12 2 STA T .40 0 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 Judic i aryoftheH ou s eof R e p rese n tati v es , the C o m mittee on F or - ei g n A ffairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the S enate, and the Committee on Foreign Re l ations of the Senate a report containing plans to e x pedite the processing of I ra q i refugees for resettlement, including information relating to —(1) expediting the processing of Iraqi refugees for resettle- ment, including through temporary expansion of the Refugee Corps of U nited States Citi z enship and Immigration Services
( 2 ) increasing the num b er of personnel of the D epartment of Homeland Security devoted to refugee processing in Iraq, Jordan, E gypt, Syria, T ur k ey, and L ebanon; ( 3 ) enhancing existing systems for conducting background and security checks of persons applying for special immigrant status and of persons considered P riority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern under the refugee resettlement priority system, w hich enhancements shall support immigration secu- rity and provide for the orderly processing of such applications without delay; and ( 4 ) the pro j ections of the Secretary, per country and per month, for the number of refugee interviews that will be con- ducted in fiscal year 2 0 0 8 and fiscal year 200 9. (b) P RESID E NT .— N ot later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2013, the President shall submit to Congress an unclassified report, with a classified annex if necessary, which includes— (1) an assessment of the financial, security, and personnel considerations and resources necessary to carry out the provi- sions of this subtitle; (2) the number of aliens described in section 1243(a)(1); (3) the number of such aliens who have applied for special immigrant visas; (4) the date of such applications; and ( 5 ) in the case of applications pending for longer than six months, the reasons that such visas have not been expedi- tiously processed. (c) RE PO RTONIR AQ I CITI Z ENS AND NATIONA L SE M PLO Y ED B Y T H E UNITED STATES G O V ERNMENT OR FEDERAL CONTRA C TORS IN IRAQ.— (1) IN G ENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (A) review internal records and databases of their respective agencies for information that can be used to verify employment of Iraqi nationals by the United States Government; and ( B ) request from each prime contractor or grantee that has performed work in Iraq since M arch 20, 2003, under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with their respective agencies that is valued in excess of $ 25,000 information that can be used to verify the employment of Iraqi nationals by such contractor or grantee. (2) IN F ORMATION REQ U IRED.—To the extent data is avail- able, the information referred to in paragraph (1) shall include the name and dates of employment of, biometric data for,
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