(B) investigatory techniques, equipment, 
and procedures that prevent, detect, and pros-
ecute international money laundering and other 
operations that are utilized in smuggling; 
(5) joint measures, with the Secretary of State, 
to enhance intelligence sharing and cooperation with 
foreign governments whose citizens are preyed on by 
human smugglers; and 
(6) other measures that the Secretary considers 
appropriate to combating human smuggling. 
(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. 
SEC. 602. REESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES BOR-
DER PATROL ANTI-SMUGGLING UNIT. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall reestablish 
the Anti-Smuggling Unit within the Office of United 
States Border Patrol, and shall immediately staff such of-
fice with a minimum of 500 criminal investigators selected 
from within the ranks of the United States Border Patrol. 
Staffing levels shall be adjusted upward periodically in ac-
cordance with workload requirements. 
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SEC. 603. NEW NONIMMIGRANT VISA CLASSIFICATION TO 
ENABLE 
INFORMANTS 
TO 
ENTER 
THE 
UNITED STATES AND REMAIN TEMPORARILY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(S) (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(S)) is amended 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) who the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of State, or the At-
torney General determines— 
‘‘(I) is in possession of critical re-
liable information concerning a com-
mercial alien smuggling organization 
or enterprise or a commercial oper-
ation for making or trafficking in doc-
uments to be used for entering or re-
maining in the United States unlaw-
fully; 
‘‘(II) is willing to supply or has 
supplied such information to a Fed-
eral or State court; or 
‘‘(III) whose presence in the 
United States the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Secretary of State, 
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or the Attorney General determines is 
essential to the success of an author-
ized criminal investigation, the suc-
cessful prosecution of an individual in-
volved in the commercial alien smug-
gling organization or enterprise, or 
the disruption of such organization or 
enterprise or a commercial operation 
for making or trafficking in docu-
ments to be used for entering or re-
maining in the United States unlaw-
fully.’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘, or with respect to clause 
(iii), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of State, or the Attorney General’’ after 
‘‘jointly’’; and 
(5) by striking ‘‘(i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i), 
(ii), or (iii)’’. 
(b) 
ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 
214(k) (8 U.S.C. 1184(k)) is amended 
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 
following: ‘‘The number of aliens who may be pro-
vided a visa as nonimmigrants under section 
101(a)(15)(S)(iii) in any fiscal year may not exceed 
400.’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of State, or the Attorney General deter-
mines that a nonimmigrant described in clause (iii) 
of section 101(a)(15)(S), or that of any family mem-
ber of such a nonimmigrant who is provided non-
immigrant status pursuant to such section, must be 
protected, such official may take such lawful action 
as the official considers necessary to effect such pro-
tection.’’. 
SEC. 604. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS WHEN NEEDED TO PRO-
TECT INFORMANTS. 
Section 245(j) (8 U.S.C. 1255(j)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(1) or (2),’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1), (2), (3), or (4),’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) if, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the 
Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) a nonimmigrant admitted into the 
United States under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) 
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has supplied information described in subclause 
(I) of such section; and 
‘‘(B) the provision of such information has 
substantially contributed to the success of a 
commercial alien smuggling investigation or an 
investigation of the sale or production of fraud-
ulent documents to be used for entering or re-
maining in the United States unlawfully, the 
disruption of such an enterprise, or the pros-
ecution of an individual described in subclause 
(III) of that section, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the 
status of the alien (and the spouse, children, mar-
ried and unmarried sons and daughters, and parents 
of the alien if admitted under that section) to that 
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence if the alien is not described in section 
212(a)(3)(E). 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
adjust the status of a nonimmigrant admitted into 
the United States under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) 
(and the spouse, children, married and unmarried 
sons and daughters, and parents of the non-
immigrant if admitted under that section) to that of 
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
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on the basis of a recommendation of the Secretary 
of State or the Attorney General.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of State, or the Attorney General deter-
mines that a person whose status is adjusted under 
this subsection must be protected, such official may 
take such lawful action as the official considers nec-
essary to effect such protection.’’. 
SEC. 605. REWARDS PROGRAM. 
Section 274 (8 U.S.C. 1324) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REWARDS PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Department of Homeland Security a program for 
the payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The rewards program shall be 
designed to assist in the elimination of commercial 
operations to produce or sell fraudulent documents 
to be used for entering or remaining in the United 
States unlawfully and to assist in the investigation, 
prosecution, or disruption of a commercial alien 
smuggling operation. 
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