Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part IX · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1363. Deposit of and interest on cash received to secure immigration bonds
Statutory text
Cash received by the Attorney General as security 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 , 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.
The interest accruing on cash received by the Attorney General 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.
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.
Pub. L. 91–313 § 2 · 84 Stat. 413
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1363
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 293, as added Pub. L. 91–313, § 2, July 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 413.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 293, as added Pub. L. 91–313, § 2, July 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 413.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
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.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
Credits
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 293, as added Pub. L. 91–313, § 2, , 84 Stat. 413.)