6 U.S.C. § 276 — Report on improving immigration services

(a) In general: Within 1 year after this chapter's effective date, the Secretary must submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary and on Appropriations. The report must include a plan detailing how the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services will complete — efficiently, fairly, and within a reasonable time — the five types of adjudications listed in section 271(b)(1) through (5). (b) Contents: For each type of adjudication the Director of the Bureau will handle, the report must cover (1) any potential resource savings that would not hurt the quality of the adjudication; (2) the processing-time goal for that type of application; and (3) any statutory changes to the adjudication process the Secretary considers advisable. (c) Consultation: To prepare the report, the Secretary must consult with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Labor, the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Border Security, and the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, to figure out how to streamline and improve the application and adjudication process described in section 271(b) and related processes.