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(2) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) FOR REPORT ON REDUCING BIRTH CER-
TIFICATE FRAUD.—In the report described in sub-
section (b)(3), the Commission shall consider and
analyze the feasibility of—
‘‘(A) establishing national standards for
counterfeit-resistant birth certificates, and
‘‘(B) limiting the issuance of official copies
of a birth certificate of an individual to anyone
other than the individual or others acting on
behalf of the individual.’’.
SEC. 812. UNIFORM VITAL STATISTICS.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall consult with the State agency re-
sponsible for registration and certification of births and
deaths and, within 3 years of the date of enactment of
this Act, shall establish a pilot program for 3 of the 5
States with the largest number of undocumented aliens
of an electronic network linking the vital statistics records
of such States. The network shall provide, where practical,
for the matching of deaths with births and shall enable
the confirmation of births and deaths of citizens of such
States, or of aliens within such States, by any Federal
or State agency or official in the performance of official
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duties. The Secretary and participating State agencies
shall institute measures to achieve uniform and accurate
reporting of vital statistics into the pilot program network,
to protect the integrity of the registration and certification
process, and to prevent fraud against the Government and
other persons through the use of false birth or death cer-
tificates.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the es-
tablishment of the pilot program under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall issue a written report to Congress with rec-
ommendations on how the pilot program could effectively
be instituted as a national network for the United States.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 and
for subsequent fiscal years such sums as may be necessary
to carry out this section.
SEC. 813. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE IMMIGRA-
TION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal,
State, or local law, no State or local government entity
shall prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government en-
tity or any official within its jurisdiction from sending to
or receiving from the Immigration and Naturalization
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Service information regarding the immigration status,
lawful or unlawful, or an alien in the United States.
SEC. 814. CRIMINAL ALIEN REIMBURSEMENT COSTS.
Amounts appropriated to carry out section 501 of the
Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 for fiscal year 1995
shall be available to carry out section 242(j) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act in that fiscal year with respect
to undocumented criminal aliens incarcerated under the
authority of political subdivisions of a State.
SEC. 815. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 103–
322 (VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACT OF 1994).—
(1) Section 60024(1)(F) of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322) (in this subsection referred to as
‘‘VCCLEA’’) is amended by inserting ‘‘United
States Code,’’ after ‘‘title 18,’’.
(2) Section 274(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2)), as
amended by section 60024(2) of VCCLEA, is
amended by striking the first period after ‘‘both’’.
(3) Section 130003(b)(3) of VCCLEA is
amended by striking ‘‘Naturalization’’ and inserting
‘‘Nationality’’.
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(4)(A) Section 214 (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended
by redesignating the subsection (j), added by section
130003(b)(2) of VCCLEA (108 Stat. 2025), and the
subsection (k), added by section 220(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act
of 1994 (Public Law 103–416, 108 Stat. 4319), as
subsections (k) and (l), respectively.
(B) 
Section 
101(a)(15)(S) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(S)) is amended by striking ‘‘214(j)’’
and inserting ‘‘214(k)’’.
(5)(A) Section 245 (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended
by redesignating the subsection (i) added by section
130003(c)(1) of VCCLEA as subsection (j).
(B) 
Section 
241(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1251(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)), 
as 
amended 
by 
section
130003(d) of VCCLEA and before redesignation by
section 305(2), is amended by striking ‘‘245(i)’’ and
inserting ‘‘245(j)’’.
(6) Section 245(i)(3), as added by section
130003(c)(1) of VCCLEA, is amended by striking
‘‘paragraphs (1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(1) or (2)’’.
(7) Section 130007(a) of VCCLEA is amended
by striking ‘‘242A(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘242A(a)(3)’’.
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(8) The amendments made by this subsection
shall be effective as if included in the enactment of
the VCCLEA.
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 1994.—
(1) Section 101(d) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–416) (in this subsection referred to as
‘‘INTCA’’) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘APPLICATION’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘This’’ and inserting ‘‘AP-
PLICABILITY
OF
TRANSMISSION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—This’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘any residency or other re-
tention requirements for’’ and inserting ‘‘the
application of any provision of law relating to
residence or physical presence in the United
States for purposes of transmitting United
States’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘as in effect’’ and all that
follows through the end and inserting ‘‘to any
person whose claim is based on the amendment
made by subsection (a) or through whom such
a claim is derived.’’.