PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 124 STAT. 2485 

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, Infra- structure, 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. 

Aug. 13, 2010 

[H.R. 6080] 


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124 STAT. 2486 PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 

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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PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 124 STAT. 2487 

(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. 

Time period. 

Fee increases. 

8 USC 1101 note. 


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124 STAT. 2488 PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6080: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 

Aug. 10, considered and passed House. 

Aug. 12, considered and passed Senate. 

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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. 


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