[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.