S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 6: COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM TRUST FUND
Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:55 pm
- (a) Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund-
- (1) ESTABLISHMENT- There is established in the Treasury
a separate account, to be known as the Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the `Trust Fund'),
consisting of--
- (A) amounts transferred from the general fund of the Treasury under paragraph (2)(A); and
- (B) proceeds from the fees described in paragraph (2)(B).
- (2) DEPOSITS-
- (A) INITIAL FUNDING- On the later of the date of
the enactment of this Act or October 1, 2013, $6,500,000,000 shall be
transferred from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund.
- (B) START-UP COSTS- On the later of the date of the
enactment of this Act or October 1, 2013, $100,000,000 is hereby
appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, to remain available
until September 30, 2015, to the Department to pay for one-time and
startup costs necessary to implement this Act,
- (C) ONGOING FUNDING- In addition to the funding
described in subparagraph (A), the following amounts shall be deposited
in the trust fund:
- (i) ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM
FEES- 75 percent of the fees collected under section 217(h)(3)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)).
- (ii) J-1 VISA MITIGATION FEES- Mitigation fees
collected from employers who employ aliens described in section
101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(J)) through the Summer Work Travel Program.
- (iii) H-1B VISA FEES- Fees collected from
employers hiring nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(15)(H)(i)(b)).
- (iv) L-1 VISA FEES- Fees collected under
section 214(c)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(c)(12) from employers hiring a nonimmigrant described in section
101(a)(15)(L) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)).
- (v) H-2B VISA FEES- Fees collected from
employers hiring nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(15)(H)(i
i)(b)) in the amount of $500 under section 214 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184).
- (vi) F-1 VISA FEES- Fees collected for
nonimmigrants admitted under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i)) in the amount of $500
under section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184)
- (vii) VISITOR VISA FEES- Amend Section 214 to add a $5 fee for visitor visas 101(a)(15)(B).
- (viii) MERIT SYSTEM GREEN CARD FEES- Include the fee charged in the document to get a `merit system' green card.
- (ix) OTHER ALIENS- An alien who is allocated a visa under section 211 shall pay a fee of $1,500.
- (x) PENALTY- Penalties collected from
applicants for provisional immigrant status under section 245B(c)(9)(C)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 2101 of this
Act.
- (xi) H-1b NONIMMIGRANT DEPENDENT EMPLOYER FEES- Fees collected under section 423(a)(2).
- (xii) H-1B OUTPLACEMENT FEE- Fees collected
under section 212(n)(1)(F)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
as amended by section 4201(d).
- (xiii) L NONIMMIGRANT DEPENDENT EMPLOYER FEES- Fees collected under section 435(a)(2).
- (xiv) RETIREE VISA FEES- Fees collected under
section 101(a)(15)(Y) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(Y)).
- (xv) NONIMMIGRANTS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON
COMMON CARRIERS- Fees collected under subsection (z) of section 214 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184), as added by section
4604.
- (3) USE OF FUNDS-
- (A) INITIAL FUNDING- Of the amounts transferred to the Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (2)(A)--
- (i) $3,000,000,000 shall be made available to
the Secretary, during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, to carry out the Comprehensive Southern Border
Security Strategy;
- (ii) $2,000,000,000 shall be made available to
the Secretary, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, to carry out programs, projects, and activities
recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 4(c) to achieve and
maintain the border security goal specified in section 3(b); and
- (iii) $1,500,000,000 shall be made available to
the Secretary, during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, to procure and deploy additional fencing in
high-risk border sectors in accordance with the Southern Border Fencing
Strategy established pursuant to section 5(b).
- (B) ONGOING FUNDING- Of the amounts deposited into the Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)--
- (i) $50,000,000 shall be available during each
of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out the activities
described in section 1104(a)(1); and
- (ii) $50,000,000 shall be available during each
of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out the activities
described in section 1104(b).
- (b) Limitation on Collection- No fee described in paragraph
(2)(B) may be collected under this Act except to the extent that the
expenditure of the fee to pay the costs of activities and services for
which the fee is imposed is provided for in advance in an appropriations
Act.
- (c) Receipts Collected as Offsetting Receipts-
Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, any fee
collected under this Act--
- (1) shall be credited as offsetting collections to the Trust Fund;
- (2) shall be available for expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services authorized from the Trust Fund; and
- (3) shall remain available until expended.
- (d) Determination of Budgetary Effects-
- (1) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL
ENFORCEMENT- In the Senate, amounts made available under this section
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of
S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2010.
- (2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR STATUTORY PAYGO- Amounts
made available under this section are designated as an emergency
requirement under section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
2010 (Public Law 111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
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