I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2260 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose e-bonding 
requirements on certain nonimmigrant visa applicants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2019 
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose 
e-bonding requirements on certain nonimmigrant visa ap-
plicants, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘E-bonding for Immi-
gration Integrity Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF BOND. 
(a) BOND REQUIRED.—Prior to arriving at a port of 
entry of the United States, an alien seeking admission to 
the United States shall post a bond, in accordance with 
subsection (d), in an amount determined by the Secretary 
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if such alien seeks admission to the United States as a 
nonimmigrant in a category— 
(1) described under subparagraph (B), (F), 
(H)(i)(b), (H)(ii)(b), or (K) of section 101(a)(15) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)); or 
(2) identified by the Secretary, in accordance 
with section 3, to have a visa overstay rate that is 
more than 1.5 percent. 
(b) AMOUNT OF BOND.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall, by rule, establish the amount of the bond required 
by subsection (a) for each visa category under subsection 
(a)(1) and each visa category identified by the Secretary 
under section 3, which amount shall— 
(1) be not less than $2,500 and not more than 
$10,000; and 
(2) be determined based on the Secretary’s as-
sessment of the level of risk of visa overstays for 
that category. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT OF AMOUNT OF BOND.—On an an-
nual basis, the Secretary shall review, and, as appropriate, 
adjust the amounts of the bonds described in subsection 
(b). 
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(d) PAYMENT OF BOND.—An alien required to post 
the bond under subsection (a) shall post such bond— 
(1) in electronic form; and 
(2) with a bonding agent designated by the Sec-
retary as qualified to hold such bond. 
(e) RELEASE OF BOND.—The Secretary shall author-
ize a bonding agent to release a bond— 
(1) to an alien required to post such bond— 
(A) after receiving a notification from the 
United States embassy or consulate in the 
alien’s country of origin that such alien de-
parted the United States and returned to such 
country of origin; or 
(B) if such alien changed or adjusted their 
status to an immigration status not required to 
post a bond under this section; and 
(2) to the E-bond Enforcement Fund under 
section 4 upon a determination by the Secretary that 
an alien— 
(A) overstayed their visa; or 
(B) did not return to their country of ori-
gin following the termination of their visa. 
(f) CHANGE OF STATUS.—An alien who has been ad-
mitted to the United States and who is required to post 
a bond under subsection (a) may be required to post an 
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additional bond if such alien changes their status to that 
of a nonimmigrant in a category required to pay a higher 
bond under this section. 
(g) COLLECTION
OF
RECORDS
RELATING
TO 
BONDS.—The United States Embassy or United States 
consular office in the alien’s country of origin shall collect 
any records necessary to carry out this section. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date that is 120 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. VISA OVERSTAY RATE CATEGORIES. 
The Secretary shall identify— 
(1) the visa overstay rate for each category of 
nonimmigrant 
aliens 
described 
under 
section 
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) in the previous year; and 
(2) each category of nonimmigrant aliens de-
scribed under such section that had a visa overstay 
rate in the previous year that was more than 1.5 
percent. 
SEC. 4. E-BOND ENFORCEMENT FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the general 
fund of the Treasury a separate account, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘E-bond Enforcement Fund’’ (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
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(4) information relating to the Fund under sec-
tion 4; and 
(5) any other information determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMITTEES OF APPROPRIATE JURISDIC-
TION.—The term ‘‘committees of appropriate juris-
diction’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, unless other-
wise provided. 
(3) VISA
OVERSTAY
RATE.—The term ‘‘visa 
overstay rate’’ means the ratio of, for each category 
of 
nonimmigrant 
aliens 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(15))— 
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(A) the number of aliens admitted to the 
United States for each such category whose pe-
riod of authorized stays ended during a fiscal 
year but who remained unlawfully in the United 
States beyond such period; to 
(B) the total number of aliens admitted to 
the United States for each such category during 
that fiscal year. 
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