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USA
Patriot Act
Uniting and Strengthening America by providing appropriate tools
required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
USA PATRIOT Act, Public Law 107-56
Note: This bill became law on 10/26/2001. Only
the section which relates to SEVIS is reproduced below. For complete
text of the bill, click here
and search for "H.R. 3162".
Title IV - Protecting the Border
Subtitle B - Enhanced Immigration Provisions
Section 416. Foreign Student Monitoring Program
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Full Implementation
and Expansion of Foreign Student Visa Monitoring Program Required
- The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall fully implement and expand the program
established by section 641(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(a)). |
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Integration with
Port of Entry Information - For each alien with respect
to whom information is collected under section 641 of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372), the Attorney General, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, shall include information on
the date of entry and port of entry. |
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Expansion of System
to Include Other Approved Educational Institutions
- Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.1372) is amended - |
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in subsection (a)(1),
subsection (c)(4)(A), and subsection (d)(1) (in the text above
subparagraph (A)), by inserting ", other approved educational
institutions," after "higher education" each
place it appears; |
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in subsections (c)(1)(C),
(c)(1)(D), and (d)(1)(A), by inserting ", or other approved
educational institution," after "higher education"
each place it appears; |
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in subsections (d)(2),
(e)(1), and (e)(2), by inserting ", other approved educational
institution," after "higher education" each
place it appears; and |
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in subsection (h), by
adding at the end the following new paragraph: |
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Other Approved Educational
Institution - The term "other approved educational
institution" includes any air flight school, language
training school, or vocational school, approved by the Attorney
General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and
the Secretary of State, under subparagraph (F), (J), or (M)
of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act..
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Authorization
of Appropriations - There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Department of Justice $36,800,000 for the period beginning
on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on January
1, 2003, to fully implement and expand prior to January 1,
2003, the program established by section 641(a) of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1372(a)). |
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