manner. During such hearing, the applicant
shall have the privilege of the assistance and
participation of counsel and shall be entitled to
present evidence and witnesses, to examine and
object to evidence presented by the Government,
and to cross-examine all witnesses presented by
the Government.
‘‘(F) COUNTRY CONDITIONS.—
‘‘(i) The Secretary of State shall pro-
vide information regarding country condi-
tions to the Attorney General to be in-
cluded, along with information from other
reliable sources, in the collections of the
asylum resource information center of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
‘‘(ii) An officer may request informa-
tion regarding country conditions from the
asylum resource information center of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service
and from the Secretary of State, but may
not request or consider recommendations
from the Secretary of State as to whether
a particular named individual should or
should not be granted provisional asylum.
‘‘(G) TRANSCRIPT OF HEARINGS.—A com-
plete record of the proceedings and of all testi-
mony and evidence produced at the hearing
shall be kept. The hearing shall be recorded
verbatim. The Attorney General and the Service
shall provide that a transcript of a hearing held
under this section is made available not later
than 10 days after the date of completion of the
hearing.
‘‘(H) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATIONS ON
APPLICATIONS.—The officer shall render a de-
termination on the application not later than 30
days after the date of completion of the hear-
ing. The determination of the officer shall be
based only on the evidence produced at the
hearing or on information which is the subject
of official notice with respect to country condi-
tions.
‘‘(I) RESOURCE ALLOCATION.—The Attor-
ney General shall allocate sufficient resources
so as to assure that applications for provisional
asylum are heard and determined on a timely
basis. However, nothing in this paragraph relat-
ing to scheduling or deadlines shall be con-
strued as creating any right or benefit, sub-
stantive or procedural, which is legally enforce-
able by any party against the United States, its
agencies, its officers, or any other person.
‘‘(J) SANCTIONS
FOR
FAILURE
TO
AP-
PEAR.—
‘‘(i) Subject to clause (ii), the applica-
tion for provisional asylum of an alien who
does not appear for a hearing on such ap-
plication shall be summarily dismissed un-
less the alien can show exceptional cir-
cumstances 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
242B(f)(2)) as determined by the asylum
officer.
‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply if writ-
ten and oral notice were not provided as
required by section 242B(e)(4)(B).
‘‘(K) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The decision of
the asylum officer shall be the final admin-
istrative determination of a claim for provi-
sional asylum.
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT
OF
CASES
IN
EX-
CLUSION
OR
DEPORTATION.—If proceed-
ings are instituted against an alien under
section 235 or 242 of this Act and the
alien files an application for provisional
asylum based on circumstances described
in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), the asylum offi-
cer shall render, on an expedited basis, a
decision on the application.
‘‘(c) ASYLUM.—
‘‘(1) ADJUSTMENT
OF
STATUS.—Under such
regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe,
the Attorney General shall adjust to the status of an
alien granted asylum the status of any alien granted
provisional asylum under subsection (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) who—
‘‘(A) applies for such adjustment;
‘‘(B) has been physically present in the
United States for at least 1 year after being
granted provisional asylum;
‘‘(C) continues to be eligible for provisional
asylum under this section; and
‘‘(D) is admissible under this Act at the
time of examination for adjustment of status
under this subsection.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
SPOUSE
AND
CHIL-
DREN.—A spouse or child (as defined in section
101(b) (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E)) of an alien whose
status is adjusted to that of an alien granted asylum
under paragraph (a)(2) may be granted the same
status as the alien if accompanying, or following to
join, such alien.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION FEES.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may impose a reasonable fee for the filing of an
application for asylum under this subsection.
‘‘(d) DENIAL OF IMMIGRATION BENEFITS FOR FRIV-
OLOUS APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the asylum officer deter-
mines that an alien has made a frivolous application
for provisional asylum under this section and the
alien has received the notice under subsection
(b)(1)(D)(i), the alien shall be permanently ineligible
for any benefits under this Act, effective as of the
date of a final determination on such application.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF MATERIAL MISREPRESEN-
TATIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, an appli-
cation considered to be ‘frivolous’ includes, but is
not limited to, an application which contains a will-
ful misrepresentation or concealment of a material
fact.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item in the table
of contents relating to section 208 is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘Sec. 208. Asylum.’’.