Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 15 — Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform
§ 1774. Annual report on aliens who fail to appear after release on own recognizance
Statutory text
Requirement for report
Not later than January 15 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the total number of aliens who, during the preceding year, failed to attend a removal proceeding after having been arrested outside a port of entry, served a notice to appear under section 1229(a)(1) of this title, and released on the alien’s own recognizance. The report shall also take into account the number of cases in which there were defects in notices of hearing or the service of notices of hearing, together with a description and analysis of the effects, if any, that the defects had on the attendance of aliens at the proceedings.
Initial report
Notwithstanding the time for submission of the annual report provided in subsection (a), the report for 2001 shall be submitted not later than 6 months after .
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 § 605 · 116 Stat. 543
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1774
(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 605, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 565.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 605, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 565.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 605. ANNUAL REPORT ON ALIENS WHO FAIL TO APPEAR AFTER RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE. (a) Requirement for Report.— Not later than January 15 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the total number of aliens who, during the preceding year, failed to attend a removal proceeding after having been arrested outside a port of entry, served a notice to appear under section 239(a)(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(a)(D), and released on the alien’s own recognizance. The report shall also take into account the number of cases in which there were defects in notices of hearing or the service of notices of hearing, together with a description and analysis of the effects, if any, that the defects had on the attendance of aliens at the proceedings. (b) Initial Report.— Notwithstanding the time for submission of the annual report provided in subsection (a), the report for 2001 shall be submitted not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.