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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3163 (Introduced in House) — To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. · Sec. 182

Sec. 182. Mandatory address reporting requirements

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Section 265 ( 8 U.S.C. 1305 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking notify the Attorney General in writing and inserting submit written or electronic notification to the Secretary of Homeland Security, in a manner approved by the Secretary, ; by striking the Attorney General may require and inserting the Secretary may require ; and by adding at the end the following: If the alien is involved in proceedings before an immigration judge or in an administrative appeal of such proceedings, the alien shall submit to the Attorney General the alien’s current address and a telephone number, if any, at which the alien may be contacted. ; in subsection (b), by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (c), by striking given to such parent and inserting given by such parent ; and by adding at the end the following:
Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary under paragraph (2), an address provided by an alien under this section shall be the alien’s current residential mailing address, and shall not be a post office box or other nonresidential mailing address or the address of an attorney, representative, labor organization, or employer. The Secretary may provide specific requirements with respect to— designated classes of aliens and special circumstances, including aliens who are employed at a remote location; and the reporting of address information by aliens who are incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local correctional facility.
An alien who is being detained by the Secretary under this Act is not required to report the alien’s current address under this section during the time the alien remains in detention, but shall be required to notify the Secretary of the alien’s address under this section at the time of the alien’s release from detention. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may provide for the appropriate coordination and cross referencing of address information provided by an alien under this section with other information relating to the alien’s address under other Federal programs, including— any information pertaining to the alien, which is submitted in any application, petition, or motion filed under this Act with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Labor; any information available to the Attorney General with respect to an alien in a proceeding before an immigration judge or an administrative appeal or judicial review of such proceeding; any information collected with respect to nonimmigrant foreign students or exchange program participants under section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1372 ); and any information collected from State or local correctional agencies pursuant to the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
The Secretary may rely on the most recent address provided by the alien under this section or section 264 to send to the alien any notice, form, document, or other matter pertaining to Federal immigration laws, including service of a notice to appear. The Attorney General and the Secretary may rely on the most recent address provided by the alien under section 239(a)(1)(F) to contact the alien about pending removal proceedings. The alien’s provision of an address for any other purpose under the Federal immigration laws does not excuse the alien’s obligation to submit timely notice of the alien’s address to the Secretary under this section (or to the Attorney General under section 239(a)(1)(F) with respect to an alien in a proceeding before an immigration judge or an administrative appeal of such proceeding).
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an electronic database to timely record and preserve addresses provided under this section. . Chapter 7 of title II ( 8 U.S.C. 1301 et seq. ) is amended— in section 262(c), by striking Attorney General and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in section 263(a), by striking Attorney General and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in section 264— in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), by striking Attorney General each place it appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in subsection (f)— by striking Attorney General is authorized and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney General are authorized ; and by striking Attorney General or the Service and inserting Secretary or the Attorney General .
If an alien fails to comply with section 262, 263, or 265 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1302 , 1303, and 1305) or section 264.1 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, or removal orders or voluntary departure agreements based on any such section for acts committed prior to the enactment of this Act such failure shall not affect the eligibility of the alien to apply for a benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ). Section 266 ( 8 U.S.C. 1306 ) is amended by striking Attorney General each place it appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security .
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (2), and
(3)of subsection
(a)shall take effect as if enacted on March 1, 2003.
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