---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 276"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "276"
heading: "Report on improving immigration services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/276"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter IV — Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security"
  - "Part E — Citizenship and Immigration Services"
---

# §276. Report on improving immigration services

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16), not later than 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report with a plan detailing how the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, after the transfer of [functions](/usc/6/101.md?p=9) specified in this part takes effect, will complete efficiently, fairly, and within a reasonable time, the adjudications described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of [section 271(b) of this title](/usc/6/271.md?p=b).
- (b) **Contents—** For each type of adjudication to be undertaken by the [Director](/usc/6/677a.md?p=3) of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, the report shall include the following:
  - (1) Any potential savings of resources that may be implemented without affecting the quality of the adjudication.
  - (2) The goal for processing time with respect to the application.
  - (3) Any statutory modifications with respect to the adjudication that the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) considers advisable.
- (c) **Consultation—** In carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) shall consult with the Secretary of State, the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) of Labor, the Assistant [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) of the Bureau of Border Security of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5), and the [Director](/usc/6/677a.md?p=3) of the Executive Office for Immigration Review to determine how to streamline and improve the process for applying for and making adjudications described in [section 271(b) of this title](/usc/6/271.md?p=b) and related processes.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 459, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2201.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The effective date of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), is 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Bureau of Border Security, referred to in subsec. (c), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. Mar. 1, 2003, H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.