§1790 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can use operation and maintenance money to pay back the Department of Homeland Security for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) costs to process naturalization applications under INA sections 328(b)(4) and 329(b)(4), even if section 2215 would otherwise stop it. Payments must equal the actual USCIS costs, be deposited and kept available under INA 286(m)–(n), and cannot exceed $7,500,000 per fiscal year.

Title 10, §1790

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Using funds provided for operation and maintenance and notwithstanding section 2215 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may reimburse the Secretary of Homeland Security for costs associated with the processing and adjudication by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of applications for naturalization described in section 328(b)(4) and 329(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439(b)(4) and 1440(b)(4)). Such reimbursements shall be deposited and remain available as provided by subsections (m) and (n) of section 286 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1356). Such reimbursements shall be based on actual costs incurred by USCIS for processing applications for naturalization, and shall not exceed $7,500,000 per fiscal year.

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2013—Pub. L. 112–239, in section catchline, substituted “Military personnel citizenship processing” for “MILITARY PERSONNEL CITIZENSHIP PROCESSING”, and in text, struck out “Authorization of Payments.—” before “Using funds” and substituted “this title” for “title 10, United States Code”, “8 U.S.C. 1439(b)(4)” for “8 U.S.C. §§ 1439(b)(4)”, and “subsections (m) and (n) of section 286 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1356)” for “section 286(m) and (n) of such Act (8 U.S.C. § 1356(m))”.

§1790 Military personnel citizenship processing

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Title 10, §1790

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