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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 2824
5	5	To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	SEPTEMBER14, 2023
8	8	Mr. C
9	9	RUZ(for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. COTTON,
10	10	Mr. V
11	11	ANCE, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr.
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13	13	UBERVILLE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. BRITT,
14	14	Mr. L
15	15	EE, Mr. BUDD, Mr. DAINES, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina, Mr.
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17	17	RAHAM, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr.
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19	19	RAUN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. THUNE)
20	20	introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
21	21	Committee on the Judiciary
22	22	A BILL
23	23	To secure the borders of the United States, and for other
24	24	purposes.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
26	26	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
27	27	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
28	28	(a) S
29	29	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
30	30	‘‘Secure the Border Act of 2023’’. 5
31	31	(b) T
32	32	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
33	33	this Act is as follows: 7
34	34	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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38	38	DIVISION A—BORDER SECURITY
39	39	Sec. 101. Definitions.
40	40	Sec. 102. Border wall construction.
41	41	Sec. 103. Strengthening the requirements for barriers along the southern bor-
42	42	der.
43	43	Sec. 104. Border and port security technology investment plan.
44	44	Sec. 105. Border security technology program management.
45	45	Sec. 106. U.S. Customs and Border Protection technology upgrades.
46	46	Sec. 107. U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel.
47	47	Sec. 108. Anti-Border Corruption Act reauthorization.
48	48	Sec. 109. Establishment of workload staffing models for U.S. Border Patrol
49	49	and Air and Marine Operations of CBP.
50	50	Sec. 110. Operation Stonegarden.
51	51	Sec. 111. Air and Marine Operations flight hours.
52	52	Sec. 112. Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar.
53	53	Sec. 113. Border patrol strategic plan.
54	54	Sec. 114. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spiritual readiness.
55	55	Sec. 115. Restrictions on funding.
56	56	Sec. 116. Collection of DNA and biometric information at the border.
57	57	Sec. 117. Eradication of narcotic drugs and formulating effective new tools to
58	58	address yearly losses of life; ensuring timely updates to U.S.
59	59	Customs and Border Protection field manuals.
60	60	Sec. 118. Publication by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of operational
61	61	statistics.
62	62	Sec. 119. Alien criminal background checks.
63	63	Sec. 120. Prohibited identification documents at airport security checkpoints;
64	64	notification to immigration agencies.
65	65	Sec. 121. Prohibition against any COVID–19 vaccine mandate or adverse ac-
66	66	tion against DHS employees.
67	67	Sec. 122. CBP One app limitation.
68	68	Sec. 123. Report on Mexican drug cartels.
69	69	Sec. 124. GAO study on costs incurred by States to secure the southwest bor-
70	70	der.
71	71	Sec. 125. Report by Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
72	72	rity.
73	73	Sec. 126. Offsetting authorizations of appropriations.
74	74	Sec. 127. Report to Congress on foreign terrorist organizations.
75	75	Sec. 128. Assessment by Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Se-
76	76	curity on the mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems at the
77	77	southwest border.
78	78	DIVISION B—IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND FOREIGN
79	79	AFFAIRS
80	80	TITLE I—ASYLUM REFORM AND BORDER PROTECTION
81	81	Sec. 101. Safe third country.
82	82	Sec. 102. Credible fear interviews.
83	83	Sec. 103. Clarification of asylum eligibility.
84	84	Sec. 104. Exceptions.
85	85	Sec. 105. Employment authorization.
86	86	Sec. 106. Asylum fees.
87	87	Sec. 107. Rules for determining asylum eligibility.
88	88	Sec. 108. Firm resettlement.
89	89	Sec. 109. Notice concerning frivolous asylum applications.
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93	93	Sec. 110. Technical amendments.
94	94	Sec. 111. Requirement for procedures relating to certain asylum applications.
95	95	TITLE II—BORDER SAFETY AND MIGRANT PROTECTION
96	96	Sec. 201. Inspection of applicants for admission.
97	97	Sec. 202. Operational detention facilities.
98	98	TITLE III—PREVENTING UNCONTROLLED MIGRATION FLOWS IN
99	99	THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
100	100	Sec. 301. United States policy regarding Western Hemisphere cooperation on
101	101	immigration and asylum.
102	102	Sec. 302. Negotiations by Secretary of State.
103	103	Sec. 303. Mandatory briefings on United States efforts to address the border
104	104	crisis.
105	105	TITLE IV—ENSURING UNITED FAMILIES AT THE BORDER
106	106	Sec. 401. Clarification of standards for family detention.
107	107	TITLE V—PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
108	108	Sec. 501. Findings.
109	109	Sec. 502. Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children.
110	110	Sec. 503. Special immigrant juvenile status for immigrants unable to reunite
111	111	with either parent.
112	112	Sec. 504. Rule of construction.
113	113	TITLE VI—VISA OVERSTAYS PENALTIES
114	114	Sec. 601. Expanded penalties for illegal entry or presence.
115	115	TITLE VII—IMMIGRATION PAROLE REFORM
116	116	Sec. 701. Immigration parole reform.
117	117	Sec. 702. Implementation.
118	118	Sec. 703. Cause of action.
119	119	Sec. 704. Severability.
120	120	TITLE VIII—LEGAL WORKFORCE
121	121	Sec. 801. Employment eligibility verification process.
122	122	Sec. 802. Employment eligibility verification system.
123	123	Sec. 803. Recruitment, referral, and continuation of employment.
124	124	Sec. 804. Good faith defense.
125	125	Sec. 805. Preemption and States’ rights.
126	126	Sec. 806. Repeal.
127	127	Sec. 807. Penalties.
128	128	Sec. 808. Fraud and misuse of documents.
129	129	Sec. 809. Protection of Social Security Administration programs.
130	130	Sec. 810. Fraud prevention.
131	131	Sec. 811. Use of employment eligibility verification photo tool.
132	132	Sec. 812. Identity authentication employment eligibility verification pilot pro-
133	133	grams.
134	134	Sec. 813. Inspector General audits.
135	135	Sec. 814. Agriculture workforce study.
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139	139	Sec. 815. Sense of Congress on further implementation.
140	140	Sec. 816. Repealing regulations.
141	141	DIVISION A—BORDER SECURITY 1
142	142	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 2
143	143	In this division: 3
144	144	(1) CBP.—The term ‘‘CBP’’ means U.S. Cus-4
145	145	toms and Border Protection. 5
146	146	(2) C
147	147	OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-6
148	148	sioner’’ means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 7
149	149	and Border Protection. 8
150	150	(3) D
151	151	EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 9
152	152	means the Department of Homeland Security. 10
153	153	(4) O
154	154	PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘‘oper-11
155	155	ational control’’ has the meaning given such term in 12
156	156	section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 13
157	157	Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 14
158	158	(5) S
159	159	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 15
160	160	the Secretary of Homeland Security. 16
161	161	(6) S
162	162	ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘‘sit-17
163	163	uational awareness’’ has the meaning given such 18
164	164	term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 19
165	165	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 20
166	166	114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 21
167	167	(7) U
168	168	NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 22
169	169	‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 23
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173	173	such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 1
174	174	States Code. 2
175	175	SEC. 102. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION. 3
176	176	(a) I
177	177	NGENERAL.— 4
178	178	(1) I
179	179	MMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF BORDER WALL 5
180	180	CONSTRUCTION.—Not later than seven days after 6
181	181	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 7
182	182	shall resume all activities related to the construction 8
183	183	of the border wall along the border between the 9
184	184	United States and Mexico that were underway or 10
185	185	being planned for prior to January 20, 2021. 11
186	186	(2) U
187	187	SE OF FUNDS.—To carry out this section, 12
188	188	the Secretary shall expend all unexpired funds ap-13
189	189	propriated or explicitly obligated for the construction 14
190	190	of the border wall that were appropriated or obli-15
191	191	gated, as the case may be, for use beginning on Oc-16
192	192	tober 1, 2019. 17
193	193	(3) U
194	194	SE OF MATERIALS.—Any unused materials 18
195	195	purchased before the date of the enactment of this 19
196	196	Act for construction of the border wall may be used 20
197	197	for activities related to the construction of the bor-21
198	198	der wall in accordance with paragraph (1). 22
199	199	(b) P
200	200	LANTOCOMPLETETACTICALINFRASTRUC-23
201	201	TURE ANDTECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 90 days after 24
202	202	the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-25
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206	206	after until construction of the border wall has been com-1
207	207	pleted, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate con-2
208	208	gressional committees an implementation plan, including 3
209	209	annual benchmarks for the construction of 200 miles of 4
210	210	such wall and associated cost estimates for satisfying all 5
211	211	requirements of the construction of the border wall, in-6
212	212	cluding installation and deployment of tactical infrastruc-7
213	213	ture, technology, and other elements as identified by the 8
214	214	Department prior to January 20, 2021, through the ex-9
215	215	penditure of funds appropriated or explicitly obligated, as 10
216	216	the case may be, for use, as well as any future funds ap-11
217	217	propriated or otherwise made available by Congress. 12
218	218	(c) D
219	219	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
220	220	(1) A
221	221	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -14
222	222	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-15
223	223	mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-16
224	224	rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the 17
225	225	House of Representatives and the Committee on 18
226	226	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 19
227	227	the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 20
228	228	(2) T
229	229	ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 21
230	230	‘‘tactical infrastructure’’ includes boat ramps, access 22
231	231	gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated 23
232	232	with a border wall. 24
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236	236	(3) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ in-1
237	237	cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 2
238	238	including linear ground detection systems, associated 3
239	239	with a border wall. 4
240	240	SEC. 103. STRENGTHENING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BAR-5
241	241	RIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 6
242	242	Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 7
243	243	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Division C of Pub-8
244	244	lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 9
245	245	(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-10
246	246	lows: 11
247	247	‘‘(a) I
248	248	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-12
249	249	curity shall take such actions as may be necessary (includ-13
250	250	ing the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal en-14
251	251	trants) to design, test, construct, install, deploy, integrate, 15
252	252	and operate physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 16
253	253	technology in the vicinity of the southwest border to 17
254	254	achieve situational awareness and operational control of 18
255	255	the southwest border and deter, impede, and detect unlaw-19
256	256	ful activity.’’; 20
257	257	(2) in subsection (b)— 21
258	258	(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 22
259	259	‘‘F
260	260	ENCING ANDROADIMPROVEMENTS’’ and in-23
261	261	serting ‘‘P
262	262	HYSICALBARRIERS’’; 24
263	263	(B) in paragraph (1)— 25
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267	267	(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FENC-1
268	268	ING’’ and inserting ‘‘BARRIERS’’; 2
269	269	(ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to 3
270	270	read as follows: 4
271	271	‘‘(A) R
272	272	EINFORCED BARRIERS.—In carrying 5
273	273	out this section, the Secretary of Homeland Se-6
274	274	curity shall construct a border wall, including 7
275	275	physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, and 8
276	276	technology, along not fewer than 900 miles of 9
277	277	the southwest border until situational aware-10
278	278	ness and operational control of the southwest 11
279	279	border is achieved.’’; 12
280	280	(iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 13
281	281	read as follows: 14
282	282	‘‘(B) P
283	283	HYSICAL BARRIERS AND TACTICAL 15
284	284	INFRASTRUCTURE.—In carrying out this sec-16
285	285	tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 17
286	286	deploy along the southwest border the most 18
287	287	practical and effective physical barriers, tactical 19
288	288	infrastructure, and technology available for 20
289	289	achieving situational awareness and operational 21
290	290	control of the southwest border.’’; 22
291	291	(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 23
292	292	(I) by amending clause (i) to 24
293	293	read as follows: 25
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297	297	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out 1
298	298	this section, the Secretary of Homeland 2
299	299	Security shall consult with the Secretary of 3
300	300	the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, 4
301	301	appropriate representatives of State, Trib-5
302	302	al, and local governments, and appropriate 6
303	303	private property owners in the United 7
304	304	States to minimize the impact on natural 8
305	305	resources, commerce, and sites of historical 9
306	306	or cultural significance for the commu-10
307	307	nities and residents located near the sites 11
308	308	at which physical barriers, tactical infra-12
309	309	structure, and technology are to be con-13
310	310	structed. Such consultation may not delay 14
311	311	such construction for longer than seven 15
312	312	days.’’; and 16
313	313	(II) in clause (ii)— 17
314	314	(aa) in subclause (I), by 18
315	315	striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon 19
316	316	at the end; 20
317	317	(bb) by amending subclause 21
318	318	(II) to read as follows: 22
319	319	‘‘(II) delay the transfer to the 23
320	320	United States of the possession of 24
321	321	property or affect the validity of any 25
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325	325	property acquisition by the United 1
326	326	States by purchase or eminent do-2
327	327	main, or to otherwise affect the emi-3
328	328	nent domain laws of the United States 4
329	329	or of any State; or’’; and 5
330	330	(cc) by adding at the end 6
331	331	the following new subclause: 7
332	332	‘‘(III) create any right or liability 8
333	333	for any party.’’; and 9
334	334	(v) by striking subparagraph (D); 10
335	335	(C) in paragraph (2)— 11
336	336	(i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ 12
337	337	and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-13
338	338	curity’’; 14
339	339	(ii) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and 15
340	340	inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 16
341	341	(iii) by striking ‘‘construction of 17
342	342	fences’’ and inserting ‘‘the construction of 18
343	343	physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, 19
344	344	and technology’’; 20
345	345	(D) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 21
346	346	follows: 22
347	347	‘‘(3) A
348	348	GENT SAFETY.—In carrying out this sec-23
349	349	tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security, when de-24
350	350	signing, testing, constructing, installing, deploying, 25
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354	354	integrating, and operating physical barriers, tactical 1
355	355	infrastructure, or technology, shall incorporate such 2
356	356	safety features into such design, test, construction, 3
357	357	installation, deployment, integration, or operation of 4
358	358	such physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, or 5
359	359	technology, as the case may be, that the Secretary 6
360	360	determines are necessary to maximize the safety and 7
361	361	effectiveness of officers and agents of the Depart-8
362	362	ment of Homeland Security or of any other Federal 9
363	363	agency deployed in the vicinity of such physical bar-10
364	364	riers, tactical infrastructure, or technology.’’; and 11
365	365	(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this 12
366	366	subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 13
367	367	(3) in subsection (c)— 14
368	368	(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 15
369	369	follows: 16
370	370	‘‘(1) I
371	371	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 17
372	372	provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 18
373	373	shall waive all legal requirements necessary to en-19
374	374	sure the expeditious design, testing, construction, in-20
375	375	stallation, deployment, integration, operation, and 21
376	376	maintenance of the physical barriers, tactical infra-22
377	377	structure, and technology under this section. The 23
378	378	Secretary shall ensure the maintenance and effec-24
379	379	tiveness of such physical barriers, tactical infrastruc-25
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383	383	ture, or technology. Any such action by the Sec-1
384	384	retary shall be effective upon publication in the Fed-2
385	385	eral Register.’’; 3
386	386	(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 4
387	387	paragraph (3); and 5
388	388	(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 6
389	389	following new paragraph: 7
390	390	‘‘(2) N
391	391	OTIFICATION.—Not later than seven 8
392	392	days after the date on which the Secretary of Home-9
393	393	land Security exercises a waiver pursuant to para-10
394	394	graph (1), the Secretary shall notify the Committee 11
395	395	on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-12
396	396	tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 13
397	397	Governmental Affairs of the Senate of such waiver.’’; 14
398	398	and 15
399	399	(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-16
400	400	sections: 17
401	401	‘‘(e) T
402	402	ECHNOLOGY.—In carrying out this section, the 18
403	403	Secretary of Homeland Security shall deploy along the 19
404	404	southwest border the most practical and effective tech-20
405	405	nology available for achieving situational awareness and 21
406	406	operational control. 22
407	407	‘‘(f) D
408	408	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
409	409	‘‘(1) A
410	410	DVANCED UNATTENDED SURVEILLANCE 24
411	411	SENSORS.—The term ‘advanced unattended surveil-25
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415	415	lance sensors’ means sensors that utilize an onboard 1
416	416	computer to analyze detections in an effort to dis-2
417	417	cern between vehicles, humans, and animals, and ul-3
418	418	timately filter false positives prior to transmission. 4
419	419	‘‘(2) O
420	420	PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘oper-5
421	421	ational control’ has the meaning given such term in 6
422	422	section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public 7
423	423	Law 109–367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 8
424	424	‘‘(3) P
425	425	HYSICAL BARRIERS.—The term ‘physical 9
426	426	barriers’ includes reinforced fencing, the border wall, 10
427	427	and levee walls. 11
428	428	‘‘(4) S
429	429	ITUATIONAL AWARENESS .—The term ‘sit-12
430	430	uational awareness’ has the meaning given such 13
431	431	term in section 1092(a)(7) of the National Defense 14
432	432	Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 15
433	433	114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223(a)(7)). 16
434	434	‘‘(5) T
435	435	ACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The term 17
436	436	‘tactical infrastructure’ includes boat ramps, access 18
437	437	gates, checkpoints, lighting, and roads. 19
438	438	‘‘(6) T
439	439	ECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘technology’ in-20
440	440	cludes border surveillance and detection technology, 21
441	441	including the following: 22
442	442	‘‘(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 23
443	443	‘‘(B) Deployable, lighter-than-air ground 24
444	444	surveillance equipment. 25
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448	448	‘‘(C) Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation 1
449	449	Radars (VADER). 2
450	450	‘‘(D) 3-dimensional, seismic acoustic detec-3
451	451	tion and ranging border tunneling detection 4
452	452	technology. 5
453	453	‘‘(E) Advanced unattended surveillance 6
454	454	sensors. 7
455	455	‘‘(F) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man- 8
456	456	portable surveillance capabilities. 9
457	457	‘‘(G) Unmanned aircraft systems. 10
458	458	‘‘(H) Tunnel detection systems and other 11
459	459	seismic technology. 12
460	460	‘‘(I) Fiber-optic cable. 13
461	461	‘‘(J) Other border detection, communica-14
462	462	tion, and surveillance technology. 15
463	463	‘‘(7) U
464	464	NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 16
465	465	‘unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given 17
466	466	such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 18
467	467	States Code.’’. 19
468	468	SEC. 104. BORDER AND PORT SECURITY TECHNOLOGY IN-20
469	469	VESTMENT PLAN. 21
470	470	(a) I
471	471	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 22
472	472	date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 23
473	473	consultation with covered officials and border and port se-24
474	474	curity technology stakeholders, shall submit to the appro-25
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478	478	priate congressional committees a strategic 5-year tech-1
479	479	nology investment plan (in this section referred to as the 2
480	480	‘‘plan’’). The plan may include a classified annex, if appro-3
481	481	priate. 4
482	482	(b) C
483	483	ONTENTS OFPLAN.—The plan shall include the 5
484	484	following: 6
485	485	(1) An analysis of security risks at and between 7
486	486	ports of entry along the northern and southern bor-8
487	487	ders of the United States. 9
488	488	(2) An identification of capability gaps with re-10
489	489	spect to security at and between such ports of entry 11
490	490	to be mitigated in order to— 12
491	491	(A) prevent terrorists and instruments of 13
492	492	terror from entering the United States; 14
493	493	(B) combat and reduce cross-border crimi-15
494	494	nal activity, including— 16
495	495	(i) the transport of illegal goods, such 17
496	496	as illicit drugs; and 18
497	497	(ii) human smuggling and human 19
498	498	trafficking; and 20
499	499	(C) facilitate the flow of legal trade across 21
500	500	the southwest border. 22
501	501	(3) An analysis of current and forecast trends 23
502	502	relating to the number of aliens who— 24
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506	506	(A) unlawfully entered the United States 1
507	507	by crossing the northern or southern border of 2
508	508	the United States; or 3
509	509	(B) are unlawfully present in the United 4
510	510	States. 5
511	511	(4) A description of security-related technology 6
512	512	acquisitions, to be listed in order of priority, to ad-7
513	513	dress the security risks and capability gaps analyzed 8
514	514	and identified pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), 9
515	515	respectively. 10
516	516	(5) A description of each planned security-re-11
517	517	lated technology program, including objectives, goals, 12
518	518	and timelines for each such program. 13
519	519	(6) An identification of each deployed security- 14
520	520	related technology that is at or near the end of the 15
521	521	life cycle of such technology. 16
522	522	(7) A description of the test, evaluation, mod-17
523	523	eling, and simulation capabilities, including target 18
524	524	methodologies, rationales, and timelines, necessary 19
525	525	to support the acquisition of security-related tech-20
526	526	nologies pursuant to paragraph (4). 21
527	527	(8) An identification and assessment of ways to 22
528	528	increase opportunities for communication and col-23
529	529	laboration with the private sector, small and dis-24
530	530	advantaged businesses, intragovernment entities, 25
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534	534	university centers of excellence, and Federal labora-1
535	535	tories to ensure CBP is able to engage with the mar-2
536	536	ket for security-related technologies that are avail-3
537	537	able to satisfy its mission needs before engaging in 4
538	538	an acquisition of a security-related technology. 5
539	539	(9) An assessment of the management of 6
540	540	planned security-related technology programs by the 7
541	541	acquisition workforce of CBP. 8
542	542	(10) An identification of ways to leverage al-9
543	543	ready-existing acquisition expertise within the Fed-10
544	544	eral Government. 11
545	545	(11) A description of the security resources, in-12
546	546	cluding information security resources, required to 13
547	547	protect security-related technology from physical or 14
548	548	cyber theft, diversion, sabotage, or attack. 15
549	549	(12) A description of initiatives to— 16
550	550	(A) streamline the acquisition process of 17
551	551	CBP; and 18
552	552	(B) provide to the private sector greater 19
553	553	predictability and transparency with respect to 20
554	554	such process, including information relating to 21
555	555	the timeline for testing and evaluation of secu-22
556	556	rity-related technology. 23
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560	560	(13) An assessment of the privacy and security 1
561	561	impact on border communities of security-related 2
562	562	technology. 3
563	563	(14) In the case of a new acquisition leading to 4
564	564	the removal of equipment from a port of entry along 5
565	565	the northern or southern border of the United 6
566	566	States, a strategy to consult with the private sector 7
567	567	and community stakeholders affected by such re-8
568	568	moval. 9
569	569	(15) A strategy to consult with the private sec-10
570	570	tor and community stakeholders with respect to se-11
571	571	curity impacts at a port of entry described in para-12
572	572	graph (14). 13
573	573	(16) An identification of recent technological 14
574	574	advancements in the following: 15
575	575	(A) Manned aircraft sensor, communica-16
576	576	tion, and common operating picture technology. 17
577	577	(B) Unmanned aerial systems and related 18
578	578	technology, including counter-unmanned aerial 19
579	579	system technology. 20
580	580	(C) Surveillance technology, including the 21
581	581	following: 22
582	582	(i) Mobile surveillance vehicles. 23
583	583	(ii) Associated electronics, including 24
584	584	cameras, sensor technology, and radar. 25
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588	588	(iii) Tower-based surveillance tech-1
589	589	nology. 2
590	590	(iv) Advanced unattended surveillance 3
591	591	sensors. 4
592	592	(v) Deployable, lighter-than-air, 5
593	593	ground surveillance equipment. 6
594	594	(D) Nonintrusive inspection technology, in-7
595	595	cluding non-x-ray devices utilizing muon tomog-8
596	596	raphy and other advanced detection technology. 9
597	597	(E) Tunnel detection technology. 10
598	598	(F) Communications equipment, including 11
599	599	the following: 12
600	600	(i) Radios. 13
601	601	(ii) Long-term evolution broadband. 14
602	602	(iii) Miniature satellites. 15
603	603	(c) L
604	604	EVERAGING THEPRIVATESECTOR.—To the ex-16
605	605	tent practicable, the plan shall— 17
606	606	(1) leverage emerging technological capabilities, 18
607	607	and research and development trends, within the 19
608	608	public and private sectors; 20
609	609	(2) incorporate input from the private sector, 21
610	610	including from border and port security stake-22
611	611	holders, through requests for information, industry 23
612	612	day events, and other innovative means consistent 24
613	613	with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and 25
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617	617	(3) identify security-related technologies that 1
618	618	are in development or deployed, with or without ad-2
619	619	aptation, that may satisfy the mission needs of CBP. 3
620	620	(d) F
621	621	ORM.—To the extent practicable, the plan shall 4
622	622	be published in unclassified form on the website of the 5
623	623	Department. 6
624	624	(e) D
625	625	ISCLOSURE.—The plan shall include an identi-7
626	626	fication of individuals not employed by the Federal Gov-8
627	627	ernment, and their professional affiliations, who contrib-9
628	628	uted to the development of the plan. 10
629	629	(f) U
630	630	PDATE ANDREPORT.—Not later than the date 11
631	631	that is two years after the date on which the plan is sub-12
632	632	mitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursu-13
633	633	ant to subsection (a) and biennially thereafter for ten 14
634	634	years, the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate 15
635	635	congressional committees— 16
636	636	(1) an update of the plan, if appropriate; and 17
637	637	(2) a report that includes— 18
638	638	(A) the extent to which each security-re-19
639	639	lated technology acquired by CBP since the ini-20
640	640	tial submission of the plan or most recent up-21
641	641	date of the plan, as the case may be, is con-22
642	642	sistent with the planned technology programs 23
643	643	and projects described pursuant to subsection 24
644	644	(b)(5); and 25
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648	648	(B) the type of contract and the reason for 1
649	649	acquiring each such security-related technology. 2
650	650	(g) D
651	651	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
652	652	(1) A
653	653	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -4
654	654	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-5
655	655	mittees’’ means— 6
656	656	(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 7
657	657	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 8
658	658	House of Representatives; and 9
659	659	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 10
660	660	and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 11
661	661	on Appropriations of the Senate. 12
662	662	(2) C
663	663	OVERED OFFICIALS.—The term ‘‘covered 13
664	664	officials’’ means— 14
665	665	(A) the Under Secretary for Management 15
666	666	of the Department; 16
667	667	(B) the Under Secretary for Science and 17
668	668	Technology of the Department; and 18
669	669	(C) the Chief Information Officer of the 19
670	670	Department. 20
671	671	(3) U
672	672	NLAWFULLY PRESENT .—The term ‘‘un-21
673	673	lawfully present’’ has the meaning provided such 22
674	674	term in section 212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration 23
675	675	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)). 24
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679	679	SEC. 105. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 1
680	680	MANAGEMENT. 2
681	681	(a) I
682	682	NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 3
683	683	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 4
684	684	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 5
685	685	‘‘SEC. 437. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 6
686	686	MANAGEMENT. 7
687	687	‘‘(a) M
688	688	AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMDEFINED.—In 8
689	689	this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 9
690	690	an acquisition program of the Department that is esti-10
691	691	mated by the Secretary to require an eventual total ex-11
692	692	penditure of at least $100,000,000 (based on fiscal year 12
693	693	2023 constant dollars) over its life-cycle cost. 13
694	694	‘‘(b) P
695	695	LANNINGDOCUMENTATION.—For each border 14
696	696	security technology acquisition program of the Depart-15
697	697	ment that is determined to be a major acquisition pro-16
698	698	gram, the Secretary shall— 17
699	699	‘‘(1) ensure that each such program has a writ-18
700	700	ten acquisition program baseline approved by the 19
701	701	relevant acquisition decision authority; 20
702	702	‘‘(2) document that each such program is satis-21
703	703	fying cost, schedule, and performance thresholds as 22
704	704	specified in such baseline, in compliance with rel-23
705	705	evant departmental acquisition policies and the Fed-24
706	706	eral Acquisition Regulation; and 25
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710	710	‘‘(3) have a plan for satisfying program imple-1
711	711	mentation objectives by managing contractor per-2
712	712	formance. 3
713	713	‘‘(c) A
714	714	DHERENCE TO STANDARDS.—The Secretary, 4
715	715	acting through the Under Secretary for Management and 5
716	716	the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6
717	717	shall ensure border security technology acquisition pro-7
718	718	gram managers who are responsible for carrying out this 8
719	719	section adhere to relevant internal control standards iden-9
720	720	tified by the Comptroller General of the United States. 10
721	721	The Commissioner shall provide information, as needed, 11
722	722	to assist the Under Secretary in monitoring management 12
723	723	of border security technology acquisition programs under 13
724	724	this section. 14
725	725	‘‘(d) P
726	726	LAN.—The Secretary, acting through the 15
727	727	Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with 16
728	728	the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the 17
729	729	Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 18
730	730	shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 19
731	731	the House of Representatives and the Committee on 20
732	732	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-21
733	733	ate a plan for testing, evaluating, and using independent 22
734	734	verification and validation of resources relating to the pro-23
735	735	posed acquisition of border security technology. Under 24
736	736	such plan, the proposed acquisition of new border security 25
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740	740	technologies shall be evaluated through a series of assess-1
741	741	ments, processes, and audits to ensure— 2
742	742	‘‘(1) compliance with relevant departmental ac-3
743	743	quisition policies and the Federal Acquisition Regu-4
744	744	lation; and 5
745	745	‘‘(2) the effective use of taxpayer dollars.’’. 6
746	746	(b) C
747	747	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 7
748	748	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 8
749	749	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 9
750	750	436 the following new item: 10
751	751	‘‘Sec. 437. Border security technology program management.’’.
752	752	(c) PROHIBITION ONADDITIONALAUTHORIZATION 11
753	753	OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—No additional funds are author-12
754	754	ized to be appropriated to carry out section 437 of the 13
755	755	Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection 14
756	756	(a). 15
757	757	SEC. 106. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TECH-16
758	758	NOLOGY UPGRADES. 17
759	759	(a) S
760	760	ECURECOMMUNICATIONS.—The Commissioner 18
761	761	shall ensure that each CBP officer or agent, as appro-19
762	762	priate, is equipped with a secure radio or other two-way 20
763	763	communication device that allows each such officer or 21
764	764	agent to communicate— 22
765	765	(1) between ports of entry and inspection sta-23
766	766	tions; and 24
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770	770	(2) with other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 1
771	771	law enforcement entities. 2
772	772	(b) B
773	773	ORDERSECURITYDEPLOYMENTPROGRAM.— 3
774	774	(1) E
775	775	XPANSION.—Not later than September 30, 4
776	776	2025, the Commissioner shall— 5
777	777	(A) fully implement the Border Security 6
778	778	Deployment Program of CBP; and 7
779	779	(B) expand the integrated surveillance and 8
780	780	intrusion detection system at land ports of 9
781	781	entry along the northern and southern borders 10
782	782	of the United States. 11
783	783	(2) A
784	784	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 12
785	785	addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-13
786	786	propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 14
787	787	be appropriated $33,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 15
788	788	and 2025 to carry out paragraph (1). 16
789	789	(c) U
790	790	PGRADE OF LICENSEPLATEREADERS AT 17
791	791	P
792	792	ORTS OFENTRY.— 18
793	793	(1) U
794	794	PGRADE.—Not later than two years after 19
795	795	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-20
796	796	sioner shall upgrade all existing license plate readers 21
797	797	in need of upgrade, as determined by the Commis-22
798	798	sioner, on the northern and southern borders of the 23
799	799	United States. 24
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803	803	(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 1
804	804	addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-2
805	805	propriated for such purpose, there is authorized to 3
806	806	be appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 4
807	807	and 2024 to carry out paragraph (1). 5
808	808	SEC. 107. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PER-6
809	809	SONNEL. 7
810	810	(a) R
811	811	ETENTIONBONUS.—To carry out this section, 8
812	812	there is authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000 9
813	813	to the Commissioner to provide a retention bonus to any 10
814	814	front-line U.S. Border Patrol law enforcement agent— 11
815	815	(1) whose position is equal to or below level GS- 12
816	816	12 of the General Schedule; 13
817	817	(2) who has five years or more of service with 14
818	818	the U.S. Border Patrol; and 15
819	819	(3) who commits to two years of additional 16
820	820	service with the U.S. Border Patrol upon acceptance 17
821	821	of such bonus. 18
822	822	(b) B
823	823	ORDERPATROLAGENTS.—Not later than Sep-19
824	824	tember 30, 2025, the Commissioner shall hire, train, and 20
825	825	assign a sufficient number of Border Patrol agents to 21
826	826	maintain an active duty presence of not fewer than 22,000 22
827	827	full-time equivalent Border Patrol agents, who may not 23
828	828	perform the duties of processing coordinators. 24
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832	832	(c) PROHIBITIONAGAINSTALIENTRAVEL.—No per-1
833	833	sonnel or equipment of Air and Marine Operations may 2
834	834	be used for the transportation of non-detained aliens, or 3
835	835	detained aliens expected to be administratively released 4
836	836	upon arrival, from the southwest border to destinations 5
837	837	within the United States. 6
838	838	(d) GAO R
839	839	EPORT.—If the staffing level required 7
840	840	under this section is not achieved by the date associated 8
841	841	with such level, the Comptroller General of the United 9
842	842	States shall— 10
843	843	(1) conduct a review of the reasons why such 11
844	844	level was not so achieved; and 12
845	845	(2) not later than September 30, 2027, publish 13
846	846	on a publicly available website of the Government 14
847	847	Accountability Office a report relating thereto. 15
848	848	SEC. 108. ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION ACT REAUTHORIZA-16
849	849	TION. 17
850	850	(a) H
851	851	IRINGFLEXIBILITY.—Section 3 of the Anti- 18
852	852	Border Corruption Act of 2010 (6 U.S.C. 221; Public Law 19
853	853	111–376) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in-20
854	854	serting the following new subsections: 21
855	855	‘‘(b) W
856	856	AIVERREQUIREMENT.—Subject to subsection 22
857	857	(c), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-23
858	858	tection shall waive the application of subsection (a)(1)— 24
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862	862	‘‘(1) to a current, full-time law enforcement of-1
863	863	ficer employed by a State or local law enforcement 2
864	864	agency who— 3
865	865	‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-4
866	866	forcement officer for not fewer than three 5
867	867	years; 6
868	868	‘‘(B) is authorized by law to engage in or 7
869	869	supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-8
870	870	tion, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of 9
871	871	any person for, any violation of law, and has 10
872	872	statutory powers for arrest or apprehension; 11
873	873	and 12
874	874	‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 13
875	875	has not been found to have engaged in criminal 14
876	876	activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 15
877	877	from a law enforcement officer position under 16
878	878	investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 17
879	879	not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-18
880	880	cer position; 19
881	881	‘‘(2) to a current, full-time Federal law enforce-20
882	882	ment officer who— 21
883	883	‘‘(A) has continuously served as a law en-22
884	884	forcement officer for not fewer than three 23
885	885	years; 24
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889	889	‘‘(B) is authorized to make arrests, con-1
890	890	duct investigations, conduct searches, make sei-2
891	891	zures, carry firearms, and serve orders, war-3
892	892	rants, and other processes; 4
893	893	‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, 5
894	894	has not been found to have engaged in criminal 6
895	895	activity or serious misconduct, has not resigned 7
896	896	from a law enforcement officer position under 8
897	897	investigation or in lieu of termination, and has 9
898	898	not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi-10
899	899	cer position; and 11
900	900	‘‘(D) holds a current Tier 4 background 12
901	901	investigation or current Tier 5 background in-13
902	902	vestigation; or 14
903	903	‘‘(3) to a member of the Armed Forces (or a re-15
904	904	serve component thereof) or a veteran, if such indi-16
905	905	vidual— 17
906	906	‘‘(A) has served in the Armed Forces for 18
907	907	not fewer than three years; 19
908	908	‘‘(B) holds, or has held within the past five 20
909	909	years, a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/Sen-21
910	910	sitive Compartmented Information clearance; 22
911	911	‘‘(C) holds, or has undergone within the 23
912	912	past five years, a current Tier 4 background in-24
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916	916	vestigation or current Tier 5 background inves-1
917	917	tigation; 2
918	918	‘‘(D) received, or is eligible to receive, an 3
919	919	honorable discharge from service in the Armed 4
920	920	Forces and has not engaged in criminal activity 5
921	921	or committed a serious military or civil offense 6
922	922	under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; 7
923	923	and 8
924	924	‘‘(E) was not granted any waivers to ob-9
925	925	tain the clearance referred to in subparagraph 10
926	926	(B). 11
927	927	‘‘(c) T
928	928	ERMINATION OF WAIVERREQUIREMENT; 12
929	929	S
930	930	NAP-BACK.—The requirement to issue a waiver under 13
931	931	subsection (b) shall terminate if the Commissioner of U.S. 14
932	932	Customs and Border Protection (CBP) certifies to the 15
933	933	Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-16
934	934	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 17
935	935	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP has met 18
936	936	all requirements pursuant to section 107 of the Secure the 19
937	937	Border Act of 2023 relating to personnel levels. If at any 20
938	938	time after such certification personnel levels fall below 21
939	939	such requirements, the Commissioner shall waive the ap-22
940	940	plication of subsection (a)(1) until such time as the Com-23
941	941	missioner re-certifies to such Committees that CBP has 24
942	942	so met all such requirements.’’. 25
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946	946	(b) SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY; 1
947	947	R
948	948	EPORTING; DEFINITIONS.—The Anti-Border Corruption 2
949	949	Act of 2010 is amended by adding at the end the following 3
950	950	new sections: 4
951	951	‘‘SEC. 5. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY. 5
952	952	‘‘(a) N
953	953	ONEXEMPTION.—An individual who receives a 6
954	954	waiver under section 3(b) is not exempt from any other 7
955	955	hiring requirements relating to suitability for employment 8
956	956	and eligibility to hold a national security designated posi-9
957	957	tion, as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 10
958	958	and Border Protection. 11
959	959	‘‘(b) B
960	960	ACKGROUNDINVESTIGATIONS.—An individual 12
961	961	who receives a waiver under section 3(b) who holds a cur-13
962	962	rent Tier 4 background investigation shall be subject to 14
963	963	a Tier 5 background investigation. 15
964	964	‘‘(c) A
965	965	DMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHEXAMINA-16
966	966	TION.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 17
967	967	Protection is authorized to administer a polygraph exam-18
968	968	ination to an applicant or employee who is eligible for or 19
969	969	receives a waiver under section 3(b) if information is dis-20
970	970	covered before the completion of a background investiga-21
971	971	tion that results in a determination that a polygraph ex-22
972	972	amination is necessary to make a final determination re-23
973	973	garding suitability for employment or continued employ-24
974	974	ment, as the case may be. 25
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978	978	‘‘SEC. 6. REPORTING. 1
979	979	‘‘(a) A
980	980	NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year 2
981	981	after the date of the enactment of this section and annu-3
982	982	ally thereafter while the waiver authority under section 4
983	983	3(b) is in effect, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 5
984	984	Border Protection shall submit to Congress a report that 6
985	985	includes, with respect to each such reporting period, the 7
986	986	following: 8
987	987	‘‘(1) Information relating to the number of 9
988	988	waivers granted under such section 3(b). 10
989	989	‘‘(2) Information relating to the percentage of 11
990	990	applicants who were hired after receiving such a 12
991	991	waiver. 13
992	992	‘‘(3) Information relating to the number of in-14
993	993	stances that a polygraph was administered to an ap-15
994	994	plicant who initially received such a waiver and the 16
995	995	results of such polygraph. 17
996	996	‘‘(4) An assessment of the current impact of 18
997	997	such waiver authority on filling law enforcement po-19
998	998	sitions at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 20
999	999	‘‘(5) An identification of additional authorities 21
1000	1000	needed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 22
1001	1001	better utilize such waiver authority for its intended 23
1002	1002	goals. 24
1003	1003	‘‘(b) A
1004	1004	DDITIONALINFORMATION.—The first report 25
1005	1005	submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: 26
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1009	1009	‘‘(1) An analysis of other methods of employ-1
1010	1010	ment suitability tests that detect deception and could 2
1011	1011	be used in conjunction with traditional background 3
1012	1012	investigations to evaluate potential applicants or em-4
1013	1013	ployees for suitability for employment or continued 5
1014	1014	employment, as the case may be. 6
1015	1015	‘‘(2) A recommendation regarding whether a 7
1016	1016	test referred to in paragraph (1) should be adopted 8
1017	1017	by U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the 9
1018	1018	polygraph examination requirement is waived pursu-10
1019	1019	ant to section 3(b). 11
1020	1020	‘‘SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 12
1021	1021	‘‘In this Act: 13
1022	1022	‘‘(1) F
1023	1023	EDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .— 14
1024	1024	The term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ means a 15
1025	1025	‘law enforcement officer’, as such term is defined in 16
1026	1026	section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United 17
1027	1027	States Code. 18
1028	1028	‘‘(2) S
1029	1029	ERIOUS MILITARY OR CIVIL OFFENSE .— 19
1030	1030	The term ‘serious military or civil offense’ means an 20
1031	1031	offense for which— 21
1032	1032	‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces may 22
1033	1033	be discharged or separated from service in the 23
1034	1034	Armed Forces; and 24
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1038	1038	‘‘(B) a punitive discharge is, or would be, 1
1039	1039	authorized for the same or a closely related of-2
1040	1040	fense under the Manual for Court-Martial, as 3
1041	1041	pursuant to Army Regulation 635–200, chapter 4
1042	1042	14–12. 5
1043	1043	‘‘(3) T
1044	1044	IER 4; TIER 5.—The terms ‘Tier 4’ and 6
1045	1045	‘Tier 5’, with respect to background investigations, 7
1046	1046	have the meaning given such terms under the 2012 8
1047	1047	Federal Investigative Standards. 9
1048	1048	‘‘(4) V
1049	1049	ETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 10
1050	1050	meaning given such term in section 101(2) of title 11
1051	1051	38, United States Code.’’. 12
1052	1052	(c) P
1053	1053	OLYGRAPHEXAMINERS.—Not later than Sep-13
1054	1054	tember 30, 2025, the Secretary shall increase to not fewer 14
1055	1055	than 150 the number of trained full-time equivalent poly-15
1056	1056	graph examiners for administering polygraphs under the 16
1057	1057	Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010, as amended by this 17
1058	1058	section. 18
1059	1059	SEC. 109. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKLOAD STAFFING MOD-19
1060	1060	ELS FOR U.S. BORDER PATROL AND AIR AND 20
1061	1061	MARINE OPERATIONS OF CBP. 21
1062	1062	(a) I
1063	1063	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
1064	1064	date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner, in 23
1065	1065	coordination with the Under Secretary for Management, 24
1066	1066	the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Chief Financial 25
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1070	1070	Officer of the Department, shall implement a workload 1
1071	1071	staffing model for each of the following: 2
1072	1072	(1) The U.S. Border Patrol. 3
1073	1073	(2) Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 4
1074	1074	(b) R
1075	1075	ESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONER.— 5
1076	1076	Subsection (c) of section 411 of the Homeland Security 6
1077	1077	Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211), is amended— 7
1078	1078	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) and (19) 8
1079	1079	as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively; and 9
1080	1080	(2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-10
1081	1081	lowing new paragraphs: 11
1082	1082	‘‘(18) implement a staffing model for the U.S. 12
1083	1083	Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 13
1084	1084	Office of Field Operations that includes consider-14
1085	1085	ation for essential frontline operator activities and 15
1086	1086	functions, variations in operating environments, 16
1087	1087	present and planned infrastructure, present and 17
1088	1088	planned technology, and required operations support 18
1089	1089	levels to enable such entities to manage and assign 19
1090	1090	personnel of such entities to ensure field and sup-20
1091	1091	port posts possess adequate resources to carry out 21
1092	1092	duties specified in this section; 22
1093	1093	‘‘(19) develop standard operating procedures 23
1094	1094	for a workforce tracking system within the U.S. 24
1095	1095	Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and the 25
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1099	1099	Office of Field Operations, train the workforce of 1
1100	1100	each of such entities on the use, capabilities, and 2
1101	1101	purpose of such system, and implement internal con-3
1102	1102	trols to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and 4
1103	1103	reporting of actual completed work hours and activi-5
1104	1104	ties;’’. 6
1105	1105	(c) R
1106	1106	EPORT.— 7
1107	1107	(1) I
1108	1108	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 8
1109	1109	after the date of the enactment of this Act with re-9
1110	1110	spect to subsection (a) and paragraphs (18) and 10
1111	1111	(19) of section 411(c) of the Homeland Security Act 11
1112	1112	of 2002 (as amended by subsection (b)), and annu-12
1113	1113	ally thereafter with respect to such paragraphs (18) 13
1114	1114	and (19), the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
1115	1115	priate congressional committees a report that in-15
1116	1116	cludes a status update on the following: 16
1117	1117	(A) The implementation of such subsection 17
1118	1118	(a) and such paragraphs (18) and (19). 18
1119	1119	(B) Each relevant workload staffing model. 19
1120	1120	(2) D
1121	1121	ATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY RE -20
1122	1122	QUIRED.—Each report required under paragraph (1) 21
1123	1123	shall include information relating to the data sources 22
1124	1124	and methodology used to generate each relevant 23
1125	1125	staffing model. 24
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1129	1129	(d) INSPECTORGENERALREVIEW.—Not later than 1
1130	1130	90 days after the Commissioner develops the workload 2
1131	1131	staffing models pursuant to subsection (a), the Inspector 3
1132	1132	General of the Department shall review such models and 4
1133	1133	provide feedback to the Secretary and the appropriate con-5
1134	1134	gressional committees with respect to the degree to which 6
1135	1135	such models are responsive to the recommendations of the 7
1136	1136	Inspector General, including the following: 8
1137	1137	(1) Recommendations from the Inspector Gen-9
1138	1138	eral’s February 2019 audit. 10
1139	1139	(2) Any further recommendations to improve 11
1140	1140	such models. 12
1141	1141	(e) A
1142	1142	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-13
1143	1143	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-14
1144	1144	sional committees’’ means— 15
1145	1145	(1) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 16
1146	1146	House of Representatives; and 17
1147	1147	(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 18
1148	1148	Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 19
1149	1149	SEC. 110. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 20
1150	1150	(a) I
1151	1151	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 21
1152	1152	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 22
1153	1153	is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 23
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1157	1157	‘‘SEC. 2010. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 1
1158	1158	‘‘(a) E
1159	1159	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 2
1160	1160	Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 3
1161	1161	Stonegarden’, under which the Secretary, acting through 4
1162	1162	the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible law en-5
1163	1163	forcement agencies, through State administrative agen-6
1164	1164	cies, to enhance border security in accordance with this 7
1165	1165	section. 8
1166	1166	‘‘(b) E
1167	1167	LIGIBLERECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-9
1168	1168	ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 10
1169	1169	shall— 11
1170	1170	‘‘(1) be located in— 12
1171	1171	‘‘(A) a State bordering Canada or Mexico; 13
1172	1172	or 14
1173	1173	‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 15
1174	1174	border; 16
1175	1175	‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing, U.S. 17
1176	1176	Customs and Border Protection operation coordi-18
1177	1177	nated through a U.S. Border Patrol sector office; 19
1178	1178	and 20
1179	1179	‘‘(3) have an agreement in place with U.S. Im-21
1180	1180	migration and Customs Enforcement to support en-22
1181	1181	forcement operations. 23
1182	1182	‘‘(c) P
1183	1183	ERMITTEDUSES.—A recipient of a grant 24
1184	1184	under this section may use such grant for costs associated 25
1185	1185	with the following: 26
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1189	1189	‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 1
1190	1190	sustainment. 2
1191	1191	‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 3
1192	1192	in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-4
1193	1193	tivities. 5
1194	1194	‘‘(3) Any activity permitted for Operation 6
1195	1195	Stonegarden under the most recent fiscal year De-7
1196	1196	partment of Homeland Security’s Homeland Secu-8
1197	1197	rity Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. 9
1198	1198	‘‘(d) P
1199	1199	ERIOD OFPERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 10
1200	1200	shall award grants under this section to grant recipients 11
1201	1201	for a period of not fewer than 36 months. 12
1202	1202	‘‘(e) N
1203	1203	OTIFICATION.—Upon denial of a grant to a law 13
1204	1204	enforcement agency, the Administrator shall provide writ-14
1205	1205	ten notice to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 15
1206	1206	House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-16
1207	1207	land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, in-17
1208	1208	cluding the reasoning for such denial. 18
1209	1209	‘‘(f) R
1210	1210	EPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2024 through 19
1211	1211	2028 the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 20
1212	1212	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 21
1213	1213	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 22
1214	1214	Affairs of the Senate a report that contains— 23
1215	1215	‘‘(1) information on the expenditure of grants 24
1216	1216	made under this section by each grant recipient; and 25
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1220	1220	‘‘(2) recommendations for other uses of such 1
1221	1221	grants to further support eligible law enforcement 2
1222	1222	agencies. 3
1223	1223	‘‘(g) A
1224	1224	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4
1225	1225	is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 5
1226	1226	of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for grants under this 6
1227	1227	section.’’. 7
1228	1228	(b) C
1229	1229	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 8
1230	1230	section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 9
1231	1231	U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 10
1232	1232	‘‘(a) G
1233	1233	RANTSAUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 11
1234	1234	the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 12
1235	1235	2004, 2009, and 2010 to State, local, and Tribal govern-13
1236	1236	ments, as appropriate.’’. 14
1237	1237	(c) C
1238	1238	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 15
1239	1239	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 16
1240	1240	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 17
1241	1241	2009 the following new item: 18
1242	1242	‘‘Sec. 2010. Operation Stonegarden.’’.
1243	1243	SEC. 111. AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS FLIGHT HOURS.
1244	1244	19
1245	1245	(a) A
1246	1246	IR AND MARINEOPERATIONS FLIGHT 20
1247	1247	H
1248	1248	OURS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 21
1249	1249	enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall ensure that not 22
1250	1250	fewer than 110,000 annual flight hours are carried out 23
1251	1251	by Air and Marine Operations of CBP. 24
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1255	1255	(b) UNMANNED AIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.—The Sec-1
1256	1256	retary, after coordination with the Administrator of the 2
1257	1257	Federal Aviation Administration, shall ensure that Air and 3
1258	1258	Marine Operations operate unmanned aircraft systems on 4
1259	1259	the southern border of the United States for not less than 5
1260	1260	24 hours per day. 6
1261	1261	(c) P
1262	1262	RIMARYMISSIONS.—The Commissioner shall 7
1263	1263	ensure the following: 8
1264	1264	(1) The primary missions for Air and Marine 9
1265	1265	Operations are to directly support the following: 10
1266	1266	(A) U.S. Border Patrol activities along the 11
1267	1267	borders of the United States. 12
1268	1268	(B) Joint Interagency Task Force South 13
1269	1269	and Joint Task Force East operations in the 14
1270	1270	transit zone. 15
1271	1271	(2) The Executive Assistant Commissioner of 16
1272	1272	Air and Marine Operations assigns the greatest pri-17
1273	1273	ority to support missions specified in paragraph (1). 18
1274	1274	(d) H
1275	1275	IGHDEMANDFLIGHTHOURREQUIRE-19
1276	1276	MENTS.—The Commissioner shall— 20
1277	1277	(1) ensure that U.S. Border Patrol Sector 21
1278	1278	Chiefs identify air support mission-critical hours; 22
1279	1279	and 23
1280	1280	(2) direct Air and Marine Operations to sup-24
1281	1281	port requests from such Sector Chiefs as a compo-25
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1285	1285	nent of the primary mission of Air and Marine Op-1
1286	1286	erations in accordance with subsection (c)(1)(A). 2
1287	1287	(e) C
1288	1288	ONTRACTAIRSUPPORTAUTHORIZATIONS.— 3
1289	1289	The Commissioner shall contract for air support mission- 4
1290	1290	critical hours to meet the requests for such hours, as iden-5
1291	1291	tified pursuant to subsection (d). 6
1292	1292	(f) S
1293	1293	MALLUNMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEMS.— 7
1294	1294	(1) I
1295	1295	N GENERAL.—The Chief of the U.S. Bor-8
1296	1296	der Patrol shall be the executive agent with respect 9
1297	1297	to the use of small unmanned aircraft by CBP for 10
1298	1298	the purposes of the following: 11
1299	1299	(A) Meeting the unmet flight hour oper-12
1300	1300	ational requirements of the U.S. Border Patrol. 13
1301	1301	(B) Achieving situational awareness and 14
1302	1302	operational control of the borders of the United 15
1303	1303	States. 16
1304	1304	(2) C
1305	1305	OORDINATION.—In carrying out para-17
1306	1306	graph (1), the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol shall 18
1307	1307	coordinate— 19
1308	1308	(A) flight operations with the Adminis-20
1309	1309	trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 21
1310	1310	ensure the safe and efficient operation of the 22
1311	1311	national airspace system; and 23
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1315	1315	(B) with the Executive Assistant Commis-1
1316	1316	sioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP 2
1317	1317	to— 3
1318	1318	(i) ensure the safety of other CBP 4
1319	1319	aircraft flying in the vicinity of small un-5
1320	1320	manned aircraft operated by the U.S. Bor-6
1321	1321	der Patrol; and 7
1322	1322	(ii) establish a process to include data 8
1323	1323	from flight hours in the calculation of got 9
1324	1324	away statistics. 10
1325	1325	(3) C
1326	1326	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Paragraph (3) 11
1327	1327	of section 411(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 12
1328	1328	2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(e)) is amended— 13
1329	1329	(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 14
1330	1330	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 15
1331	1331	(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 16
1332	1332	subparagraph (D); and 17
1333	1333	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 18
1334	1334	the following new subparagraph: 19
1335	1335	‘‘(C) carry out the small unmanned air-20
1336	1336	craft (as such term is defined in section 44801 21
1337	1337	of title 49, United States Code) requirements 22
1338	1338	pursuant to subsection (f) of section 111 of the 23
1339	1339	Secure the Border Act of 2023; and’’. 24
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1343	1343	(g) SAVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 1
1344	1344	be construed as conferring, transferring, or delegating to 2
1345	1345	the Secretary, the Commissioner, the Executive Assistant 3
1346	1346	Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations of CBP, or 4
1347	1347	the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol any authority of the 5
1348	1348	Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the 6
1349	1349	Federal Aviation Administration relating to the use of air-7
1350	1350	space or aviation safety. 8
1351	1351	(h) D
1352	1352	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
1353	1353	(1) G
1354	1354	OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 10
1355	1355	meaning given such term in section 1092(a)(3) of 11
1356	1356	the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 12
1357	1357	Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 13
1358	1358	223(a)(3)). 14
1359	1359	(2) T
1360	1360	RANSIT ZONE.—The term ‘‘transit zone’’ 15
1361	1361	has the meaning given such term in section 16
1362	1362	1092(a)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 17
1363	1363	Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 18
1364	1364	U.S.C. 223(a)(8)). 19
1365	1365	SEC. 112. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT 20
1366	1366	CEDAR. 21
1367	1367	(a) I
1368	1368	NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22
1369	1369	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi-23
1370	1370	nation with the heads of relevant Federal, State, and local 24
1371	1371	agencies, shall hire contractors to begin eradicating the 25
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1375	1375	carrizo cane plant and any salt cedar along the Rio 1
1376	1376	Grande River that impedes border security operations. 2
1377	1377	Such eradication shall be completed— 3
1378	1378	(1) by not later than September 30, 2027, ex-4
1379	1379	cept for required maintenance; and 5
1380	1380	(2) in the most expeditious and cost-effective 6
1381	1381	manner possible to maintain clear fields of view. 7
1382	1382	(b) A
1383	1383	PPLICATION.—The waiver authority under sub-8
1384	1384	section (c) of section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Re-9
1385	1385	form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 10
1386	1386	1103 note), as amended by section 103 of this division, 11
1387	1387	shall apply to activities carried out pursuant to subsection 12
1388	1388	(a). 13
1389	1389	(c) R
1390	1390	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 14
1391	1391	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 15
1392	1392	to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 16
1393	1393	Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 17
1394	1394	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a strategic plan 18
1395	1395	to eradicate all carrizo cane plant and salt cedar along 19
1396	1396	the Rio Grande River that impedes border security oper-20
1397	1397	ations by not later than September 30, 2027. 21
1398	1398	(d) A
1399	1399	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 22
1400	1400	authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of fis-23
1401	1401	cal years 2024 through 2028 to the Secretary to carry 24
1402	1402	out this subsection. 25
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1406	1406	SEC. 113. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 1
1407	1407	(a) I
1408	1408	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 2
1409	1409	date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, 3
1410	1410	the Commissioner, acting through the Chief of the U.S. 4
1411	1411	Border Patrol, shall issue a Border Patrol Strategic Plan 5
1412	1412	(referred to in this section as the ‘‘plan’’) to enhance the 6
1413	1413	security of the borders of the United States. 7
1414	1414	(b) E
1415	1415	LEMENTS.—The plan shall include the fol-8
1416	1416	lowing: 9
1417	1417	(1) A consideration of Border Patrol Capability 10
1418	1418	Gap Analysis reporting, Border Security Improve-11
1419	1419	ment Plans, and any other strategic document au-12
1420	1420	thored by the U.S. Border Patrol to address security 13
1421	1421	gaps between ports of entry, including efforts to 14
1422	1422	mitigate threats identified in such analyses, plans, 15
1423	1423	and documents. 16
1424	1424	(2) Information relating to the dissemination of 17
1425	1425	information relating to border security or border 18
1426	1426	threats with respect to the efforts of the Department 19
1427	1427	and other appropriate Federal agencies. 20
1428	1428	(3) Information relating to efforts by U.S. Bor-21
1429	1429	der Patrol to— 22
1430	1430	(A) increase situational awareness, includ-23
1431	1431	ing— 24
1432	1432	(i) surveillance capabilities, such as 25
1433	1433	capabilities developed or utilized by the 26
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1437	1437	Department of Defense, and any appro-1
1438	1438	priate technology determined to be excess 2
1439	1439	by the Department of Defense; and 3
1440	1440	(ii) the use of manned aircraft and 4
1441	1441	unmanned aircraft; 5
1442	1442	(B) detect and prevent terrorists and in-6
1443	1443	struments of terrorism from entering the 7
1444	1444	United States; 8
1445	1445	(C) detect, interdict, and disrupt between 9
1446	1446	ports of entry aliens unlawfully present in the 10
1447	1447	United States; 11
1448	1448	(D) detect, interdict, and disrupt human 12
1449	1449	smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking, 13
1450	1450	and other illicit cross-border activity; 14
1451	1451	(E) focus intelligence collection to disrupt 15
1452	1452	transnational criminal organizations outside of 16
1453	1453	the international and maritime borders of the 17
1454	1454	United States; and 18
1455	1455	(F) ensure that any new border security 19
1456	1456	technology can be operationally integrated with 20
1457	1457	existing technologies in use by the Department. 21
1458	1458	(4) Information relating to initiatives of the De-22
1459	1459	partment with respect to operational coordination, 23
1460	1460	including any relevant task forces of the Depart-24
1461	1461	ment. 25
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1465	1465	(5) Information gathered from the lessons 1
1466	1466	learned by the deployments of the National Guard to 2
1467	1467	the southern border of the United States. 3
1468	1468	(6) A description of cooperative agreements re-4
1469	1469	lating to information sharing with State, local, Trib-5
1470	1470	al, territorial, and other Federal law enforcement 6
1471	1471	agencies that have jurisdiction on the borders of the 7
1472	1472	United States. 8
1473	1473	(7) Information relating to border security in-9
1474	1474	formation received from the following: 10
1475	1475	(A) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 11
1476	1476	other Federal law enforcement agencies that 12
1477	1477	have jurisdiction on the borders of the United 13
1478	1478	States or in the maritime environment. 14
1479	1479	(B) Border community stakeholders, in-15
1480	1480	cluding representatives from the following: 16
1481	1481	(i) Border agricultural and ranching 17
1482	1482	organizations. 18
1483	1483	(ii) Business and civic organizations. 19
1484	1484	(iii) Hospitals and rural clinics within 20
1485	1485	150 miles of the borders of the United 21
1486	1486	States. 22
1487	1487	(iv) Victims of crime committed by 23
1488	1488	aliens unlawfully present in the United 24
1489	1489	States. 25
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1493	1493	(v) Victims impacted by drugs, 1
1494	1494	transnational criminal organizations, car-2
1495	1495	tels, gangs, or other criminal activity. 3
1496	1496	(vi) Farmers, ranchers, and property 4
1497	1497	owners along the border. 5
1498	1498	(vii) Other individuals negatively im-6
1499	1499	pacted by illegal immigration. 7
1500	1500	(8) Information relating to the staffing require-8
1501	1501	ments with respect to border security for the De-9
1502	1502	partment. 10
1503	1503	(9) A prioritized list of Department research 11
1504	1504	and development objectives to enhance the security 12
1505	1505	of the borders of the United States. 13
1506	1506	(10) An assessment of training programs, in-14
1507	1507	cluding such programs relating to the following: 15
1508	1508	(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 16
1509	1509	documents. 17
1510	1510	(B) Understanding the scope of CBP en-18
1511	1511	forcement authorities and appropriate use of 19
1512	1512	force policies. 20
1513	1513	(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 21
1514	1514	vulnerable populations, such as children and 22
1515	1515	victims of human trafficking. 23
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1519	1519	SEC. 114. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SPIR-1
1520	1520	ITUAL READINESS. 2
1521	1521	Not later than one year after the enactment of this 3
1522	1522	Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Commis-4
1523	1523	sioner shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-5
1524	1524	rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 6
1525	1525	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 7
1526	1526	Senate a report on the availability and usage of the assist-8
1527	1527	ance of chaplains, prayer groups, houses of worship, and 9
1528	1528	other spiritual resources for members of CBP who identify 10
1529	1529	as religiously affiliated and have attempted suicide, have 11
1530	1530	suicidal ideation, or are at risk of suicide, and metrics on 12
1531	1531	the impact such resources have in assisting religiously af-13
1532	1532	filiated members who have access to and utilize such re-14
1533	1533	sources compared to religiously affiliated members who do 15
1534	1534	not. 16
1535	1535	SEC. 115. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDING. 17
1536	1536	(a) A
1537	1537	RRIVINGALIENS.—No funds are authorized to 18
1538	1538	be appropriated to the Department to process the entry 19
1539	1539	into the United States of aliens arriving in between ports 20
1540	1540	of entry. 21
1541	1541	(b) R
1542	1542	ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-22
1543	1543	ZATIONSUPPORT FORUNLAWFULACTIVITY.—No funds 23
1544	1544	are authorized to be appropriated to the Department for 24
1545	1545	disbursement to any nongovernmental organization that 25
1546	1546	facilitates or encourages unlawful activity, including un-26
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1549	1549	•S 2824 IS
1550	1550	lawful entry, human trafficking, human smuggling, drug 1
1551	1551	trafficking, and drug smuggling. 2
1552	1552	(c) R
1553	1553	ESTRICTION ONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-3
1554	1554	ZATIONFACILITATION OFILLEGALIMMIGRATION.—No 4
1555	1555	funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-5
1556	1556	ment for disbursement to any nongovernmental organiza-6
1557	1557	tion to provide, or facilitate the provision of, transpor-7
1558	1558	tation, lodging, or immigration legal services to inadmis-8
1559	1559	sible aliens who enter the United States after the date of 9
1560	1560	the enactment of this Act. 10
1561	1561	SEC. 116. COLLECTION OF DNA AND BIOMETRIC INFORMA-11
1562	1562	TION AT THE BORDER. 12
1563	1563	Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact-13
1564	1564	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall ensure and certify 14
1565	1565	to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 15
1566	1566	Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 16
1567	1567	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate that CBP is fully 17
1568	1568	compliant with Federal DNA and biometric collection re-18
1569	1569	quirements at United States land borders. 19
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1573	1573	SEC. 117. ERADICATION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND FORMU-1
1574	1574	LATING EFFECTIVE NEW TOOLS TO ADDRESS 2
1575	1575	YEARLY LOSSES OF LIFE; ENSURING TIMELY 3
1576	1576	UPDATES TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 4
1577	1577	PROTECTION FIELD MANUALS. 5
1578	1578	(a) I
1579	1579	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 6
1580	1580	date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 7
1581	1581	than triennially thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-8
1582	1582	toms and Border Protection shall review and update, as 9
1583	1583	necessary, the current policies and manuals of the Office 10
1584	1584	of Field Operations related to inspections at ports of 11
1585	1585	entry, and the U.S. Border Patrol related to inspections 12
1586	1586	between ports of entry, to ensure the uniform implementa-13
1587	1587	tion of inspection practices that will effectively respond to 14
1588	1588	technological and methodological changes designed to dis-15
1589	1589	guise unlawful activity, such as the smuggling of drugs 16
1590	1590	and humans, along the border. 17
1591	1591	(b) R
1592	1592	EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 18
1593	1593	days after each update required under subsection (a), the 19
1594	1594	Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 20
1595	1595	shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 21
1596	1596	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-22
1597	1597	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 23
1598	1598	and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judi-24
1599	1599	ciary of the Senate a report that summarizes any policy 25
1600	1600	and manual changes pursuant to subsection (a). 26
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1604	1604	SEC. 118. PUBLICATION BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER 1
1605	1605	PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL STATISTICS. 2
1606	1606	(a) I
1607	1607	NGENERAL.—Not later than the seventh day of 3
1608	1608	each month beginning with the second full month after 4
1609	1609	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 5
1610	1610	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall publish on 6
1611	1611	a publicly available website of the Department of Home-7
1612	1612	land Security information relating to the total number of 8
1613	1613	alien encounters and nationalities, unique alien encounters 9
1614	1614	and nationalities, gang-affiliated apprehensions and na-10
1615	1615	tionalities, drug seizures, alien encounters included in the 11
1616	1616	terrorist screening database and nationalities, arrests of 12
1617	1617	criminal aliens or individuals wanted by law enforcement 13
1618	1618	and nationalities, known got aways, encounters with de-14
1619	1619	ceased aliens, and all other related or associated statistics 15
1620	1620	recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during 16
1621	1621	the immediately preceding month. Each such publication 17
1622	1622	shall include the following: 18
1623	1623	(1) The aggregate such number, and such num-19
1624	1624	ber disaggregated by geographic regions, of such re-20
1625	1625	cordings and encounters, including specifications re-21
1626	1626	lating to whether such recordings and encounters 22
1627	1627	were at the southwest, northern, or maritime border. 23
1628	1628	(2) An identification of the Office of Field Op-24
1629	1629	erations field office, U.S. Border Patrol sector, or 25
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1633	1633	Air and Marine Operations branch making each re-1
1634	1634	cording or encounter. 2
1635	1635	(3) Information relating to whether each re-3
1636	1636	cording or encounter of an alien was of a single 4
1637	1637	adult, an unaccompanied alien child, or an individual 5
1638	1638	in a family unit. 6
1639	1639	(4) Information relating to the processing dis-7
1640	1640	position of each alien recording or encounter. 8
1641	1641	(5) Information relating to the nationality of 9
1642	1642	each alien who is the subject of each recording or 10
1643	1643	encounter. 11
1644	1644	(6) The total number of individuals included in 12
1645	1645	the terrorist screening database (as such term is de-13
1646	1646	fined in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act 14
1647	1647	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621)) who have repeatedly at-15
1648	1648	tempted to cross unlawfully into the United States. 16
1649	1649	(7) The total number of individuals included in 17
1650	1650	the terrorist screening database who have been ap-18
1651	1651	prehended, including information relating to whether 19
1652	1652	such individuals were released into the United States 20
1653	1653	or removed. 21
1654	1654	(b) E
1655	1655	XCEPTIONS.—If the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-22
1656	1656	toms and Border Protection in any month does not publish 23
1657	1657	the information required under subsection (a), or does not 24
1658	1658	publish such information by the date specified in such sub-25
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1662	1662	section, the Commissioner shall brief the Committee on 1
1663	1663	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 2
1664	1664	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 3
1665	1665	Affairs of the Senate regarding the reason relating there-4
1666	1666	to, as the case may be, by not later than the date that 5
1667	1667	is two business days after the tenth day of such month. 6
1668	1668	(c) D
1669	1669	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
1670	1670	(1) A
1671	1671	LIEN ENCOUNTERS.—The term ‘‘alien en-8
1672	1672	counters’’ means aliens apprehended, determined in-9
1673	1673	admissible, or processed for removal by U.S. Cus-10
1674	1674	toms and Border Protection. 11
1675	1675	(2) G
1676	1676	OT AWAY.—The term ‘‘got away’’ has the 12
1677	1677	meaning given such term in section 1092(a) of the 13
1678	1678	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 14
1679	1679	2017 (6 U.S.C. 223(a)). 15
1680	1680	(3) T
1681	1681	ERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE .—The 16
1682	1682	term ‘‘terrorist screening database’’ has the meaning 17
1683	1683	given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland 18
1684	1684	Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621). 19
1685	1685	(4) U
1686	1686	NACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD .—The term 20
1687	1687	‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ has the meaning given 21
1688	1688	such term in section 462(g) of the Homeland Secu-22
1689	1689	rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)). 23
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1693	1693	SEC. 119. ALIEN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 1
1694	1694	(a) I
1695	1695	NGENERAL.—Not later than seven days after 2
1696	1696	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 3
1697	1697	shall certify to the Committee on Homeland Security and 4
1698	1698	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-5
1699	1699	resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 6
1700	1700	and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judi-7
1701	1701	ciary of the Senate that CBP has real-time access to the 8
1702	1702	criminal history databases of all countries of origin and 9
1703	1703	transit for aliens encountered by CBP to perform criminal 10
1704	1704	history background checks for such aliens. 11
1705	1705	(b) S
1706	1706	TANDARDS.—The certification required under 12
1707	1707	subsection (a) shall also include a determination whether 13
1708	1708	the criminal history databases of a country are accurate, 14
1709	1709	up to date, digitized, searchable, and otherwise meet the 15
1710	1710	standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 16
1711	1711	criminal history databases maintained by State and local 17
1712	1712	governments. 18
1713	1713	(c) C
1714	1714	ERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall annually 19
1715	1715	submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 20
1716	1716	Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-21
1717	1717	tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-22
1718	1718	ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 23
1719	1719	the Senate a certification that each database referred to 24
1720	1720	in subsection (b) which the Secretary accessed or sought 25
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1724	1724	to access pursuant to this section met the standards de-1
1725	1725	scribed in subsection (b). 2
1726	1726	SEC. 120. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT 3
1727	1727	AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS; NOTIFI-4
1728	1728	CATION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES. 5
1729	1729	(a) I
1730	1730	NGENERAL.—The Administrator may not ac-6
1731	1731	cept as valid proof of identification a prohibited identifica-7
1732	1732	tion document at an airport security checkpoint. 8
1733	1733	(b) N
1734	1734	OTIFICATION TOIMMIGRATIONAGENCIES.—If 9
1735	1735	an individual presents a prohibited identification docu-10
1736	1736	ment to an officer of the Transportation Security Admin-11
1737	1737	istration at an airport security checkpoint, the Adminis-12
1738	1738	trator shall promptly notify the Director of U.S. Immigra-13
1739	1739	tion and Customs Enforcement, the Director of U.S. Cus-14
1740	1740	toms and Border Protection, and the head of the appro-15
1741	1741	priate local law enforcement agency to determine whether 16
1742	1742	the individual is in violation of any term of release from 17
1743	1743	the custody of any such agency. 18
1744	1744	(c) E
1745	1745	NTRYINTOSTERILEAREAS.— 19
1746	1746	(1) I
1747	1747	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
1748	1748	graph (2), if an individual is found to be in violation 21
1749	1749	of any term of release under subsection (b), the Ad-22
1750	1750	ministrator may not permit such individual to enter 23
1751	1751	a sterile area. 24
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1754	1754	•S 2824 IS
1755	1755	(2) EXCEPTION.—An individual presenting a 1
1756	1756	prohibited identification document under this section 2
1757	1757	may enter a sterile area if the individual— 3
1758	1758	(A) is leaving the United States for the 4
1759	1759	purposes of removal or deportation; or 5
1760	1760	(B) presents a covered identification docu-6
1761	1761	ment. 7
1762	1762	(d) C
1763	1763	OLLECTION OFBIOMETRICINFORMATIONFROM 8
1764	1764	C
1765	1765	ERTAININDIVIDUALSSEEKINGENTRYINTO THESTER-9
1766	1766	ILEAREA OF ANAIRPORT.—Beginning not later than 120 10
1767	1767	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-11
1768	1768	ministrator shall collect biometric information from an in-12
1769	1769	dividual described in subsection (e) prior to authorizing 13
1770	1770	such individual to enter into a sterile area. 14
1771	1771	(e) I
1772	1772	NDIVIDUALDESCRIBED.—An individual de-15
1773	1773	scribed in this subsection is an individual who— 16
1774	1774	(1) is seeking entry into the sterile area of an 17
1775	1775	airport; 18
1776	1776	(2) does not present a covered identification 19
1777	1777	document; and 20
1778	1778	(3) the Administrator cannot verify is a na-21
1779	1779	tional of the United States. 22
1780	1780	(f) P
1781	1781	ARTICIPATION INIDENT.—Beginning not later 23
1782	1782	than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 24
1783	1783	the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary, 25
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1786	1786	•S 2824 IS
1787	1787	shall submit biometric data collected under this section to 1
1788	1788	the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT). 2
1789	1789	(g) D
1790	1790	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
1791	1791	(1) A
1792	1792	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-4
1793	1793	trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-5
1794	1794	tation Security Administration. 6
1795	1795	(2) B
1796	1796	IOMETRIC INFORMATION .—The term ‘‘bio-7
1797	1797	metric information’’ means any of the following: 8
1798	1798	(A) A fingerprint. 9
1799	1799	(B) A palm print. 10
1800	1800	(C) A photograph, including— 11
1801	1801	(i) a photograph of an individual’s 12
1802	1802	face for use with facial recognition tech-13
1803	1803	nology; and 14
1804	1804	(ii) a photograph of any physical or 15
1805	1805	anatomical feature, such as a scar, skin 16
1806	1806	mark, or tattoo. 17
1807	1807	(D) A signature. 18
1808	1808	(E) A voice print. 19
1809	1809	(F) An iris image. 20
1810	1810	(3) C
1811	1811	OVERED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT .— 21
1812	1812	The term ‘‘covered identification document’’ means 22
1813	1813	any of the following, if the document is valid and 23
1814	1814	unexpired: 24
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1817	1817	•S 2824 IS
1818	1818	(A) A United States passport or passport 1
1819	1819	card. 2
1820	1820	(B) A biometrically secure card issued by 3
1821	1821	a trusted traveler program of the Department 4
1822	1822	of Homeland Security, including— 5
1823	1823	(i) Global Entry; 6
1824	1824	(ii) Nexus; 7
1825	1825	(iii) Secure Electronic Network for 8
1826	1826	Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI); 9
1827	1827	and 10
1828	1828	(iv) Free and Secure Trade (FAST). 11
1829	1829	(C) An identification card issued by the 12
1830	1830	Department of Defense, including such a card 13
1831	1831	issued to a dependent. 14
1832	1832	(D) Any document required for admission 15
1833	1833	to the United States under section 211(a) of 16
1834	1834	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
1835	1835	1181(a)). 18
1836	1836	(E) An enhanced driver’s license issued by 19
1837	1837	a State. 20
1838	1838	(F) A photo identification card issued by a 21
1839	1839	federally recognized Indian Tribe. 22
1840	1840	(G) A personal identity verification creden-23
1841	1841	tial issued in accordance with Homeland Secu-24
1842	1842	rity Presidential Directive 12. 25
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1845	1845	•S 2824 IS
1846	1846	(H) A driver’s license issued by a province 1
1847	1847	of Canada. 2
1848	1848	(I) A Secure Certificate of Indian Status 3
1849	1849	issued by the Government of Canada. 4
1850	1850	(J) A Transportation Worker Identifica-5
1851	1851	tion Credential. 6
1852	1852	(K) A Merchant Mariner Credential issued 7
1853	1853	by the Coast Guard. 8
1854	1854	(L) A Veteran Health Identification Card 9
1855	1855	issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 10
1856	1856	(M) Any other document the Administrator 11
1857	1857	determines, pursuant to a rulemaking in ac-12
1858	1858	cordance with section 553 of title 5, United 13
1859	1859	States Code, will satisfy the identity verification 14
1860	1860	procedures of the Transportation Security Ad-15
1861	1861	ministration. 16
1862	1862	(4) I
1863	1863	MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-17
1864	1864	tion laws’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-18
1865	1865	tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 19
1866	1866	U.S.C. 1101). 20
1867	1867	(5) P
1868	1868	ROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCU -21
1869	1869	MENT.—The term ‘‘prohibited identification docu-22
1870	1870	ment’’ means any of the following (or any applicable 23
1871	1871	successor form): 24
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1874	1874	•S 2824 IS
1875	1875	(A) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-1
1876	1876	forcement Form I–200, Warrant for Arrest of 2
1877	1877	Alien. 3
1878	1878	(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-4
1879	1879	forcement Form I–205, Warrant of Removal/ 5
1880	1880	Deportation. 6
1881	1881	(C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-7
1882	1882	forcement Form I–220A, Order of Release on 8
1883	1883	Recognizance. 9
1884	1884	(D) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-10
1885	1885	forcement Form I–220B, Order of Supervision. 11
1886	1886	(E) Department of Homeland Security 12
1887	1887	Form I–862, Notice to Appear. 13
1888	1888	(F) U.S. Customs and Border Protection 14
1889	1889	Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record (includ-15
1890	1890	ing a print-out of an electronic record). 16
1891	1891	(G) Department of Homeland Security 17
1892	1892	Form I–385, Notice to Report. 18
1893	1893	(H) Any document that directs an indi-19
1894	1894	vidual to report to the Department of Home-20
1895	1895	land Security. 21
1896	1896	(I) Any Department of Homeland Security 22
1897	1897	work authorization or employment verification 23
1898	1898	document. 24
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1901	1901	•S 2824 IS
1902	1902	(6) STERILE AREA.—The term ‘‘sterile area’’ 1
1903	1903	has the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 2
1904	1904	of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-3
1905	1905	cessor regulation. 4
1906	1906	SEC. 121. PROHIBITION AGAINST ANY COVID–19 VACCINE 5
1907	1907	MANDATE OR ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST 6
1908	1908	DHS EMPLOYEES. 7
1909	1909	(a) L
1910	1910	IMITATION ON IMPOSITION OF NEWMAN-8
1911	1911	DATE.—The Secretary may not issue any COVID–19 vac-9
1912	1912	cine mandate unless Congress expressly authorizes such 10
1913	1913	a mandate. 11
1914	1914	(b) P
1915	1915	ROHIBITION ONADVERSEACTION.—The Sec-12
1916	1916	retary may not take any adverse action against a Depart-13
1917	1917	ment employee based solely on the refusal of such em-14
1918	1918	ployee to receive a vaccine for COVID–19. 15
1919	1919	(c) R
1920	1920	EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 16
1921	1921	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report 17
1922	1922	to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 18
1923	1923	Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 19
1924	1924	and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the following: 20
1925	1925	(1) The number of Department employees who 21
1926	1926	were terminated or resigned due to the COVID–19 22
1927	1927	vaccine mandate. 23
1928	1928	(2) An estimate of the cost to reinstate such 24
1929	1929	employees. 25
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1932	1932	•S 2824 IS
1933	1933	(3) How the Department would effectuate rein-1
1934	1934	statement of such employees. 2
1935	1935	(d) R
1936	1936	ETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 3
1937	1937	U
1938	1938	NVACCINATEDEMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall make 4
1939	1939	every effort to retain Department employees who are not 5
1940	1940	vaccinated against COVID–19 and provide such employees 6
1941	1941	with professional development, promotion and leadership 7
1942	1942	opportunities, and consideration equal to that of their 8
1943	1943	peers. 9
1944	1944	SEC. 122. CBP ONE APP LIMITATION. 10
1945	1945	(a) L
1946	1946	IMITATION.—The Department may use the CBP 11
1947	1947	One Mobile Application or any other similar program, ap-12
1948	1948	plication, internet-based portal, website, device, or initia-13
1949	1949	tive only for inspection of perishable cargo. 14
1950	1950	(b) R
1951	1951	EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 15
1952	1952	of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall re-16
1953	1953	port to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 17
1954	1954	of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-18
1955	1955	rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the date on 19
1956	1956	which CBP began using CBP One to allow aliens to sched-20
1957	1957	ule interviews at land ports of entry, how many aliens have 21
1958	1958	scheduled interviews at land ports of entry using CBP 22
1959	1959	One, the nationalities of such aliens, and the stated final 23
1960	1960	destinations of such aliens within the United States, if 24
1961	1961	any. 25
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1964	1964	•S 2824 IS
1965	1965	SEC. 123. REPORT ON MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. 1
1966	1966	Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-2
1967	1967	ment of this Act, Congress shall commission a report that 3
1968	1968	contains the following: 4
1969	1969	(1) A national strategy to address Mexican 5
1970	1970	drug cartels, and a determination regarding whether 6
1971	1971	there should be a designation established to address 7
1972	1972	such cartels. 8
1973	1973	(2) Information relating to actions by such car-9
1974	1974	tels that causes harm to the United States. 10
1975	1975	SEC. 124. GAO STUDY ON COSTS INCURRED BY STATES TO 11
1976	1976	SECURE THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 12
1977	1977	(a) I
1978	1978	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 13
1979	1979	date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 14
1980	1980	of the United States shall conduct a study to examine the 15
1981	1981	costs incurred by individual States as a result of actions 16
1982	1982	taken by such States in support of the Federal mission 17
1983	1983	to secure the southwest border, and the feasibility of a 18
1984	1984	program to reimburse such States for such costs. 19
1985	1985	(b) C
1986	1986	ONTENTS.—The study required under sub-20
1987	1987	section (a) shall include consideration of the following: 21
1988	1988	(1) Actions taken by the Department of Home-22
1989	1989	land Security that have contributed to costs de-23
1990	1990	scribed in such subsection incurred by States to se-24
1991	1991	cure the border in the absence of Federal action, in-25
1992	1992	cluding the termination of the Migrant Protection 26
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1995	1995	•S 2824 IS
1996	1996	Protocols and cancellation of border wall construc-1
1997	1997	tion. 2
1998	1998	(2) Actions taken by individual States along the 3
1999	1999	southwest border to secure their borders, and the 4
2000	2000	costs associated with such actions. 5
2001	2001	(3) The feasibility of a program within the De-6
2002	2002	partment of Homeland Security to reimburse States 7
2003	2003	for the costs incurred in support of the Federal mis-8
2004	2004	sion to secure the southwest border. 9
2005	2005	SEC. 125. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-10
2006	2006	PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 11
2007	2007	(a) R
2008	2008	EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 12
2009	2009	of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 13
2010	2010	five years, the Inspector General of the Department of 14
2011	2011	Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 15
2012	2012	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 16
2013	2013	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 17
2014	2014	Affairs of the Senate a report examining the economic and 18
2015	2015	security impact of mass migration to municipalities and 19
2016	2016	States along the southwest border. Such report shall in-20
2017	2017	clude information regarding costs incurred by the fol-21
2018	2018	lowing: 22
2019	2019	(1) State and local law enforcement to secure 23
2020	2020	the southwest border. 24
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2023	2023	•S 2824 IS
2024	2024	(2) Public school districts to educate students 1
2025	2025	who are aliens unlawfully present in the United 2
2026	2026	States. 3
2027	2027	(3) Healthcare providers to provide care to 4
2028	2028	aliens unlawfully present in the United States who 5
2029	2029	have not paid for such care. 6
2030	2030	(4) Farmers and ranchers due to migration im-7
2031	2031	pacts to their properties. 8
2032	2032	(b) C
2033	2033	ONSULTATION.—To produce the report required 9
2034	2034	under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Depart-10
2035	2035	ment of Homeland Security shall consult with the individ-11
2036	2036	uals and representatives of the entities described in para-12
2037	2037	graphs (1) through (4) of such subsection. 13
2038	2038	SEC. 126. OFFSETTING AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-14
2039	2039	TIONS. 15
2040	2040	(a) O
2041	2041	FFICE OF THESECRETARY AND EMERGENCY 16
2042	2042	M
2043	2043	ANAGEMENT.—No funds are authorized to be appro-17
2044	2044	priated for the Alternatives to Detention Case Manage-18
2045	2045	ment Pilot Program or the Office of the Immigration De-19
2046	2046	tention Ombudsman for the Office of the Secretary and 20
2047	2047	Emergency Management of the Department of Homeland 21
2048	2048	Security. 22
2049	2049	(b) M
2050	2050	ANAGEMENTDIRECTORATE.—No funds are au-23
2051	2051	thorized to be appropriated for electric vehicles or St. Eliz-24
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2054	2054	•S 2824 IS
2055	2055	abeths campus construction for the Management Direc-1
2056	2056	torate of the Department of Homeland Security. 2
2057	2057	(c) I
2058	2058	NTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, ANDSITUATIONAL 3
2059	2059	A
2060	2060	WARENESS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 4
2061	2061	$216,000,000 for Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational 5
2062	2062	Awareness of the Department of Homeland Security. 6
2063	2063	(d) U.S. C
2064	2064	USTOMS ANDBORDERPROTECTION.—No 7
2065	2065	funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Shelter 8
2066	2066	Services Program for U.S. Customs and Border Protec-9
2067	2067	tion. 10
2068	2068	SEC. 127. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN TERRORIST 11
2069	2069	ORGANIZATIONS. 12
2070	2070	(a) I
2071	2071	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 13
2072	2072	date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 14
2073	2073	for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 15
2074	2074	submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 16
2075	2075	House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-17
2076	2076	land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an 18
2077	2077	assessment of foreign terrorist organizations attempting 19
2078	2078	to move their members or affiliates into the United States 20
2079	2079	through the southern, northern, or maritime border. 21
2080	2080	(b) D
2081	2081	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘foreign 22
2082	2082	terrorist organization’’ means an organization described in 23
2083	2083	section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 24
2084	2084	U.S.C. 1189). 25
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2087	2087	•S 2824 IS
2088	2088	SEC. 128. ASSESSMENT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 1
2089	2089	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON 2
2090	2090	THE MITIGATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 3
2091	2091	SYSTEMS AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 4
2092	2092	Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-5
2093	2093	ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department 6
2094	2094	of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 7
2095	2095	Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 8
2096	2096	the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 9
2097	2097	Affairs of the Senate an assessment of U.S. Customs and 10
2098	2098	Border Protection’s ability to mitigate unmanned aircraft 11
2099	2099	systems at the southwest border. Such assessment shall 12
2100	2100	include information regarding any intervention between 13
2101	2101	January 1, 2021, and the date of the enactment of this 14
2102	2102	Act, by any Federal agency affecting in any manner U.S. 15
2103	2103	Customs and Border Protection’s authority to so mitigate 16
2104	2104	such systems. 17
2105	2105	DIVISION B—IMMIGRATION EN-18
2106	2106	FORCEMENT AND FOREIGN 19
2107	2107	AFFAIRS 20
2108	2108	TITLE I—ASYLUM REFORM AND 21
2109	2109	BORDER PROTECTION 22
2110	2110	SEC. 101. SAFE THIRD COUNTRY. 23
2111	2111	Section 208(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-24
2112	2112	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)(A)) is amended— 25
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2115	2115	•S 2824 IS
2116	2116	(1) by striking ‘‘if the Attorney General deter-1
2117	2117	mines’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Attorney General or the 2
2118	2118	Secretary of Homeland Security determines—’’; 3
2119	2119	(2) by striking ‘‘that the alien may be removed’’ 4
2120	2120	and inserting the following: 5
2121	2121	‘‘(i) that the alien may be removed’’; 6
2122	2122	(3) by striking ‘‘, pursuant to a bilateral or 7
2123	2123	multilateral agreement, to’’ and inserting ‘‘to’’; 8
2124	2124	(4) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary, on a case by 9
2125	2125	case basis,’’ before ‘‘finds that’’; 10
2126	2126	(5) by striking the period at the end and insert-11
2127	2127	ing ‘‘; or’’; and 12
2128	2128	(6) by adding at the end the following: 13
2129	2129	‘‘(ii) that the alien entered, attempted to enter, 14
2130	2130	or arrived in the United States after transiting 15
2131	2131	through at least one country outside the alien’s 16
2132	2132	country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful ha-17
2133	2133	bitual residence en route to the United States, un-18
2134	2134	less— 19
2135	2135	‘‘(I) the alien demonstrates that he or she 20
2136	2136	applied for protection from persecution or tor-21
2137	2137	ture in at least one country outside the alien’s 22
2138	2138	country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful 23
2139	2139	habitual residence through which the alien 24
2140	2140	transited en route to the United States, and the 25
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2143	2143	•S 2824 IS
2144	2144	alien received a final judgment denying the 1
2145	2145	alien protection in each country; 2
2146	2146	‘‘(II) the alien demonstrates that he or she 3
2147	2147	was a victim of a severe form of trafficking in 4
2148	2148	which a commercial sex act was induced by 5
2149	2149	force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person 6
2150	2150	induced to perform such act was under the age 7
2151	2151	of 18 years; or in which the trafficking included 8
2152	2152	the recruitment, harboring, transportation, pro-9
2153	2153	vision, or obtaining of a person for labor or 10
2154	2154	services through the use of force, fraud, or coer-11
2155	2155	cion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary 12
2156	2156	servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery, 13
2157	2157	and was unable to apply for protection from 14
2158	2158	persecution in each country through which the 15
2159	2159	alien transited en route to the United States as 16
2160	2160	a result of such severe form of trafficking; or 17
2161	2161	‘‘(III) the only countries through which the 18
2162	2162	alien transited en route to the United States 19
2163	2163	were, at the time of the transit, not parties to 20
2164	2164	the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to 21
2165	2165	the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Re-22
2166	2166	lating to the Status of Refugees, or the United 23
2167	2167	Nations Convention against Torture and Other 24
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2170	2170	•S 2824 IS
2171	2171	Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 1
2172	2172	Punishment.’’. 2
2173	2173	SEC. 102. CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 3
2174	2174	Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Na-4
2175	2175	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by 5
2176	2176	striking ‘‘there is a significant possibility’’ and all that fol-6
2177	2177	lows, and inserting ‘‘, taking into account the credibility 7
2178	2178	of the statements made by the alien in support of the 8
2179	2179	alien’s claim, as determined pursuant to section 9
2180	2180	208(b)(1)(B)(iii), and such other facts as are known to 10
2181	2181	the officer, the alien more likely than not could establish 11
2182	2182	eligibility for asylum under section 208, and it is more 12
2183	2183	likely than not that the statements made by, and on behalf 13
2184	2184	of, the alien in support of the alien’s claim are true.’’. 14
2185	2185	SEC. 103. CLARIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY. 15
2186	2186	(a) I
2187	2187	NGENERAL.—Section 208(b)(1)(A) of the Im-16
2188	2188	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(A)) 17
2189	2189	is amended by inserting after ‘‘section 101(a)(42)(A)’’ the 18
2190	2190	following: ‘‘(in accordance with the rules set forth in this 19
2191	2191	section), and is eligible to apply for asylum under sub-20
2192	2192	section (a)’’. 21
2193	2193	(b) P
2194	2194	LACE OFARRIVAL.—Section 208(a)(1) of the 22
2195	2195	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(1)) 23
2196	2196	is amended— 24
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2199	2199	•S 2824 IS
2200	2200	(1) by striking ‘‘or who arrives in the United 1
2201	2201	States (whether or not at a designated port of ar-2
2202	2202	rival and including an alien who is brought to the 3
2203	2203	United States after having been interdicted in inter-4
2204	2204	national or United States waters),’’; and 5
2205	2205	(2) by inserting after ‘‘United States’’ the fol-6
2206	2206	lowing: ‘‘and has arrived in the United States at a 7
2207	2207	port of entry (including an alien who is brought to 8
2208	2208	the United States after having been interdicted in 9
2209	2209	international or United States waters),’’. 10
2210	2210	SEC. 104. EXCEPTIONS. 11
2211	2211	Paragraph (2) of section 208(b) of the Immigration 12
2212	2212	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)) is amended to 13
2213	2213	read as follows: 14
2214	2214	‘‘(2) E
2215	2215	XCEPTIONS.— 15
2216	2216	‘‘(A) I
2217	2217	N GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 16
2218	2218	not apply to an alien if the Secretary of Home-17
2219	2219	land Security or the Attorney General deter-18
2220	2220	mines that— 19
2221	2221	‘‘(i) the alien ordered, incited, as-20
2222	2222	sisted, or otherwise participated in the per-21
2223	2223	secution of any person on account of race, 22
2224	2224	religion, nationality, membership in a par-23
2225	2225	ticular social group, or political opinion; 24
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2227	2227	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 74
2228	2228	•S 2824 IS
2229	2229	‘‘(ii) the alien has been convicted of 1
2230	2230	any felony under Federal, State, tribal, or 2
2231	2231	local law; 3
2232	2232	‘‘(iii) the alien has been convicted of 4
2233	2233	any misdemeanor offense under Federal, 5
2234	2234	State, tribal, or local law involving— 6
2235	2235	‘‘(I) the unlawful possession or 7
2236	2236	use of an identification document, au-8
2237	2237	thentication feature, or false identi-9
2238	2238	fication document (as those terms and 10
2239	2239	phrases are defined in the jurisdiction 11
2240	2240	where the conviction occurred), unless 12
2241	2241	the alien can establish that the convic-13
2242	2242	tion resulted from circumstances 14
2243	2243	showing that— 15
2244	2244	‘‘(aa) the document or fea-16
2245	2245	ture was presented before board-17
2246	2246	ing a common carrier; 18
2247	2247	‘‘(bb) the document or fea-19
2248	2248	ture related to the alien’s eligi-20
2249	2249	bility to enter the United States; 21
2250	2250	‘‘(cc) the alien used the doc-22
2251	2251	ument or feature to depart a 23
2252	2252	country wherein the alien has 24
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2254	2254	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 75
2255	2255	•S 2824 IS
2256	2256	claimed a fear of persecution; 1
2257	2257	and 2
2258	2258	‘‘(dd) the alien claimed a 3
2259	2259	fear of persecution without delay 4
2260	2260	upon presenting himself or her-5
2261	2261	self to an immigration officer 6
2262	2262	upon arrival at a United States 7
2263	2263	port of entry; 8
2264	2264	‘‘(II) the unlawful receipt of a 9
2265	2265	Federal public benefit (as defined in 10
2266	2266	section 401(c) of the Personal Re-11
2267	2267	sponsibility and Work Opportunity 12
2268	2268	Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 13
2269	2269	1611(c))), from a Federal entity, or 14
2270	2270	the unlawful receipt of similar public 15
2271	2271	benefits from a State, tribal, or local 16
2272	2272	entity; or 17
2273	2273	‘‘(III) possession or trafficking of 18
2274	2274	a controlled substance or controlled 19
2275	2275	substance paraphernalia, as those 20
2276	2276	phrases are defined under the law of 21
2277	2277	the jurisdiction where the conviction 22
2278	2278	occurred, other than a single offense 23
2279	2279	involving possession for one’s own use 24
2280	2280	of 30 grams or less of marijuana (as 25
2281	2281	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2282	2282	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 76
2283	2283	•S 2824 IS
2284	2284	marijuana is defined under the law of 1
2285	2285	the jurisdiction where the conviction 2
2286	2286	occurred); 3
2287	2287	‘‘(iv) the alien has been convicted of 4
2288	2288	an offense arising under paragraph (1)(A) 5
2289	2289	or (2) of section 274(a), or under section 6
2290	2290	276; 7
2291	2291	‘‘(v) the alien has been convicted of a 8
2292	2292	Federal, State, tribal, or local crime that 9
2293	2293	the Attorney General or Secretary of 10
2294	2294	Homeland Security knows, or has reason 11
2295	2295	to believe, was committed in support, pro-12
2296	2296	motion, or furtherance of the activity of a 13
2297	2297	criminal street gang (as defined under the 14
2298	2298	law of the jurisdiction where the conviction 15
2299	2299	occurred or in section 521(a) of title 18, 16
2300	2300	United States Code); 17
2301	2301	‘‘(vi) the alien has been convicted of 18
2302	2302	an offense for driving while intoxicated or 19
2303	2303	impaired, as those terms are defined under 20
2304	2304	the law of the jurisdiction where the con-21
2305	2305	viction occurred (including a conviction for 22
2306	2306	driving while under the influence of or im-23
2307	2307	paired by alcohol or drugs), without regard 24
2308	2308	to whether the conviction is classified as a 25
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2310	2310	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 77
2311	2311	•S 2824 IS
2312	2312	misdemeanor or felony under Federal, 1
2313	2313	State, tribal, or local law, in which such in-2
2314	2314	toxicated or impaired driving was a cause 3
2315	2315	of serious bodily injury or death of another 4
2316	2316	person; 5
2317	2317	‘‘(vii) the alien has been convicted of 6
2318	2318	more than one offense for driving while in-7
2319	2319	toxicated or impaired, as those terms are 8
2320	2320	defined under the law of the jurisdiction 9
2321	2321	where the conviction occurred (including a 10
2322	2322	conviction for driving while under the in-11
2323	2323	fluence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), 12
2324	2324	without regard to whether the conviction is 13
2325	2325	classified as a misdemeanor or felony 14
2326	2326	under Federal, State, tribal, or local law; 15
2327	2327	‘‘(viii) the alien has been convicted of 16
2328	2328	a crime— 17
2329	2329	‘‘(I) that involves conduct 18
2330	2330	amounting to a crime of stalking; 19
2331	2331	‘‘(II) of child abuse, child ne-20
2332	2332	glect, or child abandonment; or 21
2333	2333	‘‘(III) that involves conduct 22
2334	2334	amounting to a domestic assault or 23
2335	2335	battery offense, including— 24
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2337	2337	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 78
2338	2338	•S 2824 IS
2339	2339	‘‘(aa) a misdemeanor crime 1
2340	2340	of domestic violence, as described 2
2341	2341	in section 921(a)(33) of title 18, 3
2342	2342	United States Code; 4
2343	2343	‘‘(bb) a crime of domestic vi-5
2344	2344	olence, as described in section 6
2345	2345	40002(a)(12) of the Violence 7
2346	2346	Against Women Act of 1994 (34 8
2347	2347	U.S.C. 12291(a)(12)); or 9
2348	2348	‘‘(cc) any crime based on 10
2349	2349	conduct in which the alien har-11
2350	2350	assed, coerced, intimidated, vol-12
2351	2351	untarily or recklessly used (or 13
2352	2352	threatened to use) force or vio-14
2353	2353	lence against, or inflicted phys-15
2354	2354	ical injury or physical pain, how-16
2355	2355	ever slight, upon a person— 17
2356	2356	‘‘(AA) who is a current 18
2357	2357	or former spouse of the 19
2358	2358	alien; 20
2359	2359	‘‘(BB) with whom the 21
2360	2360	alien shares a child; 22
2361	2361	‘‘(CC) who is cohabi-23
2362	2362	tating with, or who has 24
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2364	2364	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 79
2365	2365	•S 2824 IS
2366	2366	cohabitated with, the alien 1
2367	2367	as a spouse; 2
2368	2368	‘‘(DD) who is similarly 3
2369	2369	situated to a spouse of the 4
2370	2370	alien under the domestic or 5
2371	2371	family violence laws of the 6
2372	2372	jurisdiction where the of-7
2373	2373	fense occurred; or 8
2374	2374	‘‘(EE) who is protected 9
2375	2375	from that alien’s acts under 10
2376	2376	the domestic or family vio-11
2377	2377	lence laws of the United 12
2378	2378	States or of any State, tribal 13
2379	2379	government, or unit of local 14
2380	2380	government; 15
2381	2381	‘‘(ix) the alien has engaged in acts of 16
2382	2382	battery or extreme cruelty upon a person 17
2383	2383	and the person— 18
2384	2384	‘‘(I) is a current or former 19
2385	2385	spouse of the alien; 20
2386	2386	‘‘(II) shares a child with the 21
2387	2387	alien; 22
2388	2388	‘‘(III) cohabitates or has 23
2389	2389	cohabitated with the alien as a spouse; 24
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2391	2391	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 80
2392	2392	•S 2824 IS
2393	2393	‘‘(IV) is similarly situated to a 1
2394	2394	spouse of the alien under the domestic 2
2395	2395	or family violence laws of the jurisdic-3
2396	2396	tion where the offense occurred; or 4
2397	2397	‘‘(V) is protected from that 5
2398	2398	alien’s acts under the domestic or 6
2399	2399	family violence laws of the United 7
2400	2400	States or of any State, tribal govern-8
2401	2401	ment, or unit of local government; 9
2402	2402	‘‘(x) the alien, having been convicted 10
2403	2403	by a final judgment of a particularly seri-11
2404	2404	ous crime, constitutes a danger to the com-12
2405	2405	munity of the United States; 13
2406	2406	‘‘(xi) there are serious reasons for be-14
2407	2407	lieving that the alien has committed a seri-15
2408	2408	ous nonpolitical crime outside the United 16
2409	2409	States prior to the arrival of the alien in 17
2410	2410	the United States; 18
2411	2411	‘‘(xii) there are reasonable grounds 19
2412	2412	for regarding the alien as a danger to the 20
2413	2413	security of the United States; 21
2414	2414	‘‘(xiii) the alien is described in sub-22
2415	2415	clause (I), (II), (III), (IV), or (VI) of sec-23
2416	2416	tion 212(a)(3)(B)(i) or section 24
2417	2417	237(a)(4)(B) (relating to terrorist activ-25
2418	2418	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2419	2419	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 81
2420	2420	•S 2824 IS
2421	2421	ity), unless, in the case only of an alien in-1
2422	2422	admissible under subclause (IV) of section 2
2423	2423	212(a)(3)(B)(i), the Secretary of Home-3
2424	2424	land Security or the Attorney General de-4
2425	2425	termines, in the Secretary’s or the Attor-5
2426	2426	ney General’s discretion, that there are not 6
2427	2427	reasonable grounds for regarding the alien 7
2428	2428	as a danger to the security of the United 8
2429	2429	States; 9
2430	2430	‘‘(xiv) the alien was firmly resettled in 10
2431	2431	another country prior to arriving in the 11
2432	2432	United States; or 12
2433	2433	‘‘(xv) there are reasonable grounds for 13
2434	2434	concluding the alien could avoid persecu-14
2435	2435	tion by relocating to another part of the 15
2436	2436	alien’s country of nationality or, in the 16
2437	2437	case of an alien having no nationality, an-17
2438	2438	other part of the alien’s country of last ha-18
2439	2439	bitual residence. 19
2440	2440	‘‘(B) S
2441	2441	PECIAL RULES.— 20
2442	2442	‘‘(i) P
2443	2443	ARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME ; 21
2444	2444	SERIOUS NONPOLITICAL CRIME OUTSIDE 22
2445	2445	THE UNITED STATES.— 23
2446	2446	‘‘(I) I
2447	2447	N GENERAL.—For purposes 24
2448	2448	of subparagraph (A)(x), the Attorney 25
2449	2449	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2450	2450	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 82
2451	2451	•S 2824 IS
2452	2452	General or Secretary of Homeland Se-1
2453	2453	curity, in their discretion, may deter-2
2454	2454	mine that a conviction constitutes a 3
2455	2455	particularly serious crime based on— 4
2456	2456	‘‘(aa) the nature of the con-5
2457	2457	viction; 6
2458	2458	‘‘(bb) the type of sentence 7
2459	2459	imposed; or 8
2460	2460	‘‘(cc) the circumstances and 9
2461	2461	underlying facts of the convic-10
2462	2462	tion. 11
2463	2463	‘‘(II) D
2464	2464	ETERMINATION.—In mak-12
2465	2465	ing a determination under subclause 13
2466	2466	(I), the Attorney General or Secretary 14
2467	2467	of Homeland Security may consider 15
2468	2468	all reliable information and is not lim-16
2469	2469	ited to facts found by the criminal 17
2470	2470	court or provided in the underlying 18
2471	2471	record of conviction. 19
2472	2472	‘‘(III) T
2473	2473	REATMENT OF FELO -20
2474	2474	NIES.—In making a determination 21
2475	2475	under subclause (I), an alien who has 22
2476	2476	been convicted of a felony (as defined 23
2477	2477	under this section) or an aggravated 24
2478	2478	felony (as defined under section 25
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2481	2481	•S 2824 IS
2482	2482	101(a)(43)), shall be considered to 1
2483	2483	have been convicted of a particularly 2
2484	2484	serious crime. 3
2485	2485	‘‘(IV) I
2486	2486	NTERPOL RED NOTICE .— 4
2487	2487	In making a determination under sub-5
2488	2488	paragraph (A)(xi), an Interpol Red 6
2489	2489	Notice may constitute reliable evi-7
2490	2490	dence that the alien has committed a 8
2491	2491	serious nonpolitical crime outside the 9
2492	2492	United States. 10
2493	2493	‘‘(ii) C
2494	2494	RIMES AND EXCEPTIONS .— 11
2495	2495	‘‘(I) D
2496	2496	RIVING WHILE INTOXI -12
2497	2497	CATED OR IMPAIRED .—A finding 13
2498	2498	under subparagraph (A)(vi) does not 14
2499	2499	require the Attorney General or Sec-15
2500	2500	retary of Homeland Security to find 16
2501	2501	the first conviction for driving while 17
2502	2502	intoxicated or impaired (including a 18
2503	2503	conviction for driving while under the 19
2504	2504	influence of or impaired by alcohol or 20
2505	2505	drugs) as a predicate offense. The At-21
2506	2506	torney General or Secretary of Home-22
2507	2507	land Security need only make a fac-23
2508	2508	tual determination that the alien pre-24
2509	2509	viously was convicted for driving while 25
2510	2510	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2511	2511	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 84
2512	2512	•S 2824 IS
2513	2513	intoxicated or impaired as those terms 1
2514	2514	are defined under the jurisdiction 2
2515	2515	where the conviction occurred (includ-3
2516	2516	ing a conviction for driving while 4
2517	2517	under the influence of or impaired by 5
2518	2518	alcohol or drugs). 6
2519	2519	‘‘(II) S
2520	2520	TALKING AND OTHER 7
2521	2521	CRIMES.—In making a determination 8
2522	2522	under subparagraph (A)(viii), includ-9
2523	2523	ing determining the existence of a do-10
2524	2524	mestic relationship between the alien 11
2525	2525	and the victim, the underlying conduct 12
2526	2526	of the crime may be considered, and 13
2527	2527	the Attorney General or Secretary of 14
2528	2528	Homeland Security is not limited to 15
2529	2529	facts found by the criminal court or 16
2530	2530	provided in the underlying record of 17
2531	2531	conviction. 18
2532	2532	‘‘(III) B
2533	2533	ATTERY OR EXTREME 19
2534	2534	CRUELTY.—In making a determina-20
2535	2535	tion under subparagraph (A)(ix), the 21
2536	2536	phrase ‘battery or extreme cruelty’ in-22
2537	2537	cludes— 23
2538	2538	‘‘(aa) any act or threatened 24
2539	2539	act of violence, including any 25
2540	2540	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2541	2541	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 85
2542	2542	•S 2824 IS
2543	2543	forceful detention, which results 1
2544	2544	or threatens to result in physical 2
2545	2545	or mental injury; 3
2546	2546	‘‘(bb) psychological or sexual 4
2547	2547	abuse or exploitation, including 5
2548	2548	rape, molestation, incest, or 6
2549	2549	forced prostitution, shall be con-7
2550	2550	sidered acts of violence; and 8
2551	2551	‘‘(cc) other abusive acts, in-9
2552	2552	cluding acts that, in and of them-10
2553	2553	selves, may not initially appear 11
2554	2554	violent, but that are a part of an 12
2555	2555	overall pattern of violence. 13
2556	2556	‘‘(IV) E
2557	2557	XCEPTION FOR VICTIMS 14
2558	2558	OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE .—An alien 15
2559	2559	who was convicted of an offense de-16
2560	2560	scribed in clause (viii) or (ix) of sub-17
2561	2561	paragraph (A) is not ineligible for 18
2562	2562	asylum on that basis if the alien satis-19
2563	2563	fies the criteria under section 20
2564	2564	237(a)(7)(A). 21
2565	2565	‘‘(C) S
2566	2566	PECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES .—Para-22
2567	2567	graph (1) shall not apply to an alien whose 23
2568	2568	claim is based on— 24
2569	2569	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
2570	2570	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 86
2571	2571	•S 2824 IS
2572	2572	‘‘(i) personal animus or retribution, 1
2573	2573	including personal animus in which the al-2
2574	2574	leged persecutor has not targeted, or mani-3
2575	2575	fested an animus against, other members 4
2576	2576	of an alleged particular social group in ad-5
2577	2577	dition to the member who has raised the 6
2578	2578	claim at issue; 7
2579	2579	‘‘(ii) the applicant’s generalized dis-8
2580	2580	approval of, disagreement with, or opposi-9
2581	2581	tion to criminal, terrorist, gang, guerilla, 10
2582	2582	or other non-state organizations absent ex-11
2583	2583	pressive behavior in furtherance of a dis-12
2584	2584	crete cause against such organizations re-13
2585	2585	lated to control of a State or expressive be-14
2586	2586	havior that is antithetical to the State or 15
2587	2587	a legal unit of the State; 16
2588	2588	‘‘(iii) the applicant’s resistance to re-17
2589	2589	cruitment or coercion by guerrilla, crimi-18
2590	2590	nal, gang, terrorist, or other non-state or-19
2591	2591	ganizations; 20
2592	2592	‘‘(iv) the targeting of the applicant for 21
2593	2593	criminal activity for financial gain based 22
2594	2594	on wealth or affluence or perceptions of 23
2595	2595	wealth or affluence; 24
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2597	2597	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 87
2598	2598	•S 2824 IS
2599	2599	‘‘(v) the applicant’s criminal activity; 1
2600	2600	or 2
2601	2601	‘‘(vi) the applicant’s perceived, past or 3
2602	2602	present, gang affiliation. 4
2603	2603	‘‘(D) D
2604	2604	EFINITIONS AND CLARIFICA -5
2605	2605	TIONS.— 6
2606	2606	‘‘(i) D
2607	2607	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of 7
2608	2608	this paragraph: 8
2609	2609	‘‘(I) F
2610	2610	ELONY.—The term ‘felony’ 9
2611	2611	means— 10
2612	2612	‘‘(aa) any crime defined as a 11
2613	2613	felony by the relevant jurisdiction 12
2614	2614	(Federal, State, tribal, or local) 13
2615	2615	of conviction; or 14
2616	2616	‘‘(bb) any crime punishable 15
2617	2617	by more than one year of impris-16
2618	2618	onment. 17
2619	2619	‘‘(II) M
2620	2620	ISDEMEANOR.—The term 18
2621	2621	‘misdemeanor’ means— 19
2622	2622	‘‘(aa) any crime defined as a 20
2623	2623	misdemeanor by the relevant ju-21
2624	2624	risdiction (Federal, State, tribal, 22
2625	2625	or local) of conviction; or 23
2626	2626	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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2628	2628	•S 2824 IS
2629	2629	‘‘(bb) any crime not punish-1
2630	2630	able by more than one year of 2
2631	2631	imprisonment. 3
2632	2632	‘‘(ii) C
2633	2633	LARIFICATIONS.— 4
2634	2634	‘‘(I) C
2635	2635	ONSTRUCTION.—For pur-5
2636	2636	poses of this paragraph, whether any 6
2637	2637	activity or conviction also may con-7
2638	2638	stitute a basis for removal is immate-8
2639	2639	rial to a determination of asylum eli-9
2640	2640	gibility. 10
2641	2641	‘‘(II) A
2642	2642	TTEMPT, CONSPIRACY, OR 11
2643	2643	SOLICITATION.—For purposes of this 12
2644	2644	paragraph, all references to a criminal 13
2645	2645	offense or criminal conviction shall be 14
2646	2646	deemed to include any attempt, con-15
2647	2647	spiracy, or solicitation to commit the 16
2648	2648	offense or any other inchoate form of 17
2649	2649	the offense. 18
2650	2650	‘‘(III) E
2651	2651	FFECT OF CERTAIN OR -19
2652	2652	DERS.— 20
2653	2653	‘‘(aa) I
2654	2654	N GENERAL .—No 21
2655	2655	order vacating a conviction, 22
2656	2656	modifying a sentence, clarifying a 23
2657	2657	sentence, or otherwise altering a 24
2658	2658	conviction or sentence shall have 25
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2661	2661	•S 2824 IS
2662	2662	any effect under this paragraph 1
2663	2663	unless the Attorney General or 2
2664	2664	Secretary of Homeland Security 3
2665	2665	determines that— 4
2666	2666	‘‘(AA) the court issuing 5
2667	2667	the order had jurisdiction 6
2668	2668	and authority to do so; and 7
2669	2669	‘‘(BB) the order was 8
2670	2670	not entered for rehabilitative 9
2671	2671	purposes or for purposes of 10
2672	2672	ameliorating the immigra-11
2673	2673	tion consequences of the 12
2674	2674	conviction or sentence. 13
2675	2675	‘‘(bb) A
2676	2676	MELIORATING IMMI-14
2677	2677	GRATION CONSEQUENCES .—For 15
2678	2678	purposes of item (aa)(BB), the 16
2679	2679	order shall be presumed to be for 17
2680	2680	the purpose of ameliorating im-18
2681	2681	migration consequences if— 19
2682	2682	‘‘(AA) the order was 20
2683	2683	entered after the initiation 21
2684	2684	of any proceeding to remove 22
2685	2685	the alien from the United 23
2686	2686	States; or 24
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2688	2688	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 90
2689	2689	•S 2824 IS
2690	2690	‘‘(BB) the alien moved 1
2691	2691	for the order more than one 2
2692	2692	year after the date of the 3
2693	2693	original order of conviction 4
2694	2694	or sentencing, whichever is 5
2695	2695	later. 6
2696	2696	‘‘(cc) A
2697	2697	UTHORITY OF IMMI -7
2698	2698	GRATION JUDGE.—An immigra-8
2699	2699	tion judge is not limited to con-9
2700	2700	sideration only of material in-10
2701	2701	cluded in any order vacating a 11
2702	2702	conviction, modifying a sentence, 12
2703	2703	or clarifying a sentence to deter-13
2704	2704	mine whether such order should 14
2705	2705	be given any effect under this 15
2706	2706	paragraph, but may consider 16
2707	2707	such additional information as 17
2708	2708	the immigration judge determines 18
2709	2709	appropriate. 19
2710	2710	‘‘(E) A
2711	2711	DDITIONAL LIMITATIONS .—The 20
2712	2712	Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney 21
2713	2713	General may by regulation establish additional 22
2714	2714	limitations and conditions, consistent with this 23
2715	2715	section, under which an alien shall be ineligible 24
2716	2716	for asylum under paragraph (1). 25
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2719	2719	•S 2824 IS
2720	2720	‘‘(F) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—There shall 1
2721	2721	be no judicial review of a determination of the 2
2722	2722	Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney 3
2723	2723	General under subparagraph (A)(xiii).’’. 4
2724	2724	SEC. 105. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION. 5
2725	2725	Paragraph (2) of section 208(d) of the Immigration 6
2726	2726	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is amended to 7
2727	2727	read as follows: 8
2728	2728	‘‘(2) E
2729	2729	MPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .— 9
2730	2730	‘‘(A) A
2731	2731	UTHORIZATION PERMITTED .—An 10
2732	2732	applicant for asylum is not entitled to employ-11
2733	2733	ment authorization, but such authorization may 12
2734	2734	be provided under regulation by the Secretary 13
2735	2735	of Homeland Security. An applicant who is not 14
2736	2736	otherwise eligible for employment authorization 15
2737	2737	shall not be granted such authorization prior to 16
2738	2738	the date that is 180 days after the date of filing 17
2739	2739	of the application for asylum. 18
2740	2740	‘‘(B) T
2741	2741	ERMINATION.—Each grant of em-19
2742	2742	ployment authorization under subparagraph 20
2743	2743	(A), and any renewal or extension thereof, shall 21
2744	2744	be valid for a period of 6 months, except that 22
2745	2745	such authorization, renewal, or extension shall 23
2746	2746	terminate prior to the end of such 6 month pe-24
2747	2747	riod as follows: 25
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2750	2750	•S 2824 IS
2751	2751	‘‘(i) Immediately following the denial 1
2752	2752	of an asylum application by an asylum offi-2
2753	2753	cer, unless the case is referred to an immi-3
2754	2754	gration judge. 4
2755	2755	‘‘(ii) 30 days after the date on which 5
2756	2756	an immigration judge denies an asylum ap-6
2757	2757	plication, unless the alien timely appeals to 7
2758	2758	the Board of Immigration Appeals. 8
2759	2759	‘‘(iii) Immediately following the denial 9
2760	2760	by the Board of Immigration Appeals of an 10
2761	2761	appeal of a denial of an asylum applica-11
2762	2762	tion. 12
2763	2763	‘‘(C) R
2764	2764	ENEWAL.—The Secretary of Home-13
2765	2765	land Security may not grant, renew, or extend 14
2766	2766	employment authorization to an alien if the 15
2767	2767	alien was previously granted employment au-16
2768	2768	thorization under subparagraph (A), and the 17
2769	2769	employment authorization was terminated pur-18
2770	2770	suant to a circumstance described in subpara-19
2771	2771	graph (B)(i), (ii), or (iii), unless a Federal 20
2772	2772	court of appeals remands the alien’s case to the 21
2773	2773	Board of Immigration Appeals. 22
2774	2774	‘‘(D) I
2775	2775	NELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary of 23
2776	2776	Homeland Security may not grant employment 24
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2778	2778	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 93
2779	2779	•S 2824 IS
2780	2780	authorization to an alien under this paragraph 1
2781	2781	if the alien— 2
2782	2782	‘‘(i) is ineligible for asylum under sub-3
2783	2783	section (b)(2)(A); or 4
2784	2784	‘‘(ii) entered or attempted to enter the 5
2785	2785	United States at a place and time other 6
2786	2786	than lawfully through a United States port 7
2787	2787	of entry.’’. 8
2788	2788	SEC. 106. ASYLUM FEES. 9
2789	2789	Paragraph (3) of section 208(d) of the Immigration 10
2790	2790	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is amended to 11
2791	2791	read as follows: 12
2792	2792	‘‘(3) F
2793	2793	EES.— 13
2794	2794	‘‘(A) A
2795	2795	PPLICATION FEE.—A fee of not less 14
2796	2796	than $50 for each application for asylum shall 15
2797	2797	be imposed. Such fee shall not exceed the cost 16
2798	2798	of adjudicating the application. Such fee shall 17
2799	2799	not apply to an unaccompanied alien child who 18
2800	2800	files an asylum application in proceedings under 19
2801	2801	section 240. 20
2802	2802	‘‘(B) E
2803	2803	MPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .—A 21
2804	2804	fee may also be imposed for the consideration 22
2805	2805	of an application for employment authorization 23
2806	2806	under this section and for adjustment of status 24
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2809	2809	•S 2824 IS
2810	2810	under section 209(b). Such a fee shall not ex-1
2811	2811	ceed the cost of adjudicating the application. 2
2812	2812	‘‘(C) P
2813	2813	AYMENT.—Fees under this para-3
2814	2814	graph may be assessed and paid over a period 4
2815	2815	of time or by installments. 5
2816	2816	‘‘(D) R
2817	2817	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 6
2818	2818	in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 7
2819	2819	authority of the Attorney General or Secretary 8
2820	2820	of Homeland Security to set adjudication and 9
2821	2821	naturalization fees in accordance with section 10
2822	2822	286(m).’’. 11
2823	2823	SEC. 107. RULES FOR DETERMINING ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY. 12
2824	2824	Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 13
2825	2825	(8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended by adding at the end the fol-14
2826	2826	lowing: 15
2827	2827	‘‘(f) R
2828	2828	ULES FOR DETERMININGASYLUMELIGI-16
2829	2829	BILITY.—In making a determination under subsection 17
2830	2830	(b)(1)(A) with respect to whether an alien is a refugee 18
2831	2831	within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A), the following 19
2832	2832	shall apply: 20
2833	2833	‘‘(1) P
2834	2834	ARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUP .—The Sec-21
2835	2835	retary of Homeland Security or the Attorney Gen-22
2836	2836	eral shall not determine that an alien is a member 23
2837	2837	of a particular social group unless the alien articu-24
2838	2838	lates on the record, or provides a basis on the record 25
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2841	2841	•S 2824 IS
2842	2842	for determining, the definition and boundaries of the 1
2843	2843	alleged particular social group, establishes that the 2
2844	2844	particular social group exists independently from the 3
2845	2845	alleged persecution, and establishes that the alien’s 4
2846	2846	claim of membership in a particular social group 5
2847	2847	does not involve— 6
2848	2848	‘‘(A) past or present criminal activity or 7
2849	2849	association (including gang membership); 8
2850	2850	‘‘(B) presence in a country with general-9
2851	2851	ized violence or a high crime rate; 10
2852	2852	‘‘(C) being the subject of a recruitment ef-11
2853	2853	fort by criminal, terrorist, or persecutory 12
2854	2854	groups; 13
2855	2855	‘‘(D) the targeting of the applicant for 14
2856	2856	criminal activity for financial gain based on per-15
2857	2857	ceptions of wealth or affluence; 16
2858	2858	‘‘(E) interpersonal disputes of which gov-17
2859	2859	ernmental authorities in the relevant society or 18
2860	2860	region were unaware or uninvolved; 19
2861	2861	‘‘(F) private criminal acts of which govern-20
2862	2862	mental authorities in the relevant society or re-21
2863	2863	gion were unaware or uninvolved; 22
2864	2864	‘‘(G) past or present terrorist activity or 23
2865	2865	association; 24
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2868	2868	•S 2824 IS
2869	2869	‘‘(H) past or present persecutory activity 1
2870	2870	or association; or 2
2871	2871	‘‘(I) status as an alien returning from the 3
2872	2872	United States. 4
2873	2873	‘‘(2) P
2874	2874	OLITICAL OPINION.—The Secretary of 5
2875	2875	Homeland Security or the Attorney General may not 6
2876	2876	determine that an alien holds a political opinion with 7
2877	2877	respect to which the alien is subject to persecution 8
2878	2878	if the political opinion is constituted solely by gener-9
2879	2879	alized disapproval of, disagreement with, or opposi-10
2880	2880	tion to criminal, terrorist, gang, guerilla, or other 11
2881	2881	non-state organizations and does not include expres-12
2882	2882	sive behavior in furtherance of a cause against such 13
2883	2883	organizations related to efforts by the State to con-14
2884	2884	trol such organizations or behavior that is antithet-15
2885	2885	ical to or otherwise opposes the ruling legal entity of 16
2886	2886	the State or a unit thereof. 17
2887	2887	‘‘(3) P
2888	2888	ERSECUTION.—The Secretary of Home-18
2889	2889	land Security or the Attorney General may not de-19
2890	2890	termine that an alien has been subject to persecution 20
2891	2891	or has a well-founded fear of persecution based only 21
2892	2892	on— 22
2893	2893	‘‘(A) the existence of laws or government 23
2894	2894	policies that are unenforced or infrequently en-24
2895	2895	forced, unless there is credible evidence that 25
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2898	2898	•S 2824 IS
2899	2899	such a law or policy has been or would be ap-1
2900	2900	plied to the applicant personally; or 2
2901	2901	‘‘(B) the conduct of rogue foreign govern-3
2902	2902	ment officials acting outside the scope of their 4
2903	2903	official capacity. 5
2904	2904	‘‘(4) D
2905	2905	ISCRETIONARY DETERMINATION .— 6
2906	2906	‘‘(A) A
2907	2907	DVERSE DISCRETIONARY FAC -7
2908	2908	TORS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security or 8
2909	2909	the Attorney General may only grant asylum to 9
2910	2910	an alien if the alien establishes that he or she 10
2911	2911	warrants a favorable exercise of discretion. In 11
2912	2912	making such a determination, the Attorney 12
2913	2913	General or Secretary of Homeland Security 13
2914	2914	shall consider, if applicable, an alien’s use of 14
2915	2915	fraudulent documents to enter the United 15
2916	2916	States, unless the alien arrived in the United 16
2917	2917	States by air, sea, or land directly from the ap-17
2918	2918	plicant’s home country without transiting 18
2919	2919	through any other country. 19
2920	2920	‘‘(B) F
2921	2921	AVORABLE EXERCISE OF DISCRE -20
2922	2922	TION NOT PERMITTED .—Except as provided in 21
2923	2923	subparagraph (C), the Attorney General or Sec-22
2924	2924	retary of Homeland Security shall not favorably 23
2925	2925	exercise discretion under this section for any 24
2926	2926	alien who— 25
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2929	2929	•S 2824 IS
2930	2930	‘‘(i) has accrued more than one year 1
2931	2931	of unlawful presence in the United States, 2
2932	2932	as defined in sections 212(a)(9)(B)(ii) and 3
2933	2933	(iii), prior to filing an application for asy-4
2934	2934	lum; 5
2935	2935	‘‘(ii) at the time the asylum applica-6
2936	2936	tion is filed with the immigration court or 7
2937	2937	is referred from the Department of Home-8
2938	2938	land Security, has— 9
2939	2939	‘‘(I) failed to timely file (or time-10
2940	2940	ly file a request for an extension of 11
2941	2941	time to file) any required Federal, 12
2942	2942	State, or local income tax returns; 13
2943	2943	‘‘(II) failed to satisfy any out-14
2944	2944	standing Federal, State, or local tax 15
2945	2945	obligations; or 16
2946	2946	‘‘(III) income that would result 17
2947	2947	in tax liability under section 1 of the 18
2948	2948	Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 19
2949	2949	that was not reported to the Internal 20
2950	2950	Revenue Service; 21
2951	2951	‘‘(iii) has had two or more prior asy-22
2952	2952	lum applications denied for any reason; 23
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2955	2955	•S 2824 IS
2956	2956	‘‘(iv) has withdrawn a prior asylum 1
2957	2957	application with prejudice or been found to 2
2958	2958	have abandoned a prior asylum application; 3
2959	2959	‘‘(v) failed to attend an interview re-4
2960	2960	garding his or her asylum application with 5
2961	2961	the Department of Homeland Security, un-6
2962	2962	less the alien shows by a preponderance of 7
2963	2963	the evidence that— 8
2964	2964	‘‘(I) exceptional circumstances 9
2965	2965	prevented the alien from attending the 10
2966	2966	interview; or 11
2967	2967	‘‘(II) the interview notice was not 12
2968	2968	mailed to the last address provided by 13
2969	2969	the alien or the alien’s representative 14
2970	2970	and neither the alien nor the alien’s 15
2971	2971	representative received notice of the 16
2972	2972	interview; or 17
2973	2973	‘‘(vi) was subject to a final order of 18
2974	2974	removal, deportation, or exclusion and did 19
2975	2975	not file a motion to reopen to seek asylum 20
2976	2976	based on changed country conditions with-21
2977	2977	in one year of the change in country condi-22
2978	2978	tions. 23
2979	2979	‘‘(C) E
2980	2980	XCEPTIONS.—If one or more of the 24
2981	2981	adverse discretionary factors set forth in sub-25
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2984	2984	•S 2824 IS
2985	2985	paragraph (B) are present, the Attorney Gen-1
2986	2986	eral or the Secretary, may, notwithstanding 2
2987	2987	such subparagraph (B), favorably exercise dis-3
2988	2988	cretion under section 208— 4
2989	2989	‘‘(i) in extraordinary circumstances, 5
2990	2990	such as those involving national security or 6
2991	2991	foreign policy considerations; or 7
2992	2992	‘‘(ii) if the alien, by clear and con-8
2993	2993	vincing evidence, demonstrates that the de-9
2994	2994	nial of the application for asylum would re-10
2995	2995	sult in exceptional and extremely unusual 11
2996	2996	hardship to the alien. 12
2997	2997	‘‘(5) L
2998	2998	IMITATION.—If the Secretary or the At-13
2999	2999	torney General determines that an alien fails to sat-14
3000	3000	isfy the requirement under paragraph (1), the alien 15
3001	3001	may not be granted asylum based on membership in 16
3002	3002	a particular social group, and may not appeal the 17
3003	3003	determination of the Secretary or Attorney General, 18
3004	3004	as applicable. A determination under this paragraph 19
3005	3005	shall not serve as the basis for any motion to reopen 20
3006	3006	or reconsider an application for asylum or with-21
3007	3007	holding of removal for any reason, including a claim 22
3008	3008	of ineffective assistance of counsel, unless the alien 23
3009	3009	complies with the procedural requirements for such 24
3010	3010	a motion and demonstrates that counsel’s failure to 25
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3013	3013	•S 2824 IS
3014	3014	define, or provide a basis for defining, a formulation 1
3015	3015	of a particular social group was both not a strategic 2
3016	3016	choice and constituted egregious conduct. 3
3017	3017	‘‘(6) S
3018	3018	TEREOTYPES.—Evidence offered in sup-4
3019	3019	port of an application for asylum that promotes cul-5
3020	3020	tural stereotypes about a country, its inhabitants, or 6
3021	3021	an alleged persecutor, including stereotypes based on 7
3022	3022	race, religion, nationality, or gender, shall not be ad-8
3023	3023	missible in adjudicating that application, except that 9
3024	3024	evidence that an alleged persecutor holds 10
3025	3025	stereotypical views of the applicant shall be admis-11
3026	3026	sible. 12
3027	3027	‘‘(7) D
3028	3028	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
3029	3029	‘‘(A) The term ‘membership in a particular 14
3030	3030	social group’ means membership in a group 15
3031	3031	that is— 16
3032	3032	‘‘(i) composed of members who share 17
3033	3033	a common immutable characteristic; 18
3034	3034	‘‘(ii) defined with particularity; and 19
3035	3035	‘‘(iii) socially distinct within the soci-20
3036	3036	ety in question. 21
3037	3037	‘‘(B) The term ‘political opinion’ means an 22
3038	3038	ideal or conviction in support of the furtherance 23
3039	3039	of a discrete cause related to political control of 24
3040	3040	a state or a unit thereof. 25
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3043	3043	•S 2824 IS
3044	3044	‘‘(C) The term ‘persecution’ means the in-1
3045	3045	fliction of a severe level of harm constituting an 2
3046	3046	exigent threat by the government of a country 3
3047	3047	or by persons or an organization that the gov-4
3048	3048	ernment was unable or unwilling to control. 5
3049	3049	Such term does not include— 6
3050	3050	‘‘(i) generalized harm or violence that 7
3051	3051	arises out of civil, criminal, or military 8
3052	3052	strife in a country; 9
3053	3053	‘‘(ii) all treatment that the United 10
3054	3054	States regards as unfair, offensive, unjust, 11
3055	3055	unlawful, or unconstitutional; 12
3056	3056	‘‘(iii) intermittent harassment, includ-13
3057	3057	ing brief detentions; 14
3058	3058	‘‘(iv) threats with no actual effort to 15
3059	3059	carry out the threats, except that particu-16
3060	3060	larized threats of severe harm of an imme-17
3061	3061	diate and menacing nature made by an 18
3062	3062	identified entity may constitute persecu-19
3063	3063	tion; or 20
3064	3064	‘‘(v) non-severe economic harm or 21
3065	3065	property damage.’’. 22
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3068	3068	•S 2824 IS
3069	3069	SEC. 108. FIRM RESETTLEMENT. 1
3070	3070	Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 2
3071	3071	(8 U.S.C. 1158), as amended by this title, is further 3
3072	3072	amended by adding at the end the following: 4
3073	3073	‘‘(g) F
3074	3074	IRMRESETTLEMENT.—In determining wheth-5
3075	3075	er an alien was firmly resettled in another country prior 6
3076	3076	to arriving in the United States under subsection 7
3077	3077	(b)(2)(A)(xiv), the following shall apply: 8
3078	3078	‘‘(1) I
3079	3079	N GENERAL.—An alien shall be consid-9
3080	3080	ered to have firmly resettled in another country if, 10
3081	3081	after the events giving rise to the alien’s asylum 11
3082	3082	claim— 12
3083	3083	‘‘(A) the alien resided in a country through 13
3084	3084	which the alien transited prior to arriving in or 14
3085	3085	entering the United States and— 15
3086	3086	‘‘(i) received or was eligible for any 16
3087	3087	permanent legal immigration status in that 17
3088	3088	country; 18
3089	3089	‘‘(ii) resided in such a country with 19
3090	3090	any non-permanent but indefinitely renew-20
3091	3091	able legal immigration status (including 21
3092	3092	asylee, refugee, or similar status, but ex-22
3093	3093	cluding status of a tourist); or 23
3094	3094	‘‘(iii) resided in such a country and 24
3095	3095	could have applied for and obtained an im-25
3096	3096	migration status described in clause (ii); 26
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3099	3099	•S 2824 IS
3100	3100	‘‘(B) the alien physically resided volun-1
3101	3101	tarily, and without continuing to suffer persecu-2
3102	3102	tion or torture, in any one country for one year 3
3103	3103	or more after departing his country of nation-4
3104	3104	ality or last habitual residence and prior to ar-5
3105	3105	rival in or entry into the United States, except 6
3106	3106	for any time spent in Mexico by an alien who 7
3107	3107	is not a native or citizen of Mexico solely as a 8
3108	3108	direct result of being returned to Mexico pursu-9
3109	3109	ant to section 235(b)(3) or of being subject to 10
3110	3110	metering; or 11
3111	3111	‘‘(C) the alien is a citizen of a country 12
3112	3112	other than the country in which the alien al-13
3113	3113	leges a fear of persecution, or was a citizen of 14
3114	3114	such a country in the case of an alien who re-15
3115	3115	nounces such citizenship, and the alien was 16
3116	3116	present in that country after departing his 17
3117	3117	country of nationality or last habitual residence 18
3118	3118	and prior to arrival in or entry into the United 19
3119	3119	States. 20
3120	3120	‘‘(2) B
3121	3121	URDEN OF PROOF .—If an immigration 21
3122	3122	judge determines that an alien has firmly resettled 22
3123	3123	in another country under paragraph (1), the alien 23
3124	3124	shall bear the burden of proving the bar does not 24
3125	3125	apply. 25
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3128	3128	•S 2824 IS
3129	3129	‘‘(3) FIRM RESETTLEMENT OF PARENT .—An 1
3130	3130	alien shall be presumed to have been firmly resettled 2
3131	3131	in another country if the alien’s parent was firmly 3
3132	3132	resettled in another country, the parent’s resettle-4
3133	3133	ment occurred before the alien turned 18 years of 5
3134	3134	age, and the alien resided with such parent at the 6
3135	3135	time of the firm resettlement, unless the alien estab-7
3136	3136	lishes that he or she could not have derived any per-8
3137	3137	manent legal immigration status or any non-perma-9
3138	3138	nent but indefinitely renewable legal immigration 10
3139	3139	status (including asylum, refugee, or similar status, 11
3140	3140	but excluding status of a tourist) from the alien’s 12
3141	3141	parent.’’. 13
3142	3142	SEC. 109. NOTICE CONCERNING FRIVOLOUS ASYLUM AP-14
3143	3143	PLICATIONS. 15
3144	3144	(a) I
3145	3145	NGENERAL.—Section 208(d)(4) of the Immi-16
3146	3146	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)(4)) is 17
3147	3147	amended— 18
3148	3148	(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 19
3149	3149	by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security 20
3150	3150	or’’ before ‘‘the Attorney General’’; 21
3151	3151	(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and of 22
3152	3152	the consequences, under paragraph (6), of knowingly 23
3153	3153	filing a frivolous application for asylum; and’’ and 24
3154	3154	inserting a semicolon; 25
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3157	3157	•S 2824 IS
3158	3158	(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 1
3159	3159	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
3160	3160	(4) by adding at the end the following: 3
3161	3161	‘‘(C) ensure that a written warning ap-4
3162	3162	pears on the asylum application advising the 5
3163	3163	alien of the consequences of filing a frivolous 6
3164	3164	application and serving as notice to the alien of 7
3165	3165	the consequence of filing a frivolous applica-8
3166	3166	tion.’’. 9
3167	3167	(b) C
3168	3168	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 208(d)(6) 10
3169	3169	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11
3170	3170	1158(d)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘If the’’ and all that 12
3171	3171	follows and inserting: 13
3172	3172	‘‘(A) I
3173	3173	N GENERAL.—If the Secretary of 14
3174	3174	Homeland Security or the Attorney General de-15
3175	3175	termines that an alien has knowingly made a 16
3176	3176	frivolous application for asylum and the alien 17
3177	3177	has received the notice under paragraph (4)(C), 18
3178	3178	the alien shall be permanently ineligible for any 19
3179	3179	benefits under this chapter, effective as the date 20
3180	3180	of the final determination of such an applica-21
3181	3181	tion. 22
3182	3182	‘‘(B) C
3183	3183	RITERIA.—An application is frivo-23
3184	3184	lous if the Secretary of Homeland Security or 24
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3187	3187	•S 2824 IS
3188	3188	the Attorney General determines, consistent 1
3189	3189	with subparagraph (C), that— 2
3190	3190	‘‘(i) it is so insufficient in substance 3
3191	3191	that it is clear that the applicant know-4
3192	3192	ingly filed the application solely or in part 5
3193	3193	to delay removal from the United States, 6
3194	3194	to seek employment authorization as an 7
3195	3195	applicant for asylum pursuant to regula-8
3196	3196	tions issued pursuant to paragraph (2), or 9
3197	3197	to seek issuance of a Notice to Appear in 10
3198	3198	order to pursue Cancellation of Removal 11
3199	3199	under section 240A(b); or 12
3200	3200	‘‘(ii) any of the material elements are 13
3201	3201	knowingly fabricated. 14
3202	3202	‘‘(C) S
3203	3203	UFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY TO CLAR -15
3204	3204	IFY.—In determining that an application is friv-16
3205	3205	olous, the Secretary or the Attorney General, 17
3206	3206	must be satisfied that the applicant, during the 18
3207	3207	course of the proceedings, has had sufficient op-19
3208	3208	portunity to clarify any discrepancies or implau-20
3209	3209	sible aspects of the claim. 21
3210	3210	‘‘(D) W
3211	3211	ITHHOLDING OF REMOVAL NOT 22
3212	3212	PRECLUDED.—For purposes of this section, a 23
3213	3213	finding that an alien filed a frivolous asylum 24
3214	3214	application shall not preclude the alien from 25
3215	3215	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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3217	3217	•S 2824 IS
3218	3218	seeking withholding of removal under section 1
3219	3219	241(b)(3) or protection pursuant to the Con-2
3220	3220	vention Against Torture.’’. 3
3221	3221	SEC. 110. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 4
3222	3222	Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 5
3223	3223	(8 U.S.C. 1158) is amended— 6
3224	3224	(1) in subsection (a)— 7
3225	3225	(A) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting 8
3226	3226	‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security or the’’ before 9
3227	3227	‘‘Attorney General’’; and 10
3228	3228	(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Sec-11
3229	3229	retary of Homeland Security or the’’ before 12
3230	3230	‘‘Attorney General’’; 13
3231	3231	(2) in subsection (c)— 14
3232	3232	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Attor-15
3233	3233	ney General’’ each place such term appears and 16
3234	3234	inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 17
3235	3235	(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-18
3236	3236	ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘Sec-19
3237	3237	retary of Homeland Security or the’’ before 20
3238	3238	‘‘Attorney General’’; and 21
3239	3239	(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Sec-22
3240	3240	retary of Homeland Security or the’’ before 23
3241	3241	‘‘Attorney General’’; and 24
3242	3242	(3) in subsection (d)— 25
3243	3243	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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3245	3245	•S 2824 IS
3246	3246	(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Sec-1
3247	3247	retary of Homeland Security or the’’ before 2
3248	3248	‘‘Attorney General’’ each place such term ap-3
3249	3249	pears; and 4
3250	3250	(B) in paragraph (5)— 5
3251	3251	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 6
3252	3252	‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-7
3253	3253	retary of Homeland Security’’; and 8
3254	3254	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 9
3255	3255	‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security or the’’ 10
3256	3256	before ‘‘Attorney General’’. 11
3257	3257	SEC. 111. REQUIREMENT FOR PROCEDURES RELATING TO 12
3258	3258	CERTAIN ASYLUM APPLICATIONS. 13
3259	3259	(a) I
3260	3260	NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 14
3261	3261	date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 15
3262	3262	shall establish procedures to expedite the adjudication of 16
3263	3263	asylum applications for aliens— 17
3264	3264	(1) who are subject to removal proceedings 18
3265	3265	under section 240 of the Immigration and Nation-19
3266	3266	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and 20
3267	3267	(2) who are nationals of a Western Hemisphere 21
3268	3268	country sanctioned by the United States, as de-22
3269	3269	scribed in subsection (b), as of January 1, 2023. 23
3270	3270	(b) W
3271	3271	ESTERNHEMISPHERECOUNTRYSANCTIONED 24
3272	3272	BY THEUNITEDSTATESDESCRIBED.—Subsection (a) 25
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3275	3275	•S 2824 IS
3276	3276	shall apply only to an asylum application filed by an alien 1
3277	3277	who is a national of a Western Hemisphere country sub-2
3278	3278	ject to sanctions pursuant to— 3
3279	3279	(1) the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli-4
3280	3280	darity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 5
3281	3281	note); 6
3282	3282	(2) the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to 7
3283	3283	Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021 or the 8
3284	3284	RENACER Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); or 9
3285	3285	(3) Executive Order 13692 (80 Fed. Reg. 10
3286	3286	12747; declaring a national emergency with respect 11
3287	3287	to the situation in Venezuela). 12
3288	3288	(c) A
3289	3289	PPLICABILITY.—This section shall only apply to 13
3290	3290	an alien who files an application for asylum after the date 14
3291	3291	of the enactment of this Act. 15
3292	3292	TITLE II—BORDER SAFETY AND 16
3293	3293	MIGRANT PROTECTION 17
3294	3294	SEC. 201. INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION. 18
3295	3295	Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 19
3296	3296	(8 U.S.C. 1225) is amended— 20
3297	3297	(1) in subsection (b)— 21
3298	3298	(A) in paragraph (1)— 22
3299	3299	(i) in subparagraph (A)— 23
3300	3300	(I) in clauses (i) and (ii), by 24
3301	3301	striking ‘‘section 212(a)(6)(C)’’ and 25
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3304	3304	•S 2824 IS
3305	3305	inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (C) of 1
3306	3306	section 212(a)(6)’’; and 2
3307	3307	(II) by adding at the end the fol-3
3308	3308	lowing: 4
3309	3309	‘‘(iv) I
3310	3310	NELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE .— 5
3311	3311	An alien described in clause (i) or (ii) shall 6
3312	3312	not be eligible for parole except as ex-7
3313	3313	pressly authorized pursuant to section 8
3314	3314	212(d)(5), or for parole or release pursu-9
3315	3315	ant to section 236(a).’’; and 10
3316	3316	(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 11
3317	3317	(I) in clause (ii), by striking 12
3318	3318	‘‘asylum.’’ and inserting ‘‘asylum and 13
3319	3319	shall not be released (including pursu-14
3320	3320	ant to parole or release pursuant to 15
3321	3321	section 236(a) but excluding as ex-16
3322	3322	pressly authorized pursuant to section 17
3323	3323	212(d)(5)) other than to be removed 18
3324	3324	or returned to a country as described 19
3325	3325	in paragraph (3).’’; and 20
3326	3326	(II) in clause (iii)(IV)— 21
3327	3327	(aa) in the header by strik-22
3328	3328	ing ‘‘
3329	3329	DETENTION’’ and inserting 23
3330	3330	‘‘
3331	3331	DETENTION, RETURN, OR RE-24
3332	3332	MOVAL’’; and 25
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3335	3335	•S 2824 IS
3336	3336	(bb) by adding at the end 1
3337	3337	the following: ‘‘The alien shall 2
3338	3338	not be released (including pursu-3
3339	3339	ant to parole or release pursuant 4
3340	3340	to section 236(a) but excluding 5
3341	3341	as expressly authorized pursuant 6
3342	3342	to section 212(d)(5)) other than 7
3343	3343	to be removed or returned to a 8
3344	3344	country as described in para-9
3345	3345	graph (3).’’; 10
3346	3346	(B) in paragraph (2)— 11
3347	3347	(i) in subparagraph (A)— 12
3348	3348	(I) by striking ‘‘Subject to sub-13
3349	3349	paragraphs (B) and (C),’’ and insert-14
3350	3350	ing ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B) and 15
3351	3351	paragraph (3),’’; and 16
3352	3352	(II) by adding at the end the fol-17
3353	3353	lowing: ‘‘The alien shall not be re-18
3354	3354	leased (including pursuant to parole 19
3355	3355	or release pursuant to section 236(a) 20
3356	3356	but excluding as expressly authorized 21
3357	3357	pursuant to section 212(d)(5)) other 22
3358	3358	than to be removed or returned to a 23
3359	3359	country as described in paragraph 24
3360	3360	(3).’’; and 25
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3363	3363	•S 2824 IS
3364	3364	(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); 1
3365	3365	(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 2
3366	3366	paragraph (5); and 3
3367	3367	(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 4
3368	3368	following: 5
3369	3369	‘‘(3) R
3370	3370	ETURN TO FOREIGN TERRITORY CONTIG -6
3371	3371	UOUS TO THE UNITED STATES .— 7
3372	3372	‘‘(A) I
3373	3373	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of 8
3374	3374	Homeland Security may return to a foreign ter-9
3375	3375	ritory contiguous to the United States any alien 10
3376	3376	arriving on land from that territory (whether or 11
3377	3377	not at a designated port of entry) pending a 12
3378	3378	proceeding under section 240 or review of a de-13
3379	3379	termination under subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii)(III). 14
3380	3380	‘‘(B) M
3381	3381	ANDATORY RETURN .—If at any 15
3382	3382	time the Secretary of Homeland Security can-16
3383	3383	not— 17
3384	3384	‘‘(i) comply with its obligations to de-18
3385	3385	tain an alien as required under clauses (ii) 19
3386	3386	and (iii)(IV) of subsection (b)(1)(B) and 20
3387	3387	subsection (b)(2)(A); or 21
3388	3388	‘‘(ii) remove an alien to a country de-22
3389	3389	scribed in section 208(a)(2)(A), 23
3390	3390	the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, with-24
3391	3391	out exception, including pursuant to parole or 25
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3394	3394	•S 2824 IS
3395	3395	release pursuant to section 236(a) but exclud-1
3396	3396	ing as expressly authorized pursuant to section 2
3397	3397	212(d)(5), return to a foreign territory contig-3
3398	3398	uous to the United States any alien arriving on 4
3399	3399	land from that territory (whether or not at a 5
3400	3400	designated port of entry) pending a proceeding 6
3401	3401	under section 240 or review of a determination 7
3402	3402	under subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii)(III). 8
3403	3403	‘‘(4) E
3404	3404	NFORCEMENT BY STATE ATTORNEYS 9
3405	3405	GENERAL.—The attorney general of a State, or 10
3406	3406	other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of 11
3407	3407	the detention, return, or removal requirements under 12
3408	3408	paragraph (1), (2), or (3) that affects such State or 13
3409	3409	its residents, may bring an action against the Sec-14
3410	3410	retary of Homeland Security on behalf of the resi-15
3411	3411	dents of the State in an appropriate United States 16
3412	3412	district court to obtain appropriate injunctive re-17
3413	3413	lief.’’; and 18
3414	3414	(2) by adding at the end the following: 19
3415	3415	‘‘(e) A
3416	3416	UTHORITYTOPROHIBITINTRODUCTION OF 20
3417	3417	C
3418	3418	ERTAINALIENS.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security 21
3419	3419	determines, in his discretion, that the prohibition of the 22
3420	3420	introduction of aliens who are inadmissible under subpara-23
3421	3421	graph (A) or (C) of section 212(a)(6) or under section 24
3422	3422	212(a)(7) at an international land or maritime border of 25
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3425	3425	•S 2824 IS
3426	3426	the United States is necessary to achieve operational con-1
3427	3427	trol (as defined in section 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2
3428	3428	2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note)) of such border, the Secretary 3
3429	3429	may prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of such 4
3430	3430	aliens at such border for such period of time as the Sec-5
3431	3431	retary determines is necessary for such purpose.’’. 6
3432	3432	SEC. 202. OPERATIONAL DETENTION FACILITIES. 7
3433	3433	(a) I
3434	3434	NGENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 8
3435	3435	2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all 9
3436	3436	necessary actions to reopen or restore all U.S. Immigra-10
3437	3437	tion and Customs Enforcement detention facilities that 11
3438	3438	were in operation on January 20, 2021, that subsequently 12
3439	3439	closed or with respect to which the use was altered, re-13
3440	3440	duced, or discontinued after January 20, 2021. In car-14
3441	3441	rying out the requirement under this subsection, the Sec-15
3442	3442	retary may use the authority under section 103(a)(11) of 16
3443	3443	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
3444	3444	1103(a)(11)). 18
3445	3445	(b) S
3446	3446	PECIFICFACILITIES.—The requirement under 19
3447	3447	subsection (a) shall include at a minimum, reopening, or 20
3448	3448	restoring, the following facilities: 21
3449	3449	(1) Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia. 22
3450	3450	(2) C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention 23
3451	3451	Center in Bristol County, Massachusetts. 24
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3455	3455	(3) Etowah County Detention Center in Gads-1
3456	3456	den, Alabama. 2
3457	3457	(4) Glades County Detention Center in Moore 3
3458	3458	Haven, Florida. 4
3459	3459	(5) South Texas Family Residential Center. 5
3460	3460	(c) E
3461	3461	XCEPTION.— 6
3462	3462	(1) I
3463	3463	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-7
3464	3464	graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of Homeland Se-8
3465	3465	curity is authorized to obtain equivalent capacity for 9
3466	3466	detention facilities at locations other than those list-10
3467	3467	ed in subsection (b). 11
3468	3468	(2) L
3469	3469	IMITATION.—The Secretary may not take 12
3470	3470	action under paragraph (1) unless the capacity ob-13
3471	3471	tained would result in a reduction of time and cost 14
3472	3472	relative to the cost and time otherwise required to 15
3473	3473	obtain such capacity. 16
3474	3474	(3) S
3475	3475	OUTH TEXAS FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CEN -17
3476	3476	TER.—The exception under paragraph (1) shall not 18
3477	3477	apply to the South Texas Family Residential Center. 19
3478	3478	The Secretary shall take all necessary steps to mod-20
3479	3479	ify and operate the South Texas Family Residential 21
3480	3480	Center in the same manner and capability it was op-22
3481	3481	erating on January 20, 2021. 23
3482	3482	(d) P
3483	3483	ERIODICREPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 24
3484	3484	the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 25
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3487	3487	•S 2824 IS
3488	3488	thereafter until September 30, 2027, the Secretary of 1
3489	3489	Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate con-2
3490	3490	gressional committees a detailed plan for and a status re-3
3491	3491	port on— 4
3492	3492	(1) compliance with the deadline under sub-5
3493	3493	section (a); 6
3494	3494	(2) the increase in detention capabilities re-7
3495	3495	quired by this section— 8
3496	3496	(A) for the 90-day period immediately pre-9
3497	3497	ceding the date such report is submitted; and 10
3498	3498	(B) for the period beginning on the first 11
3499	3499	day of the fiscal year during which the report 12
3500	3500	is submitted, and ending on the date such re-13
3501	3501	port is submitted; 14
3502	3502	(3) the number of detention beds that were 15
3503	3503	used and the number of available detention beds 16
3504	3504	that were not used during— 17
3505	3505	(A) the 90-day period immediately pre-18
3506	3506	ceding the date such report is submitted; and 19
3507	3507	(B) the period beginning on the first day 20
3508	3508	of the fiscal year during which the report is 21
3509	3509	submitted, and ending on the date such report 22
3510	3510	is submitted; 23
3511	3511	(4) the number of aliens released due to a lack 24
3512	3512	of available detention beds; and 25
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3515	3515	•S 2824 IS
3516	3516	(5) the resources the Department of Homeland 1
3517	3517	Security needs in order to comply with the require-2
3518	3518	ments under this section. 3
3519	3519	(e) N
3520	3520	OTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-4
3521	3521	curity shall notify Congress, and include with such notifi-5
3522	3522	cation a detailed description of the resources the Depart-6
3523	3523	ment of Homeland Security needs in order to detain all 7
3524	3524	aliens whose detention is mandatory or nondiscretionary 8
3525	3525	under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9
3526	3526	1101 et seq.)— 10
3527	3527	(1) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immi-11
3528	3528	gration and Customs Enforcement detention facili-12
3529	3529	ties reach 90 percent of capacity; 13
3530	3530	(2) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immi-14
3531	3531	gration and Customs Enforcement detention facili-15
3532	3532	ties reach 95 percent of capacity; and 16
3533	3533	(3) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immi-17
3534	3534	gration and Customs Enforcement detention facili-18
3535	3535	ties reach full capacity. 19
3536	3536	(f) A
3537	3537	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEES.— 20
3538	3538	In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-21
3539	3539	mittees’’ means— 22
3540	3540	(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 23
3541	3541	House of Representatives; 24
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3544	3544	•S 2824 IS
3545	3545	(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 1
3546	3546	House of Representatives; 2
3547	3547	(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-3
3548	3548	ate; and 4
3549	3549	(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 5
3550	3550	Senate. 6
3551	3551	TITLE III—PREVENTING UNCON-7
3552	3552	TROLLED MIGRATION FLOWS 8
3553	3553	IN THE WESTERN HEMI-9
3554	3554	SPHERE 10
3555	3555	SEC. 301. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WESTERN 11
3556	3556	HEMISPHERE COOPERATION ON IMMIGRA-12
3557	3557	TION AND ASYLUM. 13
3558	3558	It is the policy of the United States to enter into 14
3559	3559	agreements, accords, and memoranda of understanding 15
3560	3560	with countries in the Western Hemisphere, the purposes 16
3561	3561	of which are to advance the interests of the United States 17
3562	3562	by reducing costs associated with illegal immigration and 18
3563	3563	to protect the human capital, societal traditions, and eco-19
3564	3564	nomic growth of other countries in the Western Hemi-20
3565	3565	sphere. It is further the policy of the United States to 21
3566	3566	ensure that humanitarian and development assistance 22
3567	3567	funding aimed at reducing illegal immigration is not ex-23
3568	3568	pended on programs that have not proven to reduce illegal 24
3569	3569	immigrant flows in the aggregate. 25
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3572	3572	•S 2824 IS
3573	3573	SEC. 302. NEGOTIATIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE. 1
3574	3574	(a) A
3575	3575	UTHORIZATIONTONEGOTIATE.—The Secretary 2
3576	3576	of State shall seek to negotiate agreements, accords, and 3
3577	3577	memoranda of understanding between the United States, 4
3578	3578	Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other 5
3579	3579	countries in the Western Hemisphere with respect to co-6
3580	3580	operation and burden sharing required for effective re-7
3581	3581	gional immigration enforcement, expediting legal claims by 8
3582	3582	aliens for asylum, and the processing, detention, and repa-9
3583	3583	triation of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United 10
3584	3584	States unlawfully. Such agreements shall be designed to 11
3585	3585	facilitate a regional approach to immigration enforcement 12
3586	3586	and shall, at a minimum, provide that— 13
3587	3587	(1) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-14
3588	3588	cept the rapid entrance into Mexico of nationals of 15
3589	3589	countries other than Mexico who seek asylum in 16
3590	3590	Mexico, and process the asylum claims of such na-17
3591	3591	tionals inside Mexico, in accordance with both do-18
3592	3592	mestic law and international treaties and conven-19
3593	3593	tions governing the processing of asylum claims; 20
3594	3594	(2) the Government of Mexico authorize and ac-21
3595	3595	cept both the rapid entrance into Mexico of all na-22
3596	3596	tionals of countries other than Mexico who are ineli-23
3597	3597	gible for asylum in Mexico and wish to apply for 24
3598	3598	asylum in the United States, whether or not at a 25
3599	3599	port of entry, and the continued presence of such 26
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3603	3603	nationals in Mexico while they wait for the adjudica-1
3604	3604	tion of their asylum claims to conclude in the United 2
3605	3605	States; 3
3606	3606	(3) the Government of Mexico commit to pro-4
3607	3607	vide the individuals described in paragraphs (1) and 5
3608	3608	(2) with appropriate humanitarian protections; 6
3609	3609	(4) the Government of Honduras, the Govern-7
3610	3610	ment of El Salvador, and the Government of Guate-8
3611	3611	mala each authorize and accept the entrance into 9
3612	3612	the respective countries of nationals of other coun-10
3613	3613	tries seeking asylum in the applicable such country 11
3614	3614	and process such claims in accordance with applica-12
3615	3615	ble domestic law and international treaties and con-13
3616	3616	ventions governing the processing of asylum claims; 14
3617	3617	(5) the Government of the United States com-15
3618	3618	mit to work to accelerate the adjudication of asylum 16
3619	3619	claims and to conclude removal proceedings in the 17
3620	3620	wake of asylum adjudications as expeditiously as 18
3621	3621	possible; 19
3622	3622	(6) the Government of the United States com-20
3623	3623	mit to continue to assist the governments of coun-21
3624	3624	tries in the Western Hemisphere, such as the Gov-22
3625	3625	ernment of Honduras, the Government of El Sal-23
3626	3626	vador, and the Government of Guatemala, by sup-24
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3629	3629	•S 2824 IS
3630	3630	porting the enhancement of asylum capacity in those 1
3631	3631	countries; and 2
3632	3632	(7) the Government of the United States com-3
3633	3633	mit to monitoring developments in hemispheric im-4
3634	3634	migration trends and regional asylum capabilities to 5
3635	3635	determine whether additional asylum cooperation 6
3636	3636	agreements are warranted. 7
3637	3637	(b) N
3638	3638	OTIFICATION INACCORDANCEWITHCASE-ZA-8
3639	3639	BLOCKIACT.—The Secretary of State shall, in accordance 9
3640	3640	with section 112b of title 1, United States Code, promptly 10
3641	3641	inform the relevant congressional committees of each 11
3642	3642	agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a). Such 12
3643	3643	notifications shall be submitted not later than 48 hours 13
3644	3644	after such agreements are signed. 14
3645	3645	(c) A
3646	3646	LIENDEFINED.—In this section, the term 15
3647	3647	‘‘alien’’ has the meaning given such term in section 101 16
3648	3648	of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 17
3649	3649	SEC. 303. MANDATORY BRIEFINGS ON UNITED STATES EF-18
3650	3650	FORTS TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS. 19
3651	3651	(a) B
3652	3652	RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 20
3653	3653	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less 21
3654	3654	frequently than once every 90 days thereafter until the 22
3655	3655	date described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State, 23
3656	3656	or the designee of the Secretary of State, shall provide 24
3657	3657	to the appropriate congressional committees an in-person 25
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3661	3661	briefing on efforts undertaken pursuant to the negotiation 1
3662	3662	authority provided by section 302 of this title to monitor, 2
3663	3663	deter, and prevent illegal immigration to the United 3
3664	3664	States, including by entering into agreements, accords, 4
3665	3665	and memoranda of understanding with foreign countries 5
3666	3666	and by using United States foreign assistance to stem the 6
3667	3667	root causes of migration in the Western Hemisphere. 7
3668	3668	(b) T
3669	3669	ERMINATION OFMANDATORYBRIEFING.—The 8
3670	3670	date described in this subsection is the date on which the 9
3671	3671	Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 10
3672	3672	relevant Federal departments and agencies, determines 11
3673	3673	and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 12
3674	3674	that illegal immigration flows have subsided to a manage-13
3675	3675	able rate. 14
3676	3676	(c) A
3677	3677	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-15
3678	3678	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-16
3679	3679	sional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Af-17
3680	3680	fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 18
3681	3681	on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 19
3682	3682	TITLE IV—ENSURING UNITED 20
3683	3683	FAMILIES AT THE BORDER 21
3684	3684	SEC. 401. CLARIFICATION OF STANDARDS FOR FAMILY DE-22
3685	3685	TENTION. 23
3686	3686	(a) I
3687	3687	NGENERAL.—Section 235 of the William Wil-24
3688	3688	berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 25
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3692	3692	Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amended by adding at 1
3693	3693	the end the following: 2
3694	3694	‘‘(j) C
3695	3695	ONSTRUCTION.— 3
3696	3696	‘‘(1) I
3697	3697	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 4
3698	3698	provision of law, judicial determination, consent de-5
3699	3699	cree, or settlement agreement, the detention of any 6
3700	3700	alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child 7
3701	3701	shall be governed by sections 217, 235, 236, and 8
3702	3702	241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 9
3703	3703	U.S.C. 1187, 1225, 1226, and 1231). There is no 10
3704	3704	presumption that an alien child who is not an unac-11
3705	3705	companied alien child should not be detained. 12
3706	3706	‘‘(2) F
3707	3707	AMILY DETENTION .—The Secretary of 13
3708	3708	Homeland Security shall— 14
3709	3709	‘‘(A) maintain the care and custody of an 15
3710	3710	alien, during the period during which the 16
3711	3711	charges described in clause (i) are pending, 17
3712	3712	who— 18
3713	3713	‘‘(i) is charged only with a mis-19
3714	3714	demeanor offense under section 275(a) of 20
3715	3715	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 21
3716	3716	U.S.C. 1325(a)); and 22
3717	3717	‘‘(ii) entered the United States with 23
3718	3718	the alien’s child who has not attained 18 24
3719	3719	years of age; and 25
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3722	3722	•S 2824 IS
3723	3723	‘‘(B) detain the alien with the alien’s 1
3724	3724	child.’’. 2
3725	3725	(b) S
3726	3726	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-3
3727	3727	gress that the amendments in this section to section 235 4
3728	3728	of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 5
3729	3729	Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) are intended 6
3730	3730	to satisfy the requirements of the Settlement Agreement 7
3731	3731	in Flores v. Meese, No. 85–4544 (C.D. Cal), as approved 8
3732	3732	by the court on January 28, 1997, with respect to its in-9
3733	3733	terpretation in Flores v. Johnson, 212 F. Supp. 3d 864 10
3734	3734	(C.D. Cal. 2015), that the agreement applies to accom-11
3735	3735	panied minors. 12
3736	3736	(c) E
3737	3737	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 13
3738	3738	subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-14
3739	3739	ment of this Act and shall apply to all actions that occur 15
3740	3740	before, on, or after such date. 16
3741	3741	(d) P
3742	3742	REEMPTION OF STATELICENSINGREQUIRE-17
3743	3743	MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ju-18
3744	3744	dicial determination, consent decree, or settlement agree-19
3745	3745	ment, no State may require that an immigration detention 20
3746	3746	facility used to detain children who have not attained 18 21
3747	3747	years of age, or families consisting of one or more of such 22
3748	3748	children and the parents or legal guardians of such chil-23
3749	3749	dren, that is located in that State, be licensed by the State 24
3750	3750	or any political subdivision thereof. 25
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3754	3754	TITLE V—PROTECTION OF 1
3755	3755	CHILDREN 2
3756	3756	SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 3
3757	3757	Congress makes the following findings: 4
3758	3758	(1) Implementation of the provisions of the 5
3759	3759	Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 6
3760	3760	of 2008 that govern unaccompanied alien children 7
3761	3761	has incentivized multiple surges of unaccompanied 8
3762	3762	alien children arriving at the southwest border in the 9
3763	3763	years since the bill’s enactment. 10
3764	3764	(2) The provisions of the Trafficking Victims 11
3765	3765	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 that govern 12
3766	3766	unaccompanied alien children treat unaccompanied 13
3767	3767	alien children from countries that are contiguous to 14
3768	3768	the United States disparately by swiftly returning 15
3769	3769	them to their home country absent indications of 16
3770	3770	trafficking or a credible fear of return, but allowing 17
3771	3771	for the release of unaccompanied alien children from 18
3772	3772	noncontiguous countries into the interior of the 19
3773	3773	United States, often to those individuals who paid to 20
3774	3774	smuggle them into the country in the first place. 21
3775	3775	(3) The provisions of the Trafficking Victims 22
3776	3776	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 governing 23
3777	3777	unaccompanied alien children have enriched the car-24
3778	3778	tels, who profit hundreds of millions of dollars each 25
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3782	3782	year by smuggling unaccompanied alien children to 1
3783	3783	the southwest border, exploiting and sexually abus-2
3784	3784	ing many such unaccompanied alien children on the 3
3785	3785	perilous journey. 4
3786	3786	(4) Prior to 2008, the number of unaccom-5
3787	3787	panied alien children encountered at the southwest 6
3788	3788	border never exceeded 1,000 in a single year. 7
3789	3789	(5) The United States is currently in the midst 8
3790	3790	of the worst crisis of unaccompanied alien children 9
3791	3791	in our Nation’s history, with over 350,000 such un-10
3792	3792	accompanied alien children encountered at the 11
3793	3793	southwest border since Joe Biden became President. 12
3794	3794	(6) In 2022, during the Biden Administration, 13
3795	3795	152,057 unaccompanied alien children were encoun-14
3796	3796	tered, the most ever in a single year and an over 15
3797	3797	400 percent increase compared to the last full fiscal 16
3798	3798	year of the Trump Administration in which 33,239 17
3799	3799	unaccompanied alien children were encountered. 18
3800	3800	(7) The Biden Administration has lost contact 19
3801	3801	with at least 85,000 unaccompanied alien children 20
3802	3802	who entered the United States since Joe Biden took 21
3803	3803	office. 22
3804	3804	(8) The Biden Administration dismantled effec-23
3805	3805	tive safeguards put in place by the Trump Adminis-24
3806	3806	tration that protected unaccompanied alien children 25
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3810	3810	from being abused by criminals or exploited for ille-1
3811	3811	gal and dangerous child labor. 2
3812	3812	(9) A recent New York Times investigation 3
3813	3813	found that unaccompanied alien children are being 4
3814	3814	exploited in the labor market and ‘‘are ending up in 5
3815	3815	some of the most punishing jobs in the country.’’. 6
3816	3816	(10) The Times investigation found unaccom-7
3817	3817	panied alien children, ‘‘under intense pressure to 8
3818	3818	earn money’’ in order to ‘‘send cash back to their 9
3819	3819	families while often being in debt to their sponsors 10
3820	3820	for smuggling fees, rent, and living expenses,’’ 11
3821	3821	feared ‘‘that they had become trapped in cir-12
3822	3822	cumstances they never could have imagined.’’. 13
3823	3823	(11) The Biden Administration’s Department of 14
3824	3824	Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier 15
3825	3825	Becerra compared placing unaccompanied alien chil-16
3826	3826	dren with sponsors, to widgets in an assembly line, 17
3827	3827	stating that, ‘‘If Henry Ford had seen this in his 18
3828	3828	plant, he would have never become famous and rich. 19
3829	3829	This is not the way you do an assembly line.’’. 20
3830	3830	(12) Department of Health and Human Serv-21
3831	3831	ices employees working under Secretary Xavier 22
3832	3832	Becerra’s leadership penned a July 2021 memo-23
3833	3833	randum expressing serious concern that ‘‘labor traf-24
3834	3834	ficking was increasing’’ and that the agency had be-25
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3838	3838	come ‘‘one that rewards individuals for making quick 1
3839	3839	releases, and not one that rewards individuals for 2
3840	3840	preventing unsafe releases.’’. 3
3841	3841	(13) Despite this, Secretary Xavier Becerra 4
3842	3842	pressured then-Director of the Office of Refugee Re-5
3843	3843	settlement Cindy Huang to prioritize releases of un-6
3844	3844	accompanied alien children over ensuring their safe-7
3845	3845	ty, telling her ‘‘if she could not increase the number 8
3846	3846	of discharges he would find someone who could’’ and 9
3847	3847	then-Director Huang resigned one month later. 10
3848	3848	(14) In June 2014, the Obama-Biden Adminis-11
3849	3849	tration requested legal authority to exercise discre-12
3850	3850	tion in returning and removing unaccompanied alien 13
3851	3851	children from non-contiguous countries back to their 14
3852	3852	home countries. 15
3853	3853	(15) In August 2014, the House of Representa-16
3854	3854	tives passed H.R. 5320, which included the Protec-17
3855	3855	tion of Children Act. 18
3856	3856	(16) This title ends the disparate policies of the 19
3857	3857	Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 20
3858	3858	of 2008 by ensuring the swift return of all unaccom-21
3859	3859	panied alien children to their country of origin if 22
3860	3860	they are not victims of trafficking and do not have 23
3861	3861	a fear of return. 24
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3864	3864	•S 2824 IS
3865	3865	SEC. 502. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-1
3866	3866	DREN. 2
3867	3867	(a) I
3868	3868	NGENERAL.—Section 235 of the William Wil-3
3869	3869	berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 4
3870	3870	Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amended— 5
3871	3871	(1) in subsection (a)— 6
3872	3872	(A) in paragraph (2)— 7
3873	3873	(i) by amending the heading to read 8
3874	3874	as follows: ‘‘R
3875	3875	ULES FOR UNACCOMPANIED 9
3876	3876	ALIEN CHILDREN.—’’; 10
3877	3877	(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 11
3878	3878	(I) in the matter preceding clause 12
3879	3879	(i), by striking ‘‘who is a national or 13
3880	3880	habitual resident of a country that is 14
3881	3881	contiguous with the United States’’; 15
3882	3882	(II) in clause (i), by inserting 16
3883	3883	‘‘and’’ at the end; 17
3884	3884	(III) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 18
3885	3885	and’’ and inserting a period; and 19
3886	3886	(IV) by striking clause (iii); and 20
3887	3887	(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 21
3888	3888	(I) in the matter preceding clause 22
3889	3889	(i), by striking ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 1101 et 23
3890	3890	seq.) may—’’ and inserting ‘‘(8 24
3891	3891	U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)—’’; 25
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3894	3894	•S 2824 IS
3895	3895	(II) in clause (i), by inserting be-1
3896	3896	fore ‘‘permit such child to withdraw’’ 2
3897	3897	the following: ‘‘may’’; and 3
3898	3898	(III) in clause (ii), by inserting 4
3899	3899	before ‘‘return such child’’ the fol-5
3900	3900	lowing: ‘‘shall’’; and 6
3901	3901	(B) in paragraph (5)(D)— 7
3902	3902	(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 8
3903	3903	by striking ‘‘, except for an unaccompanied 9
3904	3904	alien child from a contiguous country sub-10
3905	3905	ject to exceptions under subsection (a)(2),’’ 11
3906	3906	and inserting ‘‘who does not meet the cri-12
3907	3907	teria listed in paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 13
3908	3908	(ii) in clause (i), by inserting before 14
3909	3909	the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 15
3910	3910	which shall include a hearing before an im-16
3911	3911	migration judge not later than 14 days 17
3912	3912	after being screened under paragraph (4)’’; 18
3913	3913	(2) in subsection (b)— 19
3914	3914	(A) in paragraph (2)— 20
3915	3915	(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 21
3916	3916	before the semicolon the following: ‘‘be-22
3917	3917	lieved not to meet the criteria listed in sub-23
3918	3918	section (a)(2)(A)’’; and 24
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3921	3921	•S 2824 IS
3922	3922	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 1
3923	3923	before the period the following: ‘‘and does 2
3924	3924	not meet the criteria listed in subsection 3
3925	3925	(a)(2)(A)’’; and 4
3926	3926	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an un-5
3927	3927	accompanied alien child in custody shall’’ and 6
3928	3928	all that follows, and inserting the following: ‘‘an 7
3929	3929	unaccompanied alien child in custody— 8
3930	3930	‘‘(A) in the case of a child who does not 9
3931	3931	meet the criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), 10
3932	3932	shall transfer the custody of such child to the 11
3933	3933	Secretary of Health and Human Services not 12
3934	3934	later than 30 days after determining that such 13
3935	3935	child is an unaccompanied alien child who does 14
3936	3936	not meet such criteria; or 15
3937	3937	‘‘(B) in the case of a child who meets the 16
3938	3938	criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), may 17
3939	3939	transfer the custody of such child to the Sec-18
3940	3940	retary of Health and Human Services after de-19
3941	3941	termining that such child is an unaccompanied 20
3942	3942	alien child who meets such criteria.’’; and 21
3943	3943	(3) in subsection (c)— 22
3944	3944	(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting at the 23
3945	3945	end the following: 24
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3948	3948	•S 2824 IS
3949	3949	‘‘(D) INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS 1
3950	3950	WITH WHOM CHILDREN ARE PLACED .— 2
3951	3951	‘‘(i) I
3952	3952	NFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED 3
3953	3953	TO HOMELAND SECURITY .—Before placing 4
3954	3954	a child with an individual, the Secretary of 5
3955	3955	Health and Human Services shall provide 6
3956	3956	to the Secretary of Homeland Security, re-7
3957	3957	garding the individual with whom the child 8
3958	3958	will be placed, information on— 9
3959	3959	‘‘(I) the name of the individual; 10
3960	3960	‘‘(II) the social security number 11
3961	3961	of the individual; 12
3962	3962	‘‘(III) the date of birth of the in-13
3963	3963	dividual; 14
3964	3964	‘‘(IV) the location of the individ-15
3965	3965	ual’s residence where the child will be 16
3966	3966	placed; 17
3967	3967	‘‘(V) the immigration status of 18
3968	3968	the individual, if known; and 19
3969	3969	‘‘(VI) contact information for the 20
3970	3970	individual. 21
3971	3971	‘‘(ii) A
3972	3972	CTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY 22
3973	3973	OF HOMELAND SECURITY .—Not later than 23
3974	3974	30 days after receiving the information 24
3975	3975	listed in clause (i), the Secretary of Home-25
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3978	3978	•S 2824 IS
3979	3979	land Security, upon determining that an 1
3980	3980	individual with whom a child is placed is 2
3981	3981	unlawfully present in the United States 3
3982	3982	and not in removal proceedings pursuant 4
3983	3983	to chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 5
3984	3984	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et 6
3985	3985	seq.), shall initiate such removal pro-7
3986	3986	ceedings.’’; and 8
3987	3987	(B) in paragraph (5)— 9
3988	3988	(i) by inserting after ‘‘to the greatest 10
3989	3989	extent practicable’’ the following: ‘‘(at no 11
3990	3990	expense to the Government)’’; and 12
3991	3991	(ii) by striking ‘‘have counsel to rep-13
3992	3992	resent them’’ and inserting ‘‘have access to 14
3993	3993	counsel to represent them’’. 15
3994	3994	(b) E
3995	3995	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
3996	3996	this section shall apply to any unaccompanied alien child 17
3997	3997	(as such term is defined in section 462(g) of the Home-18
3998	3998	land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) apprehended 19
3999	3999	on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the 20
4000	4000	enactment of this Act. 21
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4003	4003	•S 2824 IS
4004	4004	SEC. 503. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS FOR IM-1
4005	4005	MIGRANTS UNABLE TO REUNITE WITH EI-2
4006	4006	THER PARENT. 3
4007	4007	Section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Na-4
4008	4008	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) is amended— 5
4009	4009	(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and whose reuni-6
4010	4010	fication with 1 or both of the immigrant’s parents 7
4011	4011	is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or 8
4012	4012	a similar basis found under State law’’; and 9
4013	4013	(2) in clause (iii)— 10
4014	4014	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 11
4015	4015	the end; 12
4016	4016	(B) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 13
4017	4017	after the semicolon; and 14
4018	4018	(C) by adding at the end the following: 15
4019	4019	‘‘(III) an alien may not be grant-16
4020	4020	ed special immigrant status under this 17
4021	4021	subparagraph if the alien’s reunifica-18
4022	4022	tion with any one parent or legal 19
4023	4023	guardian is not precluded by abuse, 20
4024	4024	neglect, abandonment, or any similar 21
4025	4025	cause under State law;’’. 22
4026	4026	SEC. 504. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 23
4027	4027	Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the 24
4028	4028	following procedures or practices relating to an unaccom-25
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4031	4031	•S 2824 IS
4032	4032	panied alien child (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the 1
4033	4033	Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))): 2
4034	4034	(1) Screening of such a child for a credible fear 3
4035	4035	of return to his or her country of origin. 4
4036	4036	(2) Screening of such a child to determine 5
4037	4037	whether he or she was a victim of trafficking. 6
4038	4038	(3) Department of Health and Human Services 7
4039	4039	policy in effect on the date of the enactment of this 8
4040	4040	Act requiring a home study for such a child if he or 9
4041	4041	she is under 12 years of age. 10
4042	4042	TITLE VI—VISA OVERSTAYS 11
4043	4043	PENALTIES 12
4044	4044	SEC. 601. EXPANDED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY OR 13
4045	4045	PRESENCE. 14
4046	4046	Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 15
4047	4047	(8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended— 16
4048	4048	(1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘for a 17
4049	4049	subsequent commission of any such offense’’ the fol-18
4050	4050	lowing: ‘‘or if the alien was previously convicted of 19
4051	4051	an offense under subsection (e)(2)(A)’’; 20
4052	4052	(2) in subsection (b)— 21
4053	4053	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at least 22
4054	4054	$50 and not more than $250’’ and inserting 23
4055	4055	‘‘not less than $500 and not more than 24
4056	4056	$1,000’’; and 25
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4059	4059	•S 2824 IS
4060	4060	(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 1
4061	4061	‘‘in the case of an alien who has been previously 2
4062	4062	subject to a civil penalty under this subsection’’ 3
4063	4063	the following: ‘‘or subsection (e)(2)(B)’’; and 4
4064	4064	(3) by adding at the end the following: 5
4065	4065	‘‘(e) V
4066	4066	ISAOVERSTAYS.— 6
4067	4067	‘‘(1) I
4068	4068	N GENERAL.—An alien who was admitted 7
4069	4069	as a nonimmigrant has violated this paragraph if the 8
4070	4070	alien, for an aggregate of 10 days or more, has 9
4071	4071	failed— 10
4072	4072	‘‘(A) to maintain the nonimmigrant status 11
4073	4073	in which the alien was admitted, or to which it 12
4074	4074	was changed under section 248, including com-13
4075	4075	plying with the period of stay authorized by the 14
4076	4076	Secretary of Homeland Security in connection 15
4077	4077	with such status; or 16
4078	4078	‘‘(B) to comply otherwise with the condi-17
4079	4079	tions of such nonimmigrant status. 18
4080	4080	‘‘(2) P
4081	4081	ENALTIES.—An alien who has violated 19
4082	4082	paragraph (1)— 20
4083	4083	‘‘(A) shall— 21
4084	4084	‘‘(i) for the first commission of such a 22
4085	4085	violation, be fined under title 18, United 23
4086	4086	States Code, or imprisoned not more than 24
4087	4087	6 months, or both; and 25
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4090	4090	•S 2824 IS
4091	4091	‘‘(ii) for a subsequent commission of 1
4092	4092	such a violation, or if the alien was pre-2
4093	4093	viously convicted of an offense under sub-3
4094	4094	section (a), be fined under such title 18, or 4
4095	4095	imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both; 5
4096	4096	and 6
4097	4097	‘‘(B) in addition to, and not in lieu of, any 7
4098	4098	penalty under subparagraph (A) and any other 8
4099	4099	criminal or civil penalties that may be imposed, 9
4100	4100	shall be subject to a civil penalty of— 10
4101	4101	‘‘(i) not less than $500 and not more 11
4102	4102	than $1,000 for each violation; or 12
4103	4103	‘‘(ii) twice the amount specified in 13
4104	4104	clause (i), in the case of an alien who has 14
4105	4105	been previously subject to a civil penalty 15
4106	4106	under this subparagraph or subsection 16
4107	4107	(b).’’. 17
4108	4108	TITLE VII—IMMIGRATION 18
4109	4109	PAROLE REFORM 19
4110	4110	SEC. 701. IMMIGRATION PAROLE REFORM. 20
4111	4111	Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 21
4112	4112	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended to read as follows: 22
4113	4113	‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 23
4114	4114	and (C) and section 214(f), the Secretary of Homeland 24
4115	4115	Security, in the discretion of the Secretary, may tempo-25
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4118	4118	•S 2824 IS
4119	4119	rarily parole into the United States any alien applying for 1
4120	4120	admission to the United States who is not present in the 2
4121	4121	United States, under such conditions as the Secretary may 3
4122	4122	prescribe, on a case-by-case basis, and not according to 4
4123	4123	eligibility criteria describing an entire class of potential 5
4124	4124	parole recipients, for urgent humanitarian reasons or sig-6
4125	4125	nificant public benefit. Parole granted under this subpara-7
4126	4126	graph may not be regarded as an admission of the alien. 8
4127	4127	When the purposes of such parole have been served in the 9
4128	4128	opinion of the Secretary, the alien shall immediately re-10
4129	4129	turn or be returned to the custody from which the alien 11
4130	4130	was paroled. After such return, the case of the alien shall 12
4131	4131	be dealt with in the same manner as the case of any other 13
4132	4132	applicant for admission to the United States. 14
4133	4133	‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant 15
4134	4134	parole to any alien who— 16
4135	4135	‘‘(i) is present in the United States without 17
4136	4136	lawful immigration status; 18
4137	4137	‘‘(ii) is the beneficiary of an approved petition 19
4138	4138	under section 203(a); 20
4139	4139	‘‘(iii) is not otherwise inadmissible or remov-21
4140	4140	able; and 22
4141	4141	‘‘(iv) is the spouse or child of a member of the 23
4142	4142	Armed Forces serving on active duty. 24
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4145	4145	•S 2824 IS
4146	4146	‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant 1
4147	4147	parole to any alien— 2
4148	4148	‘‘(i) who is a national of the Republic of Cuba 3
4149	4149	and is living in the Republic of Cuba; 4
4150	4150	‘‘(ii) who is the beneficiary of an approved peti-5
4151	4151	tion under section 203(a); 6
4152	4152	‘‘(iii) for whom an immigrant visa is not imme-7
4153	4153	diately available; 8
4154	4154	‘‘(iv) who meets all eligibility requirements for 9
4155	4155	an immigrant visa; 10
4156	4156	‘‘(v) who is not otherwise inadmissible; and 11
4157	4157	‘‘(vi) who is receiving a grant of parole in fur-12
4158	4158	therance of the commitment of the United States to 13
4159	4159	the minimum level of annual legal migration of 14
4160	4160	Cuban nationals to the United States specified in 15
4161	4161	the U.S.-Cuba Joint Communique´on Migration, 16
4162	4162	done at New York September 9, 1994, and re-17
4163	4163	affirmed in the Cuba-United States: Joint Statement 18
4164	4164	on Normalization of Migration, Building on the 19
4165	4165	Agreement of September 9, 1994, done at New York 20
4166	4166	May 2, 1995. 21
4167	4167	‘‘(D) The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant 22
4168	4168	parole to an alien who is returned to a contiguous country 23
4169	4169	under section 235(b)(3) to allow the alien to attend the 24
4170	4170	alien’s immigration hearing. The grant of parole shall not 25
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4173	4173	•S 2824 IS
4174	4174	exceed the time required for the alien to be escorted to, 1
4175	4175	and attend, the alien’s immigration hearing scheduled on 2
4176	4176	the same calendar day as the grant, and to immediately 3
4177	4177	thereafter be escorted back to the contiguous country. A 4
4178	4178	grant of parole under this subparagraph shall not be con-5
4179	4179	sidered for purposes of determining whether the alien is 6
4180	4180	inadmissible under this Act. 7
4181	4181	‘‘(E) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-8
4182	4182	bility for parole under subparagraph (A), an urgent hu-9
4183	4183	manitarian reason shall be limited to circumstances in 10
4184	4184	which the alien establishes that— 11
4185	4185	‘‘(i)(I) the alien has a medical emergency; and 12
4186	4186	‘‘(II)(aa) the alien cannot obtain necessary 13
4187	4187	treatment in the foreign state in which the alien is 14
4188	4188	residing; or 15
4189	4189	‘‘(bb) the medical emergency is life threatening 16
4190	4190	and there is insufficient time for the alien to be ad-17
4191	4191	mitted to the United States through the normal visa 18
4192	4192	process; 19
4193	4193	‘‘(ii) the alien is the parent or legal guardian of 20
4194	4194	an alien described in clause (i) and the alien de-21
4195	4195	scribed in clause (i) is a minor; 22
4196	4196	‘‘(iii) the alien is needed in the United States 23
4197	4197	in order to donate an organ or other tissue for 24
4198	4198	transplant and there is insufficient time for the alien 25
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4201	4201	•S 2824 IS
4202	4202	to be admitted to the United States through the nor-1
4203	4203	mal visa process; 2
4204	4204	‘‘(iv) the alien has a close family member in the 3
4205	4205	United States whose death is imminent and the alien 4
4206	4206	could not arrive in the United States in time to see 5
4207	4207	such family member alive if the alien were to be ad-6
4208	4208	mitted to the United States through the normal visa 7
4209	4209	process; 8
4210	4210	‘‘(v) the alien is seeking to attend the funeral 9
4211	4211	of a close family member and the alien could not ar-10
4212	4212	rive in the United States in time to attend such fu-11
4213	4213	neral if the alien were to be admitted to the United 12
4214	4214	States through the normal visa process; 13
4215	4215	‘‘(vi) the alien is an adopted child with an ur-14
4216	4216	gent medical condition who is in the legal custody of 15
4217	4217	the petitioner for a final adoption-related visa and 16
4218	4218	whose medical treatment is required before the ex-17
4219	4219	pected award of a final adoption-related visa; or 18
4220	4220	‘‘(vii) the alien is a lawful applicant for adjust-19
4221	4221	ment of status under section 245 and is returning 20
4222	4222	to the United States after temporary travel abroad. 21
4223	4223	‘‘(F) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-22
4224	4224	bility for parole under subparagraph (A), a significant 23
4225	4225	public benefit may be determined to result from the parole 24
4226	4226	of an alien only if— 25
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4229	4229	•S 2824 IS
4230	4230	‘‘(i) the alien has assisted (or will assist, wheth-1
4231	4231	er knowingly or not) the United States Government 2
4232	4232	in a law enforcement matter; 3
4233	4233	‘‘(ii) the alien’s presence is required by the Gov-4
4234	4234	ernment in furtherance of such law enforcement 5
4235	4235	matter; and 6
4236	4236	‘‘(iii) the alien is inadmissible, does not satisfy 7
4237	4237	the eligibility requirements for admission as a non-8
4238	4238	immigrant, or there is insufficient time for the alien 9
4239	4239	to be admitted to the United States through the nor-10
4240	4240	mal visa process. 11
4241	4241	‘‘(G) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-12
4242	4242	bility for parole under subparagraph (A), the term ‘case- 13
4243	4243	by-case basis’ means that the facts in each individual case 14
4244	4244	are considered and parole is not granted based on mem-15
4245	4245	bership in a defined class of aliens to be granted parole. 16
4246	4246	The fact that aliens are considered for or granted parole 17
4247	4247	one by one and not as a group is not sufficient to establish 18
4248	4248	that the parole decision is made on a ‘case-by-case basis’. 19
4249	4249	‘‘(H) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 20
4250	4250	use the parole authority under this paragraph to parole 21
4251	4251	an alien into the United States for any reason or purpose 22
4252	4252	other than those described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 23
4253	4253	(E), and (F). 24
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4256	4256	•S 2824 IS
4257	4257	‘‘(I) An alien granted parole may not accept employ-1
4258	4258	ment, except that an alien granted parole pursuant to sub-2
4259	4259	paragraph (B) or (C) is authorized to accept employment 3
4260	4260	for the duration of the parole, as evidenced by an employ-4
4261	4261	ment authorization document issued by the Secretary of 5
4262	4262	Homeland Security. 6
4263	4263	‘‘(J) Parole granted after a departure from the 7
4264	4264	United States shall not be regarded as an admission of 8
4265	4265	the alien. An alien granted parole, whether as an initial 9
4266	4266	grant of parole or parole upon reentry into the United 10
4267	4267	States, is not eligible to adjust status to lawful permanent 11
4268	4268	residence or for any other immigration benefit if the immi-12
4269	4269	gration status the alien had at the time of departure did 13
4270	4270	not authorize the alien to adjust status or to be eligible 14
4271	4271	for such benefit. 15
4272	4272	‘‘(K)(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), 16
4273	4273	parole shall be granted to an alien under this paragraph 17
4274	4274	for the shorter of— 18
4275	4275	‘‘(I) a period of sufficient length to accomplish 19
4276	4276	the activity described in subparagraph (D), (E), or 20
4277	4277	(F) for which the alien was granted parole; or 21
4278	4278	‘‘(II) 1 year. 22
4279	4279	‘‘(ii) Grants of parole pursuant to subparagraph (A) 23
4280	4280	may be extended once, in the discretion of the Secretary, 24
4281	4281	for an additional period that is the shorter of— 25
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4284	4284	•S 2824 IS
4285	4285	‘‘(I) the period that is necessary to accomplish 1
4286	4286	the activity described in subparagraph (E) or (F) for 2
4287	4287	which the alien was granted parole; or 3
4288	4288	‘‘(II) 1 year. 4
4289	4289	‘‘(iii) Aliens who have a pending application to adjust 5
4290	4290	status to permanent residence under section 245 may re-6
4291	4291	quest extensions of parole under this paragraph, in 1-year 7
4292	4292	increments, until the application for adjustment has been 8
4293	4293	adjudicated. Such parole shall terminate immediately upon 9
4294	4294	the denial of such adjustment application. 10
4295	4295	‘‘(L) Not later than 90 days after the last day of each 11
4296	4296	fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-12
4297	4297	mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 13
4298	4298	the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-14
4299	4299	resentatives and make available to the public, a report— 15
4300	4300	‘‘(i) identifying the total number of aliens pa-16
4301	4301	roled into the United States under this paragraph 17
4302	4302	during the previous fiscal year; and 18
4303	4303	‘‘(ii) containing information and data regarding 19
4304	4304	all aliens paroled during such fiscal year, includ-20
4305	4305	ing— 21
4306	4306	‘‘(I) the duration of parole; 22
4307	4307	‘‘(II) the type of parole; and 23
4308	4308	‘‘(III) the current status of the aliens so 24
4309	4309	paroled.’’. 25
4310	4310	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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4312	4312	•S 2824 IS
4313	4313	SEC. 702. IMPLEMENTATION. 1
4314	4314	(a) I
4315	4315	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 2
4316	4316	(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 3
4317	4317	take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 4
4318	4318	the enactment of this Act. 5
4319	4319	(b) E
4320	4320	XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 6
4321	4321	each of the following exceptions apply: 7
4322	4322	(1) Any application for parole or advance parole 8
4323	4323	filed by an alien before the date of the enactment of 9
4324	4324	this Act shall be adjudicated under the law that was 10
4325	4325	in effect on the date on which the application was 11
4326	4326	properly filed and any approved advance parole shall 12
4327	4327	remain valid under the law that was in effect on the 13
4328	4328	date on which the advance parole was approved. 14
4329	4329	(2) Section 212(d)(5)(J) of the Immigration 15
4330	4330	and Nationality Act, as added by section 701 of this 16
4331	4331	title, shall take effect on the date of the enactment 17
4332	4332	of this Act. 18
4333	4333	(3) Aliens who were paroled into the United 19
4334	4334	States pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Im-20
4335	4335	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21
4336	4336	1182(d)(5)(A)) before January 1, 2023, shall con-22
4337	4337	tinue to be subject to the terms of parole that were 23
4338	4338	in effect on the date on which their respective parole 24
4339	4339	was approved. 25
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4342	4342	•S 2824 IS
4343	4343	SEC. 703. CAUSE OF ACTION. 1
4344	4344	Any person, State, or local government that experi-2
4345	4345	ences financial harm in excess of $1,000 due to a failure 3
4346	4346	of the Federal Government to lawfully apply the provisions 4
4347	4347	of this title or the amendments made by this title shall 5
4348	4348	have standing to bring a civil action against the Federal 6
4349	4349	Government in an appropriate district court of the United 7
4350	4350	States for appropriate relief. 8
4351	4351	SEC. 704. SEVERABILITY. 9
4352	4352	If any provision of this title or any amendment by 10
4353	4353	this title, or the application of such provision or amend-11
4354	4354	ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon-12
4355	4355	stitutional, the remainder of this title and the application 13
4356	4356	of such provision or amendment to any other person or 14
4357	4357	circumstance shall not be affected. 15
4358	4358	TITLE VIII—LEGAL WORKFORCE 16
4359	4359	SEC. 801. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROC-17
4360	4360	ESS. 18
4361	4361	(a) I
4362	4362	NGENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-19
4363	4363	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended 20
4364	4364	to read as follows: 21
4365	4365	‘‘(b) E
4366	4366	MPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITYVERIFICATION 22
4367	4367	P
4368	4368	ROCESS.— 23
4369	4369	‘‘(1) N
4370	4370	EW HIRES, RECRUITMENT, AND REFER-24
4371	4371	RAL.—The requirements referred to in paragraphs 25
4372	4372	(1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) are, in the case of 26
4373	4373	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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4375	4375	•S 2824 IS
4376	4376	a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or refer-1
4377	4377	ring an individual for employment in the United 2
4378	4378	States, the following: 3
4379	4379	‘‘(A) A
4380	4380	TTESTATION AFTER EXAMINATION 4
4381	4381	OF DOCUMENTATION .— 5
4382	4382	‘‘(i) A
4383	4383	TTESTATION.—During the 6
4384	4384	verification period (as defined in subpara-7
4385	4385	graph (E)), the person or entity shall at-8
4386	4386	test, under penalty of perjury and on a 9
4387	4387	form, including electronic format, des-10
4388	4388	ignated or established by the Secretary by 11
4389	4389	regulation not later than 6 months after 12
4390	4390	the date of the enactment of title VIII of 13
4391	4391	division B of the Secure the Border Act of 14
4392	4392	2023, that it has verified that the indi-15
4393	4393	vidual is not an unauthorized alien by— 16
4394	4394	‘‘(I) obtaining from the indi-17
4395	4395	vidual the individual’s social security 18
4396	4396	account number or United States 19
4397	4397	passport number and recording the 20
4398	4398	number on the form (if the individual 21
4399	4399	claims to have been issued such a 22
4400	4400	number), and, if the individual does 23
4401	4401	not attest to United States nationality 24
4402	4402	under subparagraph (B), obtaining 25
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4405	4405	•S 2824 IS
4406	4406	such identification or authorization 1
4407	4407	number established by the Depart-2
4408	4408	ment of Homeland Security for the 3
4409	4409	alien as the Secretary of Homeland 4
4410	4410	Security may specify, and recording 5
4411	4411	such number on the form; and 6
4412	4412	‘‘(II) examining— 7
4413	4413	‘‘(aa) a document relating to 8
4414	4414	the individual presenting it de-9
4415	4415	scribed in clause (ii); or 10
4416	4416	‘‘(bb) a document relating to 11
4417	4417	the individual presenting it de-12
4418	4418	scribed in clause (iii) and a docu-13
4419	4419	ment relating to the individual 14
4420	4420	presenting it described in clause 15
4421	4421	(iv). 16
4422	4422	‘‘(ii) D
4423	4423	OCUMENTS EVIDENCING EM -17
4424	4424	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION AND ESTAB -18
4425	4425	LISHING IDENTITY .—A document de-19
4426	4426	scribed in this subparagraph is an individ-20
4427	4427	ual’s— 21
4428	4428	‘‘(I) unexpired United States 22
4429	4429	passport or passport card; 23
4430	4430	‘‘(II) unexpired permanent resi-24
4431	4431	dent card that contains a photograph; 25
4432	4432	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00149 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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4434	4434	•S 2824 IS
4435	4435	‘‘(III) unexpired employment au-1
4436	4436	thorization card that contains a pho-2
4437	4437	tograph; 3
4438	4438	‘‘(IV) in the case of a non-4
4439	4439	immigrant alien authorized to work 5
4440	4440	for a specific employer incident to sta-6
4441	4441	tus, a foreign passport with Form I– 7
4442	4442	94 or Form I–94A, or other docu-8
4443	4443	mentation as designated by the Sec-9
4444	4444	retary specifying the alien’s non-10
4445	4445	immigrant status as long as the pe-11
4446	4446	riod of status has not yet expired and 12
4447	4447	the proposed employment is not in 13
4448	4448	conflict with any restrictions or limita-14
4449	4449	tions identified in the documentation; 15
4450	4450	‘‘(V) passport from the Fed-16
4451	4451	erated States of Micronesia (FSM) or 17
4452	4452	the Republic of the Marshall Islands 18
4453	4453	(RMI) with Form I–94 or Form I– 19
4454	4454	94A, or other documentation as des-20
4455	4455	ignated by the Secretary, indicating 21
4456	4456	nonimmigrant admission under the 22
4457	4457	Compact of Free Association Between 23
4458	4458	the United States and the FSM or 24
4459	4459	RMI; or 25
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4462	4462	•S 2824 IS
4463	4463	‘‘(VI) other document designated 1
4464	4464	by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-2
4465	4465	rity, if the document— 3
4466	4466	‘‘(aa) contains a photograph 4
4467	4467	of the individual and biometric 5
4468	4468	identification data from the indi-6
4469	4469	vidual and such other personal 7
4470	4470	identifying information relating 8
4471	4471	to the individual as the Secretary 9
4472	4472	of Homeland Security finds, by 10
4473	4473	regulation, sufficient for purposes 11
4474	4474	of this clause; 12
4475	4475	‘‘(bb) is evidence of author-13
4476	4476	ization of employment in the 14
4477	4477	United States; and 15
4478	4478	‘‘(cc) contains security fea-16
4479	4479	tures to make it resistant to tam-17
4480	4480	pering, counterfeiting, and fraud-18
4481	4481	ulent use. 19
4482	4482	‘‘(iii) D
4483	4483	OCUMENTS EVIDENCING EM -20
4484	4484	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .—A document 21
4485	4485	described in this subparagraph is an indi-22
4486	4486	vidual’s social security account number 23
4487	4487	card (other than such a card which speci-24
4488	4488	fies on the face that the issuance of the 25
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4491	4491	•S 2824 IS
4492	4492	card does not authorize employment in the 1
4493	4493	United States). 2
4494	4494	‘‘(iv) D
4495	4495	OCUMENTS ESTABLISHING 3
4496	4496	IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUAL .—A document 4
4497	4497	described in this subparagraph is— 5
4498	4498	‘‘(I) an individual’s unexpired 6
4499	4499	State issued driver’s license or identi-7
4500	4500	fication card if it contains a photo-8
4501	4501	graph and information such as name, 9
4502	4502	date of birth, gender, height, eye 10
4503	4503	color, and address; 11
4504	4504	‘‘(II) an individual’s unexpired 12
4505	4505	United States military identification 13
4506	4506	card; 14
4507	4507	‘‘(III) an individual’s unexpired 15
4508	4508	Native American tribal identification 16
4509	4509	document issued by a tribal entity rec-17
4510	4510	ognized by the Bureau of Indian Af-18
4511	4511	fairs; or 19
4512	4512	‘‘(IV) in the case of an individual 20
4513	4513	under 18 years of age, a parent or 21
4514	4514	legal guardian’s attestation under 22
4515	4515	penalty of law as to the identity and 23
4516	4516	age of the individual. 24
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4519	4519	•S 2824 IS
4520	4520	‘‘(v) AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT USE OF 1
4521	4521	CERTAIN DOCUMENTS .—If the Secretary of 2
4522	4522	Homeland Security finds, by regulation, 3
4523	4523	that any document described in clause (i), 4
4524	4524	(ii), or (iii) as establishing employment au-5
4525	4525	thorization or identity does not reliably es-6
4526	4526	tablish such authorization or identity or is 7
4527	4527	being used fraudulently to an unacceptable 8
4528	4528	degree, the Secretary may prohibit or place 9
4529	4529	conditions on its use for purposes of this 10
4530	4530	paragraph. 11
4531	4531	‘‘(vi) S
4532	4532	IGNATURE.—Such attestation 12
4533	4533	may be manifested by either a handwritten 13
4534	4534	or electronic signature. 14
4535	4535	‘‘(B) I
4536	4536	NDIVIDUAL ATTESTATION OF EM -15
4537	4537	PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION .—During the 16
4538	4538	verification period (as defined in subparagraph 17
4539	4539	(E)), the individual shall attest, under penalty 18
4540	4540	of perjury on the form designated or established 19
4541	4541	for purposes of subparagraph (A), that the indi-20
4542	4542	vidual is a citizen or national of the United 21
4543	4543	States, an alien lawfully admitted for perma-22
4544	4544	nent residence, or an alien who is authorized 23
4545	4545	under this Act or by the Secretary of Homeland 24
4546	4546	Security to be hired, recruited, or referred for 25
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4548	4548	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 154
4549	4549	•S 2824 IS
4550	4550	such employment. Such attestation may be 1
4551	4551	manifested by either a handwritten or electronic 2
4552	4552	signature. The individual shall also provide that 3
4553	4553	individual’s social security account number or 4
4554	4554	United States passport number (if the indi-5
4555	4555	vidual claims to have been issued such a num-6
4556	4556	ber), and, if the individual does not attest to 7
4557	4557	United States nationality under this subpara-8
4558	4558	graph, such identification or authorization num-9
4559	4559	ber established by the Department of Homeland 10
4560	4560	Security for the alien as the Secretary may 11
4561	4561	specify. 12
4562	4562	‘‘(C) R
4563	4563	ETENTION OF VERIFICATION FORM 13
4564	4564	AND VERIFICATION.— 14
4565	4565	‘‘(i) I
4566	4566	N GENERAL.—After completion 15
4567	4567	of such form in accordance with subpara-16
4568	4568	graphs (A) and (B), the person or entity 17
4569	4569	shall— 18
4570	4570	‘‘(I) retain a paper or electronic 19
4571	4571	version of the form and make it avail-20
4572	4572	able for inspection by officers of the 21
4573	4573	Department of Homeland Security, 22
4574	4574	the Department of Justice, or the De-23
4575	4575	partment of Labor during a period be-24
4576	4576	ginning on the date of the recruiting 25
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4579	4579	•S 2824 IS
4580	4580	or referral of the individual, or, in the 1
4581	4581	case of the hiring of an individual, the 2
4582	4582	date on which the verification is com-3
4583	4583	pleted, and ending— 4
4584	4584	‘‘(aa) in the case of the re-5
4585	4585	cruiting or referral of an indi-6
4586	4586	vidual, 3 years after the date of 7
4587	4587	the recruiting or referral; and 8
4588	4588	‘‘(bb) in the case of the hir-9
4589	4589	ing of an individual, the later of 10
4590	4590	3 years after the date the 11
4591	4591	verification is completed or one 12
4592	4592	year after the date the individ-13
4593	4593	ual’s employment is terminated; 14
4594	4594	and 15
4595	4595	‘‘(II) during the verification pe-16
4596	4596	riod (as defined in subparagraph (E)), 17
4597	4597	make an inquiry, as provided in sub-18
4598	4598	section (d), using the verification sys-19
4599	4599	tem to seek verification of the identity 20
4600	4600	and employment eligibility of an indi-21
4601	4601	vidual. 22
4602	4602	‘‘(ii) C
4603	4603	ONFIRMATION.— 23
4604	4604	‘‘(I) C
4605	4605	ONFIRMATION RE -24
4606	4606	CEIVED.—If the person or other entity 25
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4609	4609	•S 2824 IS
4610	4610	receives an appropriate confirmation 1
4611	4611	of an individual’s identity and work 2
4612	4612	eligibility under the verification sys-3
4613	4613	tem within the time period specified, 4
4614	4614	the person or entity shall record on 5
4615	4615	the form an appropriate code that is 6
4616	4616	provided under the system and that 7
4617	4617	indicates a final confirmation of such 8
4618	4618	identity and work eligibility of the in-9
4619	4619	dividual. 10
4620	4620	‘‘(II) T
4621	4621	ENTATIVE NONCONFIRMA -11
4622	4622	TION RECEIVED.—If the person or 12
4623	4623	other entity receives a tentative non-13
4624	4624	confirmation of an individual’s iden-14
4625	4625	tity or work eligibility under the 15
4626	4626	verification system within the time pe-16
4627	4627	riod specified, the person or entity 17
4628	4628	shall so inform the individual for 18
4629	4629	whom the verification is sought. If the 19
4630	4630	individual does not contest the non-20
4631	4631	confirmation within the time period 21
4632	4632	specified, the nonconfirmation shall be 22
4633	4633	considered final. The person or entity 23
4634	4634	shall then record on the form an ap-24
4635	4635	propriate code which has been pro-25
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4638	4638	•S 2824 IS
4639	4639	vided under the system to indicate a 1
4640	4640	final nonconfirmation. If the indi-2
4641	4641	vidual does contest the nonconfirma-3
4642	4642	tion, the individual shall utilize the 4
4643	4643	process for secondary verification pro-5
4644	4644	vided under subsection (d). The non-6
4645	4645	confirmation will remain tentative 7
4646	4646	until a final confirmation or noncon-8
4647	4647	firmation is provided by the 9
4648	4648	verification system within the time pe-10
4649	4649	riod specified. In no case shall an em-11
4650	4650	ployer terminate employment of an in-12
4651	4651	dividual because of a failure of the in-13
4652	4652	dividual to have identity and work eli-14
4653	4653	gibility confirmed under this section 15
4654	4654	until a nonconfirmation becomes final. 16
4655	4655	Nothing in this clause shall apply to a 17
4656	4656	termination of employment for any 18
4657	4657	reason other than because of such a 19
4658	4658	failure. In no case shall an employer 20
4659	4659	rescind the offer of employment to an 21
4660	4660	individual because of a failure of the 22
4661	4661	individual to have identity and work 23
4662	4662	eligibility confirmed under this sub-24
4663	4663	section until a nonconfirmation be-25
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4666	4666	•S 2824 IS
4667	4667	comes final. Nothing in this subclause 1
4668	4668	shall apply to a rescission of the offer 2
4669	4669	of employment for any reason other 3
4670	4670	than because of such a failure. 4
4671	4671	‘‘(III) F
4672	4672	INAL CONFIRMATION OR 5
4673	4673	NONCONFIRMATION RECEIVED .—If a 6
4674	4674	final confirmation or nonconfirmation 7
4675	4675	is provided by the verification system 8
4676	4676	regarding an individual, the person or 9
4677	4677	entity shall record on the form an ap-10
4678	4678	propriate code that is provided under 11
4679	4679	the system and that indicates a con-12
4680	4680	firmation or nonconfirmation of iden-13
4681	4681	tity and work eligibility of the indi-14
4682	4682	vidual. 15
4683	4683	‘‘(IV) E
4684	4684	XTENSION OF TIME .—If 16
4685	4685	the person or other entity in good 17
4686	4686	faith attempts to make an inquiry 18
4687	4687	during the time period specified and 19
4688	4688	the verification system has registered 20
4689	4689	that not all inquiries were received 21
4690	4690	during such time, the person or entity 22
4691	4691	may make an inquiry in the first sub-23
4692	4692	sequent working day in which the 24
4693	4693	verification system registers that it 25
4694	4694	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00158 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4695	4695	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 159
4696	4696	•S 2824 IS
4697	4697	has received all inquiries. If the 1
4698	4698	verification system cannot receive in-2
4699	4699	quiries at all times during a day, the 3
4700	4700	person or entity merely has to assert 4
4701	4701	that the entity attempted to make the 5
4702	4702	inquiry on that day for the previous 6
4703	4703	sentence to apply to such an inquiry, 7
4704	4704	and does not have to provide any ad-8
4705	4705	ditional proof concerning such inquiry. 9
4706	4706	‘‘(V) C
4707	4707	ONSEQUENCES OF NON -10
4708	4708	CONFIRMATION.— 11
4709	4709	‘‘(aa) T
4710	4710	ERMINATION OR NO-12
4711	4711	TIFICATION OF CONTINUED EM -13
4712	4712	PLOYMENT.—If the person or 14
4713	4713	other entity has received a final 15
4714	4714	nonconfirmation regarding an in-16
4715	4715	dividual, the person or entity 17
4716	4716	may terminate employment of the 18
4717	4717	individual (or decline to recruit 19
4718	4718	or refer the individual). If the 20
4719	4719	person or entity does not termi-21
4720	4720	nate employment of the indi-22
4721	4721	vidual or proceeds to recruit or 23
4722	4722	refer the individual, the person or 24
4723	4723	entity shall notify the Secretary 25
4724	4724	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4725	4725	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 160
4726	4726	•S 2824 IS
4727	4727	of Homeland Security of such 1
4728	4728	fact through the verification sys-2
4729	4729	tem or in such other manner as 3
4730	4730	the Secretary may specify. 4
4731	4731	‘‘(bb) F
4732	4732	AILURE TO NO -5
4733	4733	TIFY.—If the person or entity 6
4734	4734	fails to provide notice with re-7
4735	4735	spect to an individual as required 8
4736	4736	under item (aa), the failure is 9
4737	4737	deemed to constitute a violation 10
4738	4738	of subsection (a)(1)(A) with re-11
4739	4739	spect to that individual. 12
4740	4740	‘‘(VI) C
4741	4741	ONTINUED EMPLOYMENT 13
4742	4742	AFTER FINAL NONCONFIRMATION .—If 14
4743	4743	the person or other entity continues to 15
4744	4744	employ (or to recruit or refer) an indi-16
4745	4745	vidual after receiving final noncon-17
4746	4746	firmation, a rebuttable presumption is 18
4747	4747	created that the person or entity has 19
4748	4748	violated subsection (a)(1)(A). 20
4749	4749	‘‘(D) E
4750	4750	FFECTIVE DATES OF NEW PROCE -21
4751	4751	DURES.— 22
4752	4752	‘‘(i) H
4753	4753	IRING.—Except as provided in 23
4754	4754	clause (iii), the provisions of this para-24
4755	4755	graph shall apply to a person or other enti-25
4756	4756	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4757	4757	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 161
4758	4758	•S 2824 IS
4759	4759	ty hiring an individual for employment in 1
4760	4760	the United States as follows: 2
4761	4761	‘‘(I) With respect to employers 3
4762	4762	having 10,000 or more employees in 4
4763	4763	the United States on the date of the 5
4764	4764	enactment of title VIII of division B 6
4765	4765	of the Secure the Border Act of 2023, 7
4766	4766	on the date that is 6 months after the 8
4767	4767	date of the enactment of title. 9
4768	4768	‘‘(II) With respect to employers 10
4769	4769	having 500 or more employees in the 11
4770	4770	United States, but less than 10,000 12
4771	4771	employees in the United States, on 13
4772	4772	the date of the enactment of title VIII 14
4773	4773	of division B of the Secure the Border 15
4774	4774	Act of 2023, on the date that is 12 16
4775	4775	months after the date of the enact-17
4776	4776	ment of such title. 18
4777	4777	‘‘(III) With respect to employers 19
4778	4778	having 20 or more employees in the 20
4779	4779	United States, but less than 500 em-21
4780	4780	ployees in the United States, on the 22
4781	4781	date of the enactment of title VIII of 23
4782	4782	division B of the Secure the Border 24
4783	4783	Act of 2023, on the date that is 18 25
4784	4784	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00161 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4785	4785	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 162
4786	4786	•S 2824 IS
4787	4787	months after the date of the enact-1
4788	4788	ment of such title. 2
4789	4789	‘‘(IV) With respect to employers 3
4790	4790	having one or more employees in the 4
4791	4791	United States, but less than 20 em-5
4792	4792	ployees in the United States, on the 6
4793	4793	date of the enactment of title VIII of 7
4794	4794	division B of the Secure the Border 8
4795	4795	Act of 2023, on the date that is 24 9
4796	4796	months after the date of the enact-10
4797	4797	ment of such title. 11
4798	4798	‘‘(ii) R
4799	4799	ECRUITING AND REFERRING .— 12
4800	4800	Except as provided in clause (iii), the pro-13
4801	4801	visions of this paragraph shall apply to a 14
4802	4802	person or other entity recruiting or refer-15
4803	4803	ring an individual for employment in the 16
4804	4804	United States on the date that is 12 17
4805	4805	months after the date of the enactment of 18
4806	4806	title VIII of division B of the Secure the 19
4807	4807	Border Act of 2023. 20
4808	4808	‘‘(iii) A
4809	4809	GRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERV -21
4810	4810	ICES.—With respect to an employee per-22
4811	4811	forming agricultural labor or services, this 23
4812	4812	paragraph shall not apply with respect to 24
4813	4813	the verification of the employee until the 25
4814	4814	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00162 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4815	4815	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 163
4816	4816	•S 2824 IS
4817	4817	date that is 36 months after the date of 1
4818	4818	the enactment of title VIII of division B of 2
4819	4819	the Secure the Border Act of 2023. For 3
4820	4820	purposes of the preceding sentence, the 4
4821	4821	term ‘agricultural labor or services’ has the 5
4822	4822	meaning given such term by the Secretary 6
4823	4823	of Agriculture in regulations and includes 7
4824	4824	agricultural labor as defined in section 8
4825	4825	3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 9
4826	4826	1986, agriculture as defined in section 3(f) 10
4827	4827	of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 11
4828	4828	(29 U.S.C. 203(f)), the handling, planting, 12
4829	4829	drying, packing, packaging, processing, 13
4830	4830	freezing, or grading prior to delivery for 14
4831	4831	storage of any agricultural or horticultural 15
4832	4832	commodity in its unmanufactured state, all 16
4833	4833	activities required for the preparation, 17
4834	4834	processing or manufacturing of a product 18
4835	4835	of agriculture (as such term is defined in 19
4836	4836	such section 3(f)) for further distribution, 20
4837	4837	and activities similar to all the foregoing 21
4838	4838	as they relate to fish or shellfish facilities. 22
4839	4839	An employee described in this clause shall 23
4840	4840	not be counted for purposes of clause (i). 24
4841	4841	‘‘(iv) E
4842	4842	XTENSIONS.— 25
4843	4843	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00163 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4844	4844	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 164
4845	4845	•S 2824 IS
4846	4846	‘‘(I) ON REQUEST.—Upon re-1
4847	4847	quest by an employer having 50 or 2
4848	4848	fewer employees, the Secretary shall 3
4849	4849	allow a one-time 6-month extension of 4
4850	4850	the effective date set out in this sub-5
4851	4851	paragraph applicable to such em-6
4852	4852	ployer. Such request shall be made to 7
4853	4853	the Secretary and shall be made prior 8
4854	4854	to such effective date. 9
4855	4855	‘‘(II) F
4856	4856	OLLOWING REPORT .—If 10
4857	4857	the study under section 814 of title 11
4858	4858	VIII of division B of the Secure the 12
4859	4859	Border Act of 2023 has been sub-13
4860	4860	mitted in accordance with such sec-14
4861	4861	tion, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-15
4862	4862	rity may extend the effective date set 16
4863	4863	out in clause (iii) on a one-time basis 17
4864	4864	for 12 months. 18
4865	4865	‘‘(v) T
4866	4866	RANSITION RULE.—Subject to 19
4867	4867	paragraph (4), the following shall apply to 20
4868	4868	a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, 21
4869	4869	or referring an individual for employment 22
4870	4870	in the United States until the effective 23
4871	4871	date or dates applicable under clauses (i) 24
4872	4872	through (iii): 25
4873	4873	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00164 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4874	4874	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 165
4875	4875	•S 2824 IS
4876	4876	‘‘(I) This subsection, as in effect 1
4877	4877	before the enactment of title VIII of 2
4878	4878	division B of the Secure the Border 3
4879	4879	Act of 2023. 4
4880	4880	‘‘(II) Subtitle A of title IV of the 5
4881	4881	Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-6
4882	4882	migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 7
4883	4883	U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect be-8
4884	4884	fore the effective date in section 9
4885	4885	807(c) of title VIII of division B of 10
4886	4886	the Secure the Border Act of 2023. 11
4887	4887	‘‘(III) Any other provision of 12
4888	4888	Federal law requiring the person or 13
4889	4889	entity to participate in the E-Verify 14
4890	4890	Program described in section 403(a) 15
4891	4891	of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 16
4892	4892	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 17
4893	4893	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect be-18
4894	4894	fore the effective date in section 19
4895	4895	807(c) of title VIII of division B of 20
4896	4896	the Secure the Border Act of 2023, 21
4897	4897	including Executive Order 13465 (8 22
4898	4898	U.S.C. 1324a note; relating to Gov-23
4899	4899	ernment procurement). 24
4900	4900	‘‘(E) V
4901	4901	ERIFICATION PERIOD DEFINED .— 25
4902	4902	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00165 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4903	4903	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 166
4904	4904	•S 2824 IS
4905	4905	‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 1
4906	4906	this paragraph: 2
4907	4907	‘‘(I) In the case of recruitment or 3
4908	4908	referral, the term ‘verification period’ 4
4909	4909	means the period ending on the date 5
4910	4910	recruiting or referring commences. 6
4911	4911	‘‘(II) In the case of hiring, the 7
4912	4912	term ‘verification period’ means the 8
4913	4913	period beginning on the date on which 9
4914	4914	an offer of employment is extended 10
4915	4915	and ending on the date that is three 11
4916	4916	business days after the date of hire, 12
4917	4917	except as provided in clause (iii). The 13
4918	4918	offer of employment may be condi-14
4919	4919	tioned in accordance with clause (ii). 15
4920	4920	‘‘(ii) J
4921	4921	OB OFFER MAY BE CONDI -16
4922	4922	TIONAL.—A person or other entity may 17
4923	4923	offer a prospective employee an employ-18
4924	4924	ment position that is conditioned on final 19
4925	4925	verification of the identity and employment 20
4926	4926	eligibility of the employee using the proce-21
4927	4927	dures established under this paragraph. 22
4928	4928	‘‘(iii) S
4929	4929	PECIAL RULE .—Notwith-23
4930	4930	standing clause (i)(II), in the case of an 24
4931	4931	alien who is authorized for employment 25
4932	4932	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00166 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4933	4933	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 167
4934	4934	•S 2824 IS
4935	4935	and who provides evidence from the Social 1
4936	4936	Security Administration that the alien has 2
4937	4937	applied for a social security account num-3
4938	4938	ber, the verification period ends three busi-4
4939	4939	ness days after the alien receives the social 5
4940	4940	security account number. 6
4941	4941	‘‘(2) R
4942	4942	EVERIFICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 7
4943	4943	LIMITED WORK AUTHORIZATION .— 8
4944	4944	‘‘(A) I
4945	4945	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 9
4946	4946	subparagraph (B), a person or entity shall 10
4947	4947	make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), 11
4948	4948	using the verification system to seek 12
4949	4949	reverification of the identity and employment 13
4950	4950	eligibility of all individuals with a limited period 14
4951	4951	of work authorization employed by the person 15
4952	4952	or entity during the three business days after 16
4953	4953	the date on which the employee’s work author-17
4954	4954	ization expires as follows: 18
4955	4955	‘‘(i) With respect to employers having 19
4956	4956	10,000 or more employees in the United 20
4957	4957	States on the date of the enactment of title 21
4958	4958	VIII of division B of the Secure the Border 22
4959	4959	Act of 2023, beginning on the date that is 23
4960	4960	6 months after the date of the enactment 24
4961	4961	of such title. 25
4962	4962	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00167 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4963	4963	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 168
4964	4964	•S 2824 IS
4965	4965	‘‘(ii) With respect to employers having 1
4966	4966	500 or more employees in the United 2
4967	4967	States, but less than 10,000 employees in 3
4968	4968	the United States, on the date of the en-4
4969	4969	actment of title VIII of division B of the 5
4970	4970	Secure the Border Act of 2023, beginning 6
4971	4971	on the date that is 12 months after the 7
4972	4972	date of the enactment of such title. 8
4973	4973	‘‘(iii) With respect to employers hav-9
4974	4974	ing 20 or more employees in the United 10
4975	4975	States, but less than 500 employees in the 11
4976	4976	United States, on the date of the enact-12
4977	4977	ment of title VIII of division B of the Se-13
4978	4978	cure the Border Act of 2023, beginning on 14
4979	4979	the date that is 18 months after the date 15
4980	4980	of the enactment of such title. 16
4981	4981	‘‘(iv) With respect to employers hav-17
4982	4982	ing one or more employees in the United 18
4983	4983	States, but less than 20 employees in the 19
4984	4984	United States, on the date of the enact-20
4985	4985	ment of title VIII of division B of the Se-21
4986	4986	cure the Border Act of 2023, beginning on 22
4987	4987	the date that is 24 months after the date 23
4988	4988	of the enactment of such title. 24
4989	4989	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00168 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
4990	4990	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 169
4991	4991	•S 2824 IS
4992	4992	‘‘(B) AGRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERV -1
4993	4993	ICES.—With respect to an employee performing 2
4994	4994	agricultural labor or services, or an employee 3
4995	4995	recruited or referred by a farm labor contractor 4
4996	4996	(as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Sea-5
4997	4997	sonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 6
4998	4998	U.S.C. 1801)), subparagraph (A) shall not 7
4999	4999	apply with respect to the reverification of the 8
5000	5000	employee until the date that is 36 months after 9
5001	5001	the date of the enactment of title VIII of divi-10
5002	5002	sion B of the Secure the Border Act of 2023. 11
5003	5003	For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 12
5004	5004	term ‘agricultural labor or services’ has the 13
5005	5005	meaning given such term by the Secretary of 14
5006	5006	Agriculture in regulations and includes agricul-15
5007	5007	tural labor as defined in section 3121(g) of the 16
5008	5008	Internal Revenue Code of 1986, agriculture as 17
5009	5009	defined in section 3(f) of the Fair Labor Stand-18
5010	5010	ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f)), the han-19
5011	5011	dling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, 20
5012	5012	processing, freezing, or grading prior to delivery 21
5013	5013	for storage of any agricultural or horticultural 22
5014	5014	commodity in its unmanufactured state, all ac-23
5015	5015	tivities required for the preparation, processing, 24
5016	5016	or manufacturing of a product of agriculture 25
5017	5017	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00169 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5018	5018	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 170
5019	5019	•S 2824 IS
5020	5020	(as such term is defined in such section 3(f)) 1
5021	5021	for further distribution, and activities similar to 2
5022	5022	all the foregoing as they relate to fish or shell-3
5023	5023	fish facilities. An employee described in this 4
5024	5024	subparagraph shall not be counted for purposes 5
5025	5025	of subparagraph (A). 6
5026	5026	‘‘(C) R
5027	5027	EVERIFICATION.—Paragraph 7
5028	5028	(1)(C)(ii) shall apply to reverifications pursuant 8
5029	5029	to this paragraph on the same basis as it ap-9
5030	5030	plies to verifications pursuant to paragraph (1), 10
5031	5031	except that employers shall— 11
5032	5032	‘‘(i) use a form designated or estab-12
5033	5033	lished by the Secretary by regulation for 13
5034	5034	purposes of this paragraph; and 14
5035	5035	‘‘(ii) retain a paper or electronic 15
5036	5036	version of the form and make it available 16
5037	5037	for inspection by officers of the Depart-17
5038	5038	ment of Homeland Security, the Depart-18
5039	5039	ment of Justice, or the Department of 19
5040	5040	Labor during the period beginning on the 20
5041	5041	date the reverification commences and end-21
5042	5042	ing on the date that is the later of 3 years 22
5043	5043	after the date of such reverification or 1 23
5044	5044	year after the date the individual’s employ-24
5045	5045	ment is terminated. 25
5046	5046	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00170 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5047	5047	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 171
5048	5048	•S 2824 IS
5049	5049	‘‘(3) PREVIOUSLY HIRED INDIVIDUALS .— 1
5050	5050	‘‘(A) O
5051	5051	N A MANDATORY BASIS FOR CER -2
5052	5052	TAIN EMPLOYEES.— 3
5053	5053	‘‘(i) I
5054	5054	N GENERAL.—Not later than the 4
5055	5055	date that is 6 months after the date of the 5
5056	5056	enactment of title VIII of division B of the 6
5057	5057	Secure the Border Act of 2023, an em-7
5058	5058	ployer shall make an inquiry, as provided 8
5059	5059	in subsection (d), using the verification 9
5060	5060	system to seek verification of the identity 10
5061	5061	and employment eligibility of any indi-11
5062	5062	vidual described in clause (ii) employed by 12
5063	5063	the employer whose employment eligibility 13
5064	5064	has not been verified under the E-Verify 14
5065	5065	Program described in section 403(a) of the 15
5066	5066	Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 16
5067	5067	Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 17
5068	5068	1324a note). 18
5069	5069	‘‘(ii) I
5070	5070	NDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED .—An 19
5071	5071	individual described in this clause is any of 20
5072	5072	the following: 21
5073	5073	‘‘(I) An employee of any unit of 22
5074	5074	a Federal, State, or local government. 23
5075	5075	‘‘(II) An employee who requires a 24
5076	5076	Federal security clearance working in 25
5077	5077	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00171 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5078	5078	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 172
5079	5079	•S 2824 IS
5080	5080	a Federal, State, or local government 1
5081	5081	building, a military base, a nuclear 2
5082	5082	energy site, a weapons site, or an air-3
5083	5083	port or other facility that requires 4
5084	5084	workers to carry a Transportation 5
5085	5085	Worker Identification Credential 6
5086	5086	(TWIC). 7
5087	5087	‘‘(III) An employee assigned to 8
5088	5088	perform work in the United States 9
5089	5089	under a Federal contract, except that 10
5090	5090	this subclause— 11
5091	5091	‘‘(aa) is not applicable to in-12
5092	5092	dividuals who have a clearance 13
5093	5093	under Homeland Security Presi-14
5094	5094	dential Directive 12 (HSPD 12 15
5095	5095	clearance), are administrative or 16
5096	5096	overhead personnel, or are work-17
5097	5097	ing solely on contracts that pro-18
5098	5098	vide Commercial Off The Shelf 19
5099	5099	goods or services as set forth by 20
5100	5100	the Federal Acquisition Regu-21
5101	5101	latory Council, unless they are 22
5102	5102	subject to verification under sub-23
5103	5103	clause (II); and 24
5104	5104	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00172 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5105	5105	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 173
5106	5106	•S 2824 IS
5107	5107	‘‘(bb) only applies to con-1
5108	5108	tracts over the simple acquisition 2
5109	5109	threshold as defined in section 3
5110	5110	2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 4
5111	5111	Regulations. 5
5112	5112	‘‘(B) O
5113	5113	N A MANDATORY BASIS FOR MUL -6
5114	5114	TIPLE USERS OF SAME SOCIAL SECURITY AC -7
5115	5115	COUNT NUMBER .—In the case of an employer 8
5116	5116	who is required by this subsection to use the 9
5117	5117	verification system described in subsection (d), 10
5118	5118	or has elected voluntarily to use such system, 11
5119	5119	the employer shall make inquiries to the system 12
5120	5120	in accordance with the following: 13
5121	5121	‘‘(i) The Commissioner of Social Secu-14
5122	5122	rity shall notify annually employees (at the 15
5123	5123	employee address listed on the Wage and 16
5124	5124	Tax Statement) who submit a social secu-17
5125	5125	rity account number to which more than 18
5126	5126	one employer reports income and for which 19
5127	5127	there is a pattern of unusual multiple use. 20
5128	5128	The notification letter shall identify the 21
5129	5129	number of employers to which income is 22
5130	5130	being reported as well as sufficient infor-23
5131	5131	mation notifying the employee of the proc-24
5132	5132	ess to contact the Social Security Adminis-25
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5135	5135	•S 2824 IS
5136	5136	tration Fraud Hotline if the employee be-1
5137	5137	lieves the employee’s identity may have 2
5138	5138	been stolen. The notice shall not share in-3
5139	5139	formation protected as private, in order to 4
5140	5140	avoid any recipient of the notice from 5
5141	5141	being in the position to further commit or 6
5142	5142	begin committing identity theft. 7
5143	5143	‘‘(ii) If the person to whom the social 8
5144	5144	security account number was issued by the 9
5145	5145	Social Security Administration has been 10
5146	5146	identified and confirmed by the Commis-11
5147	5147	sioner, and indicates that the social secu-12
5148	5148	rity account number was used without 13
5149	5149	their knowledge, the Secretary and the 14
5150	5150	Commissioner shall lock the social security 15
5151	5151	account number for employment eligibility 16
5152	5152	verification purposes and shall notify the 17
5153	5153	employers of the individuals who wrong-18
5154	5154	fully submitted the social security account 19
5155	5155	number that the employee may not be 20
5156	5156	work eligible. 21
5157	5157	‘‘(iii) Each employer receiving such 22
5158	5158	notification of an incorrect social security 23
5159	5159	account number under clause (ii) shall use 24
5160	5160	the verification system described in sub-25
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5163	5163	•S 2824 IS
5164	5164	section (d) to check the work eligibility sta-1
5165	5165	tus of the applicable employee within 10 2
5166	5166	business days of receipt of the notification. 3
5167	5167	‘‘(C) O
5168	5168	N A VOLUNTARY BASIS.—Subject to 4
5169	5169	paragraph (2), and subparagraphs (A) through 5
5170	5170	(C) of this paragraph, beginning on the date 6
5171	5171	that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 7
5172	5172	of title VIII of division B of the Secure the 8
5173	5173	Border Act of 2023, an employer may make an 9
5174	5174	inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), using the 10
5175	5175	verification system to seek verification of the 11
5176	5176	identity and employment eligibility of any indi-12
5177	5177	vidual employed by the employer. If an em-13
5178	5178	ployer chooses voluntarily to seek verification of 14
5179	5179	any individual employed by the employer, the 15
5180	5180	employer shall seek verification of all individ-16
5181	5181	uals employed at the same geographic location 17
5182	5182	or, at the option of the employer, all individuals 18
5183	5183	employed within the same job category, as the 19
5184	5184	employee with respect to whom the employer 20
5185	5185	seeks voluntarily to use the verification system. 21
5186	5186	An employer’s decision about whether or not 22
5187	5187	voluntarily to seek verification of its current 23
5188	5188	workforce under this subparagraph may not be 24
5189	5189	considered by any government agency in any 25
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5191	5191	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 176
5192	5192	•S 2824 IS
5193	5193	proceeding, investigation, or review provided for 1
5194	5194	in this Act. 2
5195	5195	‘‘(D) V
5196	5196	ERIFICATION.—Paragraph 3
5197	5197	(1)(C)(ii) shall apply to verifications pursuant 4
5198	5198	to this paragraph on the same basis as it ap-5
5199	5199	plies to verifications pursuant to paragraph (1), 6
5200	5200	except that employers shall— 7
5201	5201	‘‘(i) use a form designated or estab-8
5202	5202	lished by the Secretary by regulation for 9
5203	5203	purposes of this paragraph; and 10
5204	5204	‘‘(ii) retain a paper or electronic 11
5205	5205	version of the form and make it available 12
5206	5206	for inspection by officers of the Depart-13
5207	5207	ment of Homeland Security, the Depart-14
5208	5208	ment of Justice, or the Department of 15
5209	5209	Labor during the period beginning on the 16
5210	5210	date the verification commences and end-17
5211	5211	ing on the date that is the later of 3 years 18
5212	5212	after the date of such verification or 1 year 19
5213	5213	after the date the individual’s employment 20
5214	5214	is terminated. 21
5215	5215	‘‘(4) E
5216	5216	ARLY COMPLIANCE.— 22
5217	5217	‘‘(A) F
5218	5218	ORMER E-VERIFY REQUIRED USERS , 23
5219	5219	INCLUDING FEDERAL CONTRACTORS .—Notwith-24
5220	5220	standing the deadlines in paragraphs (1) and 25
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5223	5223	•S 2824 IS
5224	5224	(2), beginning on the date of the enactment of 1
5225	5225	title VIII of division B of the Secure the Border 2
5226	5226	Act of 2023, the Secretary is authorized to 3
5227	5227	commence requiring employers required to par-4
5228	5228	ticipate in the E-Verify Program described in 5
5229	5229	section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-6
5230	5230	form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 7
5231	5231	(8 U.S.C. 1324a note), including employers re-8
5232	5232	quired to participate in such program by reason 9
5233	5233	of Federal acquisition laws (and regulations 10
5234	5234	promulgated under those laws, including the 11
5235	5235	Federal Acquisition Regulation), to commence 12
5236	5236	compliance with the requirements of this sub-13
5237	5237	section (and any additional requirements of 14
5238	5238	such Federal acquisition laws and regulation) in 15
5239	5239	lieu of any requirement to participate in the E- 16
5240	5240	Verify Program. 17
5241	5241	‘‘(B) F
5242	5242	ORMER E-VERIFY VOLUNTARY 18
5243	5243	USERS AND OTHERS DESIRING EARLY COMPLI -19
5244	5244	ANCE.—Notwithstanding the deadlines in para-20
5245	5245	graphs (1) and (2), beginning on the date of 21
5246	5246	the enactment of title VIII of division B of the 22
5247	5247	Secure the Border Act of 2023, the Secretary 23
5248	5248	shall provide for the voluntary compliance with 24
5249	5249	the requirements of this subsection by employ-25
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5252	5252	•S 2824 IS
5253	5253	ers voluntarily electing to participate in the E- 1
5254	5254	Verify Program described in section 403(a) of 2
5255	5255	the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 3
5256	5256	Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 4
5257	5257	note) before such date, as well as by other em-5
5258	5258	ployers seeking voluntary early compliance. 6
5259	5259	‘‘(5) C
5260	5260	OPYING OF DOCUMENTATION PER -7
5261	5261	MITTED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 8
5262	5262	law, the person or entity may copy a document pre-9
5263	5263	sented by an individual pursuant to this subsection 10
5264	5264	and may retain the copy, but only (except as other-11
5265	5265	wise permitted under law) for the purpose of com-12
5266	5266	plying with the requirements of this subsection. 13
5267	5267	‘‘(6) L
5268	5268	IMITATION ON USE OF FORMS .—A form 14
5269	5269	designated or established by the Secretary of Home-15
5270	5270	land Security under this subsection and any infor-16
5271	5271	mation contained in or appended to such form, may 17
5272	5272	not be used for purposes other than for enforcement 18
5273	5273	of this Act and any other provision of Federal crimi-19
5274	5274	nal law. 20
5275	5275	‘‘(7) G
5276	5276	OOD FAITH COMPLIANCE .— 21
5277	5277	‘‘(A) I
5278	5278	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 22
5279	5279	provided in this subsection, a person or entity 23
5280	5280	is considered to have complied with a require-24
5281	5281	ment of this subsection notwithstanding a tech-25
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5283	5283	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 179
5284	5284	•S 2824 IS
5285	5285	nical or procedural failure to meet such require-1
5286	5286	ment if there was a good faith attempt to com-2
5287	5287	ply with the requirement. 3
5288	5288	‘‘(B) E
5289	5289	XCEPTION IF FAILURE TO CORRECT 4
5290	5290	AFTER NOTICE.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 5
5291	5291	apply if— 6
5292	5292	‘‘(i) the failure is not de minimus; 7
5293	5293	‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-8
5294	5294	rity has explained to the person or entity 9
5295	5295	the basis for the failure and why it is not 10
5296	5296	de minimus; 11
5297	5297	‘‘(iii) the person or entity has been 12
5298	5298	provided a period of not less than 30 cal-13
5299	5299	endar days (beginning after the date of the 14
5300	5300	explanation) within which to correct the 15
5301	5301	failure; and 16
5302	5302	‘‘(iv) the person or entity has not cor-17
5303	5303	rected the failure voluntarily within such 18
5304	5304	period. 19
5305	5305	‘‘(C) E
5306	5306	XCEPTION FOR PATTERN OR PRAC -20
5307	5307	TICE VIOLATORS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not 21
5308	5308	apply to a person or entity that has engaged or 22
5309	5309	is engaging in a pattern or practice of violations 23
5310	5310	of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2). 24
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5313	5313	•S 2824 IS
5314	5314	‘‘(8) SINGLE EXTENSION OF DEADLINES UPON 1
5315	5315	CERTIFICATION.—In a case in which the Secretary 2
5316	5316	of Homeland Security has certified to the Congress 3
5317	5317	that the employment eligibility verification system 4
5318	5318	required under subsection (d) will not be fully oper-5
5319	5319	ational by the date that is 6 months after the date 6
5320	5320	of the enactment of title VIII of division B of the 7
5321	5321	Secure the Border Act of 2023, each deadline estab-8
5322	5322	lished under this section for an employer to make an 9
5323	5323	inquiry using such system shall be extended by 6 10
5324	5324	months. No other extension of such a deadline shall 11
5325	5325	be made except as authorized under paragraph 12
5326	5326	(1)(D)(iv).’’. 13
5327	5327	(b) D
5328	5328	ATE OFHIRE.—Section 274A(h) of the Immi-14
5329	5329	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is 15
5330	5330	amended by adding at the end the following: 16
5331	5331	‘‘(4) D
5332	5332	EFINITION OF DATE OF HIRE .—As used 17
5333	5333	in this section, the term ‘date of hire’ means the 18
5334	5334	date of actual commencement of employment for 19
5335	5335	wages or other remuneration, unless otherwise speci-20
5336	5336	fied.’’. 21
5337	5337	SEC. 802. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYS-22
5338	5338	TEM. 23
5339	5339	Section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 24
5340	5340	Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)) is amended to read as follows: 25
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5342	5342	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 181
5343	5343	•S 2824 IS
5344	5344	‘‘(d) EMPLOYMENTELIGIBILITYVERIFICATIONSYS-1
5345	5345	TEM.— 2
5346	5346	‘‘(1) I
5347	5347	N GENERAL.—Patterned on the employ-3
5348	5348	ment eligibility confirmation system established 4
5349	5349	under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 5
5350	5350	and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 6
5351	5351	1324a note), the Secretary of Homeland Security 7
5352	5352	shall establish and administer a verification system 8
5353	5353	through which the Secretary (or a designee of the 9
5354	5354	Secretary, which may be a nongovernmental enti-10
5355	5355	ty)— 11
5356	5356	‘‘(A) responds to inquiries made by per-12
5357	5357	sons at any time through a toll-free electronic 13
5358	5358	media concerning an individual’s identity and 14
5359	5359	whether the individual is authorized to be em-15
5360	5360	ployed; and 16
5361	5361	‘‘(B) maintains records of the inquiries 17
5362	5362	that were made, of verifications provided (or 18
5363	5363	not provided), and of the codes provided to in-19
5364	5364	quirers as evidence of their compliance with 20
5365	5365	their obligations under this section. 21
5366	5366	‘‘(2) I
5367	5367	NITIAL RESPONSE.—The verification sys-22
5368	5368	tem shall provide confirmation or a tentative non-23
5369	5369	confirmation of an individual’s identity and employ-24
5370	5370	ment eligibility within 3 working days of the initial 25
5371	5371	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00181 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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5373	5373	•S 2824 IS
5374	5374	inquiry. If providing confirmation or tentative non-1
5375	5375	confirmation, the verification system shall provide an 2
5376	5376	appropriate code indicating such confirmation or 3
5377	5377	such nonconfirmation. 4
5378	5378	‘‘(3) S
5379	5379	ECONDARY CONFIRMATION PROCESS IN 5
5380	5380	CASE OF TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMATION .—In cases 6
5381	5381	of tentative nonconfirmation, the Secretary shall 7
5382	5382	specify, in consultation with the Commissioner of 8
5383	5383	Social Security, an available secondary verification 9
5384	5384	process to confirm the validity of information pro-10
5385	5385	vided and to provide a final confirmation or noncon-11
5386	5386	firmation not later than 10 working days after the 12
5387	5387	date on which the notice of the tentative noncon-13
5388	5388	firmation is received by the employee. The Secretary, 14
5389	5389	in consultation with the Commissioner, may extend 15
5390	5390	this deadline once on a case-by-case basis for a pe-16
5391	5391	riod of 10 working days, and if the time is extended, 17
5392	5392	shall document such extension within the verification 18
5393	5393	system. The Secretary, in consultation with the 19
5394	5394	Commissioner, shall notify the employee and em-20
5395	5395	ployer of such extension. The Secretary, in consulta-21
5396	5396	tion with the Commissioner, shall create a standard 22
5397	5397	process of such extension and notification and shall 23
5398	5398	make a description of such process available to the 24
5399	5399	public. When final confirmation or nonconfirmation 25
5400	5400	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00182 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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5402	5402	•S 2824 IS
5403	5403	is provided, the verification system shall provide an 1
5404	5404	appropriate code indicating such confirmation or 2
5405	5405	nonconfirmation. 3
5406	5406	‘‘(4) D
5407	5407	ESIGN AND OPERATION OF SYSTEM .— 4
5408	5408	The verification system shall be designed and oper-5
5409	5409	ated— 6
5410	5410	‘‘(A) to maximize its reliability and ease of 7
5411	5411	use by persons and other entities consistent 8
5412	5412	with insulating and protecting the privacy and 9
5413	5413	security of the underlying information; 10
5414	5414	‘‘(B) to respond to all inquiries made by 11
5415	5415	such persons and entities on whether individ-12
5416	5416	uals are authorized to be employed and to reg-13
5417	5417	ister all times when such inquiries are not re-14
5418	5418	ceived; 15
5419	5419	‘‘(C) with appropriate administrative, tech-16
5420	5420	nical, and physical safeguards to prevent unau-17
5421	5421	thorized disclosure of personal information; 18
5422	5422	‘‘(D) to have reasonable safeguards against 19
5423	5423	the system’s resulting in unlawful discrimina-20
5424	5424	tory practices based on national origin or citi-21
5425	5425	zenship status, including— 22
5426	5426	‘‘(i) the selective or unauthorized use 23
5427	5427	of the system to verify eligibility; or 24
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5430	5430	•S 2824 IS
5431	5431	‘‘(ii) the exclusion of certain individ-1
5432	5432	uals from consideration for employment as 2
5433	5433	a result of a perceived likelihood that addi-3
5434	5434	tional verification will be required, beyond 4
5435	5435	what is required for most job applicants; 5
5436	5436	‘‘(E) to maximize the prevention of iden-6
5437	5437	tity theft use in the system; and 7
5438	5438	‘‘(F) to limit the subjects of verification to 8
5439	5439	the following individuals: 9
5440	5440	‘‘(i) Individuals hired, referred, or re-10
5441	5441	cruited, in accordance with paragraph (1) 11
5442	5442	or (4) of subsection (b). 12
5443	5443	‘‘(ii) Employees and prospective em-13
5444	5444	ployees, in accordance with paragraph (1), 14
5445	5445	(2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b). 15
5446	5446	‘‘(iii) Individuals seeking to confirm 16
5447	5447	their own employment eligibility on a vol-17
5448	5448	untary basis. 18
5449	5449	‘‘(5) R
5450	5450	ESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSIONER OF 19
5451	5451	SOCIAL SECURITY.—As part of the verification sys-20
5452	5452	tem, the Commissioner of Social Security, in con-21
5453	5453	sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 22
5454	5454	(and any designee of the Secretary selected to estab-23
5455	5455	lish and administer the verification system), shall es-24
5456	5456	tablish a reliable, secure method, which, within the 25
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5459	5459	•S 2824 IS
5460	5460	time periods specified under paragraphs (2) and (3), 1
5461	5461	compares the name and social security account num-2
5462	5462	ber provided in an inquiry against such information 3
5463	5463	maintained by the Commissioner in order to validate 4
5464	5464	(or not validate) the information provided regarding 5
5465	5465	an individual whose identity and employment eligi-6
5466	5466	bility must be confirmed, the correspondence of the 7
5467	5467	name and number, and whether the individual has 8
5468	5468	presented a social security account number that is 9
5469	5469	not valid for employment. The Commissioner shall 10
5470	5470	not disclose or release social security information 11
5471	5471	(other than such confirmation or nonconfirmation) 12
5472	5472	under the verification system except as provided for 13
5473	5473	in this section or section 205(c)(2)(I) of the Social 14
5474	5474	Security Act. 15
5475	5475	‘‘(6) R
5476	5476	ESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF 16
5477	5477	HOMELAND SECURITY .—As part of the verification 17
5478	5478	system, the Secretary of Homeland Security (in con-18
5479	5479	sultation with any designee of the Secretary selected 19
5480	5480	to establish and administer the verification system), 20
5481	5481	shall establish a reliable, secure method, which, with-21
5482	5482	in the time periods specified under paragraphs (2) 22
5483	5483	and (3), compares the name and alien identification 23
5484	5484	or authorization number (or any other information 24
5485	5485	as determined relevant by the Secretary) which are 25
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5488	5488	•S 2824 IS
5489	5489	provided in an inquiry against such information 1
5490	5490	maintained or accessed by the Secretary in order to 2
5491	5491	validate (or not validate) the information provided, 3
5492	5492	the correspondence of the name and number, wheth-4
5493	5493	er the alien is authorized to be employed in the 5
5494	5494	United States, or to the extent that the Secretary 6
5495	5495	determines to be feasible and appropriate, whether 7
5496	5496	the records available to the Secretary verify the 8
5497	5497	identity or status of a national of the United States. 9
5498	5498	‘‘(7) U
5499	5499	PDATING INFORMATION .—The Commis-10
5500	5500	sioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Home-11
5501	5501	land Security shall update their information in a 12
5502	5502	manner that promotes the maximum accuracy and 13
5503	5503	shall provide a process for the prompt correction of 14
5504	5504	erroneous information, including instances in which 15
5505	5505	it is brought to their attention in the secondary 16
5506	5506	verification process described in paragraph (3). 17
5507	5507	‘‘(8) L
5508	5508	IMITATION ON USE OF THE 18
5509	5509	VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND ANY RELATED SYS -19
5510	5510	TEMS.— 20
5511	5511	‘‘(A) N
5512	5512	O NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION 21
5513	5513	CARD.—Nothing in this section shall be con-22
5514	5514	strued to authorize, directly or indirectly, the 23
5515	5515	issuance or use of national identification cards 24
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5518	5518	•S 2824 IS
5519	5519	or the establishment of a national identification 1
5520	5520	card. 2
5521	5521	‘‘(B) C
5522	5522	RITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .—The 3
5523	5523	Secretary may authorize or direct any person or 4
5524	5524	entity responsible for granting access to, pro-5
5525	5525	tecting, securing, operating, administering, or 6
5526	5526	regulating part of the critical infrastructure (as 7
5527	5527	defined in section 1016(e) of the Critical Infra-8
5528	5528	structure Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 9
5529	5529	5195c(e))) to use the verification system to the 10
5530	5530	extent the Secretary determines that such use 11
5531	5531	will assist in the protection of the critical infra-12
5532	5532	structure. 13
5533	5533	‘‘(9) R
5534	5534	EMEDIES.—If an individual alleges that 14
5535	5535	the individual would not have been dismissed from 15
5536	5536	a job or would have been hired for a job but for an 16
5537	5537	error of the verification mechanism, the individual 17
5538	5538	may seek compensation only through the mechanism 18
5539	5539	of the Federal Tort Claims Act, and injunctive relief 19
5540	5540	to correct such error. No class action may be 20
5541	5541	brought under this paragraph.’’. 21
5542	5542	SEC. 803. RECRUITMENT, REFERRAL, AND CONTINUATION 22
5543	5543	OF EMPLOYMENT. 23
5544	5544	(a) A
5545	5545	DDITIONALCHANGES TORULES FORRECRUIT-24
5546	5546	MENT, REFERRAL, ANDCONTINUATION OF EMPLOY-25
5547	5547	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00187 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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5549	5549	•S 2824 IS
5550	5550	MENT.—Section 274A(a) of the Immigration and Nation-1
5551	5551	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)) is amended— 2
5552	5552	(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘for a fee’’; 3
5553	5553	(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-4
5554	5554	graph (B) to read as follows: 5
5555	5555	‘‘(B) to hire, continue to employ, or to re-6
5556	5556	cruit or refer for employment in the United 7
5557	5557	States an individual without complying with the 8
5558	5558	requirements of subsection (b).’’; and 9
5559	5559	(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘after hiring 10
5560	5560	an alien for employment in accordance with para-11
5561	5561	graph (1),’’ and inserting ‘‘after complying with 12
5562	5562	paragraph (1),’’. 13
5563	5563	(b) D
5564	5564	EFINITION.—Section 274A(h) of the Immigra-14
5565	5565	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)), as amended 15
5566	5566	by section 801(b) of this title, is further amended by add-16
5567	5567	ing at the end the following: 17
5568	5568	‘‘(5) D
5569	5569	EFINITION OF RECRUIT OR REFER .—As 18
5570	5570	used in this section, the term ‘refer’ means the act 19
5571	5571	of sending or directing a person who is in the United 20
5572	5572	States or transmitting documentation or information 21
5573	5573	to another, directly or indirectly, with the intent of 22
5574	5574	obtaining employment in the United States for such 23
5575	5575	person. Only persons or entities referring for remu-24
5576	5576	neration (whether on a retainer or contingency 25
5577	5577	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00188 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5578	5578	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 189
5579	5579	•S 2824 IS
5580	5580	basis) are included in the definition, except that 1
5581	5581	union hiring halls that refer union members or non-2
5582	5582	union individuals who pay union membership dues 3
5583	5583	are included in the definition whether or not they re-4
5584	5584	ceive remuneration, as are labor service entities or 5
5585	5585	labor service agencies, whether public, private, for- 6
5586	5586	profit, or nonprofit, that refer, dispatch, or other-7
5587	5587	wise facilitate the hiring of laborers for any period 8
5588	5588	of time by a third party. As used in this section, the 9
5589	5589	term ‘recruit’ means the act of soliciting a person 10
5590	5590	who is in the United States, directly or indirectly, 11
5591	5591	and referring the person to another with the intent 12
5592	5592	of obtaining employment for that person. Only per-13
5593	5593	sons or entities referring for remuneration (whether 14
5594	5594	on a retainer or contingency basis) are included in 15
5595	5595	the definition, except that union hiring halls that 16
5596	5596	refer union members or nonunion individuals who 17
5597	5597	pay union membership dues are included in this defi-18
5598	5598	nition whether or not they receive remuneration, as 19
5599	5599	are labor service entities or labor service agencies, 20
5600	5600	whether public, private, for-profit, or nonprofit that 21
5601	5601	recruit, dispatch, or otherwise facilitate the hiring of 22
5602	5602	laborers for any period of time by a third party.’’. 23
5603	5603	(c) E
5604	5604	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 24
5605	5605	this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 25
5606	5606	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00189 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5607	5607	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 190
5608	5608	•S 2824 IS
5609	5609	after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 1
5610	5610	the amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 2
5611	5611	6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act inso-3
5612	5612	far as such amendments relate to continuation of employ-4
5613	5613	ment. 5
5614	5614	SEC. 804. GOOD FAITH DEFENSE. 6
5615	5615	Section 274A(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nation-7
5616	5616	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(3)) is amended to read as 8
5617	5617	follows: 9
5618	5618	‘‘(3) G
5619	5619	OOD FAITH DEFENSE.— 10
5620	5620	‘‘(A) D
5621	5621	EFENSE.—An employer (or person 11
5622	5622	or entity that hires, employs, recruits, or refers 12
5623	5623	(as defined in subsection (h)(5)), or is otherwise 13
5624	5624	obligated to comply with this section) who es-14
5625	5625	tablishes that it has complied in good faith with 15
5626	5626	the requirements of subsection (b)— 16
5627	5627	‘‘(i) shall not be liable to a job appli-17
5628	5628	cant, an employee, the Federal Govern-18
5629	5629	ment, or a State or local government, 19
5630	5630	under Federal, State, or local criminal or 20
5631	5631	civil law for any employment-related action 21
5632	5632	taken with respect to a job applicant or 22
5633	5633	employee in good-faith reliance on informa-23
5634	5634	tion provided through the system estab-24
5635	5635	lished under subsection (d); and 25
5636	5636	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00190 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5637	5637	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 191
5638	5638	•S 2824 IS
5639	5639	‘‘(ii) has established compliance with 1
5640	5640	its obligations under subparagraphs (A) 2
5641	5641	and (B) of paragraph (1) and subsection 3
5642	5642	(b) absent a showing by the Secretary of 4
5643	5643	Homeland Security, by clear and con-5
5644	5644	vincing evidence, that the employer had 6
5645	5645	knowledge that an employee is an unau-7
5646	5646	thorized alien. 8
5647	5647	‘‘(B) M
5648	5648	ITIGATION ELEMENT .—For pur-9
5649	5649	poses of subparagraph (A)(i), if an employer 10
5650	5650	proves by a preponderance of the evidence that 11
5651	5651	the employer uses a reasonable, secure, and es-12
5652	5652	tablished technology to authenticate the identity 13
5653	5653	of the new employee, that fact shall be taken 14
5654	5654	into account for purposes of determining good 15
5655	5655	faith use of the system established under sub-16
5656	5656	section (d). 17
5657	5657	‘‘(C) F
5658	5658	AILURE TO SEEK AND OBTAIN 18
5659	5659	VERIFICATION.—Subject to the effective dates 19
5660	5660	and other deadlines applicable under subsection 20
5661	5661	(b), in the case of a person or entity in the 21
5662	5662	United States that hires, or continues to em-22
5663	5663	ploy, an individual, or recruits or refers an indi-23
5664	5664	vidual for employment, the following require-24
5665	5665	ments apply: 25
5666	5666	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00191 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5667	5667	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 192
5668	5668	•S 2824 IS
5669	5669	‘‘(i) FAILURE TO SEEK 1
5670	5670	VERIFICATION.— 2
5671	5671	‘‘(I) I
5672	5672	N GENERAL.—If the person 3
5673	5673	or entity has not made an inquiry, 4
5674	5674	under the mechanism established 5
5675	5675	under subsection (d) and in accord-6
5676	5676	ance with the timeframes established 7
5677	5677	under subsection (b), seeking 8
5678	5678	verification of the identity and work 9
5679	5679	eligibility of the individual, the de-10
5680	5680	fense under subparagraph (A) shall 11
5681	5681	not be considered to apply with re-12
5682	5682	spect to any employment, except as 13
5683	5683	provided in subclause (II). 14
5684	5684	‘‘(II) S
5685	5685	PECIAL RULE FOR FAIL -15
5686	5686	URE OF VERIFICATION MECHANISM .— 16
5687	5687	If such a person or entity in good 17
5688	5688	faith attempts to make an inquiry in 18
5689	5689	order to qualify for the defense under 19
5690	5690	subparagraph (A) and the verification 20
5691	5691	mechanism has registered that not all 21
5692	5692	inquiries were responded to during the 22
5693	5693	relevant time, the person or entity can 23
5694	5694	make an inquiry until the end of the 24
5695	5695	first subsequent working day in which 25
5696	5696	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00192 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5697	5697	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 193
5698	5698	•S 2824 IS
5699	5699	the verification mechanism registers 1
5700	5700	no nonresponses and qualify for such 2
5701	5701	defense. 3
5702	5702	‘‘(ii) F
5703	5703	AILURE TO OBTAIN 4
5704	5704	VERIFICATION.—If the person or entity 5
5705	5705	has made the inquiry described in clause 6
5706	5706	(i)(I) but has not received an appropriate 7
5707	5707	verification of such identity and work eligi-8
5708	5708	bility under such mechanism within the 9
5709	5709	time period specified under subsection 10
5710	5710	(d)(2) after the time the verification in-11
5711	5711	quiry was received, the defense under sub-12
5712	5712	paragraph (A) shall not be considered to 13
5713	5713	apply with respect to any employment after 14
5714	5714	the end of such time period.’’. 15
5715	5715	SEC. 805. PREEMPTION AND STATES’ RIGHTS. 16
5716	5716	Section 274A(h)(2) of the Immigration and Nation-17
5717	5717	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2)) is amended to read as 18
5718	5718	follows: 19
5719	5719	‘‘(2) P
5720	5720	REEMPTION.— 20
5721	5721	‘‘(A) S
5722	5722	INGLE, NATIONAL POLICY .—The 21
5723	5723	provisions of this section preempt any State or 22
5724	5724	local law, ordinance, policy, or rule, including 23
5725	5725	any criminal or civil fine or penalty structure, 24
5726	5726	insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to 25
5727	5727	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00193 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5728	5728	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 194
5729	5729	•S 2824 IS
5730	5730	the hiring, continued employment, or status 1
5731	5731	verification for employment eligibility purposes, 2
5732	5732	of unauthorized aliens. 3
5733	5733	‘‘(B) S
5734	5734	TATE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL 4
5735	5735	LAW.— 5
5736	5736	‘‘(i) B
5737	5737	USINESS LICENSING.—A State, 6
5738	5738	locality, municipality, or political subdivi-7
5739	5739	sion may exercise its authority over busi-8
5740	5740	ness licensing and similar laws as a pen-9
5741	5741	alty for failure to use the verification sys-10
5742	5742	tem described in subsection (d) to verify 11
5743	5743	employment eligibility when and as re-12
5744	5744	quired under subsection (b). 13
5745	5745	‘‘(ii) G
5746	5746	ENERAL RULES.—A State, at 14
5747	5747	its own cost, may enforce the provisions of 15
5748	5748	this section, but only insofar as such State 16
5749	5749	follows the Federal regulations imple-17
5750	5750	menting this section, applies the Federal 18
5751	5751	penalty structure set out in this section, 19
5752	5752	and complies with all Federal rules and 20
5753	5753	guidance concerning implementation of this 21
5754	5754	section. Such State may collect any fines 22
5755	5755	assessed under this section. An employer 23
5756	5756	may not be subject to enforcement, includ-24
5757	5757	ing audit and investigation, by both a Fed-25
5758	5758	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00194 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5759	5759	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 195
5760	5760	•S 2824 IS
5761	5761	eral agency and a State for the same viola-1
5762	5762	tion under this section. Whichever entity, 2
5763	5763	the Federal agency or the State, is first to 3
5764	5764	initiate the enforcement action, has the 4
5765	5765	right of first refusal to proceed with the 5
5766	5766	enforcement action. The Secretary must 6
5767	5767	provide copies of all guidance, training, 7
5768	5768	and field instructions provided to Federal 8
5769	5769	officials implementing the provisions of 9
5770	5770	this section to each State.’’. 10
5771	5771	SEC. 806. REPEAL. 11
5772	5772	(a) I
5773	5773	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Illegal 12
5774	5774	Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 13
5775	5775	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is repealed. 14
5776	5776	(b) R
5777	5777	EFERENCES.—Any reference in any Federal 15
5778	5778	law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au-16
5779	5779	thority, or any document of, or pertaining to, the Depart-17
5780	5780	ment of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, or the 18
5781	5781	Social Security Administration, to the employment eligi-19
5782	5782	bility confirmation system established under section 404 20
5783	5783	of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-21
5784	5784	sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is deemed to 22
5785	5785	refer to the employment eligibility confirmation system es-23
5786	5786	tablished under section 274A(d) of the Immigration and 24
5787	5787	Nationality Act, as amended by section 802 of this title. 25
5788	5788	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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5790	5790	•S 2824 IS
5791	5791	(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 1
5792	5792	on the date that is 30 months after the date of the enact-2
5793	5793	ment of this Act. 3
5794	5794	(d) C
5795	5795	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections, 4
5796	5796	in section 1(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-5
5797	5797	migrant Responsibility Act of 1996, is amended by strik-6
5798	5798	ing the items relating to subtitle A of title IV. 7
5799	5799	SEC. 807. PENALTIES. 8
5800	5800	Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9
5801	5801	(8 U.S.C. 1324a) is amended— 10
5802	5802	(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 11
5803	5803	(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each 12
5804	5804	place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-13
5805	5805	retary of Homeland Security’’; and 14
5806	5806	(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 15
5807	5807	‘‘Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Home-16
5808	5808	land Security’’; 17
5809	5809	(2) in subsection (e)(4)— 18
5810	5810	(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter be-19
5811	5811	fore clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, subject to para-20
5812	5812	graph (10),’’ after ‘‘in an amount’’; 21
5813	5813	(B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 22
5814	5814	‘‘not less than $250 and not more than 23
5815	5815	$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $2,500 24
5816	5816	and not more than $5,000’’; 25
5817	5817	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00196 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
5818	5818	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 197
5819	5819	•S 2824 IS
5820	5820	(C) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 1
5821	5821	‘‘not less than $2,000 and not more than 2
5822	5822	$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $5,000 3
5823	5823	and not more than $10,000’’; 4
5824	5824	(D) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 5
5825	5825	‘‘not less than $3,000 and not more than 6
5826	5826	$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than $10,000 7
5827	5827	and not more than $25,000’’; and 8
5828	5828	(E) by moving the margin of the continu-9
5829	5829	ation text following subparagraph (B) two ems 10
5830	5830	to the left and by amending subparagraph (B) 11
5831	5831	to read as follows: 12
5832	5832	‘‘(B) may require the person or entity to 13
5833	5833	take such other remedial action as is appro-14
5834	5834	priate.’’; 15
5835	5835	(3) in subsection (e)(5)— 16
5836	5836	(A) in the paragraph heading, strike ‘‘
5837	5837	PA-17
5838	5838	PERWORK’’; 18
5839	5839	(B) by inserting ‘‘, subject to paragraphs 19
5840	5840	(10) through (12),’’ after ‘‘in an amount’’; 20
5841	5841	(C) by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting 21
5842	5842	‘‘$1,000’’; 22
5843	5843	(D) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting 23
5844	5844	‘‘$25,000’’; and 24
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5847	5847	•S 2824 IS
5848	5848	(E) by adding at the end the following: 1
5849	5849	‘‘Failure by a person or entity to utilize the em-2
5850	5850	ployment eligibility verification system as re-3
5851	5851	quired by law, or providing information to the 4
5852	5852	system that the person or entity knows or rea-5
5853	5853	sonably believes to be false, shall be treated as 6
5854	5854	a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A).’’; 7
5855	5855	(4) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the 8
5856	5856	following: 9
5857	5857	‘‘(10) E
5858	5858	XEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR GOOD 10
5859	5859	FAITH VIOLATION.—In the case of imposition of a 11
5860	5860	civil penalty under paragraph (4)(A) with respect to 12
5861	5861	a violation of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) for hir-13
5862	5862	ing or continuation of employment or recruitment or 14
5863	5863	referral by person or entity and in the case of impo-15
5864	5864	sition of a civil penalty under paragraph (5) for a 16
5865	5865	violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) for hiring or re-17
5866	5866	cruitment or referral by a person or entity, the pen-18
5867	5867	alty otherwise imposed may be waived or reduced if 19
5868	5868	the violator establishes that the violator acted in 20
5869	5869	good faith. 21
5870	5870	‘‘(11) M
5871	5871	ITIGATION ELEMENT.—For purposes of 22
5872	5872	paragraph (4), the size of the business shall be 23
5873	5873	taken into account when assessing the level of civil 24
5874	5874	money penalty. 25
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5877	5877	•S 2824 IS
5878	5878	‘‘(12) AUTHORITY TO DEBAR EMPLOYERS FOR 1
5879	5879	CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.— 2
5880	5880	‘‘(A) I
5881	5881	N GENERAL.—If a person or entity 3
5882	5882	is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Se-4
5883	5883	curity to be a repeat violator of paragraph 5
5884	5884	(1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a), or is convicted 6
5885	5885	of a crime under this section, such person or 7
5886	5886	entity may be considered for debarment from 8
5887	5887	the receipt of Federal contracts, grants, or co-9
5888	5888	operative agreements in accordance with the de-10
5889	5889	barment standards and pursuant to the debar-11
5890	5890	ment procedures set forth in the Federal Acqui-12
5891	5891	sition Regulation. 13
5892	5892	‘‘(B) D
5893	5893	OES NOT HAVE CONTRACT , GRANT, 14
5894	5894	AGREEMENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland 15
5895	5895	Security or the Attorney General wishes to have 16
5896	5896	a person or entity considered for debarment in 17
5897	5897	accordance with this paragraph, and such a 18
5898	5898	person or entity does not hold a Federal con-19
5899	5899	tract, grant, or cooperative agreement, the Sec-20
5900	5900	retary or Attorney General shall refer the mat-21
5901	5901	ter to the Administrator of General Services to 22
5902	5902	determine whether to list the person or entity 23
5903	5903	on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal 24
5904	5904	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:39 Sep 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00199 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2824.IS S2824
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5906	5906	•S 2824 IS
5907	5907	Procurement, and if so, for what duration and 1
5908	5908	under what scope. 2
5909	5909	‘‘(C) H
5910	5910	AS CONTRACT, GRANT, AGREE-3
5911	5911	MENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security 4
5912	5912	or the Attorney General wishes to have a per-5
5913	5913	son or entity considered for debarment in ac-6
5914	5914	cordance with this paragraph, and such person 7
5915	5915	or entity holds a Federal contract, grant, or co-8
5916	5916	operative agreement, the Secretary or Attorney 9
5917	5917	General shall advise all agencies or departments 10
5918	5918	holding a contract, grant, or cooperative agree-11
5919	5919	ment with the person or entity of the Govern-12
5920	5920	ment’s interest in having the person or entity 13
5921	5921	considered for debarment, and after soliciting 14
5922	5922	and considering the views of all such agencies 15
5923	5923	and departments, the Secretary or Attorney 16
5924	5924	General may refer the matter to any appro-17
5925	5925	priate lead agency to determine whether to list 18
5926	5926	the person or entity on the List of Parties Ex-19
5927	5927	cluded from Federal Procurement, and if so, for 20
5928	5928	what duration and under what scope. 21
5929	5929	‘‘(D) R
5930	5930	EVIEW.—Any decision to debar a 22
5931	5931	person or entity in accordance with this para-23
5932	5932	graph shall be reviewable pursuant to part 9.4 24
5933	5933	of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 25
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5937	5937	‘‘(13) OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN -1
5938	5938	MENT COMPLAINTS .—The Secretary of Homeland 2
5939	5939	Security shall establish an office— 3
5940	5940	‘‘(A) to which State and local government 4
5941	5941	agencies may submit information indicating po-5
5942	5942	tential violations of subsection (a), (b), or 6
5943	5943	(g)(1) that were generated in the normal course 7
5944	5944	of law enforcement or the normal course of 8
5945	5945	other official activities in the State or locality; 9
5946	5946	‘‘(B) that is required to indicate to the 10
5947	5947	complaining State or local agency within five 11
5948	5948	business days of the filing of such a complaint 12
5949	5949	by identifying whether the Secretary will fur-13
5950	5950	ther investigate the information provided; 14
5951	5951	‘‘(C) that is required to investigate those 15
5952	5952	complaints filed by State or local government 16
5953	5953	agencies that, on their face, have a substantial 17
5954	5954	probability of validity; 18
5955	5955	‘‘(D) that is required to notify the com-19
5956	5956	plaining State or local agency of the results of 20
5957	5957	any such investigation conducted; and 21
5958	5958	‘‘(E) that is required to report to the Con-22
5959	5959	gress annually the number of complaints re-23
5960	5960	ceived under this paragraph, the States and lo-24
5961	5961	calities that filed such complaints, and the reso-25
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5964	5964	•S 2824 IS
5965	5965	lution of the complaints investigated by the Sec-1
5966	5966	retary.’’; and 2
5967	5967	(5) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 3
5968	5968	to read as follows: 4
5969	5969	‘‘(1) C
5970	5970	RIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti-5
5971	5971	ty which engages in a pattern or practice of viola-6
5972	5972	tions of subsection (a) (1) or (2) shall be fined not 7
5973	5973	more than $5,000 for each unauthorized alien with 8
5974	5974	respect to which such a violation occurs, imprisoned 9
5975	5975	for not more than 18 months, or both, notwith-10
5976	5976	standing the provisions of any other Federal law re-11
5977	5977	lating to fine levels.’’. 12
5978	5978	SEC. 808. FRAUD AND MISUSE OF DOCUMENTS. 13
5979	5979	Section 1546(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 14
5980	5980	amended— 15
5981	5981	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘identification 16
5982	5982	document,’’ and inserting ‘‘identification document 17
5983	5983	or document meant to establish work authorization 18
5984	5984	(including the documents described in section 19
5985	5985	274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act),’’; 20
5986	5986	and 21
5987	5987	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘identification 22
5988	5988	document’’ and inserting ‘‘identification document or 23
5989	5989	document meant to establish work authorization (in-24
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5993	5993	cluding the documents described in section 274A(b) 1
5994	5994	of the Immigration and Nationality Act),’’. 2
5995	5995	SEC. 809. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA-3
5996	5996	TION PROGRAMS. 4
5997	5997	(a) F
5998	5998	UNDINGUNDERAGREEMENT.—Effective for 5
5999	5999	fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2023, the 6
6000	6000	Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of 7
6001	6001	Homeland Security shall enter into and maintain an 8
6002	6002	agreement which shall— 9
6003	6003	(1) provide funds to the Commissioner for the 10
6004	6004	full costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner 11
6005	6005	under section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Na-12
6006	6006	tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by 13
6007	6007	section 802 of this title, including— 14
6008	6008	(A) acquiring, installing, and maintaining 15
6009	6009	technological equipment and systems necessary 16
6010	6010	for the fulfillment of the responsibilities of the 17
6011	6011	Commissioner under such section 274A(d), but 18
6012	6012	only that portion of such costs that are attrib-19
6013	6013	utable exclusively to such responsibilities; and 20
6014	6014	(B) responding to individuals who contest 21
6015	6015	a tentative nonconfirmation provided by the em-22
6016	6016	ployment eligibility verification system estab-23
6017	6017	lished under such section; 24
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6021	6021	(2) provide such funds annually in advance of 1
6022	6022	the applicable quarter based on estimating method-2
6023	6023	ology agreed to by the Commissioner and the Sec-3
6024	6024	retary (except in such instances where the delayed 4
6025	6025	enactment of an annual appropriation may preclude 5
6026	6026	such quarterly payments); and 6
6027	6027	(3) require an annual accounting and reconcili-7
6028	6028	ation of the actual costs incurred and the funds pro-8
6029	6029	vided under the agreement, which shall be reviewed 9
6030	6030	by the Inspectors General of the Social Security Ad-10
6031	6031	ministration and the Department of Homeland Secu-11
6032	6032	rity. 12
6033	6033	(b) C
6034	6034	ONTINUATION OFEMPLOYMENTVERIFICATION 13
6035	6035	INABSENCE OFTIMELYAGREEMENT.—In any case in 14
6036	6036	which the agreement required under subsection (a) for any 15
6037	6037	fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2023, has not 16
6038	6038	been reached as of October 1 of such fiscal year, the latest 17
6039	6039	agreement between the Commissioner and the Secretary 18
6040	6040	of Homeland Security providing for funding to cover the 19
6041	6041	costs of the responsibilities of the Commissioner under 20
6042	6042	section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 21
6043	6043	(8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)) shall be deemed in effect on an in-22
6044	6044	terim basis for such fiscal year until such time as an 23
6045	6045	agreement required under subsection (a) is subsequently 24
6046	6046	reached, except that the terms of such interim agreement 25
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6049	6049	•S 2824 IS
6050	6050	shall be modified by the Director of the Office of Manage-1
6051	6051	ment and Budget to adjust for inflation and any increase 2
6052	6052	or decrease in the volume of requests under the employ-3
6053	6053	ment eligibility verification system. In any case in which 4
6054	6054	an interim agreement applies for any fiscal year under this 5
6055	6055	subsection, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not 6
6056	6056	later than October 1 of such fiscal year, notify the Com-7
6057	6057	mittee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judici-8
6058	6058	ary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 9
6059	6059	of Representatives and the Committee on Finance, the 10
6060	6060	Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ap-11
6061	6061	propriations of the Senate of the failure to reach the 12
6062	6062	agreement required under subsection (a) for such fiscal 13
6063	6063	year. Until such time as the agreement required under 14
6064	6064	subsection (a) has been reached for such fiscal year, the 15
6065	6065	Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not later than the 16
6066	6066	end of each 90-day period after October 1 of such fiscal 17
6067	6067	year, notify such Committees of the status of negotiations 18
6068	6068	between the Commissioner and the Secretary in order to 19
6069	6069	reach such an agreement. 20
6070	6070	SEC. 810. FRAUD PREVENTION. 21
6071	6071	(a) B
6072	6072	LOCKINGMISUSEDSOCIALSECURITYACCOUNT 22
6073	6073	N
6074	6074	UMBERS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-23
6075	6075	sultation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall 24
6076	6076	establish a program in which social security account num-25
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6079	6079	•S 2824 IS
6080	6080	bers that have been identified to be subject to unusual 1
6081	6081	multiple use in the employment eligibility verification sys-2
6082	6082	tem established under section 274A(d) of the Immigration 3
6083	6083	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by 4
6084	6084	section 802 of this title, or that are otherwise suspected 5
6085	6085	or determined to have been compromised by identity fraud 6
6086	6086	or other misuse, shall be blocked from use for such system 7
6087	6087	purposes unless the individual using such number is able 8
6088	6088	to establish, through secure and fair additional security 9
6089	6089	procedures, that the individual is the legitimate holder of 10
6090	6090	the number. 11
6091	6091	(b) A
6092	6092	LLOWINGSUSPENSION OFUSE OFCERTAINSO-12
6093	6093	CIALSECURITYACCOUNTNUMBERS.—The Secretary of 13
6094	6094	Homeland Security, in consultation with the Commis-14
6095	6095	sioner of Social Security, shall establish a program which 15
6096	6096	shall provide a reliable, secure method by which victims 16
6097	6097	of identity fraud and other individuals may suspend or 17
6098	6098	limit the use of their social security account number or 18
6099	6099	other identifying information for purposes of the employ-19
6100	6100	ment eligibility verification system established under sec-20
6101	6101	tion 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 21
6102	6102	U.S.C. 1324a(d)), as amended by section 802 of this title. 22
6103	6103	The Secretary may implement the program on a limited 23
6104	6104	pilot program basis before making it fully available to all 24
6105	6105	individuals. 25
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6109	6109	(c) ALLOWINGPARENTSTOPREVENTTHEFT OF 1
6110	6110	T
6111	6111	HEIRCHILD’SIDENTITY.—The Secretary of Homeland 2
6112	6112	Security, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social 3
6113	6113	Security, shall establish a program which shall provide a 4
6114	6114	reliable, secure method by which parents or legal guard-5
6115	6115	ians may suspend or limit the use of the social security 6
6116	6116	account number or other identifying information of a 7
6117	6117	minor under their care for the purposes of the employment 8
6118	6118	eligibility verification system established under 274A(d) of 9
6119	6119	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)), 10
6120	6120	as amended by section 802 of this title. The Secretary may 11
6121	6121	implement the program on a limited pilot program basis 12
6122	6122	before making it fully available to all individuals. 13
6123	6123	SEC. 811. USE OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY 14
6124	6124	VERIFICATION PHOTO TOOL. 15
6125	6125	An employer who uses the photo matching tool used 16
6126	6126	as part of the E-Verify System shall match the photo tool 17
6127	6127	photograph to both the photograph on the identity or em-18
6128	6128	ployment eligibility document provided by the employee 19
6129	6129	and to the face of the employee submitting the document 20
6130	6130	for employment verification purposes. 21
6131	6131	SEC. 812. IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION EMPLOYMENT ELIGI-22
6132	6132	BILITY VERIFICATION PILOT PROGRAMS. 23
6133	6133	Not later than 24 months after the date of the enact-24
6134	6134	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 25
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6138	6138	after consultation with the Commissioner of Social Secu-1
6139	6139	rity and the Director of the National Institute of Stand-2
6140	6140	ards and Technology, shall establish by regulation not less 3
6141	6141	than 2 Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility 4
6142	6142	Verification pilot programs, each using a separate and dis-5
6143	6143	tinct technology (the ‘‘Authentication Pilots’’). The pur-6
6144	6144	pose of the Authentication Pilots shall be to provide for 7
6145	6145	identity authentication and employment eligibility 8
6146	6146	verification with respect to enrolled new employees which 9
6147	6147	shall be available to any employer that elects to participate 10
6148	6148	in either of the Authentication Pilots. Any participating 11
6149	6149	employer may cancel the employer’s participation in the 12
6150	6150	Authentication Pilot after one year after electing to par-13
6151	6151	ticipate without prejudice to future participation. The Sec-14
6152	6152	retary shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of 15
6153	6153	the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 16
6154	6154	Judiciary of the Senate the Secretary’s findings on the 17
6155	6155	Authentication Pilots, including the authentication tech-18
6156	6156	nologies chosen, not later than 12 months after com-19
6157	6157	mencement of the Authentication Pilots. 20
6158	6158	SEC. 813. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS. 21
6159	6159	(a) I
6160	6160	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 22
6161	6161	date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 23
6162	6162	of the Social Security Administration shall complete audits 24
6163	6163	of the following categories in order to uncover evidence 25
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6166	6166	•S 2824 IS
6167	6167	of individuals who are not authorized to work in the 1
6168	6168	United States: 2
6169	6169	(1) Workers who dispute wages reported on 3
6170	6170	their social security account number when they be-4
6171	6171	lieve someone else has used such number and name 5
6172	6172	to report wages. 6
6173	6173	(2) Children’s social security account numbers 7
6174	6174	used for work purposes. 8
6175	6175	(3) Employers whose workers present signifi-9
6176	6176	cant numbers of mismatched social security account 10
6177	6177	numbers or names for wage reporting. 11
6178	6178	(b) S
6179	6179	UBMISSION.—The Inspector General of the So-12
6180	6180	cial Security Administration shall submit the audits com-13
6181	6181	pleted under subsection (a) to the Committee on Ways and 14
6182	6182	Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 15
6183	6183	on Finance of the Senate for review of the evidence of 16
6184	6184	individuals who are not authorized to work in the United 17
6185	6185	States. The Chairmen of those Committees shall then de-18
6186	6186	termine information to be shared with the Secretary of 19
6187	6187	Homeland Security so that such Secretary can investigate 20
6188	6188	the unauthorized employment demonstrated by such evi-21
6189	6189	dence. 22
6190	6190	SEC. 814. AGRICULTURE WORKFORCE STUDY. 23
6191	6191	Not later than 36 months after the date of the enact-24
6192	6192	ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of 25
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6195	6195	•S 2824 IS
6196	6196	Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 1
6197	6197	the Department of Agriculture, shall submit to the Com-2
6198	6198	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 3
6199	6199	and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a re-4
6200	6200	port that includes the following: 5
6201	6201	(1) The number of individuals in the agricul-6
6202	6202	tural workforce. 7
6203	6203	(2) The number of United States citizens in the 8
6204	6204	agricultural workforce. 9
6205	6205	(3) The number of aliens in the agricultural 10
6206	6206	workforce who are authorized to work in the United 11
6207	6207	States. 12
6208	6208	(4) The number of aliens in the agricultural 13
6209	6209	workforce who are not authorized to work in the 14
6210	6210	United States. 15
6211	6211	(5) Wage growth in each of the previous ten 16
6212	6212	years, disaggregated by agricultural sector. 17
6213	6213	(6) The percentage of total agricultural indus-18
6214	6214	try costs represented by agricultural labor during 19
6215	6215	each of the last ten years. 20
6216	6216	(7) The percentage of agricultural costs in-21
6217	6217	vested in mechanization during each of the last ten 22
6218	6218	years. 23
6219	6219	(8) Recommendations, other than a path to 24
6220	6220	legal status for aliens not authorized to work in the 25
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6224	6224	United States, for ensuring United States agricul-1
6225	6225	tural employers have a workforce sufficient to cover 2
6226	6226	industry needs, including recommendations to— 3
6227	6227	(A) increase investments in mechanization; 4
6228	6228	(B) increase the domestic workforce; and 5
6229	6229	(C) reform the H–2A program. 6
6230	6230	SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FURTHER IMPLEMENTA-7
6231	6231	TION. 8
6232	6232	It is the sense of Congress that in implementing the 9
6233	6233	E-Verify Program, the Secretary of Homeland Security 10
6234	6234	shall ensure any adverse impact on the Nation’s agricul-11
6235	6235	tural workforce, operations, and food security are consid-12
6236	6236	ered and addressed. 13
6237	6237	SEC. 816. REPEALING REGULATIONS. 14
6238	6238	The rules relating to ‘‘Temporary Agricultural Em-15
6239	6239	ployment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in the United States’’ 16
6240	6240	(87 Fed. Reg. 61660 (Oct. 12, 2022)) and to ‘‘Adverse 17
6241	6241	Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Em-18
6242	6242	ployment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupa-19
6243	6243	tions in the United States’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (Feb. 20
6244	6244	28, 2023)) shall have no force or effect, may not be re-21
6245	6245	issued in substantially the same form, and any new rules 22
6246	6246	that are substantially the same as such rules may not be 23
6247	6247	issued. 24
6248	6248	Æ
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