[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4165 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4165

   To require all institutions of higher education receiving Federal 
assistance to regularly submit information to the Student and Exchange 
      Visitor Information System regarding students, faculty, and 
 administrators who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent 
                               residents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2026

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require all institutions of higher education receiving Federal 
assistance to regularly submit information to the Student and Exchange 
      Visitor Information System regarding students, faculty, and 
 administrators who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent 
                               residents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Educational Visa Transparency Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY REPORTING OF ALIENS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
              EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) SEVIS Expansion.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of the Educational Visa Transparency Act of 2026, 
        and not later than 30 days after each subsequent deadline for 
        class registration for an academic term, each institution of 
        higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that receives funding 
        or benefits from the Federal Government shall electronically 
        submit to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System a 
        complete and accurate list of all students, faculty members, 
        and administrators enrolled at or employed by such institution 
        who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent 
        residents, disaggregated by the type of visa held.
            ``(2) Access to information.--Officials of the Department 
        of Education, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Homeland Security, and the Department of State shall have 
        access to the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 
        for the purpose of carrying out the duties of their respective 
        offices.''.
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