8 U.S.C. § 1734 — Improved training for consular officers

(a) Training The Secretary of State must require that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa applications, before undertaking to perform consular responsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. that officers must be specially and extensively trained in the identification of aliens inadmissible under section 1182(a)(3)(A) and (B) of this title, interagency and international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward visa applicants. under section 1776 of this title, and as part of the consular training provided to that officers by the Secretary of State, that officers must also receive training in detecting fraudulent documents and general document forensics and must be required as part of that training to work with immigration officers conducting inspections of applicants for admission into the United States at ports of entry.
(b) Use of foreign intelligence information As an ongoing component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of State must coordinate with the Assistant to the President^* for Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies^*, and the intelligence community^* to compile and disseminate to the Bureau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and other current unclassified information relevant to terrorists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States.
(c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated that sums as may be necessary to implement this section.