Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, A Bill (2013)

This bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (s.744), was written by a group of four Democratic and four Republican senators with the stated intent "to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes."

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Table of Contents (Bill s.744 ):

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Statement of congressional findings.
Sec. 3. Effective date triggers.
Sec. 4. Southern Border Security Commission.
Sec. 5. Comprehensive Southern Border Security Strategy and Southern Border Fencing Strategy.
Sec. 6. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund.
Sec. 7. Reference to the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sec. 8. Definitions.

TITLE I—BORDER SECURITY
Sec. 1101. Definitions.
Sec. 1102. Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
Sec. 1103. National Guard support to secure the Southern border.
Sec. 1104. Enhancement of existing border security operations.
Sec. 1105. Border security on certain Federal land.
Sec. 1106. Equipment and technology.
Sec. 1107. Access to emergency personnel.
Sec. 1108. Southwest Border region prosecution initiative.
Sec. 1109. Interagency collaboration.
Sec. 1110. SCAAP reauthorization.
Sec. 1111. Use of force.
Sec. 1112. Training for border security and immigration enforcement officers.
Sec. 1113. Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Task Force.
Sec. 1114. Immigration ombudsman.
Sec. 1115. Reports.
Sec. 1116. Severability.

TITLE II—IMMIGRANT VISAS
Subtitle A—Registration and Adjustment of Registered Provisional
Immigrants
Sec. 2101. Registered provisional immigrant status.
Sec. 2102. Adjustment of status of registered provisional immigrants.
Sec. 2103. The DREAM Act.
Sec. 2104. Additional requirements.
Sec. 2105. Criminal penalty.
Sec. 2106. Grant program to assist eligible applicants.
Sec. 2107. Conforming amendments to the Social Security Act.
Sec. 2108. Government contracting and acquisition of real property interest.
Sec. 2109. Long-term legal residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
Sec. 2110. Rulemaking.
Sec. 2111. Statutory construction.
Subtitle B—Agricultural Worker Program
Sec. 2201. Short title.
Sec. 2202. Definitions.

This publication would be useful to policymakers, members of government, immigrants of any status interested in American immigration laws, immigration advocates, and members of the general public interested in border control and immigration into America.