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Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§296 Separation of funding

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part Part F— - General Immigration Provisions › § 296

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Separate accounts must be set up in the U.S. Treasury for appropriated money and other deposits for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and for the Bureau of Border Security. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must file separate budget requests for each bureau so each can get the funding needed to do its work. Fees charged for a specific service, application, or benefit must be deposited into the account for the bureau that handles that service. Fees cannot be moved from one bureau to the other except as allowed by section 1356 of title 8.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §296

Domestic Security — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)There shall be established separate accounts in the Treasury of the United States for appropriated funds and other deposits available for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security.
(b)To ensure that the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security are funded to the extent necessary to fully carry out their respective functions, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall separate the budget requests for each such entity.
(c)Fees imposed for a particular service, application, or benefit shall be deposited into the account established under subsection (a) that is for the bureau with jurisdiction over the function to which the fee relates.
(d)No fee may be transferred between the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security for purposes not authorized by section 1356 of title 8.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Bureau of Border Security, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs

Enforcement

by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. Mar. 1, 2003, H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

6 U.S.C. § 296

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73