Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
PL 111-230 (H.R.6080), enacted 08/13/2010

124 STAT. 2485 
PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 
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 investiga-
tion 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 
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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 Protec-
tion Officers, Border Patrol agents, and U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement personnel. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 101. From unobligated balances made available to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infra-
structure, 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 activi-
ties 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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124 STAT. 2487 
PUBLIC LAW 111–230—AUG. 13, 2010 
(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: Pro-
vided, 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 avail-
able 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. 
(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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