text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Basic Pilot Program Extension and 
  Expansion Act of 2003''.
  
  SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.
  
      Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
  Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking 
  ``6-year period'' and inserting ``11-year period''.
  
  SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
  Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
  is amended by inserting after ``United States'' the following: ``, and 
  the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand the operation of the 
  program to all 50 States not later than December 1, 2004''.
      (b) Report.--Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
  Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting:
      ``(a) In General.--The'', and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(b) Report on Expansion.--Not later than June 1, 2004, the 
  Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the 
  Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report--
          ``(1) evaluating whether the problems identified by the report 
      submitted under subsection (a) have been substantially resolved; 
      and
          ``(2) describing what actions the Secretary of Homeland 
      Security shall take before undertaking the expansion of the basic 
      pilot program to all 50 States in accordance with section 
      401(c)(1), in order to resolve any outstanding problems raised in 
      the report filed under subsection (a).''.
      (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 402(c) of the Illegal 
  Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
  1324a note) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``or entity electing--'' 
      and all that follows through ``(ii) the citizen attestation pilot 
      program'' and inserting ``or entity electing the citizen 
      attestation pilot program'';
          (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
          (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
      (d) Additional Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title IV of 
  the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
  (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each 
  place that term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
  Security''.
  
  SEC. 4. PILOT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.
  
      (a) Processing Priority Under Pilot Immigration Program for 
  Regional Centers To Promote Economic Growth.--Section 610 of the 
  Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
  Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
      appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following:
      ``(d) In processing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) of the 
  Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) for 
  classification under section 203(b)(5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
  1153(b)(5)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may give priority to 
  petitions filed by aliens seeking admission under the pilot program 
  described in this section. Notwithstanding section 203(e) of such Act 
  (8 U.S.C. 1153(e)), immigrant visas made available under such section 
  203(b)(5) may be issued to such aliens in an order that takes into 
  account any priority accorded under the preceding sentence.''.
      (b) Extension.--Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 
  Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
  Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by striking ``10 years'' and 
  inserting ``15 years''.
  
  SEC. 5. GAO STUDY.
  
      (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
  of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall report to Congress on 
  the immigrant investor program created under section 203(b)(5) of the 
  Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)).
      (b) Contents.--The report described in subsection (a) shall include 
  information regarding--
          (1) the number of immigrant investors that have received visas 
      under the immigrant investor program in each year since the 
      inception of the program;
          (2) the country of origin of the immigrant investors;
          (3) the localities where the immigrant investors are settling 
      and whether those investors generally remain in the localities 
      where they initially settle;
          (4) the number of immigrant investors that have sought to 
      become citizens of the United States;
          (5) the types of commercial enterprises that the immigrant 
      investors have established; and
          (6) the types and number of jobs created by the immigrant 
      investors.
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend for five additional years: (1) the "basic" employment verification system pilot program; (2) the citizen attestation pilot program; and (3) the machine-readable-document pilot program.
  
  (Sec. 3) Extends the scope of the "basic" pilot program to all States by December 1, 2004 (currently five to seven States). Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on such program extension by June 1, 2004.
  
  (Sec. 4) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to give immigration priority to petitions filed under the pilot immigration for regional centers to promote economic growth. Extends such program for an additional five years.
  
  (Sec. 5) Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to conduct a study of the immigrant investor program, including information on the number of such immigrants and their country of origin, settlement locality, and employment created by them.
feat_title: A bill to extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.