Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 15 — Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform
§ 1771. General Accounting Office study
Statutory text
Requirement for study
In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and utility of implementing a requirement that each nonimmigrant alien in the United States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization each year a current address and, where applicable, the name and address of an employer.
Nonimmigrant alien defined
In paragraph (1), the term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien described in section 1101(a)(15) of this title.
Report
Not later than 1 year after , the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection (a). The report shall include the Comptroller General’s findings, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–173 title VI § 602 · 116 Stat. 543
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1771
(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 602, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 564.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 602, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 564.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 602. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY. (a) Requirement for Study.— (1) In general.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and utility of implementing a requirement that each nonimmigrant alien in the United States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization each year a current address and, where applicable, the name and address of an employer. (2) Nonimmigrant alien defined.— In paragraph (1), the term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). (b) Report.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection (a). The report shall include the Comptroller General’s findings, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office by section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.