Volume 84 · 413
Public Law 91–313
To amend section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Approved July 10, 1970
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 213 of
Immigration and Nationality Act, amendments.
the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 188; 8 U.S.C. 1183) be amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 213. “admission of certain aliens on giving bond
An alien excludable under paragraph (7) or (15) of section 212(a) may, if otherwise admissible, be admitted in the discretion
of the Attorney General upon the giving of a suitable and proper bond or undertaking approved by the Attorney General, in such amount and containing such conditions as he may prescribe, to the United States, and to all States, territories, counties, towns, municipalities, and districts thereof holding the United States and all States, territories, counties, towns, municipalities, and districts thereof harmless against such alien becoming a public charge. Such bond or undertaking shall
Termination.
terminate upon the permanent departure from the United States, the naturalization, or the death of such alien, and any sums or other security held to secure performance thereof, except to the extent forfeited for violation of the terms thereof, shall be returned to the person by whom furnished, or to his legal representatives. Suit may be brought thereon in the name and by the proper law officers of the United States for the use of the United States, or of any State, territory, district, county, town, or municipality in which such alien becomes a public charge.”
Sec. 2.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end of title II the following additional section:
“Sec. 293. “deposit of and interest on cash received to secure immigration bonds
(a) Cash received by the Attorney General as security
Interest rate.
on an immigration bond shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in trust for the obligor on the bond, and shall bear interest payable at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, except that in no case shall the interest rate exceed 3 per centum per annum. Such interest shall accrue from date of deposit occurring after April 27, 1966, to and including date of withdrawal or date of breach of the immigration bond, whichever occurs first: Provided, That cash received by the Attorney General as security on an immigration bond, and deposited by him in the postal savings system prior to discontinuance of the system, shall accrue interest as provided in this section from the date such cash ceased to accrue interest under the system. Appropriations to the Treasury Department for interest on uninvested funds shall be available for payment of said interest.
“(b) The interest accruing on cash received by the Attorney General
Accruals.
as security on an immigration bond shall be subject to the same disposition as prescribed for the principal cash, except that interest accruing to the date of breach of the immigration bond shall be paid to the obligor on the bond.”
Sec. 3.
The table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, is amended by changing the citation to section 213 to read as follows:
The table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act, is further amended by adding after the reference to
the following:
Approved July 10, 1970.