A bill to prohibit the implementation of any program that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of entry.

Prohibits the implementation of any program that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies to the President and to Congress that the integrated entry and exit data system (US-VISIT) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of entry.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 300 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 300

  To prohibit the implementation of any program that grants temporary 
   legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is 
unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland 
Security certifies that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented 
               at every land, sea, and air port of entry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2013

  Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Lee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the implementation of any program that grants temporary 
   legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is 
unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland 
Security certifies that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented 
               at every land, sea, and air port of entry.

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

SECTION 1. US-VISIT SYSTEM.

    Any program that authorizes granting temporary legal status to 
individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States or 
adjusting the status of such individuals to that of aliens lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence may not be implemented until the 
Secretary of Homeland Security certifies in writing to the President 
and Congress that the integrated entry and exit data system required 
under section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a), which was required to be 
implemented by December 21, 2005, has been fully implemented and is 
functioning at every land, sea, and air port of entry.
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