    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 111-230
    111th Congress

    An Act

    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.

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    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

    (rescissions)

    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.

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    (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.

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    (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.

    Approved August 13, 2010.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6080:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
    Aug. 10, considered and passed House.
    Aug. 12, considered and passed Senate.