An amendment numbered 27 printed in Part C of House Report 111-143 to require reports to Congress every 90 days listing the countries that refuse or unreasonably delay accepting nationals of such countries who are under final orders of removal from the United States. The amendment empowers the Secretary of State to suspend diplomatic visa issuances to any country that continues to deny or unreasonably delay repatriation.

1. Adds SEC. 11__. ALIEN REPATRIATION at the end of subtitle A of title XI

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 11__. ALIEN REPATRIATION.

   Inserted: Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(d) Ensuring Return of Removed Aliens.--

   Inserted: "(1) Discontinuing granting visas to nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting alien.--On being notified by the Secretary of Homeland Security that the government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after the Secretary of Homeland Security asks whether the government will accept the alien under this section, the Secretary of State shall order consular officers in that foreign country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of that country until the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country has accepted the alien.

   Inserted: "(2) Denying admission to foreign government officials of countries denying alien return.--If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after the alien has been ordered removed, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may deny admission to any citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country who is seeking or has received a nonimmigrant visa pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (G) of section 101(a)(15).

   Inserted: "(3) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Congress a report that--

   Inserted: "(A) lists all the countries which refuse or unreasonably delay repatriation; and

   Inserted: "(B) includes the total number of aliens who were refused repatriation, disaggregated by--

   Inserted: "(i) country;

   Inserted: "(ii) detention status; and

   Inserted: "(iii) criminal status.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title XI, add the following (and amend the table of contents accordingly):

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