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[CITE: 8USC1364]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                         Part IX--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 1364. Triennial comprehensive report on immigration


(a) Triennial report

    The President shall transmit to the Congress, not later than January 
1, 1989, and not later than January 1 of every third year thereafter, a 
comprehensive immigration-impact report.

(b) Details in each report

    Each report shall include--
        (1) the number and classification of aliens admitted (whether as 
    immediate relatives, special immigrants, refugees, or under the 
    preferences classifications, or as nonimmigrants), paroled, or 
    granted asylum, during the relevant period;
        (2) a reasonable estimate of the number of aliens who entered 
    the United States during the period without visas or who became 
    deportable during the period under section 237 of the Immigration 
    and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1227]; and
        (3) a description of the impact of admissions and other entries 
    of immigrants, refugees, asylees, and parolees into the United 
    States during the period on the economy, labor and housing markets, 
    the educational system, social services, foreign policy, 
    environmental quality and resources, the rate, size, and 
    distribution of population growth in the United States, and the 
    impact on specific States and local units of government of high 
    rates of immigration resettlement.

(c) History and projections

    The information (referred to in subsection (b) of this section) 
contained in each report shall be--
        (1) described for the preceding three-year period, and
        (2) projected for the succeeding five-year period, based on 
    reasonable estimates substantiated by the best available evidence.

(d) Recommendations

    The President also may include in such report any appropriate 
recommendations on changes in numerical limitations or other policies 
under title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1151 et 
seq.] bearing on the admission and entry of such aliens to the United 
States.

(Pub. L. 99-603, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3440; Pub. 
L. 104-208, div. C, title III, Sec. 308(g)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-622.)

                       References in Text

    The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is 
act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended. Title II of the 
Act is classified principally to subchapter II (Sec. 1151 et seq.) of 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``section 237'' 
for ``section 241''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective, with certain transitional 
provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 
days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104-208, set out 
as a note under section 1101 of this title.

    Ex. Ord. No. 12789. Delegation of Reporting Functions Under the 
               Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Ex. Ord. No. 12789, Feb. 10, 1992, 57 F.R. 5225, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, and title IV of the Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603 (``Reform Act'') [title IV of Pub. L. 99-
603, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3440, which enacted section 1364 of this 
title and provisions set out as notes under sections 1101, 1187, 1188, 
1255a, and 1324a of this title], it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. The Attorney General shall: (a) perform, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Labor, the functions vested in the President by 
section 401 of the Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1364);
    (b) perform, except for the functions in section 402(3)(A), the 
functions vested in the President by section 402 of the Reform Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note); and
    (c) perform, insofar as they relate to the initial report described 
in section 404(b), the functions vested in the President by section 404 
of the Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a note).
    Sec. 2. The Secretary of Labor shall: (a) perform the functions 
vested in the President by section 402(3)(A) of the Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note);
    (b) perform the functions vested in the President by section 403 of 
the Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1188 note); and
    (c) perform, insofar as they relate to the second report described 
in section 404(c), the functions vested in the President by section 404 
of the Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a note).
    Sec. 3. The functions delegated by sections 1 and 2 of this order 
shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in OMB 
Circular A-19.
    Sec. 4. This order shall be effective immediately.
                                                            George Bush.
