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Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73

§1715 Consular and Border Security Programs

Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FUNDING › § 1715

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A special Treasury account called the Consular and Border Security Programs account must be created to hold certain fees for consular and border security work. Unused fee balances can be moved into that account. Money in the account may be shifted among funds under "Administration of Foreign Affairs." Those transfer powers are in addition to other transfer powers the State Department has. The changes must be in place by October 1, 2018, and set up so fees used in fiscal year 2019 can be easily tracked.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1715

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(a)There is established in the Treasury a separate fund to be known as the “Consular and Border Security Programs” account into which the following fees shall be deposited for the purposes of the consular and border security programs.
(b)
(h)(1)The unobligated balances of amounts available from fees referenced under this section may be transferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs account.
(2)Funds deposited in or transferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs account may be transferred between funds appropriated under the heading “Administration of Foreign Affairs”.
(3)The transfer authorities in this section shall be in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of State.
(i)The amendments made by this section shall take effect no later than October 1, 2018, and shall be implemented in a manner that ensures the fees collected, transferred, and used in fiscal year 2019 can be readily tracked.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section appears under the heading “Consular and Border Security Programs” in title VII of div. J of Pub. L. 115–31. It was enacted as part of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, and not as part of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter. Section is comprised of section 7081 of title VII of div. J of Pub. L. 115–31. Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 7081 of Pub. L. 115–31 amended section 1713 and 1714, respectively, of this title. Subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 7081 amended provisions set out as notes under section 1153 and 1183a, respectively, of this title. Subsec. (f) of section 7081 amended section 214 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and subsec. (g) of section 7081 amended provisions set out as a note under section 214 of Title 22.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Balances Pub. L. 118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7034(k)(4), Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 791, provided that: “section 7081(h) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) [8 U.S.C. 1715(h)] shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.” Similar provisions were contained in the following prior acts: Pub. L. 117–328, div. K, title VII, § 7034(l)(4), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5033. Pub. L. 117–103, div. K, title VII, § 7034(l)(9), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 624. Pub. L. 116–260, div. K, title VII, § 7034(l)(9), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1750. Pub. L. 116–94, div. G, title VII, § 7034(l)(9), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2873. Pub. L. 116–6, div. F, title VII, § 7034(m)(9), Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 327.

Reference

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1715

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73