Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code be amended by adding a new section to be known as section 3291, as follows: "§ 3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports. "No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of the afore-mentioned sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense." SEC. 2. The chapter analysis of chapter 213, immediately preceding section 3281 of title 18 United States Code is amended by adding the following item at the end thereof: "3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports." Approved June 30, 1951. To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, Immigration divided into titles, chapters, and sections according to the following and Nationtable of contents, may be cited as the "Immigration and Nationality ality Act. Act". ALLOCATION OF IMMIGRANT VISAS WITHIN QUOTAS SEC. 203. (a) Immigrant visas to quota immigrants shall be allotted in each fiscal year as follows: (1) The first 50 per centum of the quota of each quota area for such year, plus any portion of such quota not required for the issuance of immigrant visas to the classes specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), shall be made available for the issuance of immigrant visas (A) to qualified quota immigrants whose services are determined by the Attorney General to be needed urgently in the United States because of the high education, technical training, specialized experience, or exceptional ability of such immigrants and to be substantially beneficial prospectively to the national economy, cultural interests, or welfare of the United States, and (B) to qualified quota immigrants who are the spouse or children of any immigrant described in clause (A) if accompanying him. (2) The next 30 per centum of the quota for each quota area for such year, plus any portion of such quota not required for the issuance of immigrant visas to the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (3), shall be made available for the issuance of immigrant visas to qualified quota immigrants who are the parents of citizens of the United States, such citizens being at least twenty-one years of age. (3) The remaining 20 per centum of the quota for each quota area for such year, plus any portion of such quota not required for the issuance of immigrant visas to the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be made available for the issuance of immigrant visas to qualified quota immigrants who are the spouses or the children of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (4) Any portion of the quota for each quota area for such year not required for the issuance of immigrant visas to the classes specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall be made available for the issuance of immigrant visas to other qualified quota immigrants chargeable to such quota. Qualified quota immigrants of each quota area who are the brothers, sisters, sons, or daughters of citizens of the United States shall be entitled to a preference of not exceeding 25 per centum of the immigrant visas available for issuance for each quota area under this paragraph. (b) Quota immigrant visas issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall, in the case of each quota area, be issued to eligible quota immigrants in the order in which a petition on behalf of each such immigrant is filed with the Attorney General as provided in section 204; and shall be issued in the first calendar month after receipt of notice of approval of such petition in which a quota number is available for an immigrant chargeable to such quota area. (c) Quota immigrant visas issued to aliens in the classes designated in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) shall, in the case of each quota, be issued to qualified quota immigrants strictly in the chronological order in which such immigrants are registered in each class on quota waiting lists which shall be maintained for each quota in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State. (d) In determining the order for consideration of applications for quota immigrant visas under subsection (a), consideration shall be given first to applications under paragraph (1), second to applications under paragraph (2), third to applications under paragraph (3), and fourth to applications under paragraph (4). (e) Every immigrant shall be presumed to be a quota immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and to the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is a nonquota immigrant. Every quota immigrant shall be presumed to be a nonpreference quota immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer and the immigration officers that he is entitled to a preference quota status under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) or to a preference under paragraph (4) of such subsection. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 407. Except as provided in subsection (k) of section 401, this Act shall take effect at 12:01 ante meridian United States Eastern Standard Time on the one hundred eightieth day immediately following the date of its enactment. To increase the fee for executing an application for a passport. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first proviso Passport fees. of section numbered 1 of the Act entitled "An Act making an appro priation for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921", approved June 4, 1920 (22 U. S. C., sec. 214), 41 Stat. 750. is amended by striking out "the retention by" and "of the fee of $1" and by inserting after the word "officials" the following language: to collect and retain the sum of $2 as the fee. Approved February 10, 1956. To provide certain basic authority for the Department of State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary State Department. of State is authorized to establish, maintain, and operate passport and Passport and despatch agencies. despatch agencies. SEC. 2. The Secretary of State, when funds are appropriated therefor, may— (a) provide for printing and binding outside the continental Printing and United States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111); binding. of household (b) pay the cost of transportation to and from a place of stor- Transportation age and the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned effects, etc. to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe; (c) employ aliens, by contract, for services abroad; (d) provide for official functions and courtesies; (e) purchase uniforms; and (f) pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para graph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States 62 Stat. 983. Code when such claims arise in foreign countries in connection with Department of State operations abroad. SEC. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized to motor vehicles. (a) obtain insurance on official motor vehicles operated by the Insurance on Department of State in foreign countries, and pay the expenses incident thereto; (b) rent tie lines and teletype equipment; (c) provide ice and drinking water for United States Embassies and Consulates abroad; (d) pay excise taxes on negotiable instruments which are negotiated by the Department of State abroad; (e) pay the actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away from their homes while participating in international educational exchange activities under the jurisdiction of the Department of State; seamen. (f) pay expenses incident to the relief, protection, and burial Expenses for of American seamen, and alien seamen from United States vessels in foreign countries and in the United States Territories and possessions; (g) pay the expenses incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of officers and crews of foreign vessels and aircraft in rescuing American seamen, airmen, or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe abroad or at sea; leases. (h) rent or lease, for periods of less than ten years, such offices, Rentals and buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service abroad as he may deem necessary, and make payments therefor in advance; and (i) maintain, improve, and repair properties rented or leased pursuant to authority contained in subsection (h) of this section and furnish fuel, water, and utilities for such properties. SEC. 4. The Secretary of State is authorized to (a) make expenditures, from such amounts as may be specifi- Emergency excally appropriated therefor, for unforeseen emergencies arising penditures. in the diplomatic and consular service and, to the extent author |