Sec. 406. Funding for the visa security program

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The Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 (title IV of division B of Public Law 108–447 ) is amended, in the fourth paragraph under the heading Diplomatic and Consular Programs , by striking Beginning through the period at the end and inserting the following: Beginning in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to charge surcharges related to consular services in support of enhanced border security that are in addition to the immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004:

Provided, That funds collected pursuant to this authority shall be credited to the appropriation for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the fiscal year in which the fees were collected, and shall be available until expended for the funding of the Visa Security Program established by the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 428(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( . Public Law 107–296 ): Provided further, That such surcharges shall be 10 percent of the fee assessed on immigrant visa applications.

Twenty percent of the funds collected each fiscal year under the heading Diplomatic and Consular Programs in the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 (title IV of division B of Public Law 108–447), as amended by subsection (a), shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury as repayment of funds appropriated pursuant to section 407(c) of this Act until the entire appropriated sum has been repaid.

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Sec. 406

Funding for the visa security program

Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-447

Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-296

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