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and local property, severance, and other taxes or lev-
ies and shared Federal land receipts will approxi-
mate pre-exchange revenues;
(4) identifying issues and studying whether pos-
sible changes in law, special appraisal instruction, or
changes in certain Federal appraisal procedures
might be advisable or necessary to facilitate the ap-
praisal of potential exchange lands which may have
special characteristics or restrictions affecting land
values;
(5) identifying issues and studying options and
alternatives, including changes in existing laws or
policy, for achieving land exchanges without reduc-
ing the net supply of timber available to small busi-
nesses;
(6) identifying, mapping, and recommending
potential changes in land use plans, land classifica-
tions, or other actions which might be advisable or
necessary to expedite, facilitate or consummate land
exchanges in certain areas;
(7) analyzing potential sources for new or en-
hanced Federal, State, or other funding to promote
improved resource protection, species recovery, and
management in the basin; and
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(8) identifying and analyzing whether increased
efficiency and better land and resource management
could occur through either consolidation of Federal
forest management under one agency or exchange
lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of
Land Management.
SEC. 802. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
No later than February 1, 1998, ULEP and the
Secretaries shall submit a joint report to the Committee
on Resources of the United States House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the United States Senate concerning their
studies, findings, recommendations, mapping and other
activities conducted pursuant to this title.
SEC. 803. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
In furtherance of the purposes of this title, there
is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2
million, to remain available until expended.
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DIVISION C—ILLEGAL IMMIGRA-
TION 
REFORM 
AND 
IMMI-
GRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 1996
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION; AMENDMENTS TO IMMI-
GRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT; APPLICA-
TION OF DEFINITIONS OF SUCH ACT; TABLE
OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION; SEVERABILITY.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the
‘‘Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibil-
ity Act of 1996’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL-
ITY ACT.—Except as otherwise specifically provided—
(1) whenever in this division an amendment or
repeal is expressed as the amendment or repeal of
a section or other provision, the reference shall be
considered to be made to that section or provision in
the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
(2) amendments to a section or other provision
are to such section or other provision before any
amendment made to such section or other provision
elsewhere in this division.
(c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.—Ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided in this division, for
purposes of titles I and VI of this division, the terms
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‘‘alien’’, ‘‘Attorney General’’, ‘‘border crossing identifica-
tion card’’, ‘‘entry’’, ‘‘immigrant’’, ‘‘immigrant visa’’,
‘‘lawfully admitted for permanent residence’’, ‘‘national’’,
‘‘naturalization’’, 
‘‘refugee’’, 
‘‘State’’, 
and 
‘‘United
States’’ shall have the meaning given such terms in section
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION.—The table
of contents of this division is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title of division; amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act;
application of definitions of such Act; table of contents of divi-
sion; severability.
TITLE I—IMPROVEMENTS TO BORDER CONTROL, FACILITATION
OF LEGAL ENTRY, AND INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A—Improved Enforcement at the Border
Sec. 101. Border patrol agents and support personnel.
Sec. 102. Improvement of barriers at border.
Sec. 103. Improved border equipment and technology.
Sec. 104. Improvement in border crossing identification card.
Sec. 105. Civil penalties for illegal entry.
Sec. 106. Hiring and training standards.
Sec. 107. Report on border strategy.
Sec. 108. Criminal penalties for high speed flights from immigration check-
points.
Sec. 109. Joint study of automated data collection.
Sec. 110. Automated entry-exit control system.
Sec. 111. Submission of final plan on realignment of border patrol positions
from interior stations.
Sec. 112. Nationwide fingerprinting of apprehended aliens.
Subtitle B—Facilitation of Legal Entry
Sec. 121. Land border inspectors.
Sec. 122. Land border inspection and automated permit pilot projects.
Sec. 123. Preinspection at foreign airports.
Sec. 124. Training of airline personnel in detection of fraudulent documents.
Sec. 125. Preclearance authority.
Subtitle C—Interior Enforcement
Sec. 131. Authorization of appropriations for increase in number of certain in-
vestigators.
Sec. 132. Authorization of appropriations for increase in number of investiga-
tors of visa overstayers.
Sec. 133. Acceptance of State services to carry out immigration enforcement.
Sec. 134. Minimum State INS presence.
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TITLE II—ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES AGAINST
ALIEN SMUGGLING; DOCUMENT FRAUD
Subtitle A—Enhanced Enforcement and Penalties Against Alien Smuggling
Sec. 201. Wiretap authority for investigations of alien smuggling or document
fraud.
Sec. 202. Racketeering offenses relating to alien smuggling.
Sec. 203. Increased criminal penalties for alien smuggling.
Sec. 204. Increased number of assistant United States Attorneys.
Sec. 205. Undercover investigation authority.
Subtitle B—Deterrence of Document Fraud
Sec. 211. Increased criminal penalties for fraudulent use of government-issued
documents.
Sec. 212. New document fraud offenses; new civil penalties for document fraud.
Sec. 213. New criminal penalty for failure to disclose role as preparer of false
application for immigration benefits.
Sec. 214. Criminal penalty for knowingly presenting document which fails to
contain reasonable basis in law or fact.
Sec. 215. Criminal penalty for false claim to citizenship.
Sec. 216. Criminal penalty for voting by aliens in Federal election.
Sec. 217. Criminal forfeiture for passport and visa related offenses.
Sec. 218. Penalties for involuntary servitude.
Sec. 219. Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony.
Sec. 220. Subpoena authority in document fraud enforcement.
TITLE III—INSPECTION, APPREHENSION, DETENTION, ADJUDICA-
TION, AND REMOVAL OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE
ALIENS
Subtitle A—Revision of Procedures for Removal of Aliens
Sec. 301. Treating persons present in the United States without authorization
as not admitted.
Sec. 302. Inspection of aliens; expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens;
referral for hearing (revised section 235).
Sec. 303. Apprehension and detention of aliens not lawfully in the United
States (revised section 236).
Sec. 304. Removal proceedings; cancellation of removal and adjustment of sta-
tus; voluntary departure (revised and new sections 239 to
240C).
Sec. 305. Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed (new section 241).
Sec. 306. Appeals from orders of removal (new section 242).
Sec. 307. Penalties relating to removal (revised section 243).
Sec. 308. Redesignation and reorganization of other provisions; additional con-
forming amendments.
Sec. 309. Effective dates; transition.
Subtitle B—Criminal Alien Provisions
Sec. 321. Amended definition of aggravated felony.
Sec. 322. Definition of conviction and term of imprisonment.
Sec. 323. Authorizing registration of aliens on criminal probation or criminal
parole.
Sec. 324. Penalty for reentry of deported aliens.
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Sec. 325. Change in filing requirement.
Sec. 326. Criminal alien identification system.
Sec. 327. Appropriations for criminal alien tracking center.
Sec. 328. Provisions relating to State criminal alien assistance program.
Sec. 329. Demonstration project for identification of illegal aliens in incarcer-
ation facility of Anaheim, California.
Sec. 330. Prisoner transfer treaties.
Sec. 331. Prisoner transfer treaties study.
Sec. 332. Annual report on criminal aliens.
Sec. 333. Penalties for conspiring with or assisting an alien to commit an of-
fense under the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act.
Sec. 334. Enhanced penalties for failure to depart, illegal reentry, and passport
and visa fraud.
Subtitle C—Revision of Grounds for Exclusion and Deportation
Sec. 341. Proof of vaccination requirement for immigrants.
Sec. 342. Incitement of terrorist activity and provision of false documentation
to terrorists as a basis for exclusion from the United States.
Sec. 343. Certification requirements for foreign health-care workers.
Sec. 344. Removal of aliens falsely claiming United States citizenship.
Sec. 345. Waiver of exclusion and deportation ground for certain section 274C
violators.
Sec. 346. Inadmissibility of certain student visa abusers.
Sec. 347. Removal of aliens who have unlawfully voted.
Sec. 348. Waivers for immigrants convicted of crimes.
Sec. 349. Waiver of misrepresentation ground of inadmissibility for certain
alien.
Sec. 350. Offenses of domestic violence and stalking as ground for deportation.
Sec. 351. Clarification of date as of which relationship required for waiver from
exclusion or deportation for smuggling.
Sec. 352. Exclusion of former citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid Unit-
ed States taxation.
Sec. 353. References to changes elsewhere in division.
Subtitle D—Changes in Removal of Alien Terrorist Provisions
Sec. 354. Treatment of classified information.
Sec. 355. Exclusion of representatives of terrorist organizations.
Sec. 356. Standard for judicial review of terrorist organization designations.
Sec. 357. Removal of ancillary relief for voluntary departure.
Sec. 358. Effective date.
Subtitle E—Transportation of Aliens
Sec. 361. Definition of stowaway.
Sec. 362. Transportation contracts.
Subtitle F—Additional Provisions
Sec. 371. Immigration judges and compensation.
Sec. 372. Delegation of immigration enforcement authority.
Sec. 373. Powers and duties of the Attorney General and the Commissioner.
Sec. 374. Judicial deportation.
Sec. 375. Limitation on adjustment of status.
Sec. 376. Treatment of certain fees.
Sec. 377. Limitation on legalization litigation.
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Sec. 378. Rescission of lawful permanent resident status.
Sec. 379. Administrative review of orders.
Sec. 380. Civil penalties for failure to depart.
Sec. 381. Clarification of district court jurisdiction.
Sec. 382. Application of additional civil penalties to enforcement.
Sec. 383. Exclusion of certain aliens from family unity program.
Sec. 384. Penalties for disclosure of information.
Sec. 385. Authorization of additional funds for removal of aliens.
Sec. 386. Increase in INS detention facilities; report on detention space.
Sec. 387. Pilot program on use of closed military bases for the detention of in-
admissible or deportable aliens.
Sec. 388. Report on interior repatriation program.
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIONS AGAINST
EMPLOYMENT
Subtitle A—Pilot Programs for Employment Eligibility Confirmation
Sec. 401. Establishment of programs.
Sec. 402. Voluntary election to participate in a pilot program.
Sec. 403. Procedures for participants in pilot programs.
Sec. 404. Employment eligibility confirmation system.
Sec. 405. Reports.
Subtitle B—Other Provisions Relating to Employer Sanctions
Sec. 411. Limiting liability for certain technical violations of paperwork require-
ments.
Sec. 412. Paperwork and other changes in the employer sanctions program.
Sec. 413. Report on additional authority or resources needed for enforcement
of employer sanctions provisions.
Sec. 414. Reports on earnings of aliens not authorized to work.
Sec. 415. Authorizing maintenance of certain information on aliens.
Sec. 416. Subpoena authority.
Subtitle C—Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices
Sec. 421. Treatment of certain documentary practices as unfair immigration-re-
lated employment practices.
TITLE V—RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFITS FOR ALIENS
Subtitle A—Eligibility of Aliens for Public Assistance and Benefits
Sec. 501. Exception to ineligibility for public benefits for certain battered
aliens.
Sec. 502. Pilot programs on limiting issuance of driver’s licenses to illegal
aliens.
Sec. 503. Ineligibility of aliens not lawfully present for Social Security benefits.
Sec. 504. Procedures for requiring proof of citizenship for Federal public bene-
fits.
Sec. 505. Limitation on eligibility for preferential treatment of aliens not law-
fully present on basis of residence for higher education bene-
fits.
Sec. 506. Study and report on alien student eligibility for postsecondary Fed-
eral student financial assistance.
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Sec. 507. Verification of immigration status for purposes of Social Security and
higher educational assistance.
Sec. 508. No verification requirement for nonprofit charitable organizations.
Sec. 509. GAO study of provision of means-tested public benefits to aliens who
are not qualified aliens on behalf of eligible individuals.
Sec. 510. Transition for aliens currently receiving benefits under the Food
Stamp program.
Subtitle B—Public Charge Exclusion
Sec. 531. Ground for exclusion.
Subtitle C—Affidavits of Support
Sec. 551. Requirements for sponsor’s affidavit of support.
Sec. 552. Indigence and battered spouse and child exceptions to Federal attri-
bution of income rule.
Sec. 553. Authority of States and political subdivisions of States to limit assist-
ance to aliens and to distinguish among classes of aliens in
providing general cash public assistance.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 561. Increased maximum criminal penalties for forging or counterfeiting
seal of a Federal department or agency to facilitate benefit
fraud by an unlawful alien.
Sec. 562. Treatment of expenses subject to emergency medical services excep-
tion.
Sec. 563. Reimbursement of States and localities for emergency ambulance
services.
Sec. 564. Pilot programs to require bonding.
Sec. 565. Reports.
Subtitle E—Housing Assistance
Sec. 571. Short title.
Sec. 572. Prorating of financial assistance.
Sec. 573. Actions in cases of termination of financial assistance.
Sec. 574. Verification of immigration status and eligibility for financial assist-
ance.
Sec. 575. Prohibition of sanctions against entities making financial assistance
eligibility determinations.
Sec. 576. Eligibility for public and assisted housing.
Sec. 577. Regulations.
Subtitle F—General Provisions
Sec. 591. Effective dates.
Sec. 592. Not applicable to foreign assistance.
Sec. 593. Notification.
Sec. 594. Definitions.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Refugees, Parole, and Asylum
Sec. 601. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control methods.
Sec. 602. Limitation on use of parole.
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Sec. 603. Treatment of long-term parolees in applying worldwide numerical lim-
itations.
Sec. 604. Asylum reform.
Sec. 605. Increase in asylum officers.
Sec. 606. Conditional repeal of Cuban Adjustment Act.
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality
Act
Sec. 621. Alien witness cooperation.
Sec. 622. Waiver of foreign country residence requirement with respect to inter-
national medical graduates.
Sec. 623. Use of legalization and special agricultural worker information.
Sec. 624. Continued validity of labor certifications and classification petitions
for professional athletes.
Sec. 625. Foreign students.
Sec. 626. Services to family members of certain officers and agents killed in the
line of duty.
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Visa Processing and Consular Efficiency
Sec. 631. Validity of period of visas.
Sec. 632. Elimination of consulate shopping for visa overstays.
Sec. 633. Authority to determine visa processing procedures.
Sec. 634. Changes regarding visa application process.
Sec. 635. Visa waiver program.
Sec. 636. Fee for diversity immigrant lottery.
Sec. 637. Eligibility for visas for certain Polish applicants for the 1995 diver-
sity immigrant program.
Subtitle D—Other Provisions
Sec. 641. Program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign stu-
dents.
Sec. 642. Communication between government agencies and the Immigration
and Naturalization Service.
Sec. 643. Regulations regarding habitual residence.
Sec. 644. Information regarding female genital mutilation.
Sec. 645. Criminalization of female genital mutilation.
Sec. 646. Adjustment of status for certain Polish and Hungarian parolees.
Sec. 647. Support of demonstration projects.
Sec. 648. Sense of Congress regarding American-made products; requirements
regarding notice.
Sec. 649. Vessel movement controls during immigration emergency.
Sec. 650. Review of practices of testing entities.
Sec. 651. Designation of a United States customs administrative building.
Sec. 652. Mail-order bride business.
Sec. 653. Review and report on H–2A nonimmigrant workers program.
Sec. 654. Report on allegations of harassment by Canadian customs agents.
Sec. 655. Sense of Congress on discriminatory application of New Brunswick
provincial sales tax.
Sec. 656. Improvements in identification-related documents.
Sec. 657. Development of prototype of counterfeit-resistant Social Security
card.
Sec. 658. Border Patrol Museum.
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Sec. 659. Sense of the Congress regarding the mission of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Sec. 660. Authority for National Guard to assist in transportation of certain
aliens.
Subtitle E—Technical Corrections
Sec. 671. Miscellaneous technical corrections.
(e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this division
or the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstances is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder
of this division and the application of the provisions of
this division to any person or circumstance shall not be
affected thereby.
TITLE 
I—IMPROVEMENTS 
TO
BORDER CONTROL, FACILITA-
TION OF LEGAL ENTRY, AND
INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A—Improved Enforcement
at the Border
SEC. 101. BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND SUPPORT PER-
SONNEL.
(a) INCREASED
NUMBER
OF
BORDER
PATROL
AGENTS.—The Attorney General in each of fiscal years
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 shall increase by not
less than 1,000 the number of positions for full-time, ac-
tive-duty border patrol agents within the Immigration and
Naturalization Service above the number of such positions
for which funds were allotted for the preceding fiscal year.
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(b) INCREASE IN BORDER PATROL SUPPORT PER-
SONNEL.—The Attorney General, in each of fiscal years
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, may increase by 300
the number of positions for personnel in support of border
patrol agents above the number of such positions for which
funds were allotted for the preceding fiscal year.
(c) DEPLOYMENT OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS.—
The Attorney General shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, ensure that additional border patrol agents shall
be deployed among Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice sectors along the border in proportion to the level of
illegal crossing of the borders of the United States meas-
ured in each sector during the preceding fiscal year and
reasonably anticipated in the next fiscal year.
(d) FORWARD DEPLOYMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
forward deploy existing border patrol agents in those
areas of the border identified as areas of high illegal
entry into the United States in order to provide a
uniform and visible deterrent to illegal entry on a
continuing basis. The previous sentence shall not
apply to border patrol agents located at checkpoints.
(2) PRESERVATION
OF
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FUNCTIONS
AND
CAPABILITIES
IN
INTERIOR
STATES.—The Attorney General shall, when deploy-
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ing border patrol personnel from interior stations to
border stations, coordinate with, and act in conjunc-
tion with, State and local law enforcement agencies
to ensure that such deployment does not degrade or
compromise the law enforcement capabilities and
functions currently performed at interior border pa-
trol stations.
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General shall submit to the Committees on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate a report on—
(A) the progress and effectiveness of the
forward deployment under paragraph (1); and
(B) the measures taken to comply with
paragraph (2).
SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS AT BORDER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Nat-
uralization, shall take such actions as may be necessary
to install additional physical barriers and roads (including
the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal entrants)
in the vicinity of the United States border to deter illegal
crossings in areas of high illegal entry into the United
States.
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(b) CONSTRUCTION
OF FENCING
AND ROAD IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE BORDER AREA NEAR SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection
(a), the Attorney General shall provide for the con-
struction along the 14 miles of the international
land border of the United States, starting at the Pa-
cific Ocean and extending eastward, of second and
third fences, in addition to the existing reinforced
fence, and for roads between the fences.
(2) PROMPT ACQUISITION OF NECESSARY EASE-
MENTS.—The Attorney General, acting under the
authority conferred in section 103(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (as inserted by sub-
section (d)), shall promptly acquire such easements
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection and
shall commence construction of fences immediately
following such acquisition (or conclusion of portions
thereof).
(3) SAFETY
FEATURES.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, while constructing the additional fencing under
this subsection, shall incorporate such safety fea-
tures into the design of the fence system as are nec-
essary to ensure the well-being of border patrol
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agents deployed within or in near proximity to the
system.
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection not to exceed $12,000,000. Amounts
appropriated under this paragraph are authorized to
remain available until expended.
(c) WAIVER.—The provisions of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 and the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 are waived to the extent the Attorney General
determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of
the barriers and roads under this section.
(d) LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 (8 U.S.C. 1103)
is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),
and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec-
tively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:
‘‘(b)(1) The Attorney General may contract for or
buy any interest in land, including temporary use rights,
adjacent to or in the vicinity of an international land bor-
der when the Attorney General deems the land essential
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to control and guard the boundaries and borders of the
United States against any violation of this Act.
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may contract for or buy
any interest in land identified pursuant to paragraph (1)
as soon as the lawful owner of that interest fixes a price
for it and the Attorney General considers that price to
be reasonable.
‘‘(3) When the Attorney General and the lawful
owner of an interest identified pursuant to paragraph (1)
are unable to agree upon a reasonable price, the Attorney
General may commence condemnation proceedings pursu-
ant to the Act of August 1, 1888 (Chapter 728; 25 Stat.
357).
‘‘(4) The Attorney General may accept for the United
States a gift of any interest in land identified pursuant
to paragraph (1).’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
103(e) (as so redesignated by paragraph (1)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsection (d)’’.
SEC. 103. IMPROVED BORDER EQUIPMENT AND TECH-
NOLOGY.
The Attorney General is authorized to acquire and
use, for the purpose of detection, interdiction, and reduc-
tion of illegal immigration into the United States, any
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Federal equipment (including fixed wing aircraft, heli-
copters, four-wheel drive vehicles, sedans, night vision gog-
gles, night vision scopes, and sensor units) determined
available for transfer by any other agency of the Federal
Government upon request of the Attorney General.
SEC. 104. IMPROVEMENT IN BORDER CROSSING IDENTI-
FICATION CARD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(6) (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing: ‘‘Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such
document include a biometric identifier (such as the fin-
gerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine read-
able and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identi-
fication card is not permitted to cross over the border into
the United States unless the biometric identifier contained
on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteris-
tic of the alien.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) CLAUSE
A.—Clause (A) of the sentence
added by the amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to documents issued on or after 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) CLAUSE B.—Clause (B) of such sentence
shall apply to cards presented on or after 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 105. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 275 (8 U.S.C. 1325) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(b) Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or
attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place
other than as designated by immigration officers shall be
subject to a civil penalty of—
‘‘(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for
each such entry (or attempted entry); or
‘‘(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph
(1) in the case of an alien who has been previously
subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to,
and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties
that may be imposed.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to illegal entries or attempts to
enter occurring on or after the first day of the sixth month
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 106. HIRING AND TRAINING STANDARDS.
(a) REVIEW OF HIRING STANDARDS.—Not later than
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
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Attorney General shall complete a review of all
prescreening and hiring standards used by the Commis-
sioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and, where nec-
essary, revise such standards to ensure that they are con-
sistent with relevant standards of professionalism.
(b) CERTIFICATION.—At the conclusion of each of
fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, the Attor-
ney General shall certify in writing to the Committees on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate that all personnel hired by the Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization for such fiscal year were
hired pursuant to the appropriate standards, as revised
under subsection (a).
(c) REVIEW OF TRAINING STANDARDS.—
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General shall complete a review of the sufficiency of
all training standards used by the Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization.
(2) REPORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days
after the completion of the review under para-
graph (1), the Attorney General shall submit a
report to the Committees on the Judiciary of
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the House of Representatives and of the Senate
on the results of the review, including—
(i) a description of the status of ef-
forts to update and improve training
throughout the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service; and
(ii) an estimate of when such efforts
are expected to be completed.
(B) AREAS REQUIRING FUTURE REVIEW.—
The report shall disclose those areas of training
that the Attorney General determines require
further review in the future.
SEC. 107. REPORT ON BORDER STRATEGY.
(a) EVALUATION OF STRATEGY.—The Comptroller
General of the United States shall track, monitor, and
evaluate the Attorney General’s strategy to deter illegal
entry in the United States to determine the efficacy of
such strategy.
(b) COOPERATION.—The Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Secretary of Defense shall cooper-
ate with the Comptroller General of the United States in
carrying out subsection (a).
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter
for the succeeding 5 years, the Comptroller General of the
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United States shall submit a report to the Committees on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate on the results of the activities undertaken under
subsection (a) during the previous year. Each such report
shall include an analysis of the degree to which the Attor-
ney General’s strategy has been effective in reducing ille-
gal entry. Each such report shall include a collection and
systematic analysis of data, including workload indicators,
related to activities to deter illegal entry and recommenda-
tions to improve and increase border security at the border
and ports of entry.
SEC. 108. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR HIGH SPEED FLIGHTS
FROM IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Immigration checkpoints are an important
component of the national strategy to prevent illegal
immigration.
(2) Individuals fleeing immigration checkpoints
and leading law enforcement officials on high speed
vehicle chases endanger law enforcement officers, in-
nocent bystanders, and the fleeing individuals them-
selves.
(3) The pursuit of suspects fleeing immigration
checkpoints is complicated by overlapping jurisdic-
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tion among Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment officers.
(b) HIGH
SPEED
FLIGHT
FROM
IMMIGRATION
CHECKPOINTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 18, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘§ 758. High speed flight from immigration check-
point
‘‘Whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or any other
Federal law enforcement agency, in a motor vehicle and
flees Federal, State, or local law enforcement agents in
excess of the legal speed limit shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 757
the following:
‘‘758. High speed flight from immigration checkpoint.’’.
(c) 
GROUNDS
FOR
DEPORTATION.—Section
241(a)(2)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v);
(2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
‘‘(iv) HIGH
SPEED
FLIGHT.—Any
alien who is convicted of a violation of sec-
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tion 758 of title 18, United States Code
(relating to high speed flight from an im-
migration checkpoint), is deportable.’’; and
(3) in clause (v) (as so redesignated by para-
graph (1)), by striking ‘‘and (iii)’’ and inserting
‘‘(iii), and (iv)’’.
SEC. 109. JOINT STUDY OF AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION.
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General, together with the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and appropriate representatives of
the air transport industry, shall jointly undertake a study
to develop a plan for making the transition to automated
data collection at ports of entry.
(b) REPORT.—Nine months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a
report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate
and the House of Representatives on the outcome of the
joint initiative under subsection (a), noting specific areas
of agreement and disagreement, and recommending fur-
ther steps to be taken, including any suggestions for legis-
lation.
SEC. 110. AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.
(a) SYSTEM.—Not later than 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
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develop an automated entry and exit control system that
will—
(1) collect a record of departure for every alien
departing the United States and match the records
of departure with the record of the alien’s arrival in
the United States; and
(2) enable the Attorney General to identify,
through on-line searching procedures, lawfully ad-
mitted nonimmigrants who remain in the United
States beyond the period authorized by the Attorney
General.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than December 31
of each year following the development of the system
under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall
submit an annual report to the Committees on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate on such system.
(2) INFORMATION.—The report shall include
the following information:
(A) The number of departure records col-
lected, with an accounting by country of nation-
ality of the departing alien.
(B) The number of departure records that
were successfully matched to records of the
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alien’s prior arrival in the United States, with
an accounting by the alien’s country of nation-
ality and by the alien’s classification as an im-
migrant or nonimmigrant.
(C) The number of aliens who arrived as
nonimmigrants, or as a visitor under the visa
waiver program under section 217 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, for whom no
matching departure record has been obtained
through the system or through other means as
of the end of the alien’s authorized period of
stay, with an accounting by the alien’s country
of nationality and date of arrival in the United
States.
(c) USE OF INFORMATION ON OVERSTAYS.—Infor-
mation regarding aliens who have remained in the United
States beyond their authorized period of stay identified
through the system shall be integrated into appropriate
data bases of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
and the Department of State, including those used at
ports of entry and at consular offices.
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SEC. 111. SUBMISSION OF FINAL PLAN ON REALIGNMENT
OF BORDER PATROL POSITIONS FROM INTE-
RIOR STATIONS.
Not later than November 30, 1996, the Attorney
General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a final
plan regarding the redeployment of border patrol person-
nel from interior locations to the front lines of the border.
The final plan shall be consistent with the following:
(1) The preliminary plan regarding such rede-
ployment submitted by the Attorney General on May
17, 1996, to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate.
(2) The direction regarding such redeployment
provided in the joint explanatory statement of the
committee of conference in the conference report to
accompany the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions
and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
134).
SEC. 
112. 
NATIONWIDE 
FINGERPRINTING 
OF 
APPRE-
HENDED ALIENS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such addi-
tional sums as may be necessary to ensure that the
‘‘IDENT’’ program (operated by the Immigration and
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Naturalization Service) is expanded to apply to illegal or
criminal aliens apprehended nationwide.
Subtitle B—Facilitation of Legal
Entry
SEC. 121. LAND BORDER INSPECTORS.
In order to eliminate undue delay in the thorough in-
spection of persons and vehicles lawfully attempting to
enter the United States, the Attorney General and the
Secretary of the Treasury each shall increase, by approxi-
mately equal numbers in each of fiscal years 1997 and
1998, the number of full-time land border inspectors as-
signed to active duty by the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service and the United States Customs Service to a
level adequate to assure full staffing during peak crossing
hours of all border crossing lanes currently in use, under
construction, or whose construction has been authorized
by the Congress, except such low-use lanes as the Attorney
General may designate.
SEC. 122. LAND BORDER INSPECTION AND AUTOMATED
PERMIT PILOT PROJECTS.
(a) EXTENSION
OF LAND BORDER INSPECTION
PROJECT AUTHORITY; ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTOMATED
PERMIT PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 286(q) is amended—
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph
(2) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(q) LAND BORDER INSPECTION FEE ACCOUNT.—
(1)(A)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Attorney General is authorized to establish, by regulation,
not more than 6 projects under which a fee may be
charged and collected for inspection services provided at
one or more land border points of entry. Such projects
may include the establishment of commuter lanes to be
made available to qualified United States citizens and
aliens, as determined by the Attorney General.
‘‘(ii) The program authorized in this subparagraph
shall terminate on September 30, 2000, unless further au-
thorized by an Act of Congress.
‘‘(iii) This subparagraph shall take effect, with re-
spect to any project described in clause (1) that was not
authorized to be commenced before the date of the enact-
ment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996, 30 days after submission of
a written plan by the Attorney General detailing the pro-
posed implementation of such project.
‘‘(iv) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit
on a quarterly basis, until September 30, 2000, a status
report on each land border inspection project implemented
under this subparagraph.
‘‘(B) The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, may conduct pilot projects to