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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part F · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 296. Separation of funding

Statutory text

(a)

In general

There shall be established separate accounts in the Treasury of the United States for appropriated funds and other deposits available for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security.

(b)

Separate budgets

To ensure that the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security are funded to the extent necessary to fully carry out their respective functions, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall separate the budget requests for each such entity.

(c)

Fees

Fees imposed for a particular service, application, or benefit shall be deposited into the account established under subsection (a) that is for the bureau with jurisdiction over the function to which the fee relates.

(d)

Fees not transferable

No fee may be transferred between the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security for purposes not authorized by section 1356 of title 8.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 476 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 296

    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 476, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2209.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 476, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2209.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 476. SEPARATION OF FUNDING. (a) In General.— There shall be established separate accounts in the Treasury of the United States for appropriated funds and other deposits available for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security. (b) Separate Budgets.— To ensure that the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security are funded to the extent necessary to fully carry out their respective functions, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall separate the budget requests for each such entity. (c) Fees.— Fees imposed for a particular service, application, or benefit shall be deposited into the account established under subsection (a) that is for the bureau with jurisdiction over the function to which the fee relates. (d) Fees Not Transferable.— No fee may be transferred between the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security for purposes not authorized by section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Bureau of Border Security, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. , H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 476, , 116 Stat. 2209.)

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