Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT; APPLICATION OF DEFINITIONS OF SUCH ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION; SEVERABILITY

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## SEC. 1 SHORT TITLE OF DIVISION; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT; APPLICATION OF DEFINITIONS OF SUCH ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF DIVISION; SEVERABILITY ###

(a)Short Title This division may be cited as the “Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996”. ###

(b)Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act Except as otherwise specifically provided— ####

(1)whenever in this division an amendment or repeal is expressed as the amendment or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act; and ####

(2)amendments to a section or other provision are to such section or other provision before any amendment made to such section or other provision elsewhere in this division. ###

(c)Application of Certain Definitions Except as otherwise provided in this division, for purposes of titles I and VI of this division, the terms “alien”, “Attorney General”, “border crossing identification card”, “entry”, “immigrant”, “immigrant visa”, “lawfully admitted for permanent residence”, “national”, “naturalization”, “refugee”, “State”, and “United States” shall have the meaning given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. ###

(d)Table of Contents of Division The table of contents of this division is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title of division; amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act; application of definitions of such Act; table of contents of division; severability. * * * * * * * TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYMENT Subtitle A—Pilot Programs for Employment Eligibility Confirmation Sec. 401. Establishment of programs. Sec. 402. Voluntary election to participate in a pilot program. Sec. 403. Procedures for participants in pilot programs. Sec. 404. Employment eligibility confirmation system. Sec. 405. Reports. * * * * * * * ###

(e)Severability If any provision of this division or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this division and the application of the provisions of this division to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. * * * * * * * # TITLE I IMPROVEMENTS TO BORDER CONTROL, FACILITATION OF LEGAL ENTRY, AND INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT ## Subtitle A Improved Enforcement at the Border * * * * * * *