, or has become, ineligible for 13
12273	12273	certified agricultural worker status; 14
12274	12274	(C) may not be considered unlawfully 15
12275	12275	present under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Im-16
12276	12276	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
12277	12277	1182(a)(9)(B)); and 18
12278	12278	(D) may not be considered an unauthor-19
12279	12279	ized alien (as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of 20
12280	12280	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21
12281	12281	1324a(h)(3))). 22
12282	12282	(6) W
12283	12283	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION .—The Sec-23
12284	12284	retary shall, upon receipt of a request from the ap-24
12285	12285	plicant to withdraw an application for certified agri-25
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12288	12288	•HR 3599 IH
12289	12289	cultural worker status under this subtitle, cease 1
12290	12290	processing of the application, and close the case. 2
12291	12291	Withdrawal of the application shall not prejudice 3
12292	12292	any future application filed by the applicant for any 4
12293	12293	immigration benefit under this Act or under the Im-5
12294	12294	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 6
12295	12295	seq.). 7
12296	12296	(d) A
12297	12297	DJUDICATION ANDDECISION.— 8
12298	12298	(1) I
12299	12299	N GENERAL.—Subject to section 123, the 9
12300	12300	Secretary shall render a decision on an application 10
12301	12301	for certified agricultural worker status not later than 11
12302	12302	180 days after the date the application is filed. 12
12303	12303	(2) N
12304	12304	OTICE.—Prior to denying an application 13
12305	12305	for certified agricultural worker status, the Sec-14
12306	12306	retary shall provide the alien with— 15
12307	12307	(A) written notice that describes the basis 16
12308	12308	for ineligibility or the deficiencies in the evi-17
12309	12309	dence submitted; and 18
12310	12310	(B) at least 90 days to contest ineligibility 19
12311	12311	or submit additional evidence. 20
12312	12312	(3) A
12313	12313	MENDED APPLICATION .—An alien whose 21
12314	12314	application for certified agricultural worker status is 22
12315	12315	denied under this section may submit an amended 23
12316	12316	application for such status to the Secretary if the 24
12317	12317	amended application is submitted within the applica-25
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12320	12320	•HR 3599 IH
12321	12321	tion period described in subsection (c) and contains 1
12322	12322	all the required information and fees that were miss-2
12323	12323	ing from the initial application. 3
12324	12324	(e) A
12325	12325	LTERNATIVEH–2A STATUS.—An alien who has 4
12326	12326	not met the required period of agricultural labor or serv-5
12327	12327	ices under subsection (a)(1)(A), but is otherwise eligible 6
12328	12328	for certified agricultural worker status under such sub-7
12329	12329	section, shall be eligible for classification as a non-8
12330	12330	immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the 9
12331	12331	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 10
12332	12332	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) upon approval of a petition sub-11
12333	12333	mitted by a sponsoring employer, if the alien has per-12
12334	12334	formed at least 575 hours (or 100 workdays) of agricul-13
12335	12335	tural labor or services during the 3-year period preceding 14
12336	12336	the date of the introduction of this Act. The Secretary 15
12337	12337	shall create a procedure to provide for such classification 16
12338	12338	without requiring the alien to depart the United States 17
12339	12339	and obtain a visa abroad. 18
12340	12340	SEC. 41102. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CERTIFIED STA-19
12341	12341	TUS. 20
12342	12342	(a) I
12343	12343	NGENERAL.— 21
12344	12344	(1) A
12345	12345	PPROVAL.—Upon approval of an applica-22
12346	12346	tion for certified agricultural worker status, or an 23
12347	12347	extension of such status pursuant to section 103, the 24
12348	12348	Secretary shall issue— 25
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12351	12351	•HR 3599 IH
12352	12352	(A) documentary evidence of such status to 1
12353	12353	the applicant; and 2
12354	12354	(B) documentary evidence of certified agri-3
12355	12355	cultural dependent status to any qualified de-4
12356	12356	pendent included on such application. 5
12357	12357	(2) D
12358	12358	OCUMENTARY EVIDENCE .—In addition to 6
12359	12359	any other features and information as the Secretary 7
12360	12360	may prescribe, the documentary evidence described 8
12361	12361	in paragraph (1)— 9
12362	12362	(A) shall be machine-readable and tamper- 10
12363	12363	resistant; 11
12364	12364	(B) shall contain a digitized photograph; 12
12365	12365	(C) shall serve as a valid travel and entry 13
12366	12366	document for purposes of applying for admis-14
12367	12367	sion to the United States; and 15
12368	12368	(D) shall be accepted during the period of 16
12369	12369	its validity by an employer as evidence of em-17
12370	12370	ployment authorization and identity under sec-18
12371	12371	tion 274A(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Na-19
12372	12372	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)(B)). 20
12373	12373	(3) V
12374	12374	ALIDITY PERIOD.—Certified agricultural 21
12375	12375	worker and certified agricultural dependent status 22
12376	12376	shall be valid for 5
12377	12377	1
12378	12378	∕2years beginning on the date of 23
12379	12379	approval. 24
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12382	12382	•HR 3599 IH
12383	12383	(4) TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION .—An alien with 1
12384	12384	certified agricultural worker or certified agricultural 2
12385	12385	dependent status may— 3
12386	12386	(A) travel within and outside of the United 4
12387	12387	States, including commuting to the United 5
12388	12388	States from a residence in a foreign country; 6
12389	12389	and 7
12390	12390	(B) be admitted to the United States upon 8
12391	12391	return from travel abroad without first obtain-9
12392	12392	ing a visa if the alien is in possession of— 10
12393	12393	(i) valid, unexpired documentary evi-11
12394	12394	dence of certified agricultural worker or 12
12395	12395	certified agricultural worker dependent sta-13
12396	12396	tus as described in subsection (a); or 14
12397	12397	(ii) a travel document that has been 15
12398	12398	approved by the Secretary and was issued 16
12399	12399	to the alien after the alien’s original docu-17
12400	12400	mentary evidence was lost, stolen, or de-18
12401	12401	stroyed. 19
12402	12402	(b) A
12403	12403	BILITYTOCHANGESTATUS.— 20
12404	12404	(1) C
12405	12405	HANGE TO CERTIFIED AGRICULTURAL 21
12406	12406	WORKER STATUS.—Notwithstanding section 101(a), 22
12407	12407	an alien with valid certified agricultural dependent 23
12408	12408	status may apply to change to certified agricultural 24
12409	12409	worker status, at any time, if the alien— 25
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12412	12412	•HR 3599 IH
12413	12413	(A) submits a completed application, in-1
12414	12414	cluding the required processing fees; and 2
12415	12415	(B) is not ineligible for certified agricul-3
12416	12416	tural worker status under section 101(b). 4
12417	12417	(2) C
12418	12418	LARIFICATION.—Nothing in this title pro-5
12419	12419	hibits an alien granted certified agricultural worker 6
12420	12420	or certified agricultural dependent status from 7
12421	12421	changing status to any other nonimmigrant classi-8
12422	12422	fication for which the alien may be eligible. 9
12423	12423	(c) P
12424	12424	ROHIBITION ONPUBLICBENEFITS, TAXBENE-10
12425	12425	FITS, ANDHEALTHCARESUBSIDIES.—Aliens granted 11
12426	12426	certified agricultural worker or certified agricultural de-12
12427	12427	pendent status shall be considered lawfully present in the 13
12428	12428	United States for all purposes for the duration of their 14
12429	12429	status, except that such aliens— 15
12430	12430	(1) shall be ineligible for Federal means-tested 16
12431	12431	public benefits to the same extent as other individ-17
12432	12432	uals who are not qualified aliens under section 431 18
12433	12433	of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-19
12434	12434	tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641); 20
12435	12435	(2) are not entitled to the premium assistance 21
12436	12436	tax credit authorized under section 36B of the Inter-22
12437	12437	nal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 36B), and 23
12438	12438	shall be subject to the rules applicable to individuals 24
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12441	12441	•HR 3599 IH
12442	12442	who are not lawfully present set forth in subsection 1
12443	12443	(e) of such section; 2
12444	12444	(3) shall be subject to the rules applicable to in-3
12445	12445	dividuals who are not lawfully present set forth in 4
12446	12446	section 1402(e) of the Patient Protection and Af-5
12447	12447	fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071(e)); and 6
12448	12448	(4) shall be subject to the rules applicable to in-7
12449	12449	dividuals not lawfully present set forth in section 8
12450	12450	5000A(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 9
12451	12451	(26 U.S.C. 5000A(d)(3)). 10
12452	12452	(d) R
12453	12453	EVOCATION OFSTATUS.— 11
12454	12454	(1) I
12455	12455	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may revoke 12
12456	12456	certified agricultural worker or certified agricultural 13
12457	12457	dependent status if, after providing notice to the 14
12458	12458	alien and the opportunity to provide evidence to con-15
12459	12459	test the proposed revocation, the Secretary deter-16
12460	12460	mines that the alien no longer meets the eligibility 17
12461	12461	requirements for such status under section 101(b). 18
12462	12462	(2) I
12463	12463	NVALIDATION OF DOCUMENTATION .—Upon 19
12464	12464	the Secretary’s final determination to revoke an 20
12465	12465	alien’s certified agricultural worker or certified agri-21
12466	12466	cultural dependent status, any documentation issued 22
12467	12467	by the Secretary to such alien under subsection (a) 23
12468	12468	shall automatically be rendered invalid for any pur-24
12469	12469	pose except for departure from the United States. 25
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12472	12472	•HR 3599 IH
12473	12473	SEC. 41103. EXTENSIONS OF CERTIFIED STATUS. 1
12474	12474	(a) R
12475	12475	EQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENSIONS OFSTATUS.— 2
12476	12476	(1) P
12477	12477	RINCIPAL ALIENS.—The Secretary may 3
12478	12478	extend certified agricultural worker status for addi-4
12479	12479	tional periods of 5
12480	12480	1
12481	12481	∕2years to an alien who submits 5
12482	12482	a completed application, including the required proc-6
12483	12483	essing fees, within the 120-day period beginning 60 7
12484	12484	days before the expiration of the fifth year of the 8
12485	12485	immediately preceding grant of certified agricultural 9
12486	12486	worker status, if the alien— 10
12487	12487	(A) except as provided in section 126(c), 11
12488	12488	has performed agricultural labor or services in 12
12489	12489	the United States for at least 575 hours (or 13
12490	12490	100 workdays) for each of the prior 5 years in 14
12491	12491	which the alien held certified agricultural work-15
12492	12492	er status; and 16
12493	12493	(B) has not become ineligible for certified 17
12494	12494	agricultural worker status under section 101(b). 18
12495	12495	(2) D
12496	12496	EPENDENT SPOUSE AND CHILDREN .—The 19
12497	12497	Secretary may grant or extend certified agricultural 20
12498	12498	dependent status to the spouse or child of an alien 21
12499	12499	granted an extension of certified agricultural worker 22
12500	12500	status under paragraph (1) if the spouse or child is 23
12501	12501	not ineligible for certified agricultural dependent sta-24
12502	12502	tus under section 101(b). 25
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12505	12505	•HR 3599 IH
12506	12506	(3) WAIVER FOR LATE FILINGS .—The Sec-1
12507	12507	retary may waive an alien’s failure to timely file be-2
12508	12508	fore the expiration of the 120-day period described 3
12509	12509	in paragraph (1) if the alien demonstrates that the 4
12510	12510	delay was due to extraordinary circumstances be-5
12511	12511	yond the alien’s control or for other good cause. 6
12512	12512	(b) S
12513	12513	TATUS FORWORKERSWITHPENDINGAPPLICA-7
12514	12514	TIONS.— 8
12515	12515	(1) I
12516	12516	N GENERAL.—Certified agricultural worker 9
12517	12517	status of an alien who timely files an application to 10
12518	12518	extend such status under subsection (a) (and the 11
12519	12519	status of the alien’s dependents) shall be automati-12
12520	12520	cally extended through the date on which the Sec-13
12521	12521	retary makes a final administrative decision regard-14
12522	12522	ing such application. 15
12523	12523	(2) D
12524	12524	OCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT AU -16
12525	12525	THORIZATION.—As soon as practicable after receipt 17
12526	12526	of an application to extend certified agricultural 18
12527	12527	worker status under subsection (a), the Secretary 19
12528	12528	shall issue a document to the alien acknowledging 20
12529	12529	the receipt of such application. An employer of the 21
12530	12530	worker may not refuse to accept such document as 22
12531	12531	evidence of employment authorization under section 23
12532	12532	274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 24
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12535	12535	•HR 3599 IH
12536	12536	Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)(C)), pending a final ad-1
12537	12537	ministrative decision on the application. 2
12538	12538	(c) N
12539	12539	OTICE.—Prior to denying an application to ex-3
12540	12540	tend certified agricultural worker status, the Secretary 4
12541	12541	shall provide the alien with— 5
12542	12542	(1) written notice that describes the basis for 6
12543	12543	ineligibility or the deficiencies of the evidence sub-7
12544	12544	mitted; and 8
12545	12545	(2) at least 90 days to contest ineligibility or 9
12546	12546	submit additional evidence. 10
12547	12547	SEC. 41104. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS PRESENCE. 11
12548	12548	(a) E
12549	12549	FFECT OFNOTICETOAPPEAR.—The contin-12
12550	12550	uous presence in the United States of an applicant for cer-13
12551	12551	tified agricultural worker status under section 101 shall 14
12552	12552	not terminate when the alien is served a notice to appear 15
12553	12553	under section 239(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 16
12554	12554	Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(a)). 17
12555	12555	(b) T
12556	12556	REATMENT OF CERTAINBREAKS INPRES-18
12557	12557	ENCE.— 19
12558	12558	(1) I
12559	12559	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
12560	12560	graphs (2) and (3), an alien shall be considered to 21
12561	12561	have failed to maintain continuous presence in the 22
12562	12562	United States under this subtitle if the alien de-23
12563	12563	parted the United States for any period exceeding 24
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12566	12566	•HR 3599 IH
12567	12567	90 days, or for any periods, in the aggregate, ex-1
12568	12568	ceeding 180 days. 2
12569	12569	(2) E
12570	12570	XTENSIONS FOR EXTENUATING CIR -3
12571	12571	CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may extend the time 4
12572	12572	periods described in paragraph (1) for an alien who 5
12573	12573	demonstrates that the failure to timely return to the 6
12574	12574	United States was due to extenuating circumstances 7
12575	12575	beyond the alien’s control, including the serious ill-8
12576	12576	ness of the alien, or death or serious illness of a 9
12577	12577	spouse, parent, son or daughter, grandparent, or sib-10
12578	12578	ling of the alien. 11
12579	12579	(3) T
12580	12580	RAVEL AUTHORIZED BY THE SEC -12
12581	12581	RETARY.—Any period of travel outside of the United 13
12582	12582	States by an alien that was authorized by the Sec-14
12583	12583	retary shall not be counted toward any period of de-15
12584	12584	parture from the United States under paragraph 16
12585	12585	(1). 17
12586	12586	SEC. 41105. EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS. 18
12587	12587	(a) R
12588	12588	ECORD OFEMPLOYMENT.—An employer of an 19
12589	12589	alien in certified agricultural worker status shall provide 20
12590	12590	such alien with a written record of employment each year 21
12591	12591	during which the alien provides agricultural labor or serv-22
12592	12592	ices to such employer as a certified agricultural worker. 23
12593	12593	(b) C
12594	12594	IVILPENALTIES.— 24
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12597	12597	•HR 3599 IH
12598	12598	(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines, 1
12599	12599	after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that 2
12600	12600	an employer of an alien with certified agricultural 3
12601	12601	worker status has knowingly failed to provide the 4
12602	12602	record of employment required under subsection (a), 5
12603	12603	or has provided a false statement of material fact in 6
12604	12604	such a record, the employer shall be subject to a civil 7
12605	12605	penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 per viola-8
12606	12606	tion. 9
12607	12607	(2) L
12608	12608	IMITATION.—The penalty under paragraph 10
12609	12609	(1) for failure to provide employment records shall 11
12610	12610	not apply unless the alien has provided the employer 12
12611	12611	with evidence of employment authorization described 13
12612	12612	in section 102 or 103. 14
12613	12613	(3) D
12614	12614	EPOSIT OF CIVIL PENALTIES .—Civil pen-15
12615	12615	alties collected under this paragraph shall be depos-16
12616	12616	ited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Ac-17
12617	12617	count under section 286(m) of the Immigration and 18
12618	12618	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)). 19
12619	12619	SEC. 41106. ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW. 20
12620	12620	(a) A
12621	12621	DMINISTRATIVEREVIEW.—The Secretary shall 21
12622	12622	establish a process by which an applicant may seek admin-22
12623	12623	istrative review of a denial of an application for certified 23
12624	12624	agricultural worker status under this subtitle, an applica-24
12625	12625	tion to extend such status, or a revocation of such status. 25
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12628	12628	•HR 3599 IH
12629	12629	(b) ADMISSIBILITY INIMMIGRATIONCOURT.—Each 1
12630	12630	record of an alien’s application for certified agricultural 2
12631	12631	worker status under this subtitle, application to extend 3
12632	12632	such status, revocation of such status, and each record 4
12633	12633	created pursuant to the administrative review process 5
12634	12634	under subsection (a) is admissible in immigration court, 6
12635	12635	and shall be included in the administrative record. 7
12636	12636	(c) J
12637	12637	UDICIALREVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other 8
12638	12638	provision of law, judicial review of the Secretary’s decision 9
12639	12639	to deny an application for certified agricultural worker 10
12640	12640	status, an application to extend such status, or the deci-11
12641	12641	sion to revoke such status, shall be limited to the review 12
12642	12642	of an order of removal under section 242 of the Immigra-13
12643	12643	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252). 14
12644	12644	Subtitle B—Optional Earned 15
12645	12645	Residence for Long-Term Workers 16
12646	12646	SEC. 41201. OPTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR LONG- 17
12647	12647	TERM AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. 18
12648	12648	(a) R
12649	12649	EQUIREMENTS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STA-19
12650	12650	TUS.— 20
12651	12651	(1) P
12652	12652	RINCIPAL ALIENS.—The Secretary may 21
12653	12653	adjust the status of an alien from that of a certified 22
12654	12654	agricultural worker to that of a lawful permanent 23
12655	12655	resident if the alien submits a completed application, 24
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12658	12658	•HR 3599 IH
12659	12659	including the required processing and penalty fees, 1
12660	12660	and the Secretary determines that— 2
12661	12661	(A) except as provided in section 126(c), 3
12662	12662	the alien performed agricultural labor or serv-4
12663	12663	ices for not less than 575 hours (or 100 work-5
12664	12664	days) each year— 6
12665	12665	(i) for at least 10 years prior to the 7
12666	12666	date of the enactment of this Act and for 8
12667	12667	at least 4 years in certified agricultural 9
12668	12668	worker status; or 10
12669	12669	(ii) for fewer than 10 years prior to 11
12670	12670	the date of the enactment of this Act and 12
12671	12671	for at least 8 years in certified agricultural 13
12672	12672	worker status; and 14
12673	12673	(B) the alien has not become ineligible for 15
12674	12674	certified agricultural worker status under sec-16
12675	12675	tion 101(b). 17
12676	12676	(2) D
12677	12677	EPENDENT ALIENS.— 18
12678	12678	(A) I
12679	12679	N GENERAL.—The spouse and each 19
12680	12680	child of an alien described in paragraph (1) 20
12681	12681	whose status has been adjusted to that of a 21
12682	12682	lawful permanent resident may be granted law-22
12683	12683	ful permanent residence under this subtitle if— 23
12684	12684	(i) the qualifying relationship to the 24
12685	12685	principal alien existed on the date on which 25
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12688	12688	•HR 3599 IH
12689	12689	such alien was granted adjustment of sta-1
12690	12690	tus under this subtitle; and 2
12691	12691	(ii) the spouse or child is not ineligible 3
12692	12692	for certified agricultural worker dependent 4
12693	12693	status under section 101(b). 5
12694	12694	(B) P
12695	12695	ROTECTIONS FOR SPOUSES AND 6
12696	12696	CHILDREN.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-7
12697	12697	rity shall establish procedures to allow the 8
12698	12698	spouse or child of a certified agricultural work-9
12699	12699	er to self-petition for lawful permanent resi-10
12700	12700	dence under this subtitle in cases involving— 11
12701	12701	(i) the death of the certified agricul-12
12702	12702	tural worker, so long as the spouse or child 13
12703	12703	submits a petition not later than 2 years 14
12704	12704	after the date of the worker’s death; or 15
12705	12705	(ii) the spouse or a child being bat-16
12706	12706	tered or subjected to extreme cruelty by 17
12707	12707	the certified agricultural worker. 18
12708	12708	(3) D
12709	12709	OCUMENTATION OF WORK HISTORY .—An 19
12710	12710	applicant for adjustment of status under this section 20
12711	12711	shall not be required to resubmit evidence of work 21
12712	12712	history that has been previously submitted to the 22
12713	12713	Secretary in connection with an approved extension 23
12714	12714	of certified agricultural worker status. 24
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12717	12717	•HR 3599 IH
12718	12718	(b) PENALTYFEE.—In addition to any processing 1
12719	12719	fee that the Secretary may assess in accordance with sec-2
12720	12720	tion 122(b), a principal alien seeking adjustment of status 3
12721	12721	under this subtitle shall pay a $1,000 penalty fee, which 4
12722	12722	shall be deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee 5
12723	12723	Account pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration 6
12724	12724	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)). 7
12725	12725	(c) E
12726	12726	FFECT OFPENDINGAPPLICATION.—During the 8
12727	12727	period beginning on the date on which an alien applies 9
12728	12728	for adjustment of status under this subtitle, and ending 10
12729	12729	on the date on which the Secretary makes a final adminis-11
12730	12730	trative decision regarding such application, the alien and 12
12731	12731	any dependents included on the application— 13
12732	12732	(1) may apply for advance parole, which shall 14
12733	12733	be granted upon demonstrating a legitimate need to 15
12734	12734	travel outside the United States for a temporary 16
12735	12735	purpose; 17
12736	12736	(2) may not be detained by the Secretary or re-18
12737	12737	moved from the United States unless the Secretary 19
12738	12738	makes a prima facie determination that such alien 20
12739	12739	is, or has become, ineligible for adjustment of status 21
12740	12740	under subsection (a); 22
12741	12741	(3) may not be considered unlawfully present 23
12742	12742	under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration and 24
12743	12743	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)); and 25
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12746	12746	•HR 3599 IH
12747	12747	(4) may not be considered an unauthorized 1
12748	12748	alien (as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immi-2
12749	12749	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3
12750	12750	1324a(h)(3))). 4
12751	12751	(d) E
12752	12752	VIDENCE OFAPPLICATIONFILING.—As soon as 5
12753	12753	practicable after receiving an application for adjustment 6
12754	12754	of status under this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide 7
12755	12755	the applicant with a document acknowledging the receipt 8
12756	12756	of such application. Such document shall serve as interim 9
12757	12757	proof of the alien’s authorization to accept employment 10
12758	12758	in the United States and shall be accepted by an employer 11
12759	12759	as evidence of employment authorization under section 12
12760	12760	274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 13
12761	12761	U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)(C)), pending a final administrative 14
12762	12762	decision on the application. 15
12763	12763	(e) W
12764	12764	ITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION.—The Secretary 16
12765	12765	shall, upon receipt of a request to withdraw an application 17
12766	12766	for adjustment of status under this subtitle, cease proc-18
12767	12767	essing of the application, and close the case. Withdrawal 19
12768	12768	of the application shall not prejudice any future applica-20
12769	12769	tion filed by the applicant for any immigration benefit 21
12770	12770	under this Act or under the Immigration and Nationality 22
12771	12771	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 23
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12774	12774	•HR 3599 IH
12775	12775	SEC. 41202. PAYMENT OF TAXES. 1
12776	12776	(a) I
12777	12777	NGENERAL.—An alien may not be granted ad-2
12778	12778	justment of status under this subtitle unless the applicant 3
12779	12779	has satisfied any applicable Federal tax liability. 4
12780	12780	(b) C
12781	12781	OMPLIANCE.—An alien may demonstrate com-5
12782	12782	pliance with subsection (a) by submitting such documenta-6
12783	12783	tion as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 7
12784	12784	of the Treasury, may require by regulation. 8
12785	12785	SEC. 41203. ADJUDICATION AND DECISION; REVIEW. 9
12786	12786	(a) I
12787	12787	NGENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 10
12788	12788	section 123, the Secretary shall render a decision on an 11
12789	12789	application for adjustment of status under this subtitle not 12
12790	12790	later than 180 days after the date on which the application 13
12791	12791	is filed. 14
12792	12792	(b) N
12793	12793	OTICE.—Prior to denying an application for ad-15
12794	12794	justment of status under this subtitle, the Secretary shall 16
12795	12795	provide the alien with— 17
12796	12796	(1) written notice that describes the basis for 18
12797	12797	ineligibility or the deficiencies of the evidence sub-19
12798	12798	mitted; and 20
12799	12799	(2) at least 90 days to contest ineligibility or 21
12800	12800	submit additional evidence. 22
12801	12801	(c) A
12802	12802	DMINISTRATIVEREVIEW.—The Secretary shall 23
12803	12803	establish a process by which an applicant may seek admin-24
12804	12804	istrative review of a denial of an application for adjust-25
12805	12805	ment of status under this subtitle. 26
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12808	12808	•HR 3599 IH
12809	12809	(d) JUDICIALREVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other 1
12810	12810	provision of law, an alien may seek judicial review of a 2
12811	12811	denial of an application for adjustment of status under 3
12812	12812	this title in an appropriate United States district court. 4
12813	12813	Subtitle C—General Provisions 5
12814	12814	SEC. 41301. DEFINITIONS. 6
12815	12815	In this title: 7
12816	12816	(1) I
12817	12817	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-8
12818	12818	vided, any term used in this title that is used in the 9
12819	12819	immigration laws shall have the meaning given such 10
12820	12820	term in the immigration laws (as such term is de-11
12821	12821	fined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nation-12
12822	12822	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 13
12823	12823	(2) A
12824	12824	GRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERVICES .—The 14
12825	12825	term ‘‘agricultural labor or services’’ has the mean-15
12826	12826	ing given such term in section 101(a)(53) of the Im-16
12827	12827	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
12828	12828	1101(a)(53)). 18
12829	12829	(3) A
12830	12830	PPLICABLE FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY .— 19
12831	12831	The term ‘‘applicable Federal tax liability’’ means all 20
12832	12832	Federal income taxes assessed in accordance with 21
12833	12833	section 6203 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 22
12834	12834	beginning on the date on which the applicant was 23
12835	12835	authorized to work in the United States as a cer-24
12836	12836	tified agricultural worker. 25
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12839	12839	•HR 3599 IH
12840	12840	(4) APPROPRIATE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 1
12841	12841	COURT.—The term ‘‘appropriate United States dis-2
12842	12842	trict court’’ means the United States District Court 3
12843	12843	for the District of Columbia or the United States 4
12844	12844	district court with jurisdiction over the alien’s prin-5
12845	12845	cipal place of residence. 6
12846	12846	(5) C
12847	12847	HILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ has the meaning 7
12848	12848	given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immi-8
12849	12849	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)). 9
12850	12850	(6) C
12851	12851	ONVICTED OR CONVICTION .—The term 10
12852	12852	‘‘convicted’’ or ‘‘conviction’’ does not include a judg-11
12853	12853	ment that has been expunged or set aside, that re-12
12854	12854	sulted in a rehabilitative disposition, or the equiva-13
12855	12855	lent. 14
12856	12856	(7) E
12857	12857	MPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’ means 15
12858	12858	any person or entity, including any labor contractor 16
12859	12859	or any agricultural association, that employs workers 17
12860	12860	in agricultural labor or services. 18
12861	12861	(8) Q
12862	12862	UALIFIED DESIGNATED ENTITY .—The 19
12863	12863	term ‘‘qualified designated entity’’ means— 20
12864	12864	(A) a qualified farm labor organization or 21
12865	12865	an association of employers designated by the 22
12866	12866	Secretary; or 23
12867	12867	(B) any other entity that the Secretary 24
12868	12868	designates as having substantial experience, 25
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12871	12871	•HR 3599 IH
12872	12872	demonstrated competence, and a history of 1
12873	12873	long-term involvement in the preparation and 2
12874	12874	submission of application for adjustment of sta-3
12875	12875	tus under title II of the Immigration and Na-4
12876	12876	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). 5
12877	12877	(9) S
12878	12878	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
12879	12879	the Secretary of Homeland Security. 7
12880	12880	(10) W
12881	12881	ORKDAY.—The term ‘‘workday’’ means 8
12882	12882	any day in which the individual is employed 5.75 or 9
12883	12883	more hours in agricultural labor or services. 10
12884	12884	SEC. 41302. RULEMAKING; FEES. 11
12885	12885	(a) R
12886	12886	ULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 12
12887	12887	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub-13
12888	12888	lish in the Federal Register, an interim final rule imple-14
12889	12889	menting this title. Notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, 15
12890	12890	United States Code, the rule shall be effective, on an in-16
12891	12891	terim basis, immediately upon publication, but may be 17
12892	12892	subject to change and revision after public notice and op-18
12893	12893	portunity for comment. The Secretary shall finalize such 19
12894	12894	rule not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 20
12895	12895	of this Act. 21
12896	12896	(b) F
12897	12897	EES.— 22
12898	12898	(1) I
12899	12899	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 23
12900	12900	an alien applying for any benefit under this title to 24
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12903	12903	•HR 3599 IH
12904	12904	pay a reasonable fee that is commensurate with the 1
12905	12905	cost of processing the application. 2
12906	12906	(2) F
12907	12907	EE WAIVER; INSTALLMENTS.— 3
12908	12908	(A) I
12909	12909	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-4
12910	12910	tablish procedures to allow an alien to— 5
12911	12911	(i) request a waiver of any fee that 6
12912	12912	the Secretary may assess under this title if 7
12913	12913	the alien demonstrates to the satisfaction 8
12914	12914	of the Secretary that the alien is unable to 9
12915	12915	pay the prescribed fee; or 10
12916	12916	(ii) pay any fee or penalty that the 11
12917	12917	Secretary may assess under this title in in-12
12918	12918	stallments. 13
12919	12919	(B) C
12920	12920	LARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sec-14
12921	12921	tion shall be read to prohibit an employer from 15
12922	12922	paying any fee or penalty that the Secretary 16
12923	12923	may assess under this title on behalf of an alien 17
12924	12924	and the alien’s spouse or children. 18
12925	12925	SEC. 41303. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 19
12926	12926	(a) S
12927	12927	UBMISSION OF BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC 20
12928	12928	D
12929	12929	ATA.—The Secretary may not grant or extend certified 21
12930	12930	agricultural worker or certified agricultural dependent sta-22
12931	12931	tus under subtitle A, or grant adjustment of status to that 23
12932	12932	of a lawful permanent resident under subtitle B, unless 24
12933	12933	the alien submits biometric and biographic data, in accord-25
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12936	12936	•HR 3599 IH
12937	12937	ance with procedures established by the Secretary. The 1
12938	12938	Secretary shall provide an alternative procedure for aliens 2
12939	12939	who cannot provide all required biometric or biographic 3
12940	12940	data because of a physical impairment. 4
12941	12941	(b) B
12942	12942	ACKGROUNDCHECKS.—The Secretary shall use 5
12943	12943	biometric, biographic, and other data that the Secretary 6
12944	12944	determines appropriate to conduct security and law en-7
12945	12945	forcement background checks and to determine whether 8
12946	12946	there is any criminal, national security, or other factor 9
12947	12947	that would render the alien ineligible for status under this 10
12948	12948	title. An alien may not be granted any such status under 11
12949	12949	this title unless security and law enforcement background 12
12950	12950	checks are completed to the satisfaction of the Secretary. 13
12951	12951	SEC. 41304. PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN. 14
12952	12952	(a) I
12953	12953	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 15
12954	12954	(b), for purposes of eligibility for certified agricultural de-16
12955	12955	pendent status or lawful permanent resident status under 17
12956	12956	this title, a determination of whether an alien is a child 18
12957	12957	shall be made using the age of the alien on the date on 19
12958	12958	which the initial application for certified agricultural 20
12959	12959	worker status is filed with the Secretary of Homeland Se-21
12960	12960	curity. 22
12961	12961	(b) L
12962	12962	IMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply for no 23
12963	12963	more than 10 years after the date on which the initial 24
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12966	12966	•HR 3599 IH
12967	12967	application for certified agricultural worker status is filed 1
12968	12968	with the Secretary of Homeland Security. 2
12969	12969	SEC. 41305. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL. 3
12970	12970	(a) I
12971	12971	NGENERAL.—An alien who appears to be prima 4
12972	12972	facie eligible for status under this title shall be given a 5
12973	12973	reasonable opportunity to apply for such status. Such an 6
12974	12974	alien may not be placed in removal proceedings or removed 7
12975	12975	from the United States until a final administrative deci-8
12976	12976	sion establishing ineligibility for such status is rendered. 9
12977	12977	(b) A
12978	12978	LIENS INREMOVALPROCEEDINGS.—Notwith-10
12979	12979	standing any other provision of the law, the Attorney Gen-11
12980	12980	eral shall (upon motion by the Secretary with the consent 12
12981	12981	of the alien, or motion by the alien) terminate removal 13
12982	12982	proceedings, without prejudice, against an alien who ap-14
12983	12983	pears to be prima facie eligible for status under this title, 15
12984	12984	and provide such alien a reasonable opportunity to apply 16
12985	12985	for such status. 17
12986	12986	(c) E
12987	12987	FFECT OFFINALORDER.—An alien present in 18
12988	12988	the United States who has been ordered removed or has 19
12989	12989	been permitted to depart voluntarily from the United 20
12990	12990	States may, notwithstanding such order or permission to 21
12991	12991	depart, apply for status under this title. Such alien shall 22
12992	12992	not be required to file a separate motion to reopen, recon-23
12993	12993	sider, or vacate the order of removal. If the Secretary ap-24
12994	12994	proves the application, the Secretary shall notify the At-25
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12997	12997	•HR 3599 IH
12998	12998	torney General of such approval, and the Attorney General 1
12999	12999	shall cancel the order of removal. If the Secretary renders 2
13000	13000	a final administrative decision to deny the application, the 3
13001	13001	order of removal or permission to depart shall be effective 4
13002	13002	and enforceable to the same extent as if the application 5
13003	13003	had not been made, only after all available administrative 6
13004	13004	and judicial remedies have been exhausted. 7
13005	13005	(d) E
13006	13006	FFECT OFDEPARTURE.—Section 101(g) of the 8
13007	13007	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(g)) shall 9
13008	13008	not apply to an alien who departs the United States— 10
13009	13009	(1) with advance permission to return to the 11
13010	13010	United States granted by the Secretary under this 12
13011	13011	title; or 13
13012	13012	(2) after having been granted certified agricul-14
13013	13013	tural worker status or lawful permanent resident 15
13014	13014	status under this title. 16
13015	13015	SEC. 41306. DOCUMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL WORK 17
13016	13016	HISTORY. 18
13017	13017	(a) B
13018	13018	URDEN OFPROOF.—An alien applying for cer-19
13019	13019	tified agricultural worker status under subtitle A or ad-20
13020	13020	justment of status under subtitle B has the burden of 21
13021	13021	proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the alien 22
13022	13022	has worked the requisite number of hours or days required 23
13023	13023	under section 101, 103, or 111, as applicable. The Sec-24
13024	13024	retary shall establish special procedures to properly credit 25
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13027	13027	•HR 3599 IH
13028	13028	work in cases in which an alien was employed under an 1
13029	13029	assumed name. 2
13030	13030	(b) E
13031	13031	VIDENCE.—An alien may meet the burden of 3
13032	13032	proof under subsection (a) by producing sufficient evi-4
13033	13033	dence to show the extent of such employment as a matter 5
13034	13034	of just and reasonable inference. Such evidence may in-6
13035	13035	clude— 7
13036	13036	(1) an annual record of certified agricultural 8
13037	13037	worker employment as described in section 105(a), 9
13038	13038	or other employment records from employers; 10
13039	13039	(2) employment records maintained by collective 11
13040	13040	bargaining associations; 12
13041	13041	(3) tax records or other government records; 13
13042	13042	(4) sworn affidavits from individuals who have 14
13043	13043	direct knowledge of the alien’s work history; or 15
13044	13044	(5) any other documentation designated by the 16
13045	13045	Secretary for such purpose. 17
13046	13046	(c) E
13047	13047	XCEPTIONS FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIR-18
13048	13048	CUMSTANCES.— 19
13049	13049	(1) I
13050	13050	MPACT OF COVID–19.— 20
13051	13051	(A) I
13052	13052	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 21
13053	13053	grant certified agricultural worker status to an 22
13054	13054	alien who is otherwise eligible for such status if 23
13055	13055	such alien is able to only partially satisfy the 24
13056	13056	requirement under section 101(a)(1)(A) as a re-25
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13059	13059	•HR 3599 IH
13060	13060	sult of reduced hours of employment or other 1
13061	13061	restrictions associated with the public health 2
13062	13062	emergency declared by the Secretary of Health 3
13063	13063	and Human Services under section 319 of the 4
13064	13064	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 5
13065	13065	with respect to COVID–19. 6
13066	13066	(B) L
13067	13067	IMITATION.—The exception described 7
13068	13068	in subparagraph (A) shall apply only to agricul-8
13069	13069	tural labor or services required to be performed 9
13070	13070	during the period that— 10
13071	13071	(i) begins on the first day of the pub-11
13072	13072	lic health emergency described in subpara-12
13073	13073	graph (A); and 13
13074	13074	(ii) ends 90 days after the date on 14
13075	13075	which such public health emergency termi-15
13076	13076	nates. 16
13077	13077	(2) E
13078	13078	XTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES .—In de-17
13079	13079	termining whether an alien has met the requirement 18
13080	13080	under section 103(a)(1)(A) or 111(a)(1)(A), the Sec-19
13081	13081	retary may credit the alien with not more than 575 20
13082	13082	hours (or 100 workdays) of agricultural labor or 21
13083	13083	services in the United States if the alien was unable 22
13084	13084	to perform the required agricultural labor or services 23
13085	13085	due to— 24
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13088	13088	•HR 3599 IH
13089	13089	(A) pregnancy, parental leave, illness, dis-1
13090	13090	ease, disabling injury, or physical limitation of 2
13091	13091	the alien; 3
13092	13092	(B) injury, illness, disease, or other special 4
13093	13093	needs of the alien’s child or spouse; 5
13094	13094	(C) severe weather conditions that pre-6
13095	13095	vented the alien from engaging in agricultural 7
13096	13096	labor or services; 8
13097	13097	(D) reduced hours of employment or other 9
13098	13098	restrictions associated with the public health 10
13099	13099	emergency declared by the Secretary of Health 11
13100	13100	and Human Services under section 319 of the 12
13101	13101	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 13
13102	13102	with respect to COVID–19; or 14
13103	13103	(E) termination from agricultural employ-15
13104	13104	ment, if the Secretary determines that— 16
13105	13105	(i) the termination was without just 17
13106	13106	cause; and 18
13107	13107	(ii) the alien was unable to find alter-19
13108	13108	native agricultural employment after a rea-20
13109	13109	sonable job search. 21
13110	13110	(3) E
13111	13111	FFECT OF DETERMINATION .—A deter-22
13112	13112	mination under paragraph (1)(E) shall not be con-23
13113	13113	clusive, binding, or admissible in a separate or sub-24
13114	13114	sequent judicial or administrative action or pro-25
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13117	13117	•HR 3599 IH
13118	13118	ceeding between the alien and a current or prior em-1
13119	13119	ployer of the alien or any other party. 2
13120	13120	(4) H
13121	13121	ARDSHIP WAIVER.— 3
13122	13122	(A) I
13123	13123	N GENERAL.—As part of the rule-4
13124	13124	making described in section 122(a), the Sec-5
13125	13125	retary shall establish procedures allowing for a 6
13126	13126	partial waiver of the requirement under section 7
13127	13127	111(a)(1)(A) for a certified agricultural worker 8
13128	13128	if such worker— 9
13129	13129	(i) has continuously maintained cer-10
13130	13130	tified agricultural worker status since the 11
13131	13131	date such status was initially granted; 12
13132	13132	(ii) has partially completed the re-13
13133	13133	quirement under section 111(a)(1)(A); and 14
13134	13134	(iii) is no longer able to engage in ag-15
13135	13135	ricultural labor or services safely and effec-16
13136	13136	tively because of— 17
13137	13137	(I) a permanent disability suf-18
13138	13138	fered while engaging in agricultural 19
13139	13139	labor or services; or 20
13140	13140	(II) deteriorating health or phys-21
13141	13141	ical ability combined with advanced 22
13142	13142	age. 23
13143	13143	(B) D
13144	13144	ISABILITY.—In establishing the pro-24
13145	13145	cedures described in subparagraph (A), the Sec-25
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13148	13148	•HR 3599 IH
13149	13149	retary shall consult with the Secretary of 1
13150	13150	Health and Human Services and the Commis-2
13151	13151	sioner of Social Security to define ‘‘permanent 3
13152	13152	disability’’ for purposes of a waiver under sub-4
13153	13153	paragraph (A)(iii)(I). 5
13154	13154	SEC. 41307. EMPLOYER PROTECTIONS. 6
13155	13155	(a) C
13156	13156	ONTINUINGEMPLOYMENT.—An employer that 7
13157	13157	continues to employ an alien knowing that the alien in-8
13158	13158	tends to apply for certified agricultural worker status 9
13159	13159	under subtitle A shall not violate section 274A(a)(2) of 10
13160	13160	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11
13161	13161	1324a(a)(2)) by continuing to employ the alien for the du-12
13162	13162	ration of the application period under section 101(c), and 13
13163	13163	with respect to an alien who applies for certified agricul-14
13164	13164	tural status, for the duration of the period during which 15
13165	13165	the alien’s application is pending final determination. 16
13166	13166	(b) U
13167	13167	SE OFEMPLOYMENTRECORDS.—Copies of em-17
13168	13168	ployment records or other evidence of employment pro-18
13169	13169	vided by an alien or by an alien’s employer in support of 19
13170	13170	an alien’s application for certified agricultural worker or 20
13171	13171	adjustment of status under this title may not be used in 21
13172	13172	a civil or criminal prosecution or investigation of that em-22
13173	13173	ployer under section 274A of the Immigration and Nation-23
13174	13174	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) or the Internal Revenue Code 24
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13177	13177	•HR 3599 IH
13178	13178	of 1986 for the prior unlawful employment of that alien 1
13179	13179	regardless of the outcome of such application. 2
13180	13180	(c) A
13181	13181	DDITIONALPROTECTIONS.—Employers that 3
13182	13182	provide unauthorized aliens with copies of employment 4
13183	13183	records or other evidence of employment in support of an 5
13184	13184	application for certified agricultural worker status or ad-6
13185	13185	justment of status under this title shall not be subject to 7
13186	13186	civil and criminal liability pursuant to such section 274A 8
13187	13187	for employing such unauthorized aliens. Records or other 9
13188	13188	evidence of employment provided by employers in response 10
13189	13189	to a request for such records for the purpose of estab-11
13190	13190	lishing eligibility for status under this title may not be 12
13191	13191	used for any purpose other than establishing such eligi-13
13192	13192	bility. 14
13193	13193	(d) L
13194	13194	IMITATION ONPROTECTION.—The protections 15
13195	13195	for employers under this section shall not apply if the em-16
13196	13196	ployer provides employment records to the alien that are 17
13197	13197	determined to be fraudulent. 18
13198	13198	SEC. 41308. CORRECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS; 19
13199	13199	CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 20
13200	13200	(a) I
13201	13201	NGENERAL.—Section 208(e)(1) of the Social 21
13202	13202	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408(e)(1)) is amended— 22
13203	13203	(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 23
13204	13204	the end; 24
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13207	13207	•HR 3599 IH
13208	13208	(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at 1
13209	13209	the end; 2
13210	13210	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-3
13211	13211	lowing: 4
13212	13212	‘‘(D) who is granted certified agricultural work-5
13213	13213	er status, certified agricultural dependent status, or 6
13214	13214	lawful permanent resident status under title I of the 7
13215	13215	American Agriculture Dominance Act,’’; and 8
13216	13216	(4) in the undesignated matter following sub-9
13217	13217	paragraph (D), as added by paragraph (3), by strik-10
13218	13218	ing ‘‘1990.’’ and inserting ‘‘1990, or in the case of 11
13219	13219	an alien described in subparagraph (D), if such con-12
13220	13220	duct is alleged to have occurred before the date on 13
13221	13221	which the alien was granted status under title I of 14
13222	13222	the American Agriculture Dominance Act.’’. 15
13223	13223	(b) E
13224	13224	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
13225	13225	subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the sev-17
13226	13226	enth month that begins after the date of the enactment 18
13227	13227	of this Act. 19
13228	13228	(c) C
13229	13229	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 20
13230	13230	(1) S
13231	13231	OCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 210(a)(1) 21
13232	13232	of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(1)) is 22
13233	13233	amended by inserting before the semicolon the fol-23
13234	13234	lowing: ‘‘(other than aliens granted certified agricul-24
13235	13235	tural worker status or certified agricultural depend-25
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13238	13238	•HR 3599 IH
13239	13239	ent status under title I of the American Agriculture 1
13240	13240	Dominance Act’’. 2
13241	13241	(2) I
13242	13242	NTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 .—Sec-3
13243	13243	tion 3121(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 4
13244	13244	1986 is amended by inserting before the semicolon 5
13245	13245	the following: ‘‘(other than aliens granted certified 6
13246	13246	agricultural worker status or certified agricultural 7
13247	13247	dependent status under title I of the American Agri-8
13248	13248	culture Dominance Act’’. 9
13249	13249	(3) E
13250	13250	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 10
13251	13251	by this subsection shall apply with respect to service 11
13252	13252	performed after the date of the enactment of this 12
13253	13253	Act. 13
13254	13254	(d) A
13255	13255	UTOMATEDSYSTEMTOASSIGNSOCIALSECU-14
13256	13256	RITYACCOUNTNUMBERS.—Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the 15
13257	13257	Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)) is amended 16
13258	13258	by adding at the end the following: 17
13259	13259	‘‘(iv) The Commissioner of Social Se-18
13260	13260	curity shall, to the extent practicable, co-19
13261	13261	ordinate with the Secretary of the Depart-20
13262	13262	ment of Homeland Security to implement 21
13263	13263	an automated system for the Commissioner 22
13264	13264	to assign social security account numbers 23
13265	13265	to aliens granted certified agricultural 24
13266	13266	worker status or certified agricultural de-25
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13269	13269	•HR 3599 IH
13270	13270	pendent status under title I of the Amer-1
13271	13271	ican Agriculture Dominance Act. An alien 2
13272	13272	who is granted such status, and who was 3
13273	13273	not previously assigned a social security 4
13274	13274	account number, shall request assignment 5
13275	13275	of a social security account number and a 6
13276	13276	social security card from the Commissioner 7
13277	13277	through such system. The Secretary shall 8
13278	13278	collect and provide to the Commissioner 9
13279	13279	such information as the Commissioner 10
13280	13280	deems necessary for the Commissioner to 11
13281	13281	assign a social security account number, 12
13282	13282	which information may be used by the 13
13283	13283	Commissioner for any purpose for which 14
13284	13284	the Commissioner is otherwise authorized 15
13285	13285	under Federal law. The Commissioner may 16
13286	13286	maintain, use, and disclose such informa-17
13287	13287	tion only as permitted by the Privacy Act 18
13288	13288	and other Federal law.’’. 19
13289	13289	SEC. 41309. DISCLOSURES AND PRIVACY. 20
13290	13290	(a) I
13291	13291	NGENERAL.—The Secretary may not disclose 21
13292	13292	or use information provided in an application for certified 22
13293	13293	agricultural worker status or adjustment of status under 23
13294	13294	this title (including information provided during adminis-24
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13297	13297	•HR 3599 IH
13298	13298	trative or judicial review) for the purpose of immigration 1
13299	13299	enforcement. 2
13300	13300	(b) R
13301	13301	EFERRALSPROHIBITED.—The Secretary, based 3
13302	13302	solely on information provided in an application for cer-4
13303	13303	tified agricultural worker status or adjustment of status 5
13304	13304	under this title (including information provided during ad-6
13305	13305	ministrative or judicial review), may not refer an applicant 7
13306	13306	to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Cus-8
13307	13307	toms and Border Protection, or any designee of either 9
13308	13308	such entity. 10
13309	13309	(c) E
13310	13310	XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 11
13311	13311	and (b), information provided in an application for cer-12
13312	13312	tified agricultural worker status or adjustment of status 13
13313	13313	under this title may be shared with Federal security and 14
13314	13314	law enforcement agencies— 15
13315	13315	(1) for assistance in the consideration of an ap-16
13316	13316	plication under this title; 17
13317	13317	(2) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims or 18
13318	13318	schemes; 19
13319	13319	(3) for national security purposes; or 20
13320	13320	(4) for the investigation or prosecution of any 21
13321	13321	felony not related to immigration status. 22
13322	13322	(d) P
13323	13323	ENALTY.—Any person who knowingly uses, pub-23
13324	13324	lishes, or permits information to be examined in violation 24
13325	13325	of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000. 25
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13328	13328	•HR 3599 IH
13329	13329	(e) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall ensure that ap-1
13330	13330	propriate administrative and physical safeguards are in 2
13331	13331	place to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity 3
13332	13332	of personally identifiable information collected, main-4
13333	13333	tained, and disseminated pursuant to this title. 5
13334	13334	SEC. 41310. PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLI-6
13335	13335	CATIONS. 7
13336	13336	(a) C
13337	13337	RIMINALPENALTY.—Any person who— 8
13338	13338	(1) files an application for certified agricultural 9
13339	13339	worker status or adjustment of status under this 10
13340	13340	title and knowingly falsifies, conceals, or covers up 11
13341	13341	a material fact or makes any false, fictitious, or 12
13342	13342	fraudulent statements or representations, or makes 13
13343	13343	or uses any false writing or document knowing the 14
13344	13344	same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent 15
13345	13345	statement or entry; or 16
13346	13346	(2) creates or supplies a false writing or docu-17
13347	13347	ment for use in making such an application, 18
13348	13348	shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States 19
13349	13349	Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 20
13350	13350	(b) I
13351	13351	NADMISSIBILITY.—An alien who is convicted 21
13352	13352	under subsection (a) shall be deemed inadmissible to the 22
13353	13353	United States under section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immi-23
13354	13354	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)). 24
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13357	13357	•HR 3599 IH
13358	13358	(c) DEPOSIT.—Fines collected under subsection (a) 1
13359	13359	shall be deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee 2
13360	13360	Account pursuant to section 286(m) of the Immigration 3
13361	13361	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)). 4
13362	13362	SEC. 41311. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. 5
13363	13363	(a) I
13364	13364	NGENERAL.—Beginning not later than the first 6
13365	13365	day of the application period described in section 101(c)— 7
13366	13366	(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in co-8
13367	13367	operation with qualified designated entities, shall 9
13368	13368	broadly disseminate information described in sub-10
13369	13369	section (b); and 11
13370	13370	(2) the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 12
13371	13371	with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall dis-13
13372	13372	seminate to agricultural employers a document con-14
13373	13373	taining the information described in subsection (b) 15
13374	13374	for posting at employer worksites. 16
13375	13375	(b) I
13376	13376	NFORMATIONDESCRIBED.—The information de-17
13377	13377	scribed in this subsection shall include— 18
13378	13378	(1) the benefits that aliens may receive under 19
13379	13379	this title; and 20
13380	13380	(2) the requirements that an alien must meet to 21
13381	13381	receive such benefits. 22
13382	13382	SEC. 41312. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS. 23
13383	13383	The numerical limitations under title II of the Immi-24
13384	13384	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) shall 25
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13387	13387	•HR 3599 IH
13388	13388	not apply to the adjustment of aliens to lawful permanent 1
13389	13389	resident status under this title, and such aliens shall not 2
13390	13390	be counted toward any such numerical limitation. 3
13391	13391	SEC. 41313. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 4
13392	13392	Not later than 180 days after the publication of the 5
13393	13393	final rule under section 122(a), and annually thereafter 6
13394	13394	for the following 10 years, the Secretary shall submit a 7
13395	13395	report to Congress that identifies, for the previous fiscal 8
13396	13396	year— 9
13397	13397	(1) the number of principal aliens who applied 10
13398	13398	for certified agricultural worker status under subtitle 11
13399	13399	A, and the number of dependent spouses and chil-12
13400	13400	dren included in such applications; 13
13401	13401	(2) the number of principal aliens who were 14
13402	13402	granted certified agricultural worker status under 15
13403	13403	subtitle A, and the number of dependent spouses 16
13404	13404	and children who were granted certified agricultural 17
13405	13405	dependent status; 18
13406	13406	(3) the number of principal aliens who applied 19
13407	13407	for an extension of their certified agricultural worker 20
13408	13408	status under subtitle A, and the number of depend-21
13409	13409	ent spouses and children included in such applica-22
13410	13410	tions; 23
13411	13411	(4) the number of principal aliens who were 24
13412	13412	granted an extension of certified agricultural worker 25
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13415	13415	•HR 3599 IH
13416	13416	status under subtitle A, and the number of depend-1
13417	13417	ent spouses and children who were granted certified 2
13418	13418	agricultural dependent status under such an exten-3
13419	13419	sion; 4
13420	13420	(5) the number of principal aliens who applied 5
13421	13421	for adjustment of status under subtitle B, and the 6
13422	13422	number of dependent spouses and children included 7
13423	13423	in such applications; 8
13424	13424	(6) the number of principal aliens who were 9
13425	13425	granted lawful permanent resident status under sub-10
13426	13426	title B, and the number of spouses and children who 11
13427	13427	were granted such status as dependents; 12
13428	13428	(7) the number of principal aliens included in 13
13429	13429	petitions described in section 101(e), and the num-14
13430	13430	ber of dependent spouses and children included in 15
13431	13431	such applications; and 16
13432	13432	(8) the number of principal aliens who were 17
13433	13433	granted H–2A status pursuant to petitions described 18
13434	13434	in section 101(e), and the number of dependent 19
13435	13435	spouses and children who were granted H–4 status. 20
13436	13436	SEC. 41314. GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE APPLI-21
13437	13437	CANTS. 22
13438	13438	(a) E
13439	13439	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23
13440	13440	a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eli-24
13441	13441	gible nonprofit organizations to assist eligible applicants 25
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13444	13444	•HR 3599 IH
13445	13445	under this title by providing them with the services de-1
13446	13446	scribed in subsection (c). 2
13447	13447	(b) E
13448	13448	LIGIBLENONPROFITORGANIZATION.—For 3
13449	13449	purposes of this section, the term ‘‘eligible nonprofit orga-4
13450	13450	nization’’ means an organization described in section 5
13451	13451	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (exclud-6
13452	13452	ing a recipient of funds under title X of the Economic 7
13453	13453	Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.)) that 8
13454	13454	has demonstrated qualifications, experience, and expertise 9
13455	13455	in providing quality services to farm workers or aliens. 10
13456	13456	(c) U
13457	13457	SE OFFUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 11
13458	13458	this section may be used for the design and implementa-12
13459	13459	tion of programs that provide— 13
13460	13460	(1) information to the public regarding the eli-14
13461	13461	gibility and benefits of certified agricultural worker 15
13462	13462	status authorized under this title; and 16
13463	13463	(2) assistance, within the scope of authorized 17
13464	13464	practice of immigration law, to individuals submit-18
13465	13465	ting applications for certified agricultural worker 19
13466	13466	status or adjustment of status under this title, in-20
13467	13467	cluding— 21
13468	13468	(A) screening prospective applicants to as-22
13469	13469	sess their eligibility for such status; 23
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13472	13472	•HR 3599 IH
13473	13473	(B) completing applications, including pro-1
13474	13474	viding assistance in obtaining necessary docu-2
13475	13475	ments and supporting evidence; and 3
13476	13476	(C) providing any other assistance that the 4
13477	13477	Secretary determines useful to assist aliens in 5
13478	13478	applying for certified agricultural worker status 6
13479	13479	or adjustment of status under this title. 7
13480	13480	(d) S
13481	13481	OURCE OFFUNDS.—In addition to any funds 8
13482	13482	appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary may 9
13483	13483	use up to $10,000,000 from the Immigration Examina-10
13484	13484	tions Fee Account under section 286(m) of the Immigra-11
13485	13485	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)) to carry out 12
13486	13486	this section. 13
13487	13487	(e) E
13488	13488	LIGIBILITY FORSERVICES.—Section 504(a)(11) 14
13489	13489	of Public Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–53 et seq.) shall 15
13490	13490	not be construed to prevent a recipient of funds under title 16
13491	13491	X of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 17
13492	13492	2996 et seq.) from providing legal assistance directly re-18
13493	13493	lated to an application for status under this title or to 19
13494	13494	an alien granted such status. 20
13495	13495	SEC. 41315. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 21
13496	13496	There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-22
13497	13497	retary, such sums as may be necessary to implement this 23
13498	13498	title, including any amounts needed for costs associated 24
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13501	13501	•HR 3599 IH
13502	13502	with the initiation of such implementation, for each of fis-1
13503	13503	cal years 2024 through 2026. 2
13504	13504	TITLE II—ENSURING AN AGRI-3
13505	13505	CULTURAL WORKFORCE FOR 4
13506	13506	THE FUTURE 5
13507	13507	Subtitle A—Reforming the H–2A 6
13508	13508	Worker Program 7
13509	13509	SEC. 42101. COMPREHENSIVE AND STREAMLINED ELEC-8
13510	13510	TRONIC H–2A PLATFORM. 9
13511	13511	(a) S
13512	13512	TREAMLINEDH–2A PLATFORM.— 10
13513	13513	(1) I
13514	13514	N GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 11
13515	13515	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-12
13516	13516	retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 13
13517	13517	the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture, 14
13518	13518	the Secretary of State, and the United States Dig-15
13519	13519	ital Service, shall ensure the establishment of an 16
13520	13520	electronic platform through which a petition for an 17
13521	13521	H–2A worker may be filed. Such platform shall— 18
13522	13522	(A) serve as a single point of access for an 19
13523	13523	employer to input all information and sup-20
13524	13524	porting documentation required for obtaining 21
13525	13525	labor certification from the Secretary of Labor 22
13526	13526	and the adjudication of the H–2A petition by 23
13527	13527	the Secretary of Homeland Security; 24
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13530	13530	•HR 3599 IH
13531	13531	(B) serve as a single point of access for the 1
13532	13532	Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 2
13533	13533	of Labor, and State workforce agencies to con-3
13534	13534	currently perform their respective review and 4
13535	13535	adjudicatory responsibilities in the H–2A proc-5
13536	13536	ess; 6
13537	13537	(C) facilitate communication between em-7
13538	13538	ployers and agency adjudicators, including by 8
13539	13539	allowing employers to— 9
13540	13540	(i) receive and respond to notices of 10
13541	13541	deficiency and requests for information; 11
13542	13542	(ii) submit requests for inspections 12
13543	13543	and licensing; 13
13544	13544	(iii) receive notices of approval and 14
13545	13545	denial; and 15
13546	13546	(iv) request reconsideration or appeal 16
13547	13547	of agency decisions; and 17
13548	13548	(D) provide information to the Secretary of 18
13549	13549	State and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 19
13550	13550	necessary for the efficient and secure processing 20
13551	13551	of H–2A visas and applications for admission. 21
13552	13552	(2) O
13553	13553	BJECTIVES.—In developing the platform 22
13554	13554	described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-23
13555	13555	land Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 24
13556	13556	Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 25
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13559	13559	•HR 3599 IH
13560	13560	State, and the United States Digital Service, shall 1
13561	13561	streamline and improve the H–2A process, including 2
13562	13562	by— 3
13563	13563	(A) eliminating the need for employers to 4
13564	13564	submit duplicate information and documenta-5
13565	13565	tion to multiple agencies; 6
13566	13566	(B) eliminating redundant processes, where 7
13567	13567	a single matter in a petition is adjudicated by 8
13568	13568	more than one agency; 9
13569	13569	(C) reducing the occurrence of common pe-10
13570	13570	tition errors, and otherwise improving and expe-11
13571	13571	diting the processing of H–2A petitions; and 12
13572	13572	(D) ensuring compliance with H–2A pro-13
13573	13573	gram requirements and the protection of the 14
13574	13574	wages and working conditions of workers. 15
13575	13575	(b) O
13576	13576	NLINEJOBREGISTRY.—The Secretary of Labor 16
13577	13577	shall maintain a national, publicly accessible online job 17
13578	13578	registry and database of all job orders submitted by H– 18
13579	13579	2A employers. The registry and database shall— 19
13580	13580	(1) be searchable using relevant criteria, includ-20
13581	13581	ing the types of jobs needed to be filled, the date(s) 21
13582	13582	and location(s) of need, and the employer(s) named 22
13583	13583	in the job order; 23
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13586	13586	•HR 3599 IH
13587	13587	(2) provide an interface for workers in English, 1
13588	13588	Spanish, and any other language that the Secretary 2
13589	13589	of Labor determines to be appropriate; and 3
13590	13590	(3) provide for public access of job orders ap-4
13591	13591	proved under section 218(h)(2) of the Immigration 5
13592	13592	and Nationality Act. 6
13593	13593	SEC. 42102. AGRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERVICES. 7
13594	13594	(a) D
13595	13595	EFINITION.—Section 101(a) of the Immigration 8
13596	13596	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)), as amended by 9
13597	13597	section 8101, is further amended by adding at the end 10
13598	13598	the following: 11
13599	13599	‘‘(54) The term ‘agricultural labor or services’ 12
13600	13600	has the meaning given such term by the Secretary 13
13601	13601	of Agriculture in regulations and includes— 14
13602	13602	‘‘(A) agricultural labor (as such term is de-15
13603	13603	fined in section 3121(g) of the Internal Rev-16
13604	13604	enue Code of 1986) except as described in sub-17
13605	13605	section (g)(4) of such section; 18
13606	13606	‘‘(B) agriculture (as such term is defined 19
13607	13607	in section 3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 20
13608	13608	of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f))), except that the re-21
13609	13609	quirement that such work be performed by a 22
13610	13610	farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in con-23
13611	13611	junction with such farming operations shall not 24
13612	13612	apply if such work is being performed at the di-25
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13615	13615	•HR 3599 IH
13616	13616	rection of and as incident to or in conjunction 1
13617	13617	with the farmers’ farming operation; 2
13618	13618	‘‘(C) agricultural employment (as such 3
13619	13619	term is defined in section 3 of the Migrant and 4
13620	13620	Seasonal Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 5
13621	13621	1802)); 6
13622	13622	‘‘(D) the handling, planting, drying, pack-7
13623	13623	ing, packaging, processing, freezing, or grading 8
13624	13624	prior to delivery for storage of any agricultural 9
13625	13625	or horticultural commodity in its unmanufac-10
13626	13626	tured state; 11
13627	13627	‘‘(E) all activities required for the prepara-12
13628	13628	tion, processing or manufacturing, for further 13
13629	13629	distribution, of— 14
13630	13630	‘‘(i) a product of agriculture (as such 15
13631	13631	term is defined in such section 3(f)); 16
13632	13632	‘‘(ii) a product of aquaculture; or 17
13633	13633	‘‘(iii) wild-caught fish or shellfish; 18
13634	13634	‘‘(F) pressing of apples for cider on a 19
13635	13635	farm; 20
13636	13636	‘‘(G) activities related to the management 21
13637	13637	and training of equines; and 22
13638	13638	‘‘(H) performing any of the activities de-23
13639	13639	scribed in this paragraph for an agricultural 24
13640	13640	employer (as such term is defined in paragraph 25
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13643	13643	•HR 3599 IH
13644	13644	(2) of section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal 1
13645	13645	Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802), in-2
13646	13646	cluding an agricultural cooperative, except that 3
13647	13647	for purposes of this subparagraph, the limita-4
13648	13648	tions described in paragraphs (8)(B)(ii) and 5
13649	13649	(10)(B)(iii) shall not apply), 6
13650	13650	except that in regard to labor or services consisting 7
13651	13651	of meat or poultry processing, the term ‘agricultural 8
13652	13652	labor or services’ only includes the killing of animals 9
13653	13653	and the breakdown of their carcasses.’’. 10
13654	13654	(b) C
13655	13655	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—The Immigration 11
13656	13656	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended— 12
13657	13657	(1) in section 101(a)(15)(H), by striking ‘‘, as 13
13658	13658	defined by the Secretary of Labor in regulations and 14
13659	13659	including agricultural labor defined in section 15
13660	13660	3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, agri-16
13661	13661	culture as defined in section 3(f) of the Fair Labor 17
13662	13662	Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f)), and the 18
13663	13663	pressing of apples for cider on a farm, of a tem-19
13664	13664	porary or seasonal nature’’; and 20
13665	13665	(2) in section 218(d)(2), by striking ‘‘of a tem-21
13666	13666	porary or seasonal nature’’. 22
13667	13667	SEC. 42103. H–2A PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 23
13668	13668	Section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 24
13669	13669	(8 U.S.C. 1188) is amended— 25
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13672	13672	•HR 3599 IH
13673	13673	(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4); 1
13674	13674	(2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 2
13675	13675	(p); 3
13676	13676	(3) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-4
13677	13677	lowing: 5
13678	13678	‘‘(i) W
13679	13679	AGEREQUIREMENTS.—Each employer under 6
13680	13680	this section will offer the worker, during the period of au-7
13681	13681	thorized employment, wages that are at least the greatest 8
13682	13682	of— 9
13683	13683	‘‘(1) 125 percent of the Federal minimum 10
13684	13684	wage; or 11
13685	13685	‘‘(2) the applicable State or local minimum 12
13686	13686	wage. 13
13687	13687	‘‘(j) H
13688	13688	OUSINGREQUIREMENTS.—Employers shall 14
13689	13689	furnish housing in accordance with regulations established 15
13690	13690	by the Secretary of Labor. Such regulations shall be con-16
13691	13691	sistent with the following: 17
13692	13692	‘‘(1) I
13693	13693	N GENERAL.—The employer shall provide 18
13694	13694	housing meeting applicable State, Federal, and local 19
13695	13695	standards, or secure housing which meets the local 20
13696	13696	standards for rental and/or public accommodations 21
13697	13697	or other substantially similar class of habitation. 22
13698	13698	‘‘(2) F
13699	13699	AMILY HOUSING.—The employer shall 23
13700	13700	provide family housing to workers with families who 24
13701	13701	request it when it is the prevailing practice in the 25
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13704	13704	•HR 3599 IH
13705	13705	area and occupation of intended employment to pro-1
13706	13706	vide family housing. 2
13707	13707	‘‘(3) U
13708	13708	NITED STATES WORKERS .—Notwith-3
13709	13709	standing paragraphs (1) and (2), an employer is not 4
13710	13710	required to provide housing to United States work-5
13711	13711	ers who are reasonably able to return to their resi-6
13712	13712	dence within the same day. 7
13713	13713	‘‘(4) T
13714	13714	IMING OF INSPECTION.— 8
13715	13715	‘‘(A) I
13716	13716	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of 9
13717	13717	Labor or designee shall make a determination 10
13718	13718	as to whether the housing furnished by an em-11
13719	13719	ployer for a worker meets the requirements im-12
13720	13720	posed by this subsection prior to the date on 13
13721	13721	which the Secretary of Labor is required to 14
13722	13722	make a certification with respect to a petition 15
13723	13723	for the admission of such worker. 16
13724	13724	‘‘(B) T
13725	13725	IMELY INSPECTION.—The Secretary 17
13726	13726	of Labor shall provide a process for— 18
13727	13727	‘‘(i) an employer to request inspection 19
13728	13728	of housing up to 60 days before the date 20
13729	13729	on which the employer will file a petition 21
13730	13730	under this section; and 22
13731	13731	‘‘(ii) biennial inspection of housing for 23
13732	13732	workers who are engaged in agricultural 24
13733	13733	employment. 25
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13736	13736	•HR 3599 IH
13737	13737	‘‘(k) TRANSPORTATIONREQUIREMENTS.— 1
13738	13738	‘‘(1) T
13739	13739	RAVEL TO PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT .—A 2
13740	13740	worker who completes 50 percent of the period of 3
13741	13741	employment specified in the job order shall be reim-4
13742	13742	bursed by the employer for the cost of the worker’s 5
13743	13743	transportation and subsistence from the place from 6
13744	13744	which the worker came to work for the employer (or 7
13745	13745	place of last employment, if the worker traveled 8
13746	13746	from such place) to the place of employment. 9
13747	13747	‘‘(2) T
13748	13748	RAVEL FROM PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT .— 10
13749	13749	For a worker who completes the period of employ-11
13750	13750	ment specified in the job order or who is terminated 12
13751	13751	without cause, the employer shall provide or pay for 13
13752	13752	the worker’s transportation and subsistence from the 14
13753	13753	place of employment to the place from which the 15
13754	13754	worker, disregarding intervening employment, came 16
13755	13755	to work for the employer, or to the place of next em-17
13756	13756	ployment, if the worker has contracted with a subse-18
13757	13757	quent employer who has not agreed to provide or 19
13758	13758	pay for the worker’s transportation and subsistence 20
13759	13759	to such subsequent employer’s place of employment. 21
13760	13760	‘‘(3) L
13761	13761	IMITATION.— 22
13762	13762	‘‘(A) A
13763	13763	MOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT .—Ex-23
13764	13764	cept as provided in subparagraph (B), the 24
13765	13765	amount of reimbursement provided under para-25
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13768	13768	•HR 3599 IH
13769	13769	graph (1) or (2) to a worker need not exceed 1
13770	13770	the lesser of— 2
13771	13771	‘‘(i) the actual cost to the worker of 3
13772	13772	the transportation and subsistence in-4
13773	13773	volved; or 5
13774	13774	‘‘(ii) the most economical and reason-6
13775	13775	able common carrier transportation 7
13776	13776	charges and subsistence costs for the dis-8
13777	13777	tance involved. 9
13778	13778	‘‘(B) D
13779	13779	ISTANCE TRAVELED.—For travel to 10
13780	13780	or from the worker’s home country, if the travel 11
13781	13781	distance between the worker’s home and the rel-12
13782	13782	evant consulate is 50 miles or less, reimburse-13
13783	13783	ment for transportation and subsistence may be 14
13784	13784	based on transportation to or from the con-15
13785	13785	sulate. 16
13786	13786	‘‘(l) E
13787	13787	LIGIBILITY FORH–2A STATUS ANDADMISSION 17
13788	13788	TO THEUNITEDSTATES.— 18
13789	13789	‘‘(1) V
13790	13790	ISA VALIDITY.—A visa issued to an H– 19
13791	13791	2A worker shall be valid for 3 years and shall allow 20
13792	13792	for multiple entries during the approved period of 21
13793	13793	admission. 22
13794	13794	‘‘(2) P
13795	13795	ERIOD OF AUTHORIZED STAY ; ADMIS-23
13796	13796	SION.— 24
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13799	13799	•HR 3599 IH
13800	13800	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien admissible as 1
13801	13801	an H–2A worker shall be authorized to stay in 2
13802	13802	the United States for the period of employment 3
13803	13803	specified in the petition approved by the Sec-4
13804	13804	retary of Homeland Security under this section. 5
13805	13805	The maximum continuous period of authorized 6
13806	13806	stay for an H–2A worker is 36 months. 7
13807	13807	‘‘(B) R
13808	13808	EQUIREMENT TO REMAIN OUTSIDE 8
13809	13809	THE UNITED STATES.—In the case of an H–2A 9
13810	13810	worker whose maximum continuous period of 10
13811	13811	authorized stay (including any extensions) has 11
13812	13812	expired, the alien may not again be eligible for 12
13813	13813	such stay until the alien remains outside the 13
13814	13814	United States for a cumulative period of at 14
13815	13815	least 45 days. 15
13816	13816	‘‘(C) E
13817	13817	XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary of 16
13818	13818	Homeland Security shall deduct absences from 17
13819	13819	the United States that take place during an H– 18
13820	13820	2A worker’s period of authorized stay from the 19
13821	13821	period that the alien is required to remain out-20
13822	13822	side the United States under subparagraph (B), 21
13823	13823	if the alien or the alien’s employer requests 22
13824	13824	such a deduction, and provides clear and con-23
13825	13825	vincing proof that the alien qualifies for such a 24
13826	13826	deduction. Such proof shall consist of evidence 25
13827	13827	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00458 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
13828	13828	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 459
13829	13829	•HR 3599 IH
13830	13830	including, but not limited to, arrival and depar-1
13831	13831	ture records, copies of tax returns, and records 2
13832	13832	of employment abroad. 3
13833	13833	‘‘(D) A
13834	13834	DMISSION.—In addition to the max-4
13835	13835	imum continuous period of authorized stay, an 5
13836	13836	H–2A worker’s authorized period of admission 6
13837	13837	shall include an additional period of 10 days 7
13838	13838	prior to the beginning of the period of employ-8
13839	13839	ment for the purpose of traveling to the place 9
13840	13840	of employment and 45 days at the end of the 10
13841	13841	period of employment for the purpose of trav-11
13842	13842	eling home or seeking an extension of status 12
13843	13843	based on a subsequent offer of employment if 13
13844	13844	the worker has not reached the maximum con-14
13845	13845	tinuous period of authorized stay under sub-15
13846	13846	paragraph (A) (subject to the exceptions in sub-16
13847	13847	paragraph (C)). 17
13848	13848	‘‘(3) C
13849	13849	ONTINUING H–2A WORKERS.— 18
13850	13850	‘‘(A) S
13851	13851	UCCESSIVE EMPLOYMENT .—An H– 19
13852	13852	2A worker is authorized to start new or concur-20
13853	13853	rent employment upon the filing of a nonfrivo-21
13854	13854	lous H–2A petition, or as of the requested start 22
13855	13855	date, whichever is later if— 23
13856	13856	‘‘(i) the petition to start new or con-24
13857	13857	current employment was filed prior to the 25
13858	13858	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00459 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
13859	13859	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 460
13860	13860	•HR 3599 IH
13861	13861	expiration of the H–2A worker’s period of 1
13862	13862	admission as defined in paragraph (2)(D); 2
13863	13863	and 3
13864	13864	‘‘(ii) the H–2A worker has not been 4
13865	13865	employed without authorization in the 5
13866	13866	United States from the time of last admis-6
13867	13867	sion to the United States in H–2A status 7
13868	13868	through the filing of the petition for new 8
13869	13869	employment. 9
13870	13870	‘‘(B) P
13871	13871	ROTECTION DUE TO IMMIGRANT 10
13872	13872	VISA BACKLOGS.—Notwithstanding the limita-11
13873	13873	tions on the period of authorized stay described 12
13874	13874	in paragraph (3), any H–2A worker who— 13
13875	13875	‘‘(i) is the beneficiary of an approved 14
13876	13876	petition, filed under section 204(a)(1)(E) 15
13877	13877	or (F) for preference status under section 16
13878	13878	203(b)(3)(A)(iii); and 17
13879	13879	‘‘(ii) is eligible to be granted such sta-18
13880	13880	tus but for the annual limitations on visas 19
13881	13881	under section 203(b)(3)(A), 20
13882	13882	may apply for, and the Secretary of Homeland 21
13883	13883	Security may grant, an extension of such non-22
13884	13884	immigrant status until the Secretary of Home-23
13885	13885	land Security issues a final administrative deci-24
13886	13886	sion on the alien’s application for adjustment of 25
13887	13887	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00460 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
13888	13888	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 461
13889	13889	•HR 3599 IH
13890	13890	status or the Secretary of State issues a final 1
13891	13891	decision on the alien’s application for an immi-2
13892	13892	grant visa. 3
13893	13893	‘‘(m) H–2A P
13894	13894	ETITIONPROCEDURES.— 4
13895	13895	‘‘(1) I
13896	13896	N GENERAL.—The employer shall submit 5
13897	13897	information required for the adjudication of the H– 6
13898	13898	2A petition, including a job order, through the elec-7
13899	13899	tronic platform no more than 75 calendar days and 8
13900	13900	no fewer than 60 calendar days before the employ-9
13901	13901	er’s first date of need specified in the petition. 10
13902	13902	‘‘(2) F
13903	13903	ILING BY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIA -11
13904	13904	TIONS.—An association of agricultural producers 12
13905	13905	that use agricultural services may file an H–2A peti-13
13906	13906	tion under paragraph (1). If an association is a joint 14
13907	13907	or sole employer of workers who perform agricul-15
13908	13908	tural labor or services, H–2A workers may be used 16
13909	13909	for the approved job opportunities of any of the as-17
13910	13910	sociation’s producer members and such workers may 18
13911	13911	be transferred among its producer members to per-19
13912	13912	form the agricultural labor or services for which the 20
13913	13913	petition was approved. 21
13914	13914	‘‘(3) P
13915	13915	ETITIONS INVOLVING STAGGERED 22
13916	13916	ENTRY.—An employer may file a petition involving 23
13917	13917	employment in the same occupational classification 24
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13920	13920	•HR 3599 IH
13921	13921	and same area of intended employment with multiple 1
13922	13922	start dates if— 2
13923	13923	‘‘(A) the petition involves no more than 10 3
13924	13924	start dates; 4
13925	13925	‘‘(B) the multiple start dates share a com-5
13926	13926	mon end date; 6
13927	13927	‘‘(C) no more than 120 days separate the 7
13928	13928	first start date and the final start date listed in 8
13929	13929	the petition; and 9
13930	13930	‘‘(D) the need for multiple start dates 10
13931	13931	arises from variations in labor needs associated 11
13932	13932	with the job opportunity identified in the peti-12
13933	13933	tion. 13
13934	13934	‘‘(4) P
13935	13935	OST-CERTIFICATION AMENDMENTS .—The 14
13936	13936	Secretary of Labor shall provide a process for 15
13937	13937	amending a request for labor certification in con-16
13938	13938	junction with an H–2A petition, subsequent to cer-17
13939	13939	tification by the Secretary of Labor, in cases in 18
13940	13940	which the requested amendment does not materially 19
13941	13941	change the petition (including the job order). 20
13942	13942	‘‘(n) S
13943	13943	PECIALPROCEDURES.— 21
13944	13944	‘‘(1) I
13945	13945	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 22
13946	13946	consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and 23
13947	13947	the Secretary of Homeland Security, may by regula-24
13948	13948	tion establish alternate procedures that reasonably 25
13949	13949	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00462 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
13950	13950	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 463
13951	13951	•HR 3599 IH
13952	13952	modify program requirements under this section, in-1
13953	13953	cluding for special procedures industries, when the 2
13954	13954	Secretary determines that such modifications are re-3
13955	13955	quired due to the unique nature of the work in-4
13956	13956	volved. 5
13957	13957	‘‘(2) A
13958	13958	LLERGY LIMITATION.—An employer en-6
13959	13959	gaged in the commercial beekeeping or pollination 7
13960	13960	services industry may require that an applicant be 8
13961	13961	free from bee pollen, venom, or other bee-related al-9
13962	13962	lergies. 10
13963	13963	‘‘(3) S
13964	13964	PECIAL PROCEDURES INDUSTRIES .— 11
13965	13965	‘‘(A) A
13966	13966	PPLICATION.—An individual em-12
13967	13967	ployer in a special procedures industry may file 13
13968	13968	a program petition on its own behalf or in con-14
13969	13969	junction with an association of employers. The 15
13970	13970	employer’s petition may be part of several re-16
13971	13971	lated petitions submitted simultaneously that 17
13972	13972	constitute a master petition. 18
13973	13973	‘‘(B) S
13974	13974	PECIAL PROCEDURES INDUSTRY DE -19
13975	13975	FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘special 20
13976	13976	procedures industry’ means— 21
13977	13977	‘‘(i) sheepherding and goat herding; 22
13978	13978	‘‘(ii) itinerant commercial beekeeping 23
13979	13979	and pollination; 24
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13982	13982	•HR 3599 IH
13983	13983	‘‘(iii) open range production of live-1
13984	13984	stock; 2
13985	13985	‘‘(iv) itinerant animal shearing; and 3
13986	13986	‘‘(v) custom combining industries.’’; 4
13987	13987	and 5
13988	13988	(4) in subsection (p), as so redesignated, by 6
13989	13989	adding at the end the following: 7
13990	13990	‘‘(3) T
13991	13991	EMPORARILY.—The term ‘temporarily’ 8
13992	13992	means a period not exceeding 350 days. 9
13993	13993	‘‘(4) J
13994	13994	OB ORDER.—The term ‘job order’ means 10
13995	13995	the document containing the material terms and 11
13996	13996	conditions of employment, including obligations and 12
13997	13997	assurances required under this section or any other 13
13998	13998	law.’’. 14
13999	13999	SEC. 42104. PORTABLE H–2A VISA PILOT PROGRAM. 15
14000	14000	(a) E
14001	14001	STABLISHMENT OF PILOTPROGRAM.— 16
14002	14002	(1) I
14003	14003	N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 17
14004	14004	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-18
14005	14005	retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 19
14006	14006	the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Agri-20
14007	14007	culture, shall establish through regulation a 6-year 21
14008	14008	pilot program to facilitate the free movement and 22
14009	14009	employment of H–2A workers to perform agricul-23
14010	14010	tural labor or services for agricultural employers 24
14011	14011	registered with the Secretary of Agriculture. Not-25
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14013	14013	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 465
14014	14014	•HR 3599 IH
14015	14015	withstanding the requirements of section 218 of the 1
14016	14016	Immigration and Nationality Act, such regulation 2
14017	14017	shall establish the requirements for the pilot pro-3
14018	14018	gram, consistent with subsection (b). For purposes 4
14019	14019	of this section, such a worker shall be referred to as 5
14020	14020	a portable H–2A worker, and status as such a work-6
14021	14021	er shall be referred to as portable H–2A status. 7
14022	14022	(2) O
14023	14023	NLINE PLATFORM .—The Secretary of 8
14024	14024	Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-9
14025	14025	retary of Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture, 10
14026	14026	shall maintain an online electronic platform to con-11
14027	14027	nect portable H–2A workers with registered agricul-12
14028	14028	tural employers seeking workers to perform agricul-13
14029	14029	tural labor or services. Employers shall post on the 14
14030	14030	platform available job opportunities, including a de-15
14031	14031	scription of the nature and location of the work to 16
14032	14032	be performed, the anticipated period or periods of 17
14033	14033	need, and the terms and conditions of employment. 18
14034	14034	Such platform shall allow portable H–2A workers to 19
14035	14035	search for available job opportunities using relevant 20
14036	14036	criteria, including the types of jobs needed to be 21
14037	14037	filled and the dates and locations of need. 22
14038	14038	(3) L
14039	14039	IMITATION.—Notwithstanding the 23
14040	14040	issuance of the regulation described in paragraph 24
14041	14041	(1), the Secretary of State may not issue a portable 25
14042	14042	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00465 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
14043	14043	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 466
14044	14044	•HR 3599 IH
14045	14045	H–2A visa and the Secretary of Homeland Security 1
14046	14046	may not confer portable H–2A status on any alien 2
14047	14047	until the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-3
14048	14048	sultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Sec-4
14049	14049	retary of Agriculture, has determined that a suffi-5
14050	14050	cient number of employers have been designated as 6
14051	14051	registered agricultural employers under subsection 7
14052	14052	(b)(1) and that such employers have sufficient job 8
14053	14053	opportunities to employ a reasonable number of 9
14054	14054	portable H–2A workers to initiate the pilot program. 10
14055	14055	(b) P
14056	14056	ILOTPROGRAMELEMENTS.—The pilot program 11
14057	14057	in subsection (a) shall contain the following elements: 12
14058	14058	(1) R
14059	14059	EGISTERED AGRICULTURAL EMPLOY -13
14060	14060	ERS.— 14
14061	14061	(A) D
14062	14062	ESIGNATION.—Agricultural employ-15
14063	14063	ers shall be provided the ability to seek designa-16
14064	14064	tion as registered agricultural employers. Rea-17
14065	14065	sonable fees may be assessed commensurate 18
14066	14066	with the cost of processing applications for des-19
14067	14067	ignation. A designation shall be valid for a pe-20
14068	14068	riod of up to 3 years unless revoked for failure 21
14069	14069	to comply with program requirements. Reg-22
14070	14070	istered employers that comply with program re-23
14071	14071	quirements may apply to renew such designa-24
14072	14072	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00466 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
14073	14073	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 467
14074	14074	•HR 3599 IH
14075	14075	tion for additional periods of up to 3 years for 1
14076	14076	the duration of the pilot program. 2
14077	14077	(B) L
14078	14078	IMITATIONS.—Registered agricultural 3
14079	14079	employers may employ aliens with portable H– 4
14080	14080	2A status without filing a petition. Such em-5
14081	14081	ployers shall pay such aliens at least the wage 6
14082	14082	required under section 218(d) of the Immigra-7
14083	14083	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(d)). 8
14084	14084	(C) W
14085	14085	ORKERS’ COMPENSATION.—If a job 9
14086	14086	opportunity is not covered by or is exempt from 10
14087	14087	the State workers’ compensation law, a reg-11
14088	14088	istered agricultural employer shall provide, at 12
14089	14089	no cost to the worker, insurance covering injury 13
14090	14090	and disease arising out of, and in the course of, 14
14091	14091	the worker’s employment, which will provide 15
14092	14092	benefits at least equal to those provided under 16
14093	14093	the State workers’ compensation law. 17
14094	14094	(2) D
14095	14095	ESIGNATED WORKERS .— 18
14096	14096	(A) I
14097	14097	N GENERAL.—Individuals who have 19
14098	14098	been previously admitted to the United States 20
14099	14099	in H–2A status, and maintained such status 21
14100	14100	during the period of admission, shall be pro-22
14101	14101	vided the opportunity to apply for portable H– 23
14102	14102	2A status. Portable H–2A workers shall be sub-24
14103	14103	ject to the provisions on visa validity and peri-25
14104	14104	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00467 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
14105	14105	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 468
14106	14106	•HR 3599 IH
14107	14107	ods of authorized stay and admission for H–2A 1
14108	14108	workers described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of 2
14109	14109	section 218(j) of the Immigration and Nation-3
14110	14110	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(j)(2) and (3)). 4
14111	14111	(B) L
14112	14112	IMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF 5
14113	14113	PORTABLE H–2A STATUS.— 6
14114	14114	(i) I
14115	14115	NITIAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT 7
14116	14116	REQUIRED.—No alien may be granted 8
14117	14117	portable H–2A status without an initial 9
14118	14118	valid offer of employment to perform tem-10
14119	14119	porary or agricultural labor or services 11
14120	14120	from a registered agricultural employer. 12
14121	14121	(ii) N
14122	14122	UMERICAL LIMITATION .—The 13
14123	14123	total number of aliens who may hold valid 14
14124	14124	portable H–2A status at any one time may 15
14125	14125	not exceed 10,000. 16
14126	14126	(C) S
14127	14127	COPE OF EMPLOYMENT .—During the 17
14128	14128	period of admission, a portable H–2A worker 18
14129	14129	may perform agricultural labor or services for 19
14130	14130	any employer in the United States that is des-20
14131	14131	ignated as a registered agricultural employer 21
14132	14132	pursuant to paragraph (1). An employment ar-22
14133	14133	rangement under this section may be termi-23
14134	14134	nated by either the portable H–2A worker or 24
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14136	14136	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 469
14137	14137	•HR 3599 IH
14138	14138	the registered agricultural employer at any 1
14139	14139	time. 2
14140	14140	(D) T
14141	14141	RANSFER TO NEW EMPLOYMENT .— 3
14142	14142	At the cessation of employment with a reg-4
14143	14143	istered agricultural employer, a portable H–2A 5
14144	14144	worker shall have 60 days to secure new em-6
14145	14145	ployment with a registered agricultural em-7
14146	14146	ployer. 8
14147	14147	(E) M
14148	14148	AINTENANCE OF STATUS .—A port-9
14149	14149	able H–2A worker who does not secure new em-10
14150	14150	ployment with a registered agricultural em-11
14151	14151	ployer within 60 days shall be considered to 12
14152	14152	have failed to maintain such status and shall 13
14153	14153	depart the United States or be subject to re-14
14154	14154	moval under section 237(a)(1)(C)(i) of the Im-15
14155	14155	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
14156	14156	1188(a)(1)(C)(i)). 17
14157	14157	(3) E
14158	14158	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of Labor 18
14159	14159	shall be responsible for conducting investigations 19
14160	14160	and random audits of employers to ensure compli-20
14161	14161	ance with the employment-related requirements of 21
14162	14162	this section, consistent with section 218(m) of the 22
14163	14163	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 23
14164	14164	1188(m)). The Secretary of Labor shall have the au-24
14165	14165	thority to collect reasonable civil penalties for viola-25
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14167	14167	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 470
14168	14168	•HR 3599 IH
14169	14169	tions, which shall be utilized by the Secretary for the 1
14170	14170	administration and enforcement of the provisions of 2
14171	14171	this section. 3
14172	14172	(4) E
14173	14173	LIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.—Section 305 4
14174	14174	of Public Law 99–603 (100 Stat. 3434) is amended 5
14175	14175	by striking ‘‘other employment rights as provided in 6
14176	14176	the worker’s specific contract under which the non-7
14177	14177	immigrant was admitted’’ and inserting ‘‘employ-8
14178	14178	ment-related rights’’. 9
14179	14179	(c) R
14180	14180	EPORT.—Not later than 6 months before the 10
14181	14181	end of the third fiscal year of the pilot program, the Sec-11
14182	14182	retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-12
14183	14183	retary of Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 13
14184	14184	prepare and submit to the Committees on the Judiciary 14
14185	14185	of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report 15
14186	14186	that provides— 16
14187	14187	(1) the number of employers designated as reg-17
14188	14188	istered agricultural employers, broken down by geo-18
14189	14189	graphic region, farm size, and the number of job op-19
14190	14190	portunities offered by such employers; 20
14191	14191	(2) the number of employers whose designation 21
14192	14192	as a registered agricultural employer was revoked; 22
14193	14193	(3) the number of individuals granted portable 23
14194	14194	H–2A status in each fiscal year, along with the 24
14195	14195	number of such individuals who maintained portable 25
14196	14196	VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:12 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00470 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3599.IH H3599
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14198	14198	•HR 3599 IH
14199	14199	H–2A status during all or a portion of the 3-year 1
14200	14200	period of the pilot program; 2
14201	14201	(4) an assessment of the impact of the pilot 3
14202	14202	program on the wages and working conditions of 4
14203	14203	United States farm workers; 5
14204	14204	(5) the results of a survey of individuals grant-6
14205	14205	ed portable H–2A status, detailing their experiences 7
14206	14206	with and feedback on the pilot program; 8
14207	14207	(6) the results of a survey of registered agricul-9
14208	14208	tural employers, detailing their experiences with and 10
14209	14209	feedback on the pilot program; 11
14210	14210	(7) an assessment as to whether the program 12
14211	14211	should be continued and if so, any recommendations 13
14212	14212	for improving the program; and 14
14213	14213	(8) findings and recommendations regarding ef-15
14214	14214	fective recruitment mechanisms, including use of 16
14215	14215	new technology to match workers with employers 17
14216	14216	and ensure compliance with applicable labor and em-18
14217	14217	ployment laws and regulations. 19
14218	14218	SEC. 42105. PILOT PROGRAM PROVIDING FORESTRY EM-20
14219	14219	PLOYERS THE OPTION OF USING THE H–2A 21
14220	14220	PROGRAM OR THE H–2B PROGRAM. 22
14221	14221	(a) T
14222	14222	IMEPERIOD.—For the 3-year period following 23
14223	14223	the date of enactment this Act, an employer engaged in 24
14224	14224	forestry-and conservation-related services shall have, in 25
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14227	14227	•HR 3599 IH
14228	14228	any calendar year and at the employer’s sole discretion, 1
14229	14229	the option to participate in either the program described 2
14230	14230	at 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 3
14231	14231	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) or the program described at 4
14232	14232	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 5
14233	14233	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)). 6
14234	14234	(b) R
14235	14235	ULEMAKING.—After the expiration of the time 7
14236	14236	period specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor, 8
14237	14237	in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 9
14238	14238	make a rule determining whether employers engaged in 10
14239	14239	forestry-and conservation-related services shall be in the 11
14240	14240	future classified in the program described in section 12
14241	14241	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 13
14242	14242	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), or the program de-14
14243	14243	scribed at 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 15
14244	14244	1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), or both. 16
14245	14245	(c) E
14246	14246	XTENSION.—The time period described in sub-17
14247	14247	section (a) shall be extended until such time as the regula-18
14248	14248	tions promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) are in effect. 19
14249	14249	(d) C
14250	14250	ONDITIONS.—An employer engaged in forestry- 20
14251	14251	and conservation-related services shall be permitted to em-21
14252	14252	ploy nonimmigrant workers under the following condi-22
14253	14253	tions: 23
14254	14254	(1) I
14255	14255	TINERARIES.—In either the program de-24
14256	14256	scribed at Section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act 25
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14259	14259	•HR 3599 IH
14260	14260	(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) or the program de-1
14261	14261	scribed at 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 2
14262	14262	U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)), the employer may 3
14263	14263	use an itinerary listing worksites that may encom-4
14264	14264	pass multiple areas of intended employment without 5
14265	14265	limitation as to the number of worksites, States, or 6
14266	14266	areas of intended employment. 7
14267	14267	(2) A
14268	14268	PPLICABLE WAGE.— 8
14269	14269	(A) H–2A.—In the program described in 9
14270	14270	section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act (8 10
14271	14271	U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)), an employer 11
14272	14272	shall not be required to pay at any location a 12
14273	14273	wage higher than the wage described in section 13
14274	14274	218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 14
14275	14275	U.S.C. 1188), as amended by section 42103 of 15
14276	14276	this Act, for described work at that location. 16
14277	14277	(B) H–2B.—In the program described at 17
14278	14278	section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 18
14279	14279	U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)), an employer 19
14280	14280	shall not be required to pay at any location a 20
14281	14281	wage higher than the prevailing wage applicable 21
14282	14282	to the described work at that location. 22
14283	14283	(3) H
14284	14284	OUSING.—In either the program described 23
14285	14285	at section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act (8 24
14286	14286	U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)) or the program de-25
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14289	14289	•HR 3599 IH
14290	14290	scribed at 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 1
14291	14291	U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)), the employer may, if 2
14292	14292	the employer arranges for or provides housing for its 3
14293	14293	employees, use public accommodation housing or 4
14294	14294	lodging that is otherwise provided on a commercial 5
14295	14295	basis to the general public, and such housing or 6
14296	14296	lodging shall not be subject to any federally man-7
14297	14297	dated inspection or approvals beyond the local or 8
14298	14298	State standards otherwise applicable to public ac-9
14299	14299	commodation housing or lodging provided to the 10
14300	14300	general public. 11
14301	14301	(e) F
14302	14302	ORESTRY- ANDCONSERVATION-RELATEDSERV-12
14303	14303	ICESDEFINED.—The term ‘‘forestry- and conservation-re-13
14304	14304	lated services’’ includes tree planting, timber stand im-14
14305	14305	provements, timber harvesting, logging operations, brush 15
14306	14306	clearing, vegetation management, herbicide application, 16
14307	14307	the maintenance of rights of way (including for roads, 17
14308	14308	trails, and utilities, and regardless of whether such right 18
14309	14309	of-way is on forest land), pruning, seedling lifting, har-19
14310	14310	vesting and packaging, and the harvesting of pine straw 20
14311	14311	and other minor forest products, orchard work and seed 21
14312	14312	collection, and fire prevention and management activities. 22
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14315	14315	•HR 3599 IH
14316	14316	DIVISION E—AMERICAN PROS-1
14317	14317	PERITY AND COMPETITIVE-2
14318	14318	NESS 3
14319	14319	SEC. 51001. SHORT TITLE. 4
14320	14320	This division may be cited as the ‘‘American Pros-5
14321	14321	perity and Competitiveness Act’’. 6
14322	14322	TITLE I—PROTECTING THE 7
14323	14323	FAMILY SYSTEM 8
14324	14324	Subtitle A—American Families 9
14325	14325	United Act 10
14326	14326	SEC. 51101. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 11
14327	14327	Nothing in this division shall be construed— 12
14328	14328	(1) to provide the Secretary of Homeland Secu-13
14329	14329	rity or the Attorney General with the ability to exer-14
14330	14330	cise the discretionary authority provided in this divi-15
14331	14331	sion, or by an amendment made by this division, ex-16
14332	14332	cept on a case-by-case basis; or 17
14333	14333	(2) to otherwise modify or limit the discre-18
14334	14334	tionary authority of the Secretary of Homeland Se-19
14335	14335	curity or the Attorney General under the immigra-20
14336	14336	tion laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the 21
14337	14337	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 22
14338	14338	1101(a)(17))). 23
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14341	14341	•HR 3599 IH
14342	14342	SEC. 51102. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO 1
14343	14343	FAMILY MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES CITI-2
14344	14344	ZENS. 3
14345	14345	(a) A
14346	14346	PPLICATIONS FORRELIEFFROMREMOVAL.— 4
14347	14347	Section 240(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 5
14348	14348	(8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end 6
14349	14349	the following: 7
14350	14350	‘‘(D) J
14351	14351	UDICIAL DISCRETION.— 8
14352	14352	‘‘(i) I
14353	14353	N GENERAL.—In the case of an 9
14354	14354	alien who is the spouse or child of a citizen 10
14355	14355	of the United States, the Attorney General 11
14356	14356	may subject to clause (ii)— 12
14357	14357	‘‘(I) terminate any removal pro-13
14358	14358	ceedings against the alien; 14
14359	14359	‘‘(II) decline to order the alien 15
14360	14360	removed from the United States; 16
14361	14361	‘‘(III) grant the alien permission 17
14362	14362	to reapply for admission to the United 18
14363	14363	States; or 19
14364	14364	‘‘(IV) subject to clause (iii), 20
14365	14365	waive the application of one or more 21
14366	14366	grounds of inadmissibility or deport-22
14367	14367	ability in connection with any request 23
14368	14368	for relief from removal. 24
14369	14369	‘‘(ii) L
14370	14370	IMITATION ON DISCRETION.— 25
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14373	14373	•HR 3599 IH
14374	14374	‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney 1
14375	14375	General may exercise the discretion 2
14376	14376	described in clause (i) if the Attorney 3
14377	14377	General determines that removal of 4
14378	14378	the alien or the denial of a request for 5
14379	14379	relief from removal would result in 6
14380	14380	hardship to the alien’s United States 7
14381	14381	citizen spouse, parent, or child. There 8
14382	14382	shall be a presumption that family 9
14383	14383	separation constitutes hardship. 10
14384	14384	‘‘(II) W
14385	14385	IDOW AND SURVIVING 11
14386	14386	CHILD OF DECEASED UNITED STATES 12
14387	14387	CITIZEN.—In the case of the death of 13
14388	14388	a citizen of the United States, the At-14
14389	14389	torney General may exercise discretion 15
14390	14390	described in clause (i) with respect to 16
14391	14391	an alien who was a child of such cit-17
14392	14392	izen, or was the spouse of such citizen 18
14393	14393	and was not legally separated from 19
14394	14394	such citizen on the date of the citi-20
14395	14395	zen’s death, if— 21
14396	14396	‘‘(aa) the Attorney General 22
14397	14397	determines that removal of the 23
14398	14398	child or spouse or the denial of a 24
14399	14399	requested benefit would result in 25
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14402	14402	•HR 3599 IH
14403	14403	hardship to the child or spouse; 1
14404	14404	and 2
14405	14405	‘‘(bb) the child or spouse 3
14406	14406	seeks relief requiring such discre-4
14407	14407	tion not later than two years 5
14408	14408	after the date of the citizen’s 6
14409	14409	death or demonstrates to the sat-7
14410	14410	isfaction of the Attorney General 8
14411	14411	the existence of extraordinary cir-9
14412	14412	cumstances that prevented the 10
14413	14413	spouse or child from seeking re-11
14414	14414	lief within such period. 12
14415	14415	‘‘(iii) E
14416	14416	XCLUSIONS.—This subpara-13
14417	14417	graph shall not apply to an alien whom the 14
14418	14418	Attorney General determines— 15
14419	14419	‘‘(I) is inadmissible under— 16
14420	14420	‘‘(aa) paragraph (2) or (3) 17
14421	14421	of section 212(a); or 18
14422	14422	‘‘(bb) subparagraph (A), 19
14423	14423	(C), or (D) of section 212(a)(10); 20
14424	14424	or 21
14425	14425	‘‘(II) is deportable under para-22
14426	14426	graph (2), (4), or (6) of section 23
14427	14427	237(a).’’. 24
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14430	14430	•HR 3599 IH
14431	14431	(b) SECRETARY’SDISCRETION.—Section 212 of the 1
14432	14432	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 2
14433	14433	amended— 3
14434	14434	(1) by redesignating the second subsection (t) 4
14435	14435	as subsection (u); and 5
14436	14436	(2) by adding at the end the following: 6
14437	14437	‘‘(u) S
14438	14438	ECRETARY’SDISCRETION.— 7
14439	14439	‘‘(1) I
14440	14440	N GENERAL.—In the case of an alien who 8
14441	14441	is the spouse or child of a citizen of the United 9
14442	14442	States, the Secretary of Homeland Security may, 10
14443	14443	subject to paragraph (2)— 11
14444	14444	‘‘(A) waive the application of one or more 12
14445	14445	grounds of inadmissibility or deportability in 13
14446	14446	connection with an application for an immigra-14
14447	14447	tion benefit or request for relief from removal; 15
14448	14448	‘‘(B) decline to issue a notice to appear or 16
14449	14449	other charging document requiring such an 17
14450	14450	alien to appear for removal proceedings; 18
14451	14451	‘‘(C) decline to reinstate an order of re-19
14452	14452	moval under section 241(a)(5); or 20
14453	14453	‘‘(D) grant such alien permission to re-21
14454	14454	apply for admission to the United States or any 22
14455	14455	other application for an immigration benefit. 23
14456	14456	‘‘(2) L
14457	14457	IMITATION ON DISCRETION.— 24
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14460	14460	•HR 3599 IH
14461	14461	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 1
14462	14462	Homeland Security may exercise discretion de-2
14463	14463	scribed in paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-3
14464	14464	mines that removal of the alien or the denial of 4
14465	14465	a requested benefit would result in hardship to 5
14466	14466	the alien’s United States citizen spouse, parent, 6
14467	14467	or child. There shall be a presumption that 7
14468	14468	family separation constitutes hardship. 8
14469	14469	‘‘(B) W
14470	14470	IDOW AND ORPHAN OF DECEASED 9
14471	14471	UNITED STATES CITIZEN .—In the case of the 10
14472	14472	death of a citizen of the United States, the Sec-11
14473	14473	retary of Homeland Security may exercise dis-12
14474	14474	cretion described in paragraph (1) with respect 13
14475	14475	to an alien who was a child of such citizen, or 14
14476	14476	was the spouse of such citizen and was not le-15
14477	14477	gally separated from such citizen on the date of 16
14478	14478	the citizen’s death, if— 17
14479	14479	‘‘(i) the Secretary determines that the 18
14480	14480	denial of a requested benefit would result 19
14481	14481	in hardship to the child or spouse; and 20
14482	14482	‘‘(ii) the child or spouse seeks relief 21
14483	14483	requiring such discretion not later than 22
14484	14484	two years after the date of the citizen’s 23
14485	14485	death or demonstrates to the satisfaction 24
14486	14486	of the Secretary the existence of extraor-25
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14489	14489	•HR 3599 IH
14490	14490	dinary circumstances that prevented the 1
14491	14491	spouse or child from seeking relief within 2
14492	14492	such period. 3
14493	14493	‘‘(3) E
14494	14494	XCLUSIONS.—This subsection shall not 4
14495	14495	apply to an alien whom the Secretary determines— 5
14496	14496	‘‘(A) is inadmissible under— 6
14497	14497	‘‘(i) paragraph (2) or (3) of sub-7
14498	14498	sections (a); or 8
14499	14499	‘‘(ii) subparagraphs (A), (C), or (D) 9
14500	14500	of subsection (a)(10); or 10
14501	14501	‘‘(B) is deportable under paragraphs (2), 11
14502	14502	(4), or (6) of section 237(a).’’. 12
14503	14503	(c) N
14504	14504	ATIONALITY ATBIRTH ANDCOLLECTIVENATU-13
14505	14505	RALIZATION.—Section 301(g) of the Immigration and Na-14
14506	14506	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401(g)) is amended by striking 15
14507	14507	‘‘for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, 16
14508	14508	at least two of which were after attaining the age of four-17
14509	14509	teen years’’. 18
14510	14510	SEC. 51103. MOTIONS TO REOPEN OR RECONSIDER. 19
14511	14511	(a) I
14512	14512	NGENERAL.—A motion to reopen or reconsider 20
14513	14513	the denial of a petition or application or an order of re-21
14514	14514	moval for an alien may be granted if such petition, appli-22
14515	14515	cation, or order would have been adjudicated in favor of 23
14516	14516	the alien had this division, or an amendment made by this 24
14517	14517	division, been in effect at the time of such denial or order. 25
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14520	14520	•HR 3599 IH
14521	14521	(b) FILINGREQUIREMENT.—A motion under sub-1
14522	14522	section (a) shall be filed no later than the date that is 2
14523	14523	2 years after the date of the enactment of this division, 3
14524	14524	unless the alien demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 4
14525	14525	Secretary of Homeland Security or Attorney General, as 5
14526	14526	appropriate, the existence of extraordinary circumstances 6
14527	14527	that prevented the alien from filing within such period. 7
14528	14528	Subtitle B—Temporary Family 8
14529	14529	Visitation Act 9
14530	14530	SEC. 51111. FAMILY PURPOSE NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR 10
14531	14531	RELATIVES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS 11
14532	14532	AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS SEEK-12
14533	14533	ING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES TEMPO-13
14534	14534	RARILY. 14
14535	14535	(a) E
14536	14536	STABLISHMENT OF NEWNONIMMIGRANTVISA 15
14537	14537	C
14538	14538	ATEGORY.—Section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration 16
14539	14539	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) is amend-17
14540	14540	ed by striking ‘‘and who is visiting the United States tem-18
14541	14541	porarily for business or temporarily for pleasure;’’ and in-19
14542	14542	serting ‘‘and who is visiting the United States temporarily 20
14543	14543	for— 21
14544	14544	‘‘(i) business; 22
14545	14545	‘‘(ii) pleasure; or 23
14546	14546	‘‘(iii) family purposes;’’. 24
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14549	14549	•HR 3599 IH
14550	14550	(b) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TOFAMILYPUR-1
14551	14551	POSEVISAS.—Section 214 of the Immigration and Na-2
14552	14552	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at 3
14553	14553	the end the following: 4
14554	14554	‘‘(s) R
14555	14555	EQUIREMENTSAPPLICABLE TOFAMILYPUR-5
14556	14556	POSEVISAS.— 6
14557	14557	‘‘(1) D
14558	14558	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection and sec-7
14559	14559	tion 101(a)(15)(B)(iii): 8
14560	14560	‘‘(A) F
14561	14561	AMILY PURPOSES.—The term ‘fam-9
14562	14562	ily purposes’ means any visit by a relative for 10
14563	14563	a social, occasional, or any other purpose. 11
14564	14564	‘‘(B) R
14565	14565	ELATIVE.—The term ‘relative’ 12
14566	14566	means the spouse, child, son, daughter, grand-13
14567	14567	child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, 14
14568	14568	niece, and nephew of a citizen of the United 15
14569	14569	States or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-16
14570	14570	nent residence. 17
14571	14571	‘‘(2) R
14572	14572	EQUIREMENT.—A relative seeking admis-18
14573	14573	sion pursuant to a visa issued under section 19
14574	14574	101(a)(15)(B)(iii) is inadmissible unless— 20
14575	14575	‘‘(A) the individual petitioning for such ad-21
14576	14576	mission, or an additional sponsor, has sub-22
14577	14577	mitted to the Secretary of Homeland Security 23
14578	14578	an undertaking under section 213 in the form 24
14579	14579	of a declaration of support (Form I–134); and 25
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14582	14582	•HR 3599 IH
14583	14583	‘‘(B) such relative has obtained, for the 1
14584	14584	duration of his or her stay in the United States, 2
14585	14585	a health insurance policy (such as an additional 3
14586	14586	travel health insurance policy or an existing 4
14587	14587	health insurance policy that includes travel 5
14588	14588	health care costs) with minimum policy require-6
14589	14589	ments, as determined by the Secretary. 7
14590	14590	‘‘(3) P
14591	14591	ERIOD OF AUTHORIZED ADMISSION .— 8
14592	14592	The period of authorized admission for a non-9
14593	14593	immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) 10
14594	14594	shall not exceed 90 days. 11
14595	14595	‘‘(4) P
14596	14596	ETITIONER REQUIREMENT .— 12
14597	14597	‘‘(A) I
14598	14598	N GENERAL.—An individual may not 13
14599	14599	petition for the admission of a relative as a 14
14600	14600	nonimmigrant described in section 15
14601	14601	101(a)(15)(B)(iii) if the individual previously 16
14602	14602	petitioned for the admission of such a relative 17
14603	14603	who— 18
14604	14604	‘‘(i) was admitted to the United 19
14605	14605	States pursuant to a visa issued under that 20
14606	14606	section as a result; and 21
14607	14607	‘‘(ii) overstayed his or her period of 22
14608	14608	authorized admission. 23
14609	14609	‘‘(B) P
14610	14610	REVIOUS PETITIONERS .—An indi-24
14611	14611	vidual petitioning for the admission of a relative 25
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14614	14614	•HR 3599 IH
14615	14615	as a nonimmigrant described in section 1
14616	14616	101(a)(15)(B)(iii) who has previously petitioned 2
14617	14617	for such a relative shall submit to the Secretary 3
14618	14618	of Homeland Security evidence demonstrating 4
14619	14619	that the relative on behalf of whom the indi-5
14620	14620	vidual previously petitioned did not overstay his 6
14621	14621	or her period of authorized admission.’’. 7
14622	14622	(c) R
14623	14623	ESTRICTION ONCHANGE OFSTATUS.—Section 8
14624	14624	248(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 9
14625	14625	U.S.C. 1258(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 10
14626	14626	‘‘(1) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant 11
14627	14627	under subparagraph (B)(iii), (C), (D), (K), or (S) of 12
14628	14628	section 101(a)(15),’’. 13
14629	14629	(d) F
14630	14630	AMILYPURPOSEVISAELIGIBILITYWHILE 14
14631	14631	A
14632	14632	WAITINGIMMIGRANTVISA.—Notwithstanding section 15
14633	14633	214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
14634	14634	1184(b)), a nonimmigrant described in section 17
14635	14635	101(a)(15)(B)(iii) of that Act who has been classified as 18
14636	14636	an immigrant under section 201 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 19
14637	14637	1151) and is awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa 20
14638	14638	subject to the numerical limitations under section 203 of 21
14639	14639	that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) may be admitted pursuant to 22
14640	14640	a family purpose visa, in accordance with section 214(s) 23
14641	14641	of that Act, if the individual is otherwise eligible for ad-24
14642	14642	mission. 25
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14645	14645	•HR 3599 IH
14646	14646	Subtitle C—Spouses or Children of 1
14647	14647	an Alien Lawfully Admitted for 2
14648	14648	Permanent Residence Uncapped 3
14649	14649	SEC. 51131. SPOUSES OR CHILDREN OF AN ALIEN LAW-4
14650	14650	FULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESI-5
14651	14651	DENCE. 6
14652	14652	Section 201(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 7
14653	14653	Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at 8
14654	14654	the end the following: 9
14655	14655	‘‘(C) S
14656	14656	POUSES OR CHILDREN OF AN ALIEN 10
14657	14657	LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESI -11
14658	14658	DENCE.—Aliens who are the spouses or children 12
14659	14659	of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent res-13
14660	14660	idence’’. 14
14661	14661	SEC. 51132. PREFERENCE ALLOCATION FOR FAMILY-SPON-15
14662	14662	SORED IMMIGRANTS. 16
14663	14663	Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 17
14664	14664	(8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended as follows: 18
14665	14665	(1) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘23,400’’ 19
14666	14666	and inserting ‘‘111,300’’. 20
14667	14667	(2) In subsection (a)(2), to read as follows: 21
14668	14668	‘‘(2) U
14669	14669	NMARRIED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF 22
14670	14670	PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS .—Qualified immi-23
14671	14671	grants who are the unmarried sons or unmarried 24
14672	14672	daughters (but are not the children) of an alien law-25
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14676	14676	fully admitted for permanent residence, shall be allo-1
14677	14677	cated visas in a number not to exceed 26,300, plus 2
14678	14678	the number (if any) by which such worldwide level 3
14679	14679	exceeds 226,000, plus any visas not required for the 4
14680	14680	class specified in paragraph (1).’’. 5
14681	14681	TITLE II—FAIRNESS FOR 6
14682	14682	IMMIGRANTS 7
14683	14683	SEC. 51201. ELIMINATION OF BACKLOGS. 8
14684	14684	Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 9
14685	14685	Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the 10
14686	14686	end the following: 11
14687	14687	‘‘(F) Aliens who are beneficiaries (includ-12
14688	14688	ing derivative beneficiaries) of an approved im-13
14689	14689	migrant visa petition bearing a priority date 14
14690	14690	that is more than 10 years before the alien sub-15
14691	14691	mits an application for an immigrant visa or for 16
14692	14692	adjustment of status.’’. 17
14693	14693	SEC. 51202. PER-COUNTRY CAPS RAISED. 18
14694	14694	Section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 19
14695	14695	Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘7 per-20
14696	14696	cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’. 21
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14699	14699	•HR 3599 IH
14700	14700	SEC. 51203. PROTECTING THE STATUS OF CHILDREN AF-1
14701	14701	FECTED BY DELAYS IN VISA AVAILABILITY. 2
14702	14702	Section 203(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 3
14703	14703	Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(h)) is amended by amending para-4
14704	14704	graph (1) to read as follows: 5
14705	14705	‘‘(1) I
14706	14706	N GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-6
14707	14707	sections (a)(2)(A) and (d), a determination of 7
14708	14708	whether an alien satisfies the age requirement in the 8
14709	14709	matter preceding subparagraph (A) of section 9
14710	14710	101(b)(1) shall be made using the age of the alien 10
14711	14711	on the date on which the immigrant visa petition 11
14712	14712	that is the basis for the alien’s adjustment of status 12
14713	14713	or immigrant visa application is filed on behalf of 13
14714	14714	such alien (or, in the case of subsection (d), the date 14
14715	14715	on which an immigrant visa petition is filed on be-15
14716	14716	half of the alien’s parent), but only if the alien has 16
14717	14717	sought to acquire the status of an alien lawfully ad-17
14718	14718	mitted for permanent residence within one year of 18
14719	14719	the date on which an immigrant visa number be-19
14720	14720	comes available for such alien and only if such peti-20
14721	14721	tion is approved.’’. 21
14722	14722	SEC. 51204. SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN NOT IN-22
14723	14723	CLUDED IN CALCULATION. 23
14724	14724	Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 24
14725	14725	Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)), as amended by this division, 25
14726	14726	is further amended by adding at the end the following: 26
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14729	14729	•HR 3599 IH
14730	14730	‘‘(G) Aliens described in section 203(d) if 1
14731	14731	accompanying or following to join their spouse 2
14732	14732	or parent.’’. 3
14733	14733	TITLE III—IMPROVING 4
14734	14734	EMPLOYMENT BASED VISAS 5
14735	14735	Subtitle A—H–4 Work 6
14736	14736	Authorization Act 7
14737	14737	SEC. 51301. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN 8
14738	14738	ALIEN SPOUSES. 9
14739	14739	Section 214(e) of the Immigration and Nationality 10
14740	14740	Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(e)) is amended by adding at the end 11
14741	14741	the following: 12
14742	14742	‘‘(3) In the case of an alien spouse admitted 13
14743	14743	under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), who is accom-14
14744	14744	panying or following to join a principal alien admit-15
14745	14745	ted under such section, the Secretary of Homeland 16
14746	14746	Security shall authorize the alien spouse to engage 17
14747	14747	in employment in the United States incident to sta-18
14748	14748	tus (including pursuant to timely-filed extension of 19
14749	14749	stay application) and provide the spouse with an 20
14750	14750	‘employment authorized’ endorsement or other ap-21
14751	14751	propriate work permit.’’. 22
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14754	14754	•HR 3599 IH
14755	14755	Subtitle B—Improving 1
14756	14756	Employment Based Visas 2
14757	14757	SEC. 51311. REPEAL OF FICA EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN 3
14758	14758	NONRESIDENTS TEMPORARILY PRESENT IN 4
14759	14759	THE UNITED STATES. 5
14760	14760	(a) I
14761	14761	NGENERAL.—Section 3121(b)(19) of the Inter-6
14762	14762	nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘(F),’’ 7
14763	14763	each place it appears. 8
14764	14764	(b) E
14765	14765	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 9
14766	14766	this section shall apply to services performed in calendar 10
14767	14767	quarters beginning after the date of the enactment of this 11
14768	14768	division. 12
14769	14769	SEC. 51312. INDIVIDUALS WITH DOCTORAL DEGREES IN 13
14770	14770	STEM FIELDS RECOGNIZED AS INDIVIDUALS 14
14771	14771	HAVING EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY. 15
14772	14772	Section 101(a)(15)(O)(i) of the Immigration and Na-16
14773	14773	tionality Act (INA) is amended by inserting after ‘‘exten-17
14774	14774	sive documentation’’ the following: ‘‘or, with regard to a 18
14775	14775	field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, 19
14776	14776	has earned a doctoral degree in at least one of such fields, 20
14777	14777	in a health profession, or in a related program, from an 21
14778	14778	institution of higher education in the United States (as 22
14779	14779	defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 23
14780	14780	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))’’. 24
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14783	14783	•HR 3599 IH
14784	14784	TITLE IV—STUDENT VISAS 1
14785	14785	SEC. 51401. MODERNIZING VISAS FOR STUDENTS. 2
14786	14786	(a) M
14787	14787	ODIFICATION OF STUDENTNONIMMIGRANT 3
14788	14788	V
14789	14789	ISACATEGORY.—Section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immi-4
14790	14790	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i)) 5
14791	14791	is amended— 6
14792	14792	(1) by striking ‘‘having a residence in a foreign 7
14793	14793	country which he has no intention of abandoning,’’; 8
14794	14794	(2) by striking ‘‘and solely’’; and 9
14795	14795	(3) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 10
14796	14796	it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-11
14797	14797	curity’’. 12
14798	14798	(b) D
14799	14799	UALINTENT.—Section 214(h) of the Immigra-13
14800	14800	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(h)) is amended 14
14801	14801	to read as follows: 15
14802	14802	‘‘(h) D
14803	14803	UALINTENT.—The fact that an alien is, or 16
14804	14804	intends to be, the beneficiary of an application for a pref-17
14805	14805	erence status filed under section 204, seeks a change or 18
14806	14806	adjustment of status after completing a legitimate period 19
14807	14807	of nonimmigrant stay, or has otherwise sought permanent 20
14808	14808	residence in the United States shall not constitute evi-21
14809	14809	dence of intent to abandon a foreign residence that would 22
14810	14810	preclude the alien from obtaining or maintaining— 23
14811	14811	‘‘(1) a visa or admission as a nonimmigrant de-24
14812	14812	scribed in subparagraph (E), (F)(i), (F)(ii), 25
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14816	14816	(H)(i)(b), (H)(i)(c), (L), (O), (P), (R), (V), or (W) 1
14817	14817	of section 101(a)(15); or 2
14818	14818	‘‘(2) the status of a nonimmigrant described in 3
14819	14819	any such subparagraph.’’. 4
14820	14820	TITLE V—SURGING RESOURCES 5
14821	14821	TO EXPEDITE VISA PROCESSING 6
14822	14822	SEC. 51501. SURGING RESOURCES TO EXPEDITE VISA PROC-7
14823	14823	ESSING. 8
14824	14824	(a) C
14825	14825	OORDINATOR.—The Secretary of State, Sec-9
14826	14826	retary of Labor, and Secretary of Homeland Security shall 10
14827	14827	jointly appoint an Immigration Agency Coordinator to 11
14828	14828	oversee the immigration functions at United States Citi-12
14829	14829	zenship and Immigration Services, the Department of 13
14830	14830	Labor, and the Department of State. 14
14831	14831	(b) D
14832	14832	UTIES.—It shall be the duty of the Immigration 15
14833	14833	Agency Coordinator— 16
14834	14834	(1) to provide recommendations to harmonize 17
14835	14835	agency efforts with respect to filing immigration pe-18
14836	14836	titions, visas, and labor certifications; and 19
14837	14837	(2) to work to ensure filing information from 20
14838	14838	each agency is available to the other agencies. 21
14839	14839	(c) A
14840	14840	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 22
14841	14841	authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2024— 23
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14844	14844	•HR 3599 IH
14845	14845	(1) 2,560,000,000 to the Operations and Sup-1
14846	14846	port Account at United States Citizenship and Im-2
14847	14847	migration Services; 3
14848	14848	(2) $825,000,000 to the Bureau of Consular 4
14849	14849	Affairs and Visa Service at the Department of State; 5
14850	14850	and 6
14851	14851	(3) $225,000,000 to the Office of Foreign 7
14852	14852	Labor Certification at the U.S. Department of 8
14853	14853	Labor. 9
14854	14854	Æ
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