[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3107-3108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-893]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
8 CFR Part 286
[INS No. 1350-93]
RIN 1115-AD06
INS Immigration User Fee Review
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice of user fee account status.
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SUMMARY: The Attorney General is required to submit a report to the
Congress concerning the status of the Immigration User Fee Account
(IUFA), and to recommend any adjustment in the prescribed fee. The
report is to be submitted to the Congress following a public notice
with opportunity for comment. This document publishes the status of the
IUFA as of September 30, 1994, and presents the public the opportunity
to comment and propose regulatory changes.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 14, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments, in triplicate, to Director,
Policy Directives and Instructions Branch, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Room 5307, 425 I Street, NW., Washington, DC
20536-0002. To ensure proper handling, please reference INS No. 1350-93
on your correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Natchuras, Budget Analyst, Fee Analysis and Operations Branch,
Office of Finance, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I
Street, NW., Room 6240, Washington, DC 20036-0002, telephone 202-616-
2754.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 286(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (Act) directs the Attorney General to charge and
collect a user fee from each individual arriving in the United States
aboard a commercial aircraft or commercial vessel from foreign
locations effective December 1, 1986. Individuals arriving from Mexico,
Canada, and the adjacent islands by means other than commercial
aircraft are exempt from the fee. The 1994 Appropriations Act for the
Department of Justice, Public Law 103-121, changed the Immigration User
Fee from $5.00 to $6.00 per passenger inspected. Fee collections are
used to provide immigration inspection services for commercial aircraft
and commercial vessels; detect fraudulent documents used by air and sea
passengers travelling to the United States; detain and deport
excludable aliens arriving on commercial aircraft and commercial
vessels; expand and operate information systems for non-immigrant
control and debt collection; and provide necessary support for
operations to ensure that the objectives of the program are achieved.
The 1994 Appropriations Act authorized the use of the IUFA to provide
detention and deportation services for excludable aliens who have
attempted to enter the United States illegally through avoidance of
inspectoin at air and sea ports-of-entry, and to provide exclusion and
asylum proceedings at air and sea ports-of-entry for excludable aliens
arriving on commercial aircraft and vessels and for any excludable
aliens who have attempted to enter the United States illegally through
avoidance of inspection at air and sea ports-of-entry.
Section 286(h) of the Act requires the Attorney General to submit a
bi-yearly report to the Congress concerning the status of the IUFA.
Before the report is submitted, the Attorney General must present a
summary of the account's status for review and public comment.
As of September 30, 1994, the status of the account is as follows:
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Financial summary ($000)
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Fiscal year Fiscal year Fiscal year
1993 actual 1994 actual 1995 estimate
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Start of year balance........................................... $7,321 $27,460 $40,387
Collections..................................................... 228,298 270,090 295,900
Obligations..................................................... 211,094 264,530 321,600
Recovery of prior year obligations.............................. 2,935 7,367 ..............
End of year balance............................................. 27,460 40,387 14,667
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On February 15, 1994, INS published proposed changes in regulations
(59 FR 7227) to amend 8 CFR 286 to comply with 1991 and 1994 Department
of Justice Appropriations Acts. In addition, the proposed rule included
changes in [[Page 3108]] remittance and statement procedures and
proposed other amendments and technical corrections. Public comments
were received, evaluated, and considered, and a final rule was
published on September 28, 1994 (59 FR 49347). The rule was effective
on October 28, 1994. No other regulatory changes are contemplated.
By this notice, the public may provide any proposals to revise 8
CFR part 286 on matters which may be changed by regulation, and may
provide comments on the status of the IUFA before a report is submitted
to the Congress.
Dated: December 30, 1994.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 95-893 Filed 1-12-95; 8:45 am]
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