gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be deemed in ef-
fect on an interim basis for such fiscal year until 
such time as an agreement required under para-
graph (1) is subsequently reached, except that the 
terms of such interim agreement shall be modified 
by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to adjust for inflation and any increase or 
decrease in the volume of requests under the basic 
pilot confirmation system. In any case in which an 
interim agreement applies for any fiscal year under 
this subsection, the Commissioner and the Secretary 
shall, not later than October 1 of such fiscal year, 
notify the Committee on Ways and Means, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance, the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate of the failure to reach the agreement re-
quired under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year. 
Until such time as the agreement required under 
paragraph (1) has been reached for such fiscal year, 
the Commissioner and the Secretary shall, not later 
than the end of each 90-day period after October 1 
of such fiscal year, notify such Committees of the 
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status of negotiations between the Commissioner 
and the Secretary in order to reach such an agree-
ment. 
(d) GAO STUDY OF BASIC PILOT CONFIRMATION 
SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct a 
study regarding erroneous tentative nonconfirma-
tions under the basic pilot confirmation system es-
tablished under section 404(a) of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In the study 
required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall determine and analyze— 
(A) the causes of erroneous tentative non-
confirmations under the basic pilot confirmation 
system; 
(B) the processes by which such erroneous 
tentative nonconfirmations are remedied; and 
(C) the effect of such erroneous tentative 
nonconfirmations on individuals, employers, and 
Federal agencies. 
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit the results of the study re-
quired under paragraph (1) to the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the Senate. 
(e) GAO STUDY OF EFFECTS OF BASIC PILOT ON 
SMALL ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to 
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report containing 
the Comptroller General’s analysis of the effects of 
the basic pilot program described in section 403(a) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) on 
small entities (as defined in section 601 of title 5, 
United States Code). The report shall detail— 
(A) the costs of compliance with such pro-
gram on small entities; 
(B) a description and an estimate of the 
number of small entities enrolled and partici-
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pating in such program or an explanation of 
why no such estimate is available; 
(C) the projected reporting, recordkeeping 
and other compliance requirements of such pro-
gram on small entities; 
(D) factors that impact small entities’ en-
rollment and participation in such program, in-
cluding access to appropriate technology, geog-
raphy, entity size, and class of entity; and 
(E) the steps, if any, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security has taken to minimize the 
economic impact of participating in such pro-
gram on small entities. 
(2) DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS.—The re-
port shall cover, and treat separately, direct effects 
(such as wages, time, and fees spent on compliance) 
and indirect effects (such as the effect on cash flow, 
sales, and competitiveness). 
(3) SPECIFIC CONTENTS.—The report shall pro-
vide specific and separate details with respect to— 
(A) small businesses (as defined in section 
601 of title 5, United States Code) with fewer 
than 50 employees; and 
(B) small entities operating in States that 
have mandated use of the basic pilot program. 
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SEC. 2. EB–5 REGIONAL CENTER PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘shall set aside’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘eligible for admission’’ and inserting ‘‘shall set 
aside 3,000 visas annually for fiscal years through fiscal 
year 2014 to include such aliens as are eligible for admis-
sion’’. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT NONMINISTER RELIGIOUS 
WORKER PROGRAM. 
Subclauses (II) and (III) of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) are amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2009,’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2014,’’. 
SEC. 4. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE RE-
QUIREMENT 
WITH 
RESPECT 
TO 
INTER-
NATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES. 
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
Æ 
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