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6 U.S.C. § 278 — Application of Internet-based technologies

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 344 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must build an online system so people can check the status of their immigration filings. The Secretary must also study whether people can file and pay online. A Technology Advisory Committee will help build both systems.

(a) Establishment of tracking system: The Secretary must build an internet-based tracking system within 1 year after this chapter takes effect. The Secretary must first consult the Technology Advisory Committee created under (c). The system lets a person, employer, immigrant, or nonimmigrant check online the status of any filing they made under the Immigration and Nationality Act. (b) Feasibility study for online filing and improved processing: (1) Online filing: The Secretary, working with the Technology Advisory Committee, must study whether people can file the same paperwork online. The study must review the old Immigration and Naturalization Service's computer systems for handling immigration services. It must estimate how long online filing would take to build, how much it would cost, and whether people could pay fees online. (2) Report: The Secretary must send Congress a report on this study within 1 year after the chapter takes effect. The report goes to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. (c) Technology Advisory Committee: (1) Establishment: The Secretary must create this committee within 60 days after the chapter takes effect. Its job is to help build the tracking system in (a) and carry out the study in (b). The Secretary must talk with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees before creating it. (2) Composition: The committee must include people from high-tech companies that could build the system quickly, plus people who would actually use the tracking system and the online filing system.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Establishment of tracking system

The Secretary, not later than 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, in consultation with the Technology Advisory Committee established under subsection (c), shall establish an Internet-based system, that will permit a person, employer, immigrant, or nonimmigrant who has filings with the Secretary for any benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), access to online information about the processing status of the filing involved.

(b) Feasibility study for online filing and improved processing
(1) Online filing

The Secretary, in consultation with the Technology Advisory Committee established under subsection (c), shall conduct a feasibility study on the online filing of the filings described in subsection (a). The study shall include a review of computerization and technology of the Immigration and Naturalization Service relating to the immigration services and processing of filings related to immigrant services. The study shall also include an estimate of the timeframe and cost and shall consider other factors in implementing such a filing system, including the feasibility of fee payment online.

(2) Report

A report on the study under this subsection shall be submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 1 year after the effective date of this chapter.

(c) Technology Advisory Committee
(1) Establishment

The Secretary shall establish, not later than 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, an advisory committee (in this section referred to as the “Technology Advisory Committee”) to assist the Secretary in—

(A)

establishing the tracking system under subsection (a); and

(B)

conducting the study under subsection (b).

The Technology Advisory Committee shall be established after consultation with the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

(2) Composition

The Technology Advisory Committee shall be composed of representatives from high technology companies capable of establishing and implementing the system in an expeditious manner, and representatives of persons who may use the tracking system described in subsection (a) and the online filing system described in subsection (b)(1).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 461, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2202.)

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  • 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2202

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