S.Amdt. 1360

SA 1360. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1347 proposed by Mr.
Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller) to the bill S. 1023, to
establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry
policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel
to the United States; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

Beginning on page 17, strike line 7 and all that follows
through page 18, line 4, and insert the following:
``(B) Fees.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2009, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a fee for the
use of the System and begin assessment and collection of that
fee. Such fee shall be not less than $20 per travel
authorization and distributed as follows:

``(I) $10 of each fee shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury for transfer to the Travel Promotion
Fund established by section 4(a) of the Travel Promotion Act
of 2009, consistent with section 4(b) of such Act.
``(II) The amount of each fee not transferred under
subclause (I) shall be deposited into the Treasury as an
offsetting collection subject to appropriation for the
Secretary of Homeland Security--

``(aa) to carry out the exit system required by section
217(i) and similar programs at sea and land ports of entry;
and
``(bb) to ensure recovery of the full costs of providing
and administering the System.
``(ii) Exception.--Any amount collected for distribution
under clause (i)(I) for a fiscal year that exceeds the
maximum amount that may be transferred to the Travel
Promotion Fund under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section
4 of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 for such fiscal year
shall be made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security
under clause (i)(II).
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