An Act to amend sections 281 and 344 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the statutory prescription of fees, and for other purposes
PL 90-609 (H.R.2792), enacted 10/21/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-609-OCT. 21, 1968 
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CHAPTER X I I I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1301. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall liJ^tat^'j^n^*'^'" 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE CONTROL ACT OF 1968 
SEC. 1302. (a) Expenditures and net lending during the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1969, by the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(not more than $907,000,000) for farm price supports (not including 
amounts for special activities) in excess of the amounts estimated 
therefor on page 239 of the Budget for 1969 (H. Doc. 225, Part 1), 
land new obligational and loan authority heretofore or hereafter 
enacted for sudi fiscal year for such purposes in excess of the amounts 
estimated therefor on page 239 of the Budget for 1969, shall not be 
counted against the aggregate limitations on expenditures and net 
lending and new obligational authority and loan authority prescribed 
by Sections 202(a) and 203(a) of Title I I of the Revenue and Ex-
penditure Control Act of 1968. 
Ante, p. 271. 
(b) Expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1969, by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
(not more than $560,000,000) for grants to States for public assistance 
as authorized by the Social Security Act, as amended, in excess of the 
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amounts estimated therefor on page 15 of the Budget for 1969 (H. 
Doc. 225, Part 1), and new obligational and loan authority heretofore 
or hereafter enacted for such fiscal year for such purposes in excess 
of the amounts estimated therefor on pages 306 and 307 of the Budget 
for 1969, shall not be counted against the aggregate limitations on 
expenditures and net lending and new obligational authority and loan 
authority prescribed by Sections 202(a) and 203(a) of Title I I of 
the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968. 
INDEPENDENT OFFICE 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDIAN OPPORTUNITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Indian Oppor-
tunity, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $100,000, 
so stat. 4i6. 
which shall be in addition to the amount authorized by Public Law 
90-550. 
^"'e, p. 937. 
Approved October 21, 1968. 
Public Law 90-609 
AN A C T 
October 21, 1968 
To amend sections 281 and 344 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
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eliminate the statutory prescription of fees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 281 of 
inimigration and 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 230; 8 U.S.C. 1351) as aml'ndmenf. '''' 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
79 stat. 919. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-609-OCT. 21, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
"NONIMMIGRANT VISA FEES 
"SEC. 281. The fees for the furnishing and verification of applica-
tions for visas by nonimmigrants of each foreign country and for the 
issuance of visas to nonimmigrants of each foreign country shall be 
prescribed by the Secretary of State, if practicable, in amounts cor-
responding to the total of all visa, entry, residence, or other similar 
fees, taxes, or charges assessed or levied against nationals of the 
United States by the foreign countries of which such nonimmigrants 
are nationals or stateless residents: Provided, That nonimmigrant 
visas issued to aliens coming to the United States in transit to and from 
the headquarters district of the United Nations in accordance with the 
provisions of the Headquarters Agreement shall be gratis." 
SEC. 2. The reference to section 281 in the table of contents of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 281. Nonimmigrant visa fees." 
SEC. 3. Section 344 (a), (b), and (g) of such Act (66 Stat. 264; 8 
U.S.C. 1455) are respectively amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 344. (a) The clerk of court shall charge, collect, and account 
for fees prescribed by the Attorney General pursuant to title V of the 
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 290) for the 
following: 
" (1) Making, filing, and docketing a petition for naturalization, 
including the final hearing on such petition, if such hearing be 
held, and a certificate of naturalization, if the issuance of such 
certificate is authorized by the naturalization court. 
" (2) Receiving and filing a declaration of intention, and issuing 
a duplicate thereof. 
"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other law, 
no fee shall be charged or collected for an application for declaration 
of intention or a certificate of naturalization in lieu of a declaration 
or a certificate alleged to have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed, sub-
mitted by a person who was a member of the military or naval forces 
of the United States at any time after April 20, 1,698, and before 
July 5, 1902; or at any time after April 5, 1917, and before Novem-
ber 12,1918; or who served on the Mexican border as a member of the 
Regular Army or National Guard between June 1916 and April 1917; 
or who has served or hereafter serves in the military, air, or naval 
forces of the United States after September 16,1940, and who was not 
at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such 
forces under other than honorable conditions, who was not a conscien-
tious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to 
wear the uniform, or who was not at any time during such period or 
thereafter discharged from such military, air, or naval forces on 
account of alienage. 
•*(g) All fees collected, by the Attorney General, and all fees paid 
over to the Attorney General by clerks of courts under the provisions 
of this title, shall be deposited by the Attorney General in the Treasury 
of the United States: Provided^ however, Tmit all f 
^ s received by the 
Attorney General or by the clerks of the courts from applicants resid-
ing in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in Guam, under 
this title, shaUbe paid over to the treasury of the Virgin Islands and 
to the treasury of Guam, respectively." 
Approved October 21, 1968.