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 112 STAT. 2681-541 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 598), for purposes of determining the alien's eligibility for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or medical assistance under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). (j) PERIOD OF APPLICABILITY. —Subsection (i) shall not apply after October 1, 2003. (k) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter (until all applications for adjustment of status under this section have been finally adjudicated), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary and the Committees on Appropriations of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate a report containing the following: (1)(A) The number of aliens who applied for adjustment of status under subsection (a), including a breakdown specifying the number of such applicants who are described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(1), respectively. (B) The number of aliens described in subparagraph (A) whose status was adjusted under this section, including a breakdown described in the subparagraph. (2)(A) The number of aliens who applied for adjustment of status under subsection (d), including a breakdown specifying the number of such applicants who are sponsors, children, or unmarried sons or daughters described in such subsection, respectively. (B) The number of aliens described in subparagraph (A) whose status was adjusted under this section, including a breakdown described in the subparagraph. 8 USC 1377. SEC. 903. COLLECTION OF DATA ON DETAINED ASYLUM SEEKERS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Attorney General shall regularly collect data on a nation-wide basis with respect to asylum seekers in detention in the United States, including the following information: (1) The number of detainees. (2) An identification of the countries of origin of the detainees. (3) The percentage of each gender within the total number of detainees. (4) The number of detainees listed by each year of age of the detainees. (5) The location of each detainee by detention facility. (6) With respect to each facility where detainees are held, whether the facility is also used to detain criminals and whether any of the detainees are held in the same cells as criminals. (7) The number and frequency of the transfers of detainees between detention facilities. (8) The average length of detention and the number of detainees by category of the length of detention. (9) The rate of release from detention of detainees for each district of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (10) A description of the disposition of cases. (b) ANNUAL REPORTS. —Beginning October 1, 1999, and not later than October 1 of each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of each House of Congress a report setting forth the data collected under subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending September 30 of that year. (c) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—Copies of the data collected under subsection (a) shall be made available to members of the public

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