LAND BORDER INSPECTION AND AUTOMATED PERMIT PILOT PROJECTS.

SEC. 122. LAND BORDER INSPECTION AND AUTOMATED PERMIT PILOT PROJECTS. (a) Extension of Land Border Inspection Project Authority; Establishment of Automated Permit Pilot Projects.— Section 286(q) is amended— (1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(q) Land Border Inspection Fee Account.— (1) (A) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General is authorized to establish, by regulation, not more than 6 projects under which a fee may be charged and collected for inspection services provided at one or more land border points of entry. Such projects may include the establishment of commuter lanes to be made available to qualified United States citizens and aliens, as determined by the Attorney General. “(ii) The program authorized in this subparagraph shall terminate on September 30, 2000, unless further authorized by an Act of Congress. “(iii) This subparagraph shall take effect, with respect to any project described in clause (1) that was not authorized to be commenced before the date of the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 30 days after submission of a written plan by the Attorney General detailing the proposed implementation of such project. “(iv) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit on a quarterly basis, until September 30, 2000, a status report on each land border inspection project implemented under this subparagraph. “(B) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, may conduct pilot projects to demonstrate the use of designated ports of entry after working hours through the use of card reading machines or other appropriate technology.”; and (2) by striking paragraph (5). (b) Conforming amendment.— The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–121, 107 Stat. 1161) is amended by striking the fourth proviso under the heading “Immigration and Naturalization Service, Salaries and Expenses”.