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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple-
menting the plan described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on such plan, in-
cluding any recommendations for legislative action to im-
prove efforts to combating human smuggling. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to provide additional authority to any 
State or local entity to enforce Federal immigration laws. 
SEC. 182. SCREENING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 31101 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of United States 
Customs and Border Protection. 
(3) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—The term ‘‘mu-
nicipal solid waste’’ includes sludge (as defined in 
section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6903)). 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 
shall submit to Congress a report that— 
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(1) indicates whether the methodologies and 
technologies used by United States Customs and 
Border Protection to screen for and detect the pres-
ence of chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological 
weapons in municipal solid waste are as effective as 
the methodologies and technologies used by United 
States Customs and Border Protection to screen for 
such weapons in other items of commerce entering 
the United States through commercial motor vehicle 
transport; and 
(2) if the report indicates that the methodolo-
gies and technologies used to screen municipal solid 
waste are less effective than the methodologies and 
technologies used to screen other items of commerce, 
identifies the actions that United States Customs 
and Border Protection will take to achieve the same 
level of effectiveness in the screening of municipal 
solid waste, including actions necessary to meet the 
need for additional screening technologies. 
(c) IMPACT ON COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.—If 
the Commissioner fails to fully implement an action identi-
fied under subsection (b)(2) before the earlier of the date 
that is 180 days after the date on which the report under 
subsection (b) is required to be submitted or the date that 
is 180 days after the date on which the report is sub-
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mitted, the Secretary shall deny entry into the United 
States of any commercial motor vehicle carrying municipal 
solid waste until the Secretary certifies to Congress that 
the methodologies and technologies used by United States 
Customs and Border Protection to screen for and detect 
the presence of chemical, nuclear, biological, and radio-
logical weapons in municipal solid waste are as effective 
as the methodologies and technologies used by United 
States Customs and Border Protection to screen for such 
weapons in other items of commerce entering into the 
United States through commercial motor vehicle trans-
port. 
SEC. 183. BORDER SECURITY ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PROTECTED LAND.—The term ‘‘protected 
land’’ means land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary concerned. 
(2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) with respect to land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture; and 
(B) with respect to land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
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(b) SUPPORT FOR BORDER SECURITY NEEDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To gain operational control 
over the international land borders of the United 
States and to prevent the entry of terrorists, unlaw-
ful aliens, narcotics, and other contraband into the 
United States, the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Secretary concerned, shall provide— 
(A) increased United States Customs and 
Border Protection personnel to secure protected 
land along the international land borders of the 
United States; 
(B) Federal land resource training for 
United States Customs and Border Protection 
agents dedicated to protected land; and 
(C) unmanned aerial vehicles, aerial assets, 
remote video surveillance camera systems, and 
sensors on protected land that is directly adja-
cent to the international land border of the 
United States, with priority given to units of 
the National Park System. 
(2) COORDINATION.—In providing training for 
United States Customs and Border Protection 
agents under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Secretary concerned to ensure 
that the training is appropriate to the mission of the 
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National Park Service, the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, or the relevant 
agency of the Department of the Interior or the De-
partment of Agriculture to minimize the adverse im-
pact on natural and cultural resources from border 
protection activities. 
(c) INVENTORY OF COSTS AND ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary concerned shall develop and submit to the Sec-
retary an inventory of costs incurred by the Secretary con-
cerned relating to illegal border activity, including the cost 
of equipment, training, recurring maintenance, construc-
tion of facilities, restoration of natural and cultural re-
sources, recapitalization of facilities, and operations. 
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) develop joint recommendations with the Na-
tional Park Service, the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Forest Service for an ap-
propriate cost recovery mechanism relating to items 
identified in subsection (c); and 
(2) not later than March 31, 2008, submit to 
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
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tives the recommendations developed under para-
graph (1). 
(e) BORDER PROTECTION STRATEGY.—The Sec-
retary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall jointly develop a border protection 
strategy that supports the border security needs of the 
United States in the manner that best protects— 
(1) units of the National Park System; 
(2) National Forest System land; 
(3) land under the jurisdiction of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
(4) other relevant land under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture. 
TITLE II—INTERIOR 
ENFORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Reducing the Number 
of Illegal Aliens in the United 
States 
SEC. 201. INCARCERATION OF CRIMINAL ALIENS. 
(a) INSTITUTIONAL REMOVAL PROGRAM.— 
(1) CONTINUATION.—The Secretary shall con-
tinue to operate the Institutional Removal Program 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) or 
shall develop and implement another program to— 
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(A) identify removable criminal aliens in 
Federal and State correctional facilities; 
(B) ensure that such aliens are not re-
leased into the community; and 
(C) remove such aliens from the United 
States after the completion of their sentences, 
in accordance with section 241 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231), as 
amended by section 231 of this Act. 
(2) EXPANSION.—The Secretary may extend 
the scope of the Program to all States. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY
USAGE.—Technology, such as 
videoconferencing, shall be used to the maximum extent 
practicable to make the Program available in remote loca-
tions. Mobile access to Federal databases of aliens, such 
as the Automated Biometric Fingerprint Identification 
System (IDENT), and live scan technology shall be used 
to the maximum extent practicable to make these re-
sources available to State and local law enforcement agen-
cies in remote locations. 
(c) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the participation of States in the Program and 
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in any other program carried out pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary in each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 202. ENCOURAGING ALIENS TO DEPART VOLUN-
TARILY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 240B (8 U.S.C. 1229c) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an alien is not removable 
under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 
237(a)— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may permit the alien to voluntarily depart the 
United States at the alien’s own expense under 
this subsection instead of being subject to pro-
ceedings under section 240; or 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General may permit the 
alien to voluntarily depart the United States at 
the alien’s own expense under this subsection 
after the initiation of removal proceedings 
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under section 240 and before the conclusion of 
such 
proceedings 
before 
an 
immigration 
judge.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by amending sub-
paragraph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) INSTEAD OF REMOVAL.—Subject 
to subparagraph (B), permission to volun-
tarily depart under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
not be valid for any period in excess of 120 
days. The Secretary may require an alien 
permitted to voluntarily depart under para-
graph (1)(A) to post a voluntary departure 
bond, to be surrendered upon proof that 
the alien has departed the United States 
within the time specified.’’; 
‘‘(ii) BEFORE
THE
CONCLUSION
OF 
REMOVAL
PROCEEDINGS.—Permission to 
voluntarily depart under paragraph (1)(B) 
shall not be valid for any period longer 
than 60 days, and may be granted only 
after a finding that the alien has the 
means to depart the United States and in-
tends to do so. An immigration judge may 
require an alien to voluntarily depart 
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under paragraph (1)(B) to post a vol-
untary departure bond, in an amount nec-
essary to ensure that the alien will depart, 
to be surrendered upon proof that the alien 
has departed the United States within the 
time specified. An immigration judge may 
waive the requirement to post a voluntary 
departure bond in individual cases upon a 
finding that the alien has presented com-
pelling evidence that the posting of a bond 
will pose a serious financial hardship and 
the alien has presented credible evidence 
that such a bond is unnecessary to guar-
antee timely departure.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) CONDITIONS ON VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE.— 
‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY
DEPARTURE
AGREEMENT.— 
Voluntary departure under this section may only be 
granted as part of an affirmative agreement by the 
alien. 
‘‘(2) CONCESSIONS
BY
THE
SECRETARY.—In 
connection with the alien’s agreement to depart vol-
untarily under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of 
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Homeland Security may agree to a reduction in the 
period of inadmissibility under subparagraph (A) or 
(B)(i) of section 212(a)(9). 
‘‘(3) ADVISALS.—Agreements relating to vol-
untary departure granted during removal pro-
ceedings under section 240, or at the conclusion of 
such proceedings, shall be presented on the record 
before the immigration judge. The immigration 
judge shall advise the alien of the consequences of 
a voluntary departure agreement before accepting 
such agreement. 
‘‘(4) FAILURE
TO
COMPLY
WITH
AGREE-
MENT.—If an alien agrees to voluntary departure 
under this section and fails to depart the United 
States within the time allowed for voluntary depar-
ture or fails to comply with any other terms of the 
agreement (including failure to timely post any re-
quired bond), the alien is— 
‘‘(A) ineligible for the benefits of the 
agreement; 
‘‘(B) subject to the penalties described in 
subsection (d); and 
‘‘(C) subject to an alternate order of re-
moval if voluntary departure was granted under 
subsection (a)(1)(B) or (b). 
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‘‘(5) VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE PERIOD NOT AF-
FECTED.—Except as expressly agreed to by the Sec-
retary in writing in the exercise of the Secretary’s 
discretion before the expiration of the period allowed 
for voluntary departure, no motion, appeal, applica-
tion, petition, or petition for review shall affect, rein-
state, enjoin, delay, stay, or toll the alien’s obligation 
to depart from the United States during the period 
agreed to by the alien and the Secretary.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO DEPART.—If an 
alien is permitted to voluntarily depart under this section 
and fails to voluntarily depart from the United States 
within the time period specified or otherwise violates the 
terms of a voluntary departure agreement, the alien will 
be subject to the following penalties: 
‘‘(1) CIVIL PENALTY.—The alien shall be liable 
for a civil penalty of $3,000. The order allowing vol-
untary departure shall specify the amount of the 
penalty, which shall be acknowledged by the alien on 
the record. If the Secretary thereafter establishes 
that the alien failed to depart voluntarily within the 
time allowed, no further procedure will be necessary 
to establish the amount of the penalty, and the Sec-
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retary may collect the civil penalty at any time 
thereafter and by whatever means provided by law. 
An alien will be ineligible for any benefits under this 
chapter until this civil penalty is paid. 
‘‘(2) INELIGIBILITY
FOR
RELIEF.—The alien 
shall be ineligible during the time the alien remains 
in the United States and for a period of 10 years 
after the alien’s departure for any further relief 
under this section and sections 240A, 245, 248, and 
249. The order permitting the alien to depart volun-
tarily shall inform the alien of the penalties under 
this subsection.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) PRIOR
GRANT
OF
VOLUNTARY
DEPAR-
TURE.—An alien shall not be permitted to volun-
tarily depart under this section if the Secretary of 
Homeland Security or the Attorney General pre-
viously permitted the alien to depart voluntarily 
under this section on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the STRIVE Act of 2007. 
‘‘(2) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary may pro-
mulgate regulations to limit eligibility or impose ad-
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ditional conditions for voluntary departure under 
subsection (a)(1)(A) for any class of aliens.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to all orders granting 
voluntary departure under section 240B of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c) made on or 
after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 203. DETERRING ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED FROM 
REMAINING IN THE UNITED STATES UNLAW-
FULLY. 
Section 212(a)(9)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘seeks admission 
within 5 years of the date of such removal (or within 
20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘seeks admission not later 
than 5 years after the date of the alien’s removal (or 
not later than 20 years after the alien’s removal’’; 
and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘seeks admission 
within 10 years of the date of such alien’s departure 
or removal (or within 20 years of’’ and inserting 
‘‘seeks admission not later than 10 years after the 
date of the alien’s departure or removal (or not later 
than 20 years after’’. 
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SEC. 204. PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF FIREARMS TO, OR 
THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY CERTAIN 
ALIENS. 
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(y)(2)’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(y), 
is in a nonimmigrant classification; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) has been paroled into the United 
States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5));’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)(5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(y)(2)’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(y), 
is in a nonimmigrant classification; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) has been paroled into the United 
States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigra-
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tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5));’’; and 
(3) in subsection (y)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ADMITTED 
UNDER NONIMMIGRANT VISAS’’ and inserting 
‘‘IN A NONIMMIGRANT CLASSIFICATION’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by amending sub-
paragraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) the term ‘nonimmigrant classifica-
tion’ includes all classes of nonimmigrant aliens 
described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)), or otherwise described in the im-
migration 
laws 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
101(a)(17) of such Act).’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘has 
been lawfully admitted to the United States 
under a nonimmigrant visa’’ and inserting ‘‘is 
in a nonimmigrant classification’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘Any 
individual who has been admitted to the United 
States under a nonimmigrant visa may receive 
a waiver from the requirements of subsection 
(g)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘Any alien in a non-
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