S.Amdt. 4628

SA 4628. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5441, making
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 75, line 8, strike ``$3,740,357,000'' and insert
``$3,826,027,000, of which not less than $104,000,000 shall
be available to increase the number of full time active duty
investigators employed by the Department of Homeland Security
to investigate violations of immigration laws (as defined in
section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)) by not less than 800 above the number of
such positions for which funds were made available during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, as provided in section
5203 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2004 (Pub. L. 108 458);''.
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjust fees charged
by the Secretary to aliens under any provision of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) or
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat.
3009-546) by notice in the Federal Register not later than
January 1, 2007, to achieve not less than $85,670,000 in
additional receipts by September 30, 2007.
(b) The fees collected pursuant to the adjustment of fees
made under subsection (a) shall be in addition to the fees
authorized under section 286 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356).
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