8 USC § 1771 - General Accounting Office study

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title: "8 USC § 1771 - General Accounting Office study"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1771"
section_name: "General Accounting Office study"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 602, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 564.)"
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# § 1771. General Accounting Office study

**(a)** **Requirement for study**

**(1)** **In general** The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and utility of implementing a requirement that each nonimmigrant alien in the United States submit to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization each year a current address and, where applicable, the name and address of an employer.

**(2)** **Nonimmigrant alien defined** section 1101(a)(15) of this title

In paragraph (1), the term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien described in .

**(b)** **Report** May 14, 2002

Not later than 1 year after , the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection (a). The report shall include the Comptroller General’s findings, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 602, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 564.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office by , set out as a note under , Money and Finance.

### Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under .