Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-102
§1353b Extra Compensation; Payment
Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part IX — Miscellaneous › § 1353b
Summary
Ship captains, owners, agents, or consignees who bring a vessel from a foreign port must pay extra compensation to the Attorney General. The Attorney General will give that money to immigration officers who were ordered and reported, even if no inspection happens. The rule does not apply to inspections at designated ports of entry for regular-schedule ferries, bridges, tunnels, aircraft, trains, or Great Lakes vessels.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1353b
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The said extra compensation shall be paid by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of such vessel or other conveyance arriving in the United States from a foreign port to the Attorney General, who shall pay the same to the several immigration officers and employees entitled thereto as provided in this section and section 1353a of this title. Such extra compensation shall be paid if such officers or employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, whether the actual inspection or examination of passengers or crew takes place or not: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the inspection at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving by international ferries, bridges, or tunnels, or by aircraft, railroad trains, or vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, when operating on regular schedules.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V is authority for the substitution of “Attorney General” for “Secretary of Labor.” See note set out under section 1551 of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 342d of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. Prior thereto, section was classified to section 109b of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See section 509 and 510 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1353b
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102