§ 1734. Improved training for consular officers

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 III § 305 · 116 Stat. 543

   Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1734

   Pub. L. 107–173, title III, § 305, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 555

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–173, title III, § 305, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 555

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 305. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS. (a) Training.— The Secretary of State shall require that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa applications, before undertaking to perform consular responsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. Such officers shall be specially and extensively trained in the identification of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) (A) and (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interagency and international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward visa applicants. (b) Use of Foreign Intelligence Information.— As an ongoing component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall coordinate with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence community to compile and disseminate to the Bureau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and other current unclassified information relevant to terrorists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

2. 2004

   9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–458 title VII § 7203(c) · 118 Stat. 3638

   Inserted · 8 U.S.C. § 1734(a)

   Pub. L. 108–458 inserted at end “In accordance with section 1776 of this title, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458 inserted at end “In accordance with section 1776 of this title, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Training for Consular Officers in Detection of Fraudulent Documents.— Section 305(a) of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1734(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “In accordance with section 7201(d) of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, and as part of the consular training provided to such officers by the Secretary of State, such officers shall also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and shall be required as part of such training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.”.

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