§ 1713. Machine-readable visa fees

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. 2002

   Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–173 title I § 103 · 116 Stat. 543

   Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1713

   Pub. L. 107–173, title I, § 103, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 547

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–173, title I, § 103, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 547

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 103. MACHINE-READABLE VISA FEES. (a) Relation to Subsequent Authorization Acts.— Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended by striking 8 USC 1351 note. paragraph (3). (b) Fee Amount.— The machine-readable visa fee charged by the Department of State shall be the higher of $65 or the cost of the machine-readable visa service, as determined by the Secretary of State after conducting a study of the cost of such service. (c) Surcharge.— The Department of State is authorized to charge a surcharge of $10, in addition to the machine-readable visa fee, for issuing a machine-readable visa in a nonmachine- readable passport. (d) Availability of Collected Fees.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected as fees described in this section shall be credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of State to recover costs of providing consular services. Amounts so credited shall be available, until expended, for the same purposes as the appropriation to which credited.

2. 2017

   Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017

   Pub. L. 115–31 div. J title VII § 7081(b) · 131 Stat. 135

   Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1713(d)

   Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account” for “credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of State”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account” for “credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of State”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Machine-readable Visa Fee.— Section 103(d) of Public Law 107–173 (8 U.S.C. 1713) is amended by striking “credited as an offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of State” and inserting “deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision