Sec. 3. Student and exchange visitor program
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Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 252 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (11); and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: In administering the program under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Student Visa Security Improvement Act — prescribe regulations to require an institution or exchange visitor program sponsor participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program to ensure that each covered student or exchange visitor enrolled at the institution or attending the exchange visitor program— is an active participant in the program for which the covered student or exchange visitor was issued a visa to enter the United States; is not unobserved for any period— exceeding 30 days during any academic term or program in which the covered student or exchange visitor is enrolled; or exceeding 60 days during any period not described in subclause (I); and is reported to the Department within 10 days of— transferring to another institution or program; changing academic majors; or any other changes to information required to be maintained in the system described in paragraph (4); notwithstanding subparagraph (A), require each covered student or exchange visitor to be observed at least once every 60 days; and prescribe regulations defining what constitutes the commencement of participation of a covered student in a designated exchange visitor program (as defined in section 641(h) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1372(h) )). The Secretary shall provide access to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the SEVIS ), or other equivalent or successor program or system, to appropriate employees of an institution or exchange visitor program sponsor participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program if— at least two authorized users are identified at each participating institution or exchange visitor sponsor; at least one additional authorized user is identified at each such institution or sponsor for every 200 covered students or exchange visitors enrolled at the institution or sponsor; and each authorized user is certified by the Secretary as having completed an appropriate training course provided by the Department for the program or system. The Secretary shall provide appropriate technical support options to facilitate use of the program or system described in paragraph
(4)by authorized users. The Secretary shall update the program or system described in paragraph
(4)to incorporate new data fields that include— verification that a covered student’s performance meets the minimum academic standards of the institution in which such student is enrolled; and timely entry of any information required by paragraph
(5)regarding covered students and exchange visitors enrolled at institutions or exchange program sponsors. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary or any institution or exchange program sponsor participating in the Student Exchange Visitor Program from requiring more frequent observations of covered students or exchange visitors. The Secretary is authorized, without notice, to decertify any approved institution or exchange visitor program sponsor if such institution or exchange visitor program sponsor is engaged in egregious criminal activities or is a threat to national security. ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this section: The term covered student means a student who is a nonimmigrant pursuant to subparagraph (F), (J), or
(M)of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ). The term observed means positively identified by physical or electronic means. The term authorized user means an individual nominated by an institution participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and confirmed by the Secretary as not appearing on any terrorist watch list. . The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the fees for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program of the Department of Homeland Security. The Comptroller General shall include in such review data from fiscal years 2009 through 2013 and shall consider fees collected by the Department and all expenses associated with the review, issuance, maintenance, data collection, and enforcement functions of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
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