I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2528
To establish the Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of
Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Justice.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 15, 1999
Mr. ROGERS (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. REYES, Mr. BARR of
Georgia, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr.
BILBRAY, Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr.
BRADY of Texas, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. CANNON,
Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. CONDIT,
Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEAL of
Georgia, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr.
FARR of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORD, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr.
GALLEGLY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GREEN
of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LATHAM, Mr.
LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr.
METCALF, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MINGE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr.
ORTIZ, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROMERO-
BARCELO´, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNUNU,
Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. WAMP, Mr.
WELDON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To establish the Bureau of Immigration Services and the
Bureau of Immigration Enforcement within the Depart-
ment of Justice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act of
1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of Bureau of Immigration Services.
Sec. 3. Establishment of Bureau of Immigration Enforcement.
Sec. 4. Exercise of authorities.
Sec. 5. Savings provisions.
Sec. 6. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel.
Sec. 7. Statutory construction.
Sec. 8. Reports and implementation plans.
Sec. 9. Definitions.
Sec. 10. Effective date; transition.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
SERVICES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the
Department of Justice a bureau to be known as the
Bureau of Immigration Services (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Service Bureau’’).
(2) DIRECTOR.—The head of the Service Bu-
reau shall be the Director of the Bureau of Immi-
gration Services who—
(A) shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
(B) shall report directly to the Attorney
General or her delegate; and
(C) shall have a minimum of 10 years ex-
perience in providing services or processing ap-
plications for benefits, or both, with at least 5
of those years in management, or shall have
comparable management experience.
(3) COMPENSATION.—Such Director shall be
paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of
the Executive Schedule (as listed in section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code).
(4) FUNCTIONS.—Such Director shall perform
such functions as are transferred to the Director by
this section or this Act or otherwise vested in the
Director by law.
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are trans-
ferred from the Commissioner of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service to the Director of the Bureau of
Immigration Services all functions performed under the
following programs, and all personnel, infrastructure, and
funding provided to the Commissioner in support of such
programs immediately before the effective date of this sec-
tion:
(1) Adjudications of nonimmigrant and immi-
grant visa petitions.