To provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system.

Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system to provide centralized information which shall be available to Federal agencies involved with national security; and (2) a related nonimmigrant student fee.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3043 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3043

   To provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student 
                            tracking system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2001

Mr. Sweeney (for himself and Mr. Tauzin) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student 
                            tracking system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF ALIEN NONIMMIGRANT STUDENT TRACKING SYSTEM.

    (a) Establishment.--Subject to subsection (b), not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization 
and the Secretary of State, shall develop and establish an alien 
nonimmigrant student tracking system to provide centralized information 
which shall be available to appropriate Federal agencies involved with 
national security. The system shall include information regarding the 
educational entity where the alien is enrolled, notice of any 
termination or transfer to another educational entity, the program of 
study, the status and expected completion date, place of residence, and 
place and nature of employment of all aliens admitted to, or residing 
in, the United States with the status of an alien nonimmigrant student 
under subparagraphs (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act.
    (b) Implementation.--If the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and the Secretary of 
State, determines that the system authorized under subsection (a) 
cannot be fully implemented for all students within 180 days, the 
Attorney General shall give priority to the implementation of a system 
targeted at tracking alien nonimmigrant students who are nationals of 
countries (1) designated as countries that support international 
terrorism or support countries that support international terrorism 
under sections 620A and 620G of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and, 
(2) the Attorney General considers appropriate on the basis of national 
security.
    (c) Fees.--
            (1) Establishment.--
                    (A) The Attorney General shall establish a fee, 
                which the Attorney General may periodically revise, to 
                be imposed on, and collected from all alien 
                nonimmigrant students prior to being classified under 
                subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act. Subject to 
                subparagraph (B), the amount of the fee shall be based 
                on the Attorney General's estimate of the cost per 
                alien of conducting the tracking system established 
                under this section, but may not exceed $100.
                    (B) In the case of an alien admitted under section 
                101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as 
                an au pair, camp counselor, or participant in a summer 
                work travel program, the fee shall not exceed $40.
            (2) Use.--Fees collected under paragraph (1) shall be 
        deposited as offsetting receipts into a separate account in the 
        Treasury and shall remain available until expended for the 
        Attorney General to reimburse any appropriation the amount paid 
        out for expenses in carrying out this section.
    (d) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) Interim report.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State, shall submit 
        a report to the Congress on the development and implementation 
        of the system authorized by this section.
            (2) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and on an annual basis thereafter, 
        the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of 
        the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Secretary of 
        State, shall submit to the Congress a report on the status of 
        the system authorized by this section.
            (3) Form of reports.--Reports under this subsection may be 
        submitted in classified and unclassified form.
            (4) Comments.--The Commissioner of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service and the Secretary of State may include 
        dissenting or other views together with any report submitted by 
        the Attorney General under this subsection.
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