(a) Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--One year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to
the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees
on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate,
on the impact the transfers made by this subtitle has
had on immigration functions.
(2) Matter included.--The report shall address the
following with respect to the period covered by the
report:
(A) The aggregate number of all immigration
applications and petitions received, and
processed, by the Department.
(B) Region-by-region statistics on the
aggregate number of immigration applications
and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on
behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated
by category of denial and application or
petition type.
(C) The quantity of backlogged immigration
applications and petitions that have been
processed, the aggregate number awaiting
processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating
the backlog.
(D) The average processing period for
immigration applications and petitions,
disaggregated by application or petition type.
(E) The number and types of immigration-
related grievances filed with any official of
the Department of Justice, and if those
grievances were resolved.
(F) Plans to address grievances and improve
immigration services.
(G) Whether immigration-related fees were
used consistent with legal requirements
regarding such use.
(H) Whether immigration-related questions
conveyed by customers to the Department
(whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or
by means of the Internet) were answered
effectively and efficiently.
(b) Sense of Congress Regarding Immigration Services.--It
is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the quality and efficiency of immigration
services rendered by the Federal Government should be
improved after the transfers made by this subtitle take
effect; and
(2) the Secretary should undertake efforts to
guarantee that concerns regarding the quality and
efficiency of immigration services are addressed after
such effective date.