8 U.S.C. § 1573 — Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-313 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 198 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General must reduce and aim to eliminate the immigration-benefit application backlog, prevent it from returning, and improve service infrastructure. Congress authorizes funds for these efforts, keeps them available until spent, and bars spending before a required report is submitted.
(a) Attorney General’s authority. The Attorney General must take necessary steps to (1) reduce the immigration-benefit application backlog*, aiming to eliminate it completely one year after November 25, 2002; (2) improve processing so a backlog does not develop afterward; and (3) improve infrastructure needed to provide immigration services effectively.
(b) Appropriations. (1) Congress authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice, from time to time, of amounts needed for subsection (a). (2) The amounts may be called the “Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account.” (3) They may remain available until spent. (4) None may be spent until the report described in section 1574(a) of this title has been submitted to Congress.
The Attorney General shall take such measures as may be necessary to—
reduce the backlog* in the processing of immigration benefit applications, with the objective of the total elimination of the backlog 1 year after November 25, 2002;
make such other improvements in the processing of immigration benefit applications as may be necessary to ensure that a backlog does not develop after such date; and
make such improvements in infrastructure as may be necessary to effectively provide immigration services.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice from time to time such sums as may be necessary for the Attorney General to carry out subsection (a).
Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be referred to as the “Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account”.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended.
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be expended until the report described in section 1574(a) of this title has been submitted to Congress.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–313, title II, § 204, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 458, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2201.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-313 · 114 Stat. 1263
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2201
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-313 on 2000-10-17.
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