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(2) The names and addresses of the alien’s spouse, children,
parents, and siblings.
(3) The names of contacts of the alien in the alien’s country
of residence who could verify information about the alien.
(4) Previous work history, if any, including the names
and addresses of employers.
(c) TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act and until such time as the system
described in section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act (as amended by subsection
(a)) is fully implemented, the following requirements shall
apply:
(A) RESTRICTIONS ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS.—A visa may
not be issued to an alien under subparagraph (F), subpara-
graph (M), or, with respect to an alien seeking to attend
an approved institution of higher education, subparagraph
(J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), unless—
(i) the Department of State has received from an
approved institution of higher education or other
approved educational institution electronic evidence of
documentation of the alien’s acceptance at that institu-
tion; 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 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)) to an alien, the Secretary of State
shall transmit to the Immigration 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
institution or program has been admitted to the United
States.
(D) NOTIFICATION OF FAILURE OF ENROLLMENT.—Not
later than 30 days after the deadline for registering for
classes for an academic term, the approved institution of
higher education or other approved educational institution
shall inform the Immigration and Naturalization Service
through data-sharing arrangements of any failure of any
alien described in subparagraph (C) to enroll or to com-
mence participation.
(2) REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT LIST OF APPROVED INSTITU-
TIONS.—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 edu-
cation and other approved educational institutions that are
authorized to receive nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)
(F) or (M) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F) or (M)).
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized 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 AUTHOR-
IZED 
TO 
ENROLL 
OR 
SPONSOR 
CERTAIN 
NON-
IMMIGRANTS.
(a) PERIODIC REVIEW
OF COMPLIANCE.—Not later than two
years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every two years
thereafter, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization,
in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall conduct a
review of the institutions certified to receive nonimmigrants 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 deter-
mine 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 Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
(b) PERIODIC REVIEW OF SPONSORS OF EXCHANGE VISITORS.—
(1) REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEWS.—Not later than two years
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every two years
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall conduct a review of
the entities designated to sponsor exchange visitor program
participants under section 101(a)(15)(J) of 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 requirements to
receive nonimmigrant exchange visitor program partici-
pants under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)); and
(B) recordkeeping and reporting requirements under
section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
(c) EFFECT OF MATERIAL FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Material failure
of an institution or other entity to comply with the recordkeeping
and reporting requirements to receive nonimmigrant students or
exchange visitor program participants 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),
shall result in the suspension for at least one year or termination,
at the election of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion, of the institution’s approval to receive such students, or result
in the suspension for at least one year or termination, at the
election of the Secretary of State, of the other entity’s designation
to sponsor exchange visitor program participants, as the case may
be.
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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 requirement 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 employer.
(2) NONIMMIGRANT ALIEN DEFINED.—In paragraph (1), the
term ‘‘nonimmigrant alien’’ means an alien described in section
101(a)(15) of the Immigration 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 Comptroller General’s findings, together with any
recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appro-
priate.
SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
(a) INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEM.—The Secretary
of State and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization,
in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security, shall jointly conduct a study of the alternative approaches
(including the costs of, and procedures necessary for, each alter-
native approach) for encouraging or requiring Canada, Mexico, and
countries treated as visa waiver program countries under section
217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to develop an intergov-
ernmental network of interoperable electronic data systems that—
(1) facilitates real-time access to that country’s law enforce-
ment and intelligence information that is needed by the Depart-
ment of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
to screen visa applicants and applicants for admission into
the 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 system imple-
mented under section 202; and
(3) performs in accordance with implementation of the tech-
nology 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 committees of Congress a report setting
forth the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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SEC. 604. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose requirements
that are inconsistent with the North American Free Trade Agree-
ment or to require additional documents for aliens for whom docu-
mentary requirements are waived under section 212(d)(4)(B) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)).
SEC. 605. ANNUAL REPORT ON ALIENS WHO FAIL TO APPEAR AFTER
RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than January 15
of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the total number of aliens
who, during the preceding year, failed to attend a removal pro-
ceeding 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 defects in notices of hearing
or the service of notices of hearing, 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 APPLICATIONS BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
The Department of State shall retain, for a period of seven
years from the date of application, every application for a non-
immigrant 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 admis-
sible in the courts of the United States or in administrative pro-
ceedings, including removal proceedings under such Act, without
regard to whether the application was approved or denied.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.