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SEC. 902. SHADOW WOLVES PROGRAM. 
Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2008 
for the Shadow Wolves program. 
SEC. 903. COST-EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR BORDER PATROL 
AGENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall take such steps as may be necessary to control 
the costs of hiring, training, and deploying new Border Pa-
trol agents, including— 
(1) permitting individuals who are in training 
to become Border Patrol agents to waive certain 
course requirements of such training if such individ-
uals have earlier satisfied such requirements in a 
similar or comparable manner as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) directing the Office of Inspector General to 
conduct a review of the costs and feasibility of train-
ing new Border Patrol agents at Federal training 
centers, including the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center facility in Charleston, South Caro-
lina, and the HAMMER facility in Hanford, Wash-
ington, and at training facilities operated by State 
and local law enforcement academies, non-profit enti-
ties, and private entities, including institutions in the 
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southwest border region, as well as the use of all of 
the above to conduct portions of such training. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PER-AGENT COST OF TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall take such steps as may 
be necessary to ensure that the fiscal year 2008 per- 
agent cost of hiring, training, and deploying each 
new Border Patrol agent does not exceed $150,000. 
(2) EXCEPTION AND CERTIFICATION.—If the Sec-
retary determines that the per-agent cost referred to 
in paragraph (1) exceeds $150,000, the Secretary 
shall promptly submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a certification explaining why 
such per-agent cost exceeds such amount. 
SEC. 904. STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 442 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (10); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(5) STUDENT
AND
EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PRO-
GRAM.—In administering the program under para-
graph (4), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) prescribe regulations to require an in-
stitution or exchange visitor program sponsor 
participating in the Student and Exchange Vis-
itor Program to ensure that each covered student 
or exchange visitor enrolled at the institution or 
attending the exchange visitor program— 
‘‘(i) is an active participant in the 
program for which the covered student or 
exchange visitor was issued a visa to enter 
the United States; 
‘‘(ii) is not unobserved for any pe-
riod— 
‘‘(I) exceeding 30 days during 
any academic term or program in 
which the covered student or exchange 
visitor is enrolled; or 
‘‘(II) exceeding 60 days during 
any period not described in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(iii) is reported to the Department if 
within 21 days of— 
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‘‘(I) transferring to another insti-
tution or program; or 
‘‘(II) being hospitalized or other-
wise incapacitated necessitating a pro-
longed absence from the academic in-
stitution or exchange visitor program; 
and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), re-
quire each covered student or exchange visitor to 
be observed at least once every 60 days. 
‘‘(6) ENHANCED ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 
provide access to the Student and Exchange Visitor 
Information System (hereinafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘SEVIS’), or other equivalent program 
or system, to appropriate employees of an institution 
or exchange visitor program sponsor participating in 
the Student and Exchange Visitor Program if— 
‘‘(A) at least two authorized users are iden-
tified at each participating institution or ex-
change visitor sponsor; 
‘‘(B) at least one additional authorized user 
is identified at each such institution or sponsor 
for every 200 covered students or exchange visi-
tors enrolled at the institution or sponsor; and 
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‘‘(C) each authorized user is certified by the 
Secretary as having completed an appropriate 
training course provided by the Department for 
the program or system. 
‘‘(7) PROGRAM SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall 
provide appropriate technical support options to fa-
cilitate use of the program or system described in 
paragraph (4) by authorized users. 
‘‘(8) UPGRADES
TO
SEVIS
OR
EQUIVALENT 
DATA.—The Secretary shall update the program or 
system described in paragraph (4) to incorporate new 
data fields that include— 
‘‘(A) verification that a covered student’s 
performance meets the minimum academic 
standards of the institution in which such stu-
dent is enrolled; and 
‘‘(B) timely entry of academic majors, in-
cluding changes to majors, of covered students 
and exchange visitors enrolled at institutions or 
exchange program sponsors participating in the 
Student and Exchange Visitor Program. 
‘‘(9) SAVINGS CLAUSE.— Nothing in this section 
shall prohibit the Secretary or any institution or ex-
change program sponsor participating in the Student 
Exchange Visitor Program from requiring more fre-
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