To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.

To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, for the following purpose, namely: Department of Homeland Security Research, Development, Training, and Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Operations and Support For an additional amount for “Operations and Support”, for necessary expenses related to providing immigration adjudication and naturalization services, such sums as may be necessary up to $1,221,000,000 to maintain the projected fiscal year 2020 and 2021 levels of operations, including maintaining current staffing levels and current contracts at full performance, which shall be available until December 31, 2020: Provided, That U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall report every 30 days to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate on obligations and expenditures from the amount provided under this heading: Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading shall be available only if the President designates such amount as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. Administrative Provisions (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 101. (a) For fiscal year 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter until the total amount of the surcharges collected under this section equals the amount of the supplemental appropriation provided in this Act for Operations and Support 8 U.S.C. 1356(u) (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Administrative Procedure Act ( 5 U.S.C. 551 44 U.S.C. 3501 8 U.S.C. 1356 (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts collected under this section are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and such amounts shall only be collected if the President designates such amounts as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i). (2) The budgetary effects of this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) (3) In the Senate, this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

Summary: This bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for maintaining the projected FY2020 and FY2021 levels of operations for immigration adjudication and naturalization services, including maintaining current staffing levels and current contracts at full performance. The bill designates the appropriations as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill also requires USCIS to add a 10% surcharge to premium processing fees for employment-based petitions and applications until the additional fees collected equal the amount of supplemental appropriations provided by this bill.