Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

8 U.S.C. § 1771

General Accounting Office study

(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

section 1101(a)(15) of this titleIn paragraph (1), the term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien described in .

(b)

Report

Not later than 1 year after , 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.

Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 602116 Stat. 564(, , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

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

Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions

section 1551 of this titleFor abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under .