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[CITE: 8USC1356]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                         Part IX--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 1356. Disposition of moneys collected under the provisions 
        of this subchapter
        

(a) Detention, transportation, hospitalization, and all other expenses 
        of detained aliens; expenses of landing stations

    All moneys paid into the Treasury to reimburse the Service for 
detention, transportation, hospitalization, and all other expenses of 
detained aliens paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of this 
chapter, and all moneys paid into the Treasury to reimburse the Service 
for expenses of landing stations referred to in section 1223(b) of this 
title paid by the Service from the appropriation for the enforcement of 
this chapter, shall be credited to the appropriation for the enforcement 
of this chapter for the fiscal year in which the expenses were incurred.

(b) Purchase of evidence

    Moneys expended from appropriations for the Service for the purchase 
of evidence and subsequently recovered shall be reimbursed to the 
current appropriation for the Service.

(c) Fees and administrative fines and penalties; exception

    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) and subsection (b) of 
this section, or in any other provision of this subchapter, all moneys 
received in payment of fees and administrative fines and penalties under 
this subchapter shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts: Provided, however, That all fees received from applicants 
residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in Guam, 
required to be paid under section 1351 of this title, shall be paid over 
to the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and to the Treasury of Guam, 
respectively.

(d) Schedule of fees

    In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Attorney General 
shall charge and collect $6 per individual for the immigration 
inspection of each passenger arriving at a port of entry in the United 
States, or for the preinspection of a passenger in a place outside of 
the United States prior to such arrival, aboard a commercial aircraft or 
commercial vessel.

(e) Limitations on fees

    (1) No fee shall be charged under subsection (d) of this section for 
immigration inspection or preinspection provided in connection with the 
arrival of any passenger, other than aircraft passengers, whose journey 
originated in the following:
        (A) Canada,
        (B) Mexico,
        (C) a State, territory or possession of the United States, or
        (D) any adjacent island (within the meaning of section 
    1101(b)(5) of this title).

    (2) No fee may be charged under subsection (d) of this section with 
respect to the arrival of any passenger--
        (A) who is in transit to a destination outside the United 
    States, and
        (B) for whom immigration inspection services are not provided.

(f) Collection

    (1) Each person that issues a document or ticket to an individual 
for transportation by a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft into 
the United States shall--
        (A) collect from that individual the fee charged under 
    subsection (d) of this section at the time the document or ticket is 
    issued; and
        (B) identify on that document or ticket the fee charged under 
    subsection (d) of this section as a Federal inspection fee.

    (2) If--
        (A) a document or ticket for transportation of a passenger into 
    the United States is issued in a foreign country; and
        (B) the fee charged under subsection (d) of this section is not 
    collected at the time such document or ticket is issued;

the person providing transportation to such passenger shall collect such 
fee at the time such passenger departs from the United States and shall 
provide such passenger a receipt for the payment of such fee.
    (3) The person who collects fees under paragraph (1) or (2) shall 
remit those fees to the Attorney General at any time before the date 
that is thirty-one days after the close of the calendar quarter in which 
the fees are collected, except the fourth quarter payment for fees 
collected from airline passengers shall be made on the date that is ten 
days before the end of the fiscal year, and the first quarter payment 
shall include any collections made in the preceding quarter that were 
not remitted with the previous payment. Regulations issued by the 
Attorney General under this subsection with respect to the collection of 
the fees charged under subsection (d) of this section and the remittance 
of such fees to the Treasury of the United States shall be consistent 
with the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
collection and remittance of the taxes imposed by subchapter C of 
chapter 33 of title 26, but only to the extent the regulations issued 
with respect to such taxes do not conflict with the provisions of this 
section.

(g) Provision of immigration inspection and preinspection services

    Notwithstanding section 1353b of this title, or any other provision 
of law, the immigration services required to be provided to passengers 
upon arrival in the United States on scheduled airline flights shall be 
adequately provided, within forty-five minutes of their presentation for 
inspection, when needed and at no cost (other than the fees imposed 
under subsection (d) of this section) to airlines and airline passengers 
at:
        (1) immigration serviced airports, and
        (2) places located outside of the United States at which an 
    immigration officer is stationed for the purpose of providing such 
    immigration services.

(h) Disposition of receipts

    (1)(A) There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a 
separate account which shall be known as the ``Immigration User Fee 
Account''. Notwithstanding any other section of this subchapter, there 
shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the Immigration User Fee 
Account all fees collected under subsection (d) of this section, to 
remain available until expended..\1\ At the end of each 2-year period, 
beginning with the creation of this account, the Attorney General, 
following a public rulemaking with opportunity for notice and comment, 
shall submit a report to the Congress concerning the status of the 
account, including any balances therein, and recommend any adjustment in 
the prescribed fee that may be required to ensure that the receipts 
collected from the fee charged for the succeeding two years equal, as 
closely as possible, the cost of providing these services.
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    (B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all civil fines or 
penalties collected pursuant to sections 1253(c), 1321, and 1323 of this 
title and all liquidated damages and expenses collected pursuant to this 
chapter shall be deposited in the Immigration User Fee Account.
    (2)(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund out of the 
Immigration User Fee Account to any appropriation the amount paid out of 
such appropriation for expenses incurred by the Attorney General in 
providing immigration inspection and preinspection services for 
commercial aircraft or vessels and in--
        (i) providing overtime immigration inspection services for 
    commercial aircraft or vessels;
        (ii) administration of debt recovery, including the 
    establishment and operation of a national collections office;
        (iii) expansion, operation and maintenance of information 
    systems for nonimmigrant control and debt collection;
        (iv) detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers 
    traveling to the United States, including training of, and technical 
    assistance to, commercial airline personnel regarding such 
    detection;
        (v) providing detention and removal services for inadmissible 
    aliens arriving on commercial aircraft and vessels and for any alien 
    who is inadmissible under section 1182(a) of this title who has 
    attempted illegal entry into the United States through avoidance of 
    immigration inspection at air or sea ports-of-entry; and
        (vi) providing removal and asylum proceedings at air or sea 
    ports-of-entry for inadmissible aliens arriving on commercial 
    aircraft and vessels including immigration removal proceedings 
    resulting from presentation of fraudulent documents and failure to 
    present documentation and for any alien who is inadmissible under 
    section 1182(a) of this title who has attempted illegal entry into 
    the United States through avoidance of immigration inspection at air 
    or sea ports-of-entry.

The Attorney General shall provide for expenditures for training and 
assistance described in clause (iv) in an amount, for any fiscal year, 
not less than 5 percent of the total of the expenses incurred that are 
described in the previous sentence.
    (B) The amounts which are required to be refunded under subparagraph 
(A) shall be refunded at least quarterly on the basis of estimates made 
by the Attorney General of the expenses referred to in subparagraph (A). 
Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently refunded 
under subparagraph (A) to the extent prior estimates were in excess of, 
or less than, the amount required to be refunded under subparagraph (A).

(i) Reimbursement

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General is 
authorized to receive reimbursement from the owner, operator, or agent 
of a private or commercial aircraft or vessel, or from any airport or 
seaport authority for expenses incurred by the Attorney General in 
providing immigration inspection services which are rendered at the 
request of such person or authority (including the salary and expenses 
of individuals employed by the Attorney General to provide such 
immigration inspection services). The Attorney General's authority to 
receive such reimbursement shall terminate immediately upon the 
provision for such services by appropriation.

(j) Regulations

    The Attorney General may prescribe such rules and regulations as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(k) Advisory committee

    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, the Attorney General shall establish an advisory committee, whose 
membership shall consist of representatives from the airline and other 
transportation industries who may be subject to any fee or charge 
authorized by law or proposed by the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service for the purpose of covering expenses incurred by the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service. The advisory committee shall meet on a 
periodic basis and shall advise the Attorney General on issues related 
to the performance of the inspectional services of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service. This advice shall include, but not be limited 
to, such issues as the time periods during which such services should be 
performed, the proper number and deployment of inspection officers, the 
level of fees, and the appropriateness of any proposed fee. The Attorney 
General shall give substantial consideration to the views of the 
advisory committee in the exercise of his duties.

(l) Report to Congress

    In addition to the reporting requirements established pursuant to 
subsection (h) of this section, the Attorney General shall prepare and 
submit annually to the Congress, not later than March 31st of each year, 
a statement of the financial condition of the ``Immigration User Fee 
Account'' including beginning account balance, revenues, withdrawals and 
their purpose, ending balance, projections for the ensuing fiscal year 
and a full and complete workload analysis showing on a port by port 
basis the current and projected need for inspectors. The statement shall 
indicate the success rate of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
in meeting the forty-five minute inspection standard and shall provide 
detailed statistics regarding the number of passengers inspected within 
the standard, progress that is being made to expand the utilization of 
United States citizen by-pass, the number of passengers for whom the 
standard is not met and the length of their delay, locational breakdown 
of these statistics and the steps being taken to correct any 
nonconformity.

(m) Immigration Examinations Fee Account

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all adjudication fees 
as are designated by the Attorney General in regulations shall be 
deposited as offsetting receipts into a separate account entitled 
``Immigration Examinations Fee Account'' in the Treasury of the United 
States, whether collected directly by the Attorney General or through 
clerks of courts: Provided, however, That all fees received by the 
Attorney General from applicants residing in the Virgin Islands of the 
United States, and in Guam, under this subsection shall be paid over to 
the treasury of the Virgin Islands and to the treasury of Guam: Provided 
further, That fees for providing adjudication and naturalization 
services may be set at a level that will ensure recovery of the full 
costs of providing all such services, including the costs of similar 
services provided without charge to asylum applicants or other 
immigrants. Such fees may also be set at a level that will recover any 
additional costs associated with the administration of the fees 
collected.

(n) Reimbursement of administrative expenses; transfer of deposits to 
        General Fund of United States Treasury

    All deposits into the ``Immigration Examinations Fee Account'' shall 
remain available until expended to the Attorney General to reimburse any 
appropriation the amount paid out of such appropriation for expenses in 
providing immigration adjudication and naturalization services and the 
collection, safeguarding and accounting for fees deposited in and funds 
reimbursed from the ``Immigration Examinations Fee Account''.

(o) Annual financial reports to Congress

    The Attorney General shall prepare and submit annually to Congress 
statements of financial condition of the ``Immigration Examinations Fee 
Account'', including beginning account balance, revenues, withdrawals, 
and ending account balance and projections for the ensuing fiscal year.

(p) Additional effective dates

    The provisions set forth in subsections (m), (n), and (o) of this 
section apply to adjudication and naturalization services performed and 
to related fees collected on or after October 1, 1988.

(q) Land Border Inspection Fee Account

    (1)(A)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney 
General is authorized to establish, by regulation, not more than 6 
projects under which a fee may be charged and collected for inspection 
services provided at one or more land border points of entry. Such 
projects may include the establishment of commuter lanes to be made 
available to qualified United States citizens and aliens, as determined 
by the Attorney General.
    (ii) This subparagraph shall take effect, with respect to any 
project described in clause (1) \2\ that was not authorized to be 
commenced before September 30, 1996, 30 days after submission of a 
written plan by the Attorney General detailing the proposed 
implementation of such project.
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    (iii) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit on a quarterly 
basis a status report on each land border inspection project implemented 
under this subparagraph.
    (B) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury, may conduct pilot projects to demonstrate the use of 
designated ports of entry after working hours through the use of card 
reading machines or other appropriate technology.
    (2) All of the fees collected under this subsection shall be 
deposited as offsetting receipts in a separate account within the 
general fund of the Treasury of the United States, to remain available 
until expended. Such account shall be known as the Land Border 
Inspection Fee Account.
    (3)(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund, at least on a 
quarterly basis amounts to any appropriations for expenses incurred in 
providing inspection services at land border points of entry. Such 
expenses shall include--
        (i) the providing of overtime inspection services;
        (ii) the expansion, operation and maintenance of information 
    systems for nonimmigrant control;
        (iii) the hire of additional permanent and temporary inspectors;
        (iv) the minor construction costs associated with the addition 
    of new traffic lanes (with the concurrence of the General Services 
    Administration);
        (v) the detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers 
    travelling to the United States;
        (vi) providing for the administration of said account.

    (B) The amounts required to be refunded from the Land Border 
Inspection Fee Account for fiscal years 1992 and thereafter shall be 
refunded in accordance with estimates made in the budget request of the 
Attorney General for those fiscal years: Provided, That any proposed 
changes in the amounts designated in said budget requests shall only be 
made after notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 606 of 
Public Law 101-162.
    (4) The Attorney General will prepare and submit annually to the 
Congress statements of financial condition of the Land Border 
Immigration Fee Account, including beginning account balance, revenues, 
withdrawals, and ending account balance and projection for the ensuing 
fiscal year.

(r) Breached Bond/Detention Fund

    (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established 
in the general fund of the Treasury a separate account which shall be 
known as the Breached Bond/Detention Fund (in this subsection referred 
to as the ``Fund'').
    (2) There shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the Fund 
all breached cash and surety bonds, in excess of $8,000,000, posted 
under this chapter which are recovered by the Department of Justice, and 
amount \3\ described in section 1255(i)(3)(b) \4\ of this title.
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    (3) Such amounts as are deposited into the Fund shall remain 
available until expended and shall be refunded out of the Fund by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, at least on a quarterly basis, to the 
Attorney General for the following purposes--
        (i) for expenses incurred in the collection of breached bonds, 
    and
        (ii) for expenses associated with the detention of illegal 
    aliens.

    (4) The amounts required to be refunded from the Fund for fiscal 
year 1998 and thereafter shall be refunded in accordance with estimates 
made in the budget request of the President for those fiscal years. Any 
proposed changes in the amounts designated in such budget requests shall 
only be made after Congressional reprogramming notification in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for the applicable fiscal 
year.
    (5) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit annually to the 
Congress, statements of financial condition of the Fund, including the 
beginning balance, receipts, refunds to appropriations, transfers to the 
general fund, and the ending balance.
    (6) For fiscal year 1993 only, the Attorney General may transfer up 
to $1,000,000 from the Immigration User Fee Account to the Fund for 
initial expenses necessary to enhance collection efforts: Provided, That 
any such transfers shall be refunded from the Fund back to the 
Immigration User Fee Account by December 31, 1993.

(s) H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account

                           (1) In general

        There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a 
    separate account, which shall be known as the ``H-1B Nonimmigrant 
    Petitioner Account''. Notwithstanding any other section of this 
    subchapter, there shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the 
    account all fees collected under section 1184(c)(9) of this title.

                  (2) Use of fees for job training

        55 percent of amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant 
    Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Secretary of Labor 
    until expended for demonstration programs and projects described in 
    section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce 
    Improvement Act of 1998.

         (3) Use of fees for low-income scholarship program

        22 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant 
    Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Director of the 
    National Science Foundation until expended for scholarships 
    described in section 1869c of title 42 for low-income students 
    enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree in mathematics, 
    engineering, or computer science.

     (4) National Science Foundation competitive grant program 
               for K-12 math, science and technology education

        (A) In general

            15 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-1B 
        Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain available to the 
        Director of the National Science Foundation until expended to 
        carry out a direct or matching grant program to support private-
        public partnerships in K-12 education.

        (B) Types of programs covered

            The Director shall award grants to such programs, including 
        those which support the development and implementation of 
        standards-based instructional materials models and related 
        student assessments that enable K-12 students to acquire an 
        understanding of science, mathematics, and technology, as well 
        as to develop critical thinking skills; provide systemic 
        improvement in training K-12 teachers and education for students 
        in science, mathematics, and technology; support the 
        professional development of K-12 math and science teachers in 
        the use of technology in the classroom; stimulate system-wide K-
        12 reform of science, mathematics, and technology in rural, 
        economically disadvantaged regions of the United States; provide 
        externships and other opportunities for students to increase 
        their appreciation and understanding of science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology (including summer institutes 
        sponsored by an institution of higher education for students in 
        grades 7-12 that provide instruction in such fields); involve 
        partnerships of industry, educational institutions, and 
        community organizations to address the educational needs of 
        disadvantaged communities; provide college preparatory support 
        to expose and prepare students for careers in science, 
        mathematics, engineering, and technology; and provide for 
        carrying out systemic reform activities under section 1862(a)(1) 
        of title 42.

          (5) Use of fees for duties relating to petitions

        4 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant 
    Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Attorney General 
    until expended to carry out duties under paragraphs (1) and (9) of 
    section 1184(c) of this title related to petitions made for 
    nonimmigrants described in section 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of this 
    title, under paragraph (1)(C) or (D) of section 1154 \5\ of this 
    title related to petitions for immigrants described in section 
    1153(b) of this title.
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     (6) Use of fees for application processing and enforcement

        For fiscal year 1999, 4 percent of the amounts deposited into 
    the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain available to 
    the Secretary of Labor until expended for decreasing the processing 
    time for applications under section 1182(n)(1) of this title and for 
    carrying out section 1182(n)(2) of this title. Beginning with fiscal 
    year 2000, 2 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-1B 
    Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain available to the 
    Secretary of Labor until expended for decreasing the processing time 
    for applications under section 1182(n)(1) of this title and section 
    1182(a)(5)(A) of this title, and 2 percent of such amounts shall 
    remain available to such Secretary until expended for carrying out 
    section 1182(n)(2) of this title. Notwithstanding the preceding 
    sentence, both of the amounts made available for any fiscal year 
    (beginning with fiscal year 2000) pursuant to the preceding sentence 
    shall be available to such Secretary, and shall remain available 
    until expended, only for decreasing the processing time for 
    applications under section 1182(n)(1) of this title until the 
    Secretary submits to the Congress a report containing a 
    certification that, during the most recently concluded calendar 
    year, the Secretary substantially complied with the requirement in 
    section 1182(n)(1) of this title relating to the provision of the 
    certification described in section 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of this 
    title within a 7-day period.

(t) Genealogy Fee

    (1) There is hereby established the Genealogy Fee for providing 
genealogy research and information services. This fee shall be deposited 
as offsetting collections into the Examinations Fee Account. Fees for 
such research and information services may be set at a level that will 
ensure the recovery of the full costs of providing all such services.
    (2) The Attorney General will prepare and submit annually to 
Congress statements of the financial condition of the Genealogy Fee.
    (3) Any officer or employee of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service shall collect fees prescribed under regulation before 
disseminating any requested genealogical information.

(u) Premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications

    The Attorney General is authorized to establish and collect a 
premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications. This fee 
shall be used to provide certain premium-processing services to business 
customers, and to make infrastructure improvements in the adjudications 
and customer-service processes. For approval of the benefit applied for, 
the petitioner/applicant must meet the legal criteria for such benefit. 
This fee shall be set at $1,000, shall be paid in addition to any normal 
petition/application fee that may be applicable, and shall be deposited 
as offsetting collections in the Immigration Examinations Fee Account. 
The Attorney General may adjust this fee according to the Consumer Price 
Index.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, Sec. 286, 66 Stat. 232; Pub. 
L. 97-116, Sec. 13, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1618; Pub. L. 99-500, 
Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 205(a), formerly Sec. 205], Oct. 18, 1986, 
100 Stat. 1783-39, 1783-53, renumbered Sec. 205(a), Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 4(a)(2)(A), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2615; Pub. L. 99-591, 
Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 205], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 
3341-53; Pub. L. 99-653, Sec. 7(d)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, as added Pub. L. 
100-525, Sec. 8(f), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 100-71, title 
I, Sec. 1, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 100-459, title II, 
Sec. 209(a), Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2203; Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 4(a)(1), (d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2614, 2615; Pub. L. 101-162, 
title II, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1000; Pub. L. 101-515, title II, 
Sec. 210(a), (d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2120, 2121; Pub. L. 102-232, 
title III, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i), (B), (2), (b)(12), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1757-1759; Pub. L. 102-395, title I, Sec. 112, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 
Stat. 1843; Pub. L. 103-121, title I, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1161; 
Pub. L. 103-416, title II, Sec. 219(t), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4317; 
Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title I, Secs. 122(a), 124(a)(1), title III, 
Secs. 308(d)(3)(A), (4)(K), (e)(1)(L), (g)(1), 376(b), 382(b), title VI, 
Sec. 671(b)(11), (e)(5), (6), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-560, 3009-
562, 3009-617 to 3009-619, 3009-622, 3009-648, 3009-651, 3009-722, 3009-
723; Pub. L. 105-119, title I, Sec. 110(1), (2), Nov. 26, 1997, 111 
Stat. 2457; Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) [title I, Sec. 114], 
div. C, title IV, Sec. 414(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-
68, 2681-652; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(1) [title I, 
Sec. 118], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-22; Pub. L. 106-313, 
title I, Secs. 110(a), 113, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1255, 1261; Pub. L. 
106-553, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title I, Sec. 112], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2762, 2762A-68; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(1) [title I, Sec. 106], Dec. 
21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-11.)

                       References in Text

    Subchapter C of chapter 33 of title 26, referred to in subsec. 
(f)(3), is classified to section 4261 et seq. of Title 26, Internal 
Revenue Code.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (k), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Section 606 of Public Law 101-162, referred to in subsec. (q)(3)(B), 
is section 606 of Pub. L. 101-162, title VI, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 
1031, which is not classified to the Code.
    Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce 
Improvement Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (s)(2), is section 
414(c) of div. C of Pub. L. 105-277, which is set out as a note under 
section 2916 of Title 29, Labor.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 110(a)(1), substituted 
``55 percent'' for ``56.3 percent''.
    Subsec. (s)(3). Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 113(b), provided that in the 
amendment made by section 110(a)(2) of Pub. L. 106-313 the figure to be 
inserted is deemed to be ``22 percent''. See below.
    Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 110(a)(2), substituted ``23.5 percent'' for 
``28.2 percent''. See above.
    Subsec. (s)(4). Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 110(a)(3), amended heading and 
text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(A) Grants for mathematics, engineering, or science enrichment 
courses.--4 percent of the amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant 
Petitioner Account shall remain available to the Director of the 
National Science Foundation until expended to make merit-reviewed 
grants, under section 1862(a)(1) of title 42, for programs that provide 
opportunities for enrollment in year-round academic enrichment courses 
in mathematics, engineering, or science.
    ``(B) Systemic reform activities.--4 percent of the amounts 
deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account shall remain 
available to the Director of the National Science Foundation until 
expended to carry out systemic reform activities administered by the 
National Science Foundation under section 1862(a)(1) of title 42.''
    Subsec. (s)(5). Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 113(a), amended text of par. 
(5) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``1.5 percent 
of the amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account 
shall remain available to the Attorney General until expended to carry 
out duties under paragraphs (1) and (9) of section 1184(c) of this title 
related to petitions made for nonimmigrants described in section 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of this title, to decrease the processing time for 
such petitions, and to carry out duties under section 416 of the 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. Such 
amounts shall be available in addition to any other fees authorized to 
be collected by the Attorney General with respect to such petitions.''
    Subsec. (s)(6). Pub. L. 106-554, which directed amendment of section 
286(s)(6) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act by inserting ``and 
section 1182(a)(5)(A) of this title'' after ``decreasing the processing 
time for applications under section 1182(n)(1) of this title'', was 
executed by making the amendment to subsec. (s)(6) of this section, 
which is section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to reflect 
the probable intent of Congress.
    Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 113(b), provided that in the amendments made 
by section 110(a)(4) and (5) of Pub. L. 106-313 the figures to be 
inserted are deemed to be ``4 percent'' and ``2 percent'', respectively. 
See below.
    Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 110(a)(4), substituted ``5 percent'' for ``6 
percent''. See above.
    Pub. L. 106-313, Sec. 110(a)(5), substituted ``2.5 percent'' for ``3 
percent'' in two places. See above.
    Subsecs. (t), (u). Pub. L. 106-553 added subsecs. (t) and (u).
    1999--Subsec. (q)(1)(A)(ii) to (iv). Pub. L. 106-113, which directed 
amendment of section 286(q)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1953 by striking out cl. (ii), redesignating cl. (iii) as (ii), 
striking out ``, until September 30, 2000,'' after ``submit on a 
quarterly basis'' in cl. (iv), and redesignating cl. (iv) as (iii), was 
executed by making the amendment to this section, which is section 286 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to reflect the probable intent 
of Congress. Prior to amendment, cl. (ii) read as follows: ``The program 
authorized in this subparagraph shall terminate on September 30, 2000, 
unless further authorized by an Act of Congress.''
    1998--Subsec. (e)(1)(C). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 101(b) [title I, 
Sec. 114], inserted ``State,'' before ``territory''.
    Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 414(b), added subsec. (s).
    1997--Subsec. (r)(2). Pub. L. 105-119, Sec. 110(2)(A), inserted ``, 
and amount described in section 1255(i)(3)(b) of this title'' after 
``recovered by the Department of Justice''.
    Subsec. (r)(3). Pub. L. 105-119, Sec. 110(2)(B), substituted 
``Attorney General'' for ``Immigration and Naturalization Service'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (r)(4). Pub. L. 105-119, Sec. 110(2)(C), added par. (4) and 
struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: ``The amount required 
to be refunded from the Fund for fiscal year 1994 and thereafter shall 
be refunded in accordance with estimates made in the budget request of 
the Attorney General for those fiscal years: Provided, That any proposed 
changes in the amounts designated in said budget requests shall only be 
made after notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 606 of 
Public Law 102-395.''
    Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 105-119, Sec. 110(1), struck out heading and 
text of subsec. (s) which established Immigration Detention Account in 
general fund of the Treasury to be drawn upon to refund to any 
appropriation amounts paid out for expenses incurred by Attorney General 
for detention of aliens.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(g)(1), substituted 
``section 1223(b)'' for ``section 1228(b)''.
    Subsec. (h)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 671(e)(5), inserted period 
after ``expended''.
    Subsec. (h)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 382(b), substituted 
``1253(c), 1321,'' for ``1321''.
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 124(a)(1)(B), inserted 
concluding provisions ``The Attorney General shall provide for 
expenditures for training and assistance described in clause (iv) in an 
amount, for any fiscal year, not less than 5 percent of the total of the 
expenses incurred that are described in the previous sentence.''
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A)(iv). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 671(e)(6)(A), struck 
out ``and'' at end.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 124(a)(1)(A), inserted ``, including training 
of, and technical assistance to, commercial airline personnel regarding 
such detection'' after ``United States''.
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A)(v). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 671(e)(6)(B)-(E), struck 
out colon after ``services for'', substituted ``and for any alien'' for 
``; and any alien'', adjusted margins, and substituted ``entry; and'' 
for ``entry.'' at end.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(e)(1)(L), substituted ``removal'' for 
``deportation''.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(d)(3)(A), substituted ``inadmissible'' for 
``excludable'' in two places.
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A)(vi). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 671(e)(6)(B)-(D), 
struck out colon after ``ports-of-entry for'', substituted ``and for any 
alien'' for ``; and any alien'', and adjusted margins.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(d)(4)(K), substituted ``removal'' for 
``exclusion'' in two places.
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(d)(3)(A), substituted ``inadmissible'' for 
``excludable'' in two places.
    Subsec. (q)(1). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 122(a)(1), added par. (1) and 
struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: 
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General is 
authorized to establish, by regulation, a project under which a fee may 
be charged and collected for inspection services provided at one or more 
land border points of entry. Such project may include the establishment 
of commuter lanes to be made available to qualified United States 
citizens and aliens, as determined by the Attorney General.''
    Subsec. (q)(5). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 122(a)(2), struck out par. (5) 
which read as follows:
    ``(5)(A) The program authorized in this subsection shall terminate 
on September 30, 1993, unless further authorized by an Act of Congress.
    ``(B) The provisions set forth in this subsection shall take effect 
30 days after submission of a written plan by the Attorney General 
detailing the proposed implementation of the project specified in 
paragraph (1).
    ``(C) If implemented, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit 
on a quarterly basis, until September 30, 1993, a status report on the 
land border inspection project.''
    Subsec. (r)(4), (6). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 671(b)(11), substituted 
``the Fund'' for ``Fund'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 376(b), added subsec. (s).
    1994--Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(1), substituted 
``Fund'' for ``Account'' in heading.
    Subsec. (r)(1). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(2), substituted ``(in 
this subsection referred to as the `Fund')'' for ``(hereafter referred 
to as the Fund)''.
    Subsec. (r)(2). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(3), made technical 
amendment to reference to this chapter involving corresponding provision 
of original act.
    Subsec. (r)(4). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(4), struck out ``the 
Breached Bond/Detention'' before ``Fund''.
    Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(5), substituted ``of Public Law 102-
395'' for ``of this Act''.
    Subsec. (r)(5). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(6), substituted 
``Fund'' for ``account'' after ``condition of the''.
    Subsec. (r)(6). Pub. L. 103-416, Sec. 219(t)(4), struck out ``the 
Breached Bond/Detention'' before ``Fund'' in two places.
    1993--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-121 substituted ``$6'' for ``$5''.
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A)(v), (vi). Pub. L. 103-121, which directed the 
amendment of subpar. (A) by ``deleting subsection (v)'' and adding new 
cls. (v) and (vi), was executed by adding cls. (v) and (vi) and striking 
out former cl. (v) which read as follows: ``providing detention and 
deportation services for excludable aliens arriving on commercial 
aircraft and vessels.'', to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    1992--Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 102-395 added subsec. (r).
    1991--Subsec. (e)(1)(D). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(b)(12), made an 
amendment to reference to section 1101(b)(5) of this title involving 
corresponding provision of original act.
    Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(B), made technical 
correction to directory language of Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(2). See 
1990 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (h)(1)(A). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(A)(i), inserted a 
period after ``available until expended''.
    Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(A)(ii), substituted 
``additional'' for ``additonal''.
    Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), made technical correction 
to directory language of Pub. L. 100-459. See 1988 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(B), amended directory 
language of Pub. L. 101-162. See 1989 Amendment note below.
    Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), made technical correction 
to directory language of Pub. L. 100-459. See 1988 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(II), substituted 
``shall'' for ``will''.
    Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), made technical correction 
to directory language of Pub. L. 100-459. See 1988 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (p). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), made 
technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 100-459. See 1988 
Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (q)(2). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(A)(iii), realigned 
margin.
    Subsec. (q)(3)(A). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(A)(iii), (iv), 
inserted ``the'' after ``The Secretary of'' and realigned margin.
    Subsec. (q)(5)(B). Pub. L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(A)(v), 
substituted ``paragraph (1)'' for ``subsection (q)(1)''.
    1990--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(1), inserted ``, 
other than aircraft passengers,'' after ``arrival of any passenger''.
    Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(2), as amended by Pub. 
L. 102-232, Sec. 309(a)(2)(B), inserted ``, except the fourth quarter 
payment for fees collected from airline passengers shall be made on the 
date that is ten days before the end of the fiscal year, and the first 
quarter payment shall include any collections made in the preceding 
quarter that were not remitted with the previous payment'' after ``in 
which the fees are collected''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(3), inserted ``, within 
forty-five minutes of their presentation for inspection,'' before ``when 
needed and''.
    Subsec. (h)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(4), substituted 
``There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a separate 
account which shall be known as the `Immigration User Fee Account'. 
Notwithstanding any other section of this subchapter, there shall be 
deposited as offsetting receipts into the Immigration User Fee Account 
all fees collected under subsection (d) of this section, to remain 
available until expended'' for ``All of the fees collected under 
subsection (d) of this section shall be deposited in a separate account 
within the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, to remain 
available until expended. Such account shall be known as the 
`Immigration User Fee Account'.''
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a)(5), added subsec. (l).
    Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(d)(1), (2), inserted ``as 
offsetting receipts'' after ``shall be deposited'' and inserted before 
period at end ``: Provided further, That fees for providing adjudication 
and naturalization services may be set at a level that will ensure 
recovery of the full costs of providing all such services, including the 
costs of similar services provided without charge to asylum applicants 
or other immigrants. Such fees may also be set at a level that will 
recover any additonal [sic] costs associated with the administration of 
the fees collected''.
    Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 101-515, Sec. 210(d)(3), added subsec. (q).
    1989--Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 101-162, as amended by Pub. L. 102-232, 
Sec. 309(a)(1)(B), struck out ``in excess of $50,000,000'' before 
``shall remain available'' and struck out after first sentence ``At 
least annually, deposits in the amount of $50,000,000 shall be 
transferred from the `Immigration Examinations Fee Account' to the 
General Fund of the Treasury of the United States.''
    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 8(f), added Pub. L. 99-653, 
Sec. 7(d)(1). See 1986 Amendment note below.
    Subsecs. (d) to (l). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(2)(A), (d), amended 
Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591. See 1986 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(A), substituted 
``Internal Revenue Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', 
which for purposes of codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus 
requiring no change in text.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(B), substituted ``section 
1353b of this title'' for ``section 1353(a) of this title''.
    Subsec. (h)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(C)(i), amended that 
portion of the first sentence of subpar. (A) following ``Treasury of the 
United States'' so as to read ``, to remain available until expended''. 
See 1987 Amendment note below.
    Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(C)(ii), substituted ``Fee Account'.'' 
for ``Fee Account.' ''
    Subsec. (h)(1)(B). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(C)(iii)-(v), 
substituted ``civil fines or penalties'' for ``fines, penalties, 
liquidated damages or expenses'', inserted ``and all liquidated damages 
and expenses collected pursuant to this chapter'' after ``this title'', 
and struck out quotation marks before and after the term ``Immigration 
User Fee Account''.
    Subsec. (h)(2)(A). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(C)(vi), substituted 
``vessels and in--'' for ``vessels and:'' in introductory provisions and 
inserted ``and'' at end of cl. (iv).
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(D), inserted 
``Reimbursement'' as heading.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(1)(E), struck out subsec. 
(l) which read as follows:
    ``(1) The provisions of this section and the amendments made by this 
section, shall apply with respect to immigration inspection services 
rendered after November 30, 1986.
    ``(2) Fees may be charged under subsection (d) of this section only 
with respect to immigration inspection services rendered in regard to 
arriving passengers using transportation for which documents or tickets 
were issued after November 30, 1986.''
    Subsecs. (m) to (p). Pub. L. 100-459, as amended by Pub. L. 102-232, 
Sec. 309(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), added subsecs. (m) to (p).
    1987--Subsec. (h)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100-71, directed the general 
amendment of first sentence of section 205(h)(1)(A) of the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1987, in Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591. Section 
205 of such act does not contain a subsec. (h)(1)(A) but did enact 
subsec. (h)(1)(A) of this section and had such amendment been executed 
to first sentence of subsec. (h)(1)(A) of this section it would have 
resulted in inserting ``, to remain available until expended'' after 
``Treasury of the United States''. See 1988 Amendment note above.
    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-653, Sec. 7(d)(1), as added by Pub. L. 
100-525, Sec. 8(f), substituted ``section 1228(b) of this title'' for 
``section 1228(c) of this title''.
    Subsecs. (d) to (l). Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, 
Sec. 205(a), formerly Sec. 205], as redesignated by Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 4(a)(2)(A), added subsecs. (d) to (l).
    Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 205], a corrected 
version of Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 205(a)], was 
repealed by Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(d), effective as of Oct. 30, 1986.
    1981--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 97-116 added subsec. (b), 
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c), and inserted ``and subsection 
(b)'' after ``subsection (a)''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 124(a)(2) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to 
expenses incurred during or after fiscal year 1997.''
    Amendment by section 308(d)(3)(A), (4)(K), (e)(1)(L), (g)(1) of Pub. 
L. 104-208 effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first 
day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 
1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as a note under 
section 1101 of this title.
    Amendment by section 376(b) of Pub. L. 104-208 applicable to 
applications made on or after the end of the 90-day period beginning 
Sept. 30, 1996, see section 376(c) of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as a note 
under section 1255 of this title.
    Amendment by section 382(b) of Pub. L. 104-208 applicable to fines 
and penalties collected on or after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 382(c) 
of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as a note under section 1330 of this title.
    Amendment by section 671(b)(11) of Pub. L. 104-208 effective as if 
included in the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
Corrections Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-416, see section 671(b)(14) of Pub. 
L. 104-208, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 219(t) of Pub. L. 103-416 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective as if included in the enactment of Pub. L. 
102-395.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Section 309(a)(3) of Pub. L. 102-232, as amended by Pub. L. 103-416, 
title II, Sec. 219(z)(6), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4318, provided that: 
``The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(A) [amending this section and 
section 1455 of this title] and (1)(B) [amending this section] shall be 
effective as if they were included in the enactment of the Department of 
Justice Appropriations Act, 1989 [Pub. L. 100-459, title II] and the 
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1990 [Pub. L. 101-162, title 
II], respectively.''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Section 210(b) of Pub. L. 101-515 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a)(1) of this section [amending this section] shall 
apply to fees charged only with respect to immigration inspection or 
preinspection services rendered in regard to arriving passengers using 
transportation for which documents or tickets were issued after November 
30, 1990.''


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by section 4(a)(1), (2)(A) of Pub. L. 100-525 effective as 
if included in enactment of Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 
1987 (as contained in section 101(b) of Pub. L. 99-500), see section 
4(c) of Pub. L. 100-525, set out as a note under section 1222 of this 
title.
    Amendment by section 8(f) of Pub. L. 100-525 effective as if 
included in the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. 99-653, see section 309(b)(15) of Pub. L. 
102-232, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 
Amendments note under section 1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendments

    Amendment by section 7(d)(1) of Pub. L. 99-653 applicable to visas 
issued, and admissions occurring, on or after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 
23(a) of Pub. L. 99-653, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.
    Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 205(b)], as added by 
Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(a)(2)(B), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2615, 
provided that:
    ``(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] 
shall apply with respect to immigration inspection services rendered 
after November 30, 1986.
    ``(2) Fees may be charged under section 286(d) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1356(d)] only with respect to immigration 
inspection services rendered in regard to arriving passengers using 
transportation for which documents or tickets were issued after November 
30, 1986.''


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-116 effective Dec. 29, 1981, see section 
21(a) of Pub. L. 97-116, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by 
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, 
Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees.


                          Reporting Requirement

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title IV, Sec. 414(e), as added by Pub. L. 
106-313, title I, Sec. 110(c), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1256, provided 
that:
    ``The Secretary of Labor and the Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall--
        ``(1) track and monitor the performance of programs receiving H-
    1B Nonimmigrant Fee grant money; and
        ``(2) not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
    this subsection [Oct. 17, 2000], submit a report to the Committees 
    on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate--
    [sic]
            ``(A) the tracking system to monitor the performance of 
        programs receiving H-1B grant funding; and
            ``(B) the number of individuals who have completed training 
        and have entered the high-skill workforce through these 
        programs.''


Deposit of Receipts From Increased Charge for Immigrant Visas Caused by 
                         Processing Fingerprints

    Pub. L. 103-317, title V, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1760, provided in 
part: ``That hereafter all receipts received from an increase in the 
charge for Immigrant Visas in effect on September 30, 1994, caused by 
processing an applicant's fingerprints, shall be deposited in this 
account as an offsetting collection and shall remain available until 
expended.''


               Extension of Land Border Fee Pilot Project

    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, Sec. 101(a) [title I], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3009, 3009-10, provided in part: ``That the Land Border Fee Pilot 
Project scheduled to end September 30, 1996 [see subsec. (q) of this 
section], is extended to September 30, 1999, for projects on both the 
northern and southern borders of the United States, except that no pilot 
program may implement a universal land border crossing toll''.
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriations act:
    Pub. L. 103-121, title I, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1161, as amended 
by Pub. L. 103-317, title I, Sec. 111, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1736, 
and repealed by Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title I, Sec. 122(b), Sept. 30, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3009-560.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1158, 1184, 1187, 1255, 
1372, 1455 of this title; title 29 section 2916a; title 42 section 
1869c.
