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PUBLIC LAW 108–156—DEC. 3, 2003

Public Law 108–156 108th Congress An Act Dec. 3, 2003 [S. 1685]

To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.

Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003. 8 USC 1101 note.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003’’. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking ‘‘6-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘11-year period’’. SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM. Deadline.

Deadline.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000

10:15 Aug 27, 2004

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by inserting after ‘‘United States’’ the following: ‘‘, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand the operation of the program to all 50 States not later than December 1, 2004’’. (b) REPORT.—Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’, and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(b) REPORT ON EXPANSION.—Not later than June 1, 2004, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report— ‘‘(1) evaluating whether the problems identified by the report submitted under subsection (a) have been substantially resolved; and ‘‘(2) describing what actions the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take before undertaking the expansion of the basic pilot program to all 50 States in accordance with section 401(c)(1), in order to resolve any outstanding problems raised in the report filed under subsection (a).’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 402(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘or entity electing—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) the citizen attestation

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