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 104 STAT. 5066 PUBLIC LAW 101-649—NOV. 29, 1990 8 USC 1252 note. 8 USC 1252b note. Reports. months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on abuses associated with the failure of aliens to consolidate requests for discretionary relief before immigration judges at the first hearing on the merits. The Attorney General shall take into account possible exceptions appropriate in the interest of justice and shall include in the report such recommendations for changes in regulations or law as may be needed to prevent such abuses. (d) REGULATIONS ON MOTIONS TO REOPEN AND TO RECONSIDER AND ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS. —Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue regulations with respect to— (1) the period of time in which motions to reopen and to reconsider may be offered in deportation proceedings, which regulations include a limitation on the number of such motions that may be filed and a maximum time period for the filing of such motions; and (2) the time period for the filing of administrative appeals in deportation proceedings and for the filing of appellate and reply briefs, which regulations include a limitation on the number of administrative appeals that may be made, a maximum time period for the filing of such motions and briefs, the items to be included in the notice of appeal, and the consolidation of motions to reopen or to reconsider with the appeal of the order of deportation. (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— The 8th sentence of section 242(b) (8 U.S.C. 1252(b)) is amended to read as follows: "Such regulations shall include requirements consistent with section 242B.". (f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of contents is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 242A the following new item: "Sec. 242B. Deportation procedures. ". (g) EFFECTIVE DATES. — (1) NOTICE-RELATED PROVISIONS.— (A) Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e)(1) of section 242B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as inserted by the amendment made by subsection (a)), and the amendment made by subsection (e), shall be effective on a date specified by the Attorney General in the certification described in subparagraph (B), which date may not be earlier than 6 months gifter the date of such certification. (B) The Attorney General shall certify to the Congress when the central address file system (described in section 242B(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) has been established. (C) The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress, within 3 months after the date of the Attorney General's certification under subparagraph (B), a report on the adequacy of such system. (2) CERTAIN LIMITS ON DISCRETIONARY REUEF; SANCTIONS FOR FRIVOLOUS BEHAVIOR. — Subsections (d), (e)(2), and (e)(3) of section 242B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as inserted by the amendment made by subsection (a)) shall be effective on the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) LIMITS ON DISCRETIONARY RELIEF FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN ASYLUM HEARING.—Subsection (e)(4) of section 242B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as inserted by the amend-

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