AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.

SEC. 110. AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM. (a) System.— Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop an automated entry and exit control system that will— (1) collect a record of departure for every alien departing the United States and match the records of departure with the record of the alien’s arrival in the United States; and (2) enable the Attorney General to identify, through on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond the period authorized by the Attorney General. (b) Report.— (1) Deadline.— Not later than December 31 of each year following the development of the system under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on such system. (2) Information.— The report shall include the following information: (A) The number of departure records collected, with an accounting by country of nationality of the departing alien. (B) The number of departure records that were successfully matched to records of the alien’s prior arrival in the United States, with an accounting by the alien’s country of nationality and by the alien’s classification as an immigrant or nonimmigrant. 110 STAT. 3009–559 (C) The number of aliens who arrived as non-immigrants, or as a visitor under the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, for whom no matching departure record has been obtained through the system or through other means as of the end of the alien’s authorized period of stay, with an accounting by the alien’s country of nationality and date of arrival in the United States. (c) Use of Information on Overstays.— Information regarding aliens who have remained in the United Staty beyond their authorized period of stay identified through the system shall be integrated into appropriate data bases of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of State, including those used at ports of entry and at consular offices.