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S. Rept. 113-40 1 (2013-06-07)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxquq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 80 113TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 1st Session SENATE 113-40 BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT JUNE 7, 2013.-Ordered to be printed Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany S. 744] The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill (S. 744), to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with an amendment, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Background and Purpose of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act ...................................................... 1 II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 22 III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill ..................................................... 75 IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................................ 161 V. Regulatory Im pact Evaluation ...................................................................... 161 V I. C onclusion ...................................................................................................... 161 VII. Additional and M inority Views ..................................................................... 163 VIII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 186 I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT OF A. PURPOSE OF THE BILL Few policy issues are as central to the history and character of America as immigration. The foundation of the Nation, and its fu- 29-010