Sec. 21. Implementation of SEVIS II
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Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall complete the deployment of the modernization of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (commonly known as SEVIS II ), which shall address limitations in the original SEVIS application by implementing improvements including the following: Development of an entirely paperless process for all activities related to the admission and tracking of nonimmigrant students.
Development of a new, person-centric recordkeeping system that will unify information about nonimmigrant students that the original SEVIS maintained in multiple records. To recover the cost of the implementation and maintenance of SEVIS II, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State may collect fees from any academic institution that— has been approved under subparagraph
(F)or
(M)of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ); is designated under subparagraph
(J)of such section; or is applying for such approval or designation.
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