[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3721

 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

   Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Inouye, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. 
 Feinstein, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Casey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
  Udall of Colorado, Mr. Begich, Mr. Burris, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Kyl) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$253,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which 
$39,000,000 shall be for costs to maintain U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Officer staffing on the Southwest Border of the United 
States, $29,000,000 shall be for hiring additional U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection Officers for deployment at ports of entry on the 
Southwest Border of the United States, $175,900,000 shall be for hiring 
additional Border Patrol agents for deployment to the Southwest Border 
of the United States, and $10,000,000 shall be to support integrity and 
background investigation programs.

        border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology

    For an additional amount for ``Border Security Fencing, 
Infrastructure, and Technology,'' $14,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011, for costs of designing, building, and 
deploying tactical communications for support of enforcement activities 
on the Southwest Border of the United States.

 air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement

    For an additional amount for ``Air and Marine Interdiction, 
Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement'', $32,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2012, for costs of acquisition and 
deployment of unmanned aircraft systems.

                 construction and facilities management

    For an additional amount for ``Construction and Facilities 
Management'', $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, 
for costs to construct up to 2 forward operating bases for use by the 
Border Patrol to carry out enforcement activities on the Southwest 
Border of the United States.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which 
$30,000,000 shall be for law enforcement activities targeted at 
reducing the threat of violence along the Southwest Border of the 
United States, and $50,000,000 shall be for hiring of additional 
agents, investigators, intelligence analysts, and support personnel.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $8,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, for costs to provide 
basic training for new U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, 
Border Patrol agents, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
personnel.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 101.  From unobligated balances made available to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection ``Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and 
Technology'', $100,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That section 401 
shall not apply to the amount in this section.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    Sec. 201.  For an additional amount for the Department of Justice 
for necessary expenses for increased law enforcement activities related 
to Southwest Border enforcement, $196,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds shall be distributed to 
the following accounts and in the following specified amounts:
            (1) ``Administrative Review and Appeals'', $2,118,000.
            (2) ``Detention Trustee'', $7,000,000.
            (3) ``Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, General 
        Legal Activities'', $3,862,000.
            (4) ``Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, United 
        States Attorneys'', $9,198,000.
            (5) ``United States Marshals Service, Salaries and 
        Expenses'', $29,651,000.
            (6) ``United States Marshals Service, Construction'', 
        $8,000,000.
            (7) ``Interagency Law Enforcement, Interagency Crime and 
        Drug Enforcement'', $21,000,000.
            (8) ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 
        Expenses'', $24,000,000.
            (9) ``Drug Enforcement Administration, Salaries and 
        Expenses'', $33,671,000.
            (10) ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 
        Salaries and Expenses'', $37,500,000.
            (11) ``Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses'', 
        $20,000,000.

                               TITLE III

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 302 of division C of Public Law 111-117, 
funding shall be available for transfer between Judiciary accounts to 
meet increased workload requirements resulting from immigration and 
other law enforcement initiatives.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401.  Each amount appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary 
to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2010.
    Sec. 402. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
any other provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2014, the filing 
fee and fraud prevention and detection fee required to be submitted 
with an application for admission as a nonimmigrant under section 
101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(L)) shall be increased by $2,250 for applicants that employ 
50 or more employees in the United States if more than 50 percent of 
the applicant's employees are nonimmigrants admitted pursuant to 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act or section 101(a)(15)(L) of 
such Act.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other 
provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2014, the filing fee 
and fraud prevention and detection fee required to be submitted with an 
application for admission as a nonimmigrant under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) shall be increased by $2,000 for applicants that 
employ 50 or more employees in the United States if more than 50 
percent of the applicant's employees are such nonimmigrants or 
nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(L) of such Act.
    (c) During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and ending on September 30, 2014, all amounts collected 
pursuant to the fee increases authorized under this section shall be 
deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury.
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