(a) Requirement for reportNot later than January 15 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the total number of aliens who, during the preceding year, failed to attend a removal proceeding after having been arrested outside a port of entry, served a notice to appear under section 1229(a)(1) of this title, and released on the alien’s own recognizance. The report shall also take into account the number of cases in which there were defects in notices of hearing or the service of notices of hearing, together with a description and analysis of the effects, if any, that the defects had on the attendance of aliens at the proceedings.
(b) Initial reportNotwithstanding the time for submission of the annual report provided in subsection (a), the report for 2001 shall be submitted not later than 6 months after May 14, 2002.
Structure US Code
Title 8— ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 15— ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM
SUBCHAPTER VI— MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§ 1771. General Accounting Office study
§ 1772. International cooperation
§ 1773. Statutory construction
§ 1774. Annual report on aliens who fail to appear after release on own recognizance
§ 1775. Retention of nonimmigrant visa applications by the Department of State
§ 1777. Establishment of Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center