Sec. 4. Visa security program
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2016 and thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to charge surcharges in support of visa security that are in addition to the passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004, and any other fees collected pursuant to the fourth paragraph 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 ):
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 total the amount sufficient annually to cover the Visa Security Program costs.
Twenty percent of the funds collected each fiscal year under the heading Diplomatic and Consular Programs in title IV of division B of the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 ( Public Law 108–447 ) shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury as repayment of funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (b)(3) until the entire appropriated sum has been repaid. Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 236 ) is amended— in subsection (e)— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of the Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016, the Secretary shall assign employees of the Department to each diplomatic and consular post at which visas are issued, and shall communicate such assignments to the Secretary of State. ; and by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows: Review all such applications and supporting documentation prior to the adjudication of such an application. ; and by striking subsection (i). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and the processes set forth in National Security Defense Directive 38 (dated June 2, 1982) or any successor Directive, not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security communicates to the Secretary of State the assignment of personnel to a diplomatic or consular post under section 428(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 236(e) ), as amended by this Act, the Chief of Mission of such a post shall ensure that such personnel have been stationed and accommodated at that post and are able to carry out their duties. There is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, which shall be used to expedite the implementation of section 428(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 236(e) ), as amended by this Act.
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- Pub. L. 108-447
- Pub. L. 107-296
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