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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 24, 2001
Immigration Restructuring and Accountability Act of 2001 - Establishes in the Department of Justice the Office of the Associate Attorney General for Immigration Affairs, to be headed by the Associate Attorney General for Immigration Affairs. Establishes the: (1) positions of Counsel and Chief Financial Officer; (3) Office of Shared Services; and (4) Office of Immigration Quality Assurance, Professional Responsibility, and Customer Service.Establishes in the Department the Bureau of Immigration Services, to be headed by the Director of the Bureau of Immigration Services. Transfers from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Bureau all adjudicatory functions and related personnel. Establishes the Office of Children's Affairs.Establishes in the Department the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement, to be headed by the Director of the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement. Transfers from the Service to the Bureau functions and personnel of the: (1) Border Patrol; and (2) detention and deportation, intelligence, and investigations programs. Establishes the Office of Children's Affairs..Directs: (1) the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor to establish an Internet-based system to track immigration-related filings; (2) the Attorney General to conduct an on-line filing feasibility study; and (3) the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor to jointly establish a Technology Advisory Committee.Provides for the transfer of all necessary personnel and allocation of appropriations as provided for under this Act.
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Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D–TX
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1493)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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