‘‘(ii) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ON 
INTERVIEWS.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall— 
‘‘(I) inform the Attorney General 
and the Director of National Intel-
ligence of interviews the Secretary of 
Homeland Security plans to conduct 
under this subparagraph; and 
‘‘(II) shall authorize officials of 
the Department of Justice or the Di-
rectorate of National Intelligence, or 
both, to participate in such inter-
views.’’. 
SEC. 17. ONLINE STUDY. 
Section 214(m) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(m)), as amended by this Act, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) ONLINE EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(A) ONLINE EDUCATION ALLOWANCE PER 
SESSION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 10 
percent of the time spent by the alien stu-
dent in class or of the credits earned by 
the student per session may be counted to-
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ward the full course of study requirement 
under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 
101(a)(15) if the class is taken online or 
through distance education and does not 
require the student’s physical attendance 
for classes, examination, or other purposes 
integral to completion of the course of 
study. 
‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—An alien may 
not 
be 
admitted 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(J) for the purpose of study, or 
granted a change of status to status under 
such section for such purpose, if more than 
10 percent of the time to be spent by the 
alien in class or of the credits earned by 
the student per session is to be taken on-
line or through distance education and 
does not require the student’s physical at-
tendance for classes, examination, or other 
purposes integral to completion of the 
course of study. 
‘‘(B) TOTAL ONLINE EDUCATION ALLOW-
ANCE.—For any program of study, not more 
than 10 percent of the total time spent in class 
by an alien student, or of the credits earned by 
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the student, in status under subparagraph (F) 
or (M) of section 101(a)(15), or in status under 
section 101(a)(15)(J) for the purpose of study, 
may be for classes taken online or through dis-
tance education that do not require the stu-
dent’s physical attendance for classes, examina-
tion, or other purposes integral to completion of 
the course of study. 
‘‘(C) ONLINE CLASSES.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, if more than 50 percent of a 
class is conducted online, the entire class shall 
be considered an online class.’’. 
SEC. 18. CLARIFICATION OF DATA RELEASE EXEMPTION. 
Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(I) any other information the Secretary of 
Homeland Security considers necessary.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Approved institutions of higher 
education or other approved educational institu-
tions shall release information about students 
covered by such Act to the Department of 
Homeland Security as part of such program or 
upon request.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘auto-
matically’’ before ‘‘revoked or denied.’’. 
SEC. 19. CLARIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
DEADLINE. 
Section 641(a)(4) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1372(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than 30 days after 
the deadline for registering for classes for an aca-
demic term’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 30 days 
after the program start date (in the case of new stu-
dents) or the next session start date (in the case of 
continuing students) of an academic term’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall report to the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service any failure of the alien to 
enroll or to commence participation.’’ and inserting 
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‘‘shall report to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity any failure to enroll or to commence participa-
tion by the program start date or next session start 
date, as applicable.’’. 
SEC. 20. FEE FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 641(e)(4)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1372(e)(4)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney 
General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity’’; 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Attorney 
General’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 
Security’s’’; and 
(3) by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 21. IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVIS II. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Secretary of State shall complete 
the deployment of the modernization of the Student and 
Exchange Visitor Information System (commonly known 
as ‘‘SEVIS II’’), which shall address limitations in the 
original SEVIS application by implementing improve-
ments including the following: 
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(1) Development of an entirely paperless proc-
ess for all activities related to the admission and 
tracking of nonimmigrant students. 
(2) Development of a new, person-centric rec-
ordkeeping system that will unify information about 
nonimmigrant students that the original SEVIS 
maintained in multiple records. 
(b) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—To recover the cost of the 
implementation and maintenance of SEVIS II, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State 
may collect fees from any academic institution that— 
(1) has been approved under subparagraph (F) 
or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); 
(2) is designated under subparagraph (J) of 
such section; or 
(3) is applying for such approval or designation. 
SEC. 22. GAO REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than December 31, 2026, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
that assesses the effectiveness of implementation by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act. 
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