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migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)), unless—
(i) the Department of State has re-
ceived from an approved institution of
higher education or other approved edu-
cational institution electronic evidence of
documentation of the alien’s acceptance at
that institution; and
(ii) the consular officer has adequately
reviewed the applicant’s visa record.
(B) 
NOTIFICATION
UPON
VISA
ISSUANCE.—Upon the issuance of a visa under
section 101(a)(15) (F) or (M) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)) to an alien, the Sec-
retary of State shall transmit to the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service a notification of
the issuance of that visa.
(C) NOTIFICATION
UPON
ADMISSION
OF
ALIEN.—The Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall notify the approved institution of
higher education or other approved educational
institution that an alien accepted for such insti-
tution or program has been admitted to the
United States.
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(D) NOTIFICATION
OF
FAILURE
OF
EN-
ROLLMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the
deadline for registering for classes for an aca-
demic term, the approved institution of higher
education or other approved educational institu-
tion shall inform the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service through data-sharing ar-
rangements of any failure of any alien described
in subparagraph (C) to enroll or to commence
participation.
(2) REQUIREMENT
TO
SUBMIT
LIST
OF
AP-
PROVED
INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General shall provide the Secretary of State with a
list of all approved institutions of higher education
or other approved educational institutions that are
authorized to receive nonimmigrants under section
101(a)(15) (F) or (M) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)).
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
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SEC. 502. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES
AUTHORIZED TO ENROLL OR SPONSOR CER-
TAIN NONIMMIGRANTS.
(a) PERIODIC REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE.—The Com-
missioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, shall conduct peri-
odic reviews of the institutions certified to receive non-
immigrants under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J)). Each review shall determine
whether the institutions are in compliance with—
(1) recordkeeping and reporting requirements
to receive nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)
(F), 
(M), 
or 
(J) 
of 
that 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F), (M), or (J)); and
(2) recordkeeping and reporting requirements
under section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1372).
(b) PERIODIC REVIEW OF SPONSORS OF EXCHANGE
VISITORS.—
(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
REVIEWS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall conduct periodic reviews of the
entities designated to sponsor exchange visitor pro-
gram participants under section 101(a)(15)(J) of
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the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(J)).
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—On the basis of reviews
of entities under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
determine whether the entities are in compliance
with—
(A) recordkeeping and reporting require-
ments to receive nonimmigrant exchange visitor
program 
participants 
under 
section
101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)); and
(B) recordkeeping and reporting require-
ments under section 641 of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
(c) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Failure of an
institution or other entity to comply with the record-
keeping and reporting requirements to receive non-
immigrant students or exchange visitor program partici-
pants under section 101(a)(15) (F), (M), or (J) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)
(F), (M), or (J)), or section 641 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1372), may, at the election of the Commissioner
of Immigration and Naturalization or the Secretary of
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State, result in the termination, suspension, or limitation
of the institution’s approval to receive such students or
the termination of the other entity’s designation to spon-
sor exchange visitor program participants, as the case may
be.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN
BORDER CROSSING IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
Section 104(b)(2) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note) is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6
years’’.
SEC. 602. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall conduct a study to determine
the feasibility and utility of implementing a require-
ment that each nonimmigrant alien in the United
States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration
and Naturalization each year a current address and,
where applicable, the name and address of an em-
ployer.
(2) NONIMMIGRANT ALIEN DEFINED.—In para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘nonimmigrant alien’’ means an
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alien described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study
under subsection (a). The report shall include the Comp-
troller General’s findings, together with any recommenda-
tions that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
(a) INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEM.—
The Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Immigra-
tion and Naturalization, in consultation with the Assistant
to the President for Homeland Security, shall jointly con-
duct a study of the alternative approaches (including the
costs of, and procedures necessary for, each alternative ap-
proach) for encouraging or requiring Canada, Mexico, and
countries treated as visa waiver program countries under
section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to de-
velop an intergovernmental network of interoperable elec-
tronic data systems that—
(1) facilitates real-time access to that country’s
law enforcement and intelligence information that is
needed by the Department of State and the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service to screen visa ap-
plicants and applicants for admission into the
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United States to identify aliens who are inadmissible
or deportable under the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.);
(2) is interoperable with the electronic data sys-
tem implemented under section 202; and
(3) performs in accordance with implementation
of the technology standard referred to in section
202(a).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the
Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report setting forth the findings of the
study conducted under subsection (a).
SEC. 604. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose re-
quirements that are inconsistent with the North American
Free Trade Agreement or to require additional documents
for aliens for whom documentary requirements are waived
under section 212(d)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)).
SEC. 605. ANNUAL REPORT ON ALIENS WHO FAIL TO AP-
PEAR AFTER RELEASE ON OWN RECOG-
NIZANCE.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than
January 15 of each year, the Attorney General shall sub-
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mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
on the total number of aliens who, during the preceding
year, failed to attend a removal proceeding after having
been arrested outside a port of entry, served a notice to
appear under section 239(a)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(a)(1)), and released on
the alien’s own recognizance. The report shall also take
into account the number of cases in which there were de-
fects in notices of hearing or the service of notices of hear-
ing, together with a description and analysis of the effects,
if any, that the defects had on the attendance of aliens
at the proceedings.
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Notwithstanding the time for
submission of the annual report provided in subsection (a),
the report for 2001 shall be submitted not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 606. RETENTION OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICA-
TIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
The Department of State shall retain, for a period
of seven years from the date of application, every applica-
tion for a nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)) in a form that will be admissible in the
courts of the United States or in administrative pro-
ceeding, including removal proceedings under such Act,
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without regard to whether the application was approved
or denied.
Passed the House of Representatives December 19,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.