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 118 STAT. 3814 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR VISA SCREENING.— (1) IMMIGRANT VISAS.—Section 222(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘All immigrant visa applications shall be reviewed and adjudicated by a consular officer.’’. (2) NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.—Section 222(d) of the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘All nonimmigrant visa applica- tions shall be reviewed and adjudicated by a consular officer.’’. (c) TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS IN DETECTION OF FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS.—Section 305(a) of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1734(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In accordance with section 7201(d) of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.’’. (d) ASSIGNMENT OF ANTI-FRAUD SPECIALISTS.— (1) SURVEY REGARDING DOCUMENT FRAUD.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Secu- rity, shall conduct a survey of each diplomatic and consular post at which visas are issued to assess the extent to which fraudulent documents are presented by visa applicants to con- sular officers at such posts. (2) REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIALIST.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31, 2005, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall identify the diplomatic and con- sular posts at which visas are issued that experience the greatest frequency of presentation of fraudulent documents by visa applicants. The Secretary of State shall assign or designate at each such post at least 1 full-time anti- fraud specialist employed by the Department of State to assist the consular officers at each such post in the detec- tion of such fraud. (B) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary of State is not required to assign or designate a specialist under subpara- graph (A) at a diplomatic or consular post if an employee of the Department of Homeland Security, who has sufficient training and experience in the detection of fraudulent docu- ments, is assigned on a full-time basis to such post under section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236). SEC. 7204. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO TRACK AND CURTAIL TERRORIST TRAVEL THROUGH THE USE OF FRAUDU- LENTLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) International terrorists travel across international bor- ders to raise funds, recruit members, train for operations, escape capture, communicate, and plan and carry out attacks. (2) The international terrorists who planned and carried out the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 22 USC 2656 note. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00348 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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