Sec. 9. Reports
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Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that identifies, with respect to the preceding fiscal year— the number of threatened journalist aliens who were issued a nonimmigrant visa under clause
(ii)of section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I) ), as added by section 6(a), disaggregated by country of nationality; the number of family members of aliens described in paragraph
(1)who were issued a nonimmigrant visa under such clause (ii), disaggregated by country of nationality; the number of alien journalists who were granted humanitarian parole pursuant to section 6(b) due to their work as journalists, disaggregated by country of nationality; the number of family members of aliens described in paragraph
(3)who were granted humanitarian parole pursuant to section 6(b), disaggregated by country of nationality; and such other information as the Secretary considers relevant. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter on March 1, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report analyzing the barriers that prevent foreign journalists from obtaining visas for admission into the United States. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall assess the following: The success of programs relating to in-country support for foreign journalists, temporary resettlement of such journalists in third countries, admission of such journalists under clause
(ii)of section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I) ), as added by section 6(a), and humanitarian parole for such journalists under section 6(b). The processing speeds and delays in the program providing nonimmigrant visas to journalists under clause
(ii)of section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I) ), as added by section 6(a). In preparing the report required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall consult with— the Attorney General; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Secretary of State; and nongovernmental organizations that advocate for the safety of journalists, as determined by the Comptroller General. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Human Rights Caucus of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the House of Representatives.
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