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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7508 

To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2020 

Mr. CLEAVER (for himself and Mr. FORTENBERRY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, for the following 

6 purpose, namely: 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES

3 U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

4 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup6 port’’, for necessary expenses related to providing immi7 gration adjudication and naturalization services, such 

8 sums as may be necessary up to $1,221,000,000 to main9 tain the projected fiscal year 2020 and 2021 levels of oper10 ations, including maintaining current staffing levels and 

11 current contracts at full performance, which shall be avail12 able until December 31, 2020: Provided, That U.S. Citi13 zenship and Immigration Services shall report every 30 

14 days to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

15 on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

17 on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appro19 priations of the Senate on obligations and expenditures 

20 from the amount provided under this heading: Provided 

21 further, That the amount provided under this heading is 

22 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

25 Provided further, That the amount provided under this 


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1 heading shall be available only if the President designates 

2 such amount as being for an emergency requirement pur3 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 101. (a) For fiscal year 2020, and for each fis7 cal year thereafter until the total amount of the sur8 charges collected under this section equals the amount of 

9 the supplemental appropriation provided in this Act for 

10 ‘‘Operations and Support’’, each applicant paying the pre11 mium fee authorized under section 286(u) of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) shall pay a 

13 surcharge in addition to such fee. The surcharge shall 

14 equal 10 percent of such premium fee, rounded up to the 

15 nearest dollar. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in17 cluding the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 

18 et seq.) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

19 3501 et seq.), beginning 60 days after the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

21 shall begin collecting the surcharge described in subsection 

22 (a) and shall reject any petition or application submitted 

23 without payment for such surcharge, if applicable. Not24 withstanding any other provision of law, including sub25 sections (m), (n), and (u) of section 286 of the ImmigraVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:13 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7508.IH H7508

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1 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356), the Secretary 

2 shall deposit all surcharges collected under this section 

3 into the general fund of the Treasury. 

4 (c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 the amounts collected under this section are designated 

6 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

7 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg8 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and such 

9 amounts shall only be collected if the President designates 

10 such amounts as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

11 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i). 

12 (2) The budgetary effects of this section are des13 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

15 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

16 (3) In the Senate, this section is designated as an 

17 emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. 

18 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution 

19 on the budget for fiscal year 2018. 

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