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Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1771 General Accounting Office Study

Title 8 › CHAPTER 15 — ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 1771

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Comptroller General must study whether it would be possible and useful to require every nonimmigrant alien in the United States to give the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization a current address each year and, when it applies, the name and address of their employer. The Comptroller General must send Congress a report on the study no later than 1 year after May 14, 2002. The report must include the findings and any recommendations the Comptroller General thinks appropriate. Nonimmigrant alien — a person described in section 1101(a)(15) of this title.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1771

Aliens and Nationality, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Requirement for study
(1)In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and utility of implementing a requirement that each nonimmigrant alien in the United States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization each year a current address and, where applicable, the name and address of an employer.
(2)Nonimmigrant alien defined
In paragraph (1), the term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien described in section 1101(a)(15) of this title.
(b)Report
Not later than 1 year after May 14, 2002, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection (a). The report shall include the Comptroller General’s findings, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office by section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1771

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110