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(2) to ensure that such information is routinely
and consistently brought to the attention of appro-
priate United States officials for use in admin-
istering the immigration laws of the United States;
and
(3) to ensure that the names of known and sus-
pected terrorists are entered into the appropriate
lookout databases.
(c) COMPOSITION; CHAIR.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish rules governing the composition of such commit-
tees.
(d) MEETINGS.—The committee shall meet at least
monthly to share information pertaining to the commit-
tee’s purpose as described in subsection (b)(2).
(e) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The committee shall sub-
mit quarterly reports to the Secretary of State describing
the committee’s activities, whether or not information on
known or suspected terrorists was developed during the
quarter.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to implement this section.
SEC. 305. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS.
(a) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall require
that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa
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applications, before undertaking to perform consular re-
sponsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective
screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat
to the safety or security of the United States. Such offi-
cers shall be specially and extensively trained in the identi-
fication of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) (A)
and (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, inter-
agency and international intelligence sharing regarding
terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward
visa applicants.
(b) USE
OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMA-
TION.—As an ongoing component of the training required
in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall coordinate
with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Secu-
rity, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intel-
ligence community to compile and disseminate to the Bu-
reau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and
other current unclassified information relevant to terror-
ists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who
pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the
United States.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to implement this section.
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SEC. 306. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS TO NON-
IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE
STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TER-
RORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No nonimmigrant visa under sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) shall be issued to any alien from
a country that is a state sponsor of international terrorism
unless the Secretary of State determines, in consultation
with the Attorney General and the heads of other appro-
priate United States agencies, that such alien does not
pose a threat to the safety or national security of the
United States. In making a determination under this sub-
section, the Secretary of State shall apply standards devel-
oped by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the heads of other appropriate
United States agencies, that are applicable to the nation-
als of such states.
(b) STATE SPONSOR OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
DEFINED.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term
‘‘state sponsor of international terrorism’’ means
any country the government of which has been de-
termined by the Secretary of State under any of the
laws specified in paragraph (2) to have repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism.
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(2) LAWS
UNDER
WHICH
DETERMINATIONS
WERE MADE.—The laws specified in this paragraph
are the following:
(A) Section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (or successor statute).
(B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export
Control Act.
(C) Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961.
SEC. 307. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER
THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.
(a) REPORTING PASSPORT THEFTS.—As a condition
of a country’s initial designation or continued designation
for participation in the visa waiver program under section
217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1187), the Attorney General and the Secretary of State
shall consider whether the country reports to the United
States Government on a timely basis the theft of blank
passports issued by that country.
(b) CHECK OF LOOKOUT DATABASES.—Prior to the
admission of an alien under the visa waiver program es-
tablished under section 217 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service shall determine that the applicant for
admission does not appear in any of the appropriate look-
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out databases available to immigration inspectors at the
time the alien seeks admission to the United States.
SEC. 308. TRACKING SYSTEM FOR STOLEN PASSPORTS.
(a) ENTERING STOLEN PASSPORT IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS IN THE INTEROPERABLE DATA SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with implementa-
tion under section 202 of the law enforcement and
intelligence data system, not later than 72 hours
after receiving notification of the loss or theft of a
United States or foreign passport, the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall
enter into such system the corresponding identifica-
tion number for the lost or stolen passport.
(2) ENTRY OF INFORMATION ON PREVIOUSLY
LOST OR STOLEN PASSPORTS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Attorney General, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, shall enter into such system
the corresponding identification numbers for the
United States and foreign passports lost or stolen
prior to the implementation of such system.
(b) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Until such time as the law
enforcement and intelligence data system described in sec-
tion 202 is fully implemented, the Attorney General shall
enter the data described in subsection (a) into an existing
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data system being used to determine the admissibility or
deportability of aliens.
SEC. 309. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR CERTAIN
NEWLY ADMITTED ALIENS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that, imme-
diately upon the arrival in the United States of an indi-
vidual admitted under section 207 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), or immediately upon an
alien being granted asylum under section 208 of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1158), the alien will be issued an employment
authorization document. Such document shall, at a min-
imum, contain the fingerprint and photograph of such
alien.
TITLE IV—ADMISSION AND
INSPECTION OF ALIENS
SEC. 401. STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NORTH AMER-
ICAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall conduct a
study of the feasibility of establishing a North American
National Security Program to enhance the mutual security
and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
(b) STUDY ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study re-
quired by subsection (a), the officials specified in sub-
section (a) shall consider the following:
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for their expertise regarding the conditions required
by that section.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting
forth the findings of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 402. PASSENGER MANIFESTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e);
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (i); and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 231.’’ the following
new subsections: ‘‘(a) ARRIVAL MANIFESTS.—For
each commercial vessel or aircraft transporting any
person to any seaport or airport of the United
States from any place outside the United States, it
shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified
in subsection (d) to provide to an immigration offi-
cer at that port manifest information about each
passenger, crew member, and other occupant trans-
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ported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival at
that port.
‘‘(b) DEPARTURE MANIFESTS.—For each commercial
vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any sea-
port or airport of the United States, who are destined to
any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty
of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to pro-
vide an immigration officer before departure from such
port manifest information about each passenger, crew
member, and other occupant to be transported.
‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF MANIFEST.—The information to
be provided with respect to each person listed on a mani-
fest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b)
shall include—
‘‘(1) complete name;
‘‘(2) date of birth;
‘‘(3) citizenship;
‘‘(4) sex;
‘‘(5) passport number and country of issuance;
‘‘(6) country of residence;
‘‘(7) United States visa number, date, and place
of issuance, where applicable;
‘‘(8) alien registration number, where applica-
ble;
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‘‘(9) United States address while in the United
States; and
‘‘(10) such other information the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and
the Secretary of Treasury determines as being nec-
essary for the identification of the persons trans-
ported and for the enforcement of the immigration
laws and to protect safety and national security.
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—An ap-
propriate official specified in this subsection is the master
or commanding officer, or authorized agent, owner, or con-
signee, of the commercial vessel or aircraft concerned.
‘‘(e) DEADLINE FOR REQUIREMENT OF ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION OF MANIFEST INFORMATION.—Not later
than January 1, 2003, manifest information required to
be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall be trans-
mitted electronically by the appropriate official specified
in subsection (d) to an immigration officer.
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION.—No operator of any private or
public carrier that is under a duty to provide manifest in-
formation under this section shall be granted clearance pa-
pers until the appropriate official specified in subsection
(d) has complied with the requirements of this subsection,
except that in the case of commercial vessels, aircraft, or
land carriers that the Attorney General determines are
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making regular trips to the United States, the Attorney
General may, when expedient, arrange for the provision
of manifest information of persons departing the United
States at a later date.
‘‘(g) PENALTIES AGAINST NONCOMPLYING SHIP-
MENTS, AIRCRAFT, OR CARRIERS.—If it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the Attorney General that an appro-
priate official specified in subsection (d), any public or pri-
vate carrier, or the agent of any transportation line, as
the case may be, has refused or failed to provide manifest
information required by subsection (a) or (b), or that the
manifest information provided is not accurate and full
based on information provided to the carrier, such official,
carrier, or agent, as the case may be, shall pay to the Com-
missioner the sum of $300 for each person with respect
to whom such accurate and full manifest information is
not provided, or with respect to whom the manifest infor-
mation is not prepared as prescribed by this section or
by regulations issued pursuant thereto. No commercial
vessel, aircraft, or land carrier shall be granted clearance
pending determination of the question of the liability to
the payment of such penalty, or while it remains unpaid,
and no such penalty shall be remitted or refunded, except
that clearance may be granted prior to the determination
of such question upon the deposit with the Commissioner
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of a bond or undertaking approved by the Attorney Gen-
eral or a sum sufficient to cover such penalty.
‘‘(h) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive the
requirements of subsection (a) or (b) upon such cir-
cumstances and conditions as the Attorney General may
by regulation prescribe.’’.
(b) EXTENSION TO LAND CARRIERS.—Not later than
two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
President shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility
of extending the requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
of section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1221), as amended by subsection (a), to any com-
mercial carrier transporting persons by land to or from
the United States. The study shall focus on the manner
in which such requirement would be implemented to en-
hance the national security of the United States and the
efficient cross-border flow of commerce and persons.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to persons arriving
in, or departing from, the United States on or after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 403. TIME PERIOD FOR INSPECTIONS.
(a) REPEAL
OF TIME LIMITATION
ON INSPEC-
TIONS.—Section 286(g) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘,
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within forty-five minutes of their presentation for inspec-
tion,’’.
(b) STAFFING LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY.—The
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall staff ports
of entry at such levels that would be adequate to meet
traffic flow and inspection time objectives efficiently with-
out compromising the safety and security of the United
States. Estimated staffing levels under workforce models
for the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be
based on the goal of providing immigration services de-
scribed in section 286(g) of such Act within 45 minutes
of a passenger’s presentation for inspection.
TITLE V—FOREIGN STUDENTS
AND EXCHANGE VISITORS
SEC. 501. FOREIGN STUDENT MONITORING PROGRAM.
(a) STRENGTHENING REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLE-
MENTATION OF MONITORING PROGRAM.—
(1) MONITORING AND VERIFICATION OF INFOR-
MATION.—Section 641(a) of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1372(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3) ALIENS
FOR
WHOM
A
VISA
IS
RE-
QUIRED.—The Attorney General, in consultation