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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 6136 (Introduced in House) — To amend the immigration laws and provide for border security, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Division A—Border Enforcement Sec. 1100. Short title. Title I—Border Security Sec. 1101. Definitions. Subtitle A—Infrastructure and Equipment Sec. 1111. Strengthening the requirements for barriers along the southern border. Sec. 1112. Air and Marine Operations flight hours. Sec. 1113. Capability deployment to specific sectors and transit zone.
Sec. 1114. U.S. Border Patrol activities. Sec. 1115. Border security technology program management. Sec. 1116. National Guard support to secure the southern border. Sec. 1117. Prohibitions on actions that impede border security on certain Federal land. Sec. 1118. Landowner and rancher security enhancement. Sec. 1119. Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar. Sec. 1120. Southern border threat analysis. Sec. 1121. Amendments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Sec. 1122. Agent and officer technology use.
Sec. 1123. Integrated Border Enforcement Teams. Sec. 1124. Tunnel Task Forces. Sec. 1125. Pilot program on use of electromagnetic spectrum in support of border security operations. Sec. 1126. Foreign migration assistance. Sec. 1127. Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program. Subtitle B—Personnel Sec. 1131. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers. Sec. 1132. U.S. Customs and Border Protection retention incentives. Sec. 1133. Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act.
Sec. 1134. Training for officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Subtitle C—Grants Sec. 1141. Operation Stonegarden. Title II—Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Sec. 2101. Ports of entry infrastructure. Sec. 2102. Secure communications. Sec. 2103. Border security deployment program. Sec. 2104. Pilot and upgrade of license plate readers at ports of entry. Sec. 2105. Non-intrusive inspection operational demonstration. Sec. 2106. Biometric exit data system.
Sec. 2107. Sense of Congress on cooperation between agencies. Sec. 2108. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 2109. Definition. Title III—Visa Security and Integrity Sec. 3101. Visa security. Sec. 3102. Electronic passport screening and biometric matching. Sec. 3103. Reporting of visa overstays. Sec. 3104. Student and exchange visitor information system verification. Sec. 3105. Social media review of visa applicants. Sec. 3106. Cancellation of additional visas. Sec. 3107. Visa information sharing.
Sec. 3108. Restricting waiver of visa interviews. Sec. 3109. Authorizing the Department of State to not interview certain ineligible visa applicants. Sec. 3110. Petition and application processing for visas and immigration benefits. Sec. 3111. Fraud prevention. Sec. 3112. Visa ineligibility for spouses and children of drug traffickers. Sec. 3113. DNA testing. Sec. 3114. Access to NCIC criminal history database for diplomatic visas. Sec. 3115. Elimination of signed photograph requirement for visa applications.
Sec. 3116. Additional fraud detection and prevention. Title IV—Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Sec. 4101. Short title. Sec. 4102. Illicit spotting. Sec. 4103. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, and customs controls. Title V—Border Security Funding Sec. 5101. Border Security Funding. Sec. 5102. Limitation on adjustment of status. Sec. 5103. Exclusion from PAYGO scorecards. Division B—Immigration Reform Title I—Lawful Status for Certain Childhood Arrivals Sec. 1101.
Definitions. Sec. 1102. Contingent nonimmigrant status eligibility and application. Sec. 1103. Terms and conditions of conditional nonimmigrant status. Sec. 1104. Adjustment of status. Sec. 1105. Administrative and judicial review. Sec. 1106. Penalties and signature requirements. Sec. 1107. Rulemaking. Sec. 1108. Statutory construction. Sec. 1109. Addition of definition. Title II—Immigrant Visa Allocations and Priorities Sec. 2101. Elimination of diversity visa program. Sec. 2102.
Numerical limitation to any single foreign state. Sec. 2103. Family-sponsored immigration priorities. Sec. 2104. Allocation of immigrant visas for contingent nonimmigrants and children of certain nonimmigrants. Sec. 2105. Sunset of adjustment visas for conditional nonimmigrants and children of certain nonimmigrants. Sec. 2106. Implementation. Sec. 2107. Repeal of suspension of deportation and adjustment of status for certain aliens. Title III—Unaccompanied Alien Children; Interior Immigration Enforcement Sec. 3101.
Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children. Sec. 3102. Clarification of standards for family detention. Sec. 3103. Detention of dangerous aliens. Sec. 3104. Definition of aggravated felony. Sec. 3105. Crime of violence. Sec. 3106. Grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members. Sec. 3107. Special immigrant juvenile status for immigrants unable to reunite with either parent. Sec. 3108. Clarification of authority regarding determinations of convictions. Sec. 3109.
Adding attempt and conspiracy to commit terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds acts to the definition of engaging in terrorist activity. Sec. 3110. Clarifying the authority of ICE detainers. Sec. 3111. Department of Homeland Security access to crime information databases. Title IV—Asylum Reform Sec. 4101. Credible fear interviews. Sec. 4102. Jurisdiction of asylum applications. Sec. 4103. Recording expedited removal and credible fear interviews. Sec. 4104. Safe third country.
Sec. 4105. Renunciation of asylum status pursuant to return to home country. Sec. 4106. Notice concerning frivolous asylum applications. Sec. 4107. Anti-fraud investigative work product. Sec. 4108. Penalties for asylum fraud. Sec. 4109. Statute of limitations for asylum fraud. Sec. 4110. Technical amendments. Title V—USCIS Waivers Sec. 5101. Exemption from Administrative Procedure Act. Sec. 5102. Exemption from Paperwork Reduction Act. Sec. 5103. Sunset.
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