HR 591 — USCIS Act

(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), 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 $7 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) Except as provided in paragraph (3), no fee shall be charged under subsection (d) 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) 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. (3) The Attorney General shall charge and collect $3 per individual for the immigration inspection or pre-inspection of each commercial vessel passenger whose journey originated in the United States or in any place set forth in paragraph (1): Provided, That this requirement shall not apply to immigration inspection at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving by ferry, or by Great Lakes vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways when operating on a regular schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “ferry” means a vessel, in other than ocean or coastwise service, having provisions only for deck passengers and/or vehicles, operating on a short run on a frequent schedule between two points over the most direct water route, and offering a public service of a type normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel. (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) at the time the document or ticket is issued; and (B) identify on that document or ticket the fee charged under subsection (d) 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) is not collected at t...

(a) In general (1) Program The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Education, shall develop and conduct a program to collect from approved institutions of higher education, other approved educational institutions, and designated exchange visitor programs in the United States the information described in subsection (c) with respect to aliens who— (A) have the status, or are applying for the status, of nonimmigrants under subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of section 1101(a)(15) of this title; and (B) are nationals of the countries designated under subsection (b). (2) Deadline The program shall commence not later than January 1, 1998. (3) Aliens for whom a visa is required The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish an electronic means to monitor and verify— (A) the issuance of documentation of acceptance of a foreign student by an approved institution of higher education or other approved educational institution, or of an exchange visitor program participant by a designated exchange visitor program; (B) the transmittal of the documentation referred to in subparagraph (A) to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Consular Affairs; (C) the issuance of a visa to a foreign student or an exchange visitor program participant; (D) the admission into the United States of the foreign student or exchange visitor program participant; (E) the notification to an approved institution of higher education, other approved educational institution, or exchange visitor program sponsor that the foreign student or exchange visitor participant has been admitted into the United States; (F) the registration and enrollment of that foreign student in such approved institution of higher education or other approved educational institution, or the participation of that exchange visitor in such designated exchange visitor program, as the case may be; and (G) any other relevant act by the foreign student or exchange visitor program participant, including a changing of school or designated exchange visitor program and any termination of studies or participation in a designated exchange visitor program. (4) Reporting requirements Not later than 30 days after the deadline for registering for classes for an academic term of an approved institution of higher education or other approved educational institution for which documentation is issued for an alien as described in paragraph (3)(A), or the scheduled commencement of participation by an alien in a designated exchange visitor program, as the case may be, the institution or program, respectively, shall report to the Immigration and Naturalization Service any failure of the alien to enroll or to commence participation. (b) Covered countries The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall designate countries for purposes of subsection (a)(1)(B). The Attorney General shall initially designate not less than 5 countries and may designate additional countries at any time while the program is being conducted. (c) Information to be collected (1) In general The information for collection under subsection (a) with respect to an alien consists of— (A) the identity and current address in the United States of the alien; (B) the nonimmigrant classification of the alien and the date on which a visa under the classification was issued or extended or the date on which a change to such classification was approved by the Attorney General; (C) in the case of a student at an approved institution of higher education, or other approved educational institution,,1 the current academic status of the alien, including whether the alien is maintaining status as a full-time student or, in the case of a participant in a designated exchange visitor program, whether the alien is satisfying the terms and conditions of such program; (D) in the case of a student at an approved institution of higher education, or other approved edu...