This part raises the travel authorization fee for visa-free travel. A charge of at least $13 is added for each authorization. Another part of the fee is set at $10 or more. The program's fee authority runs to October 31, 2034.
The section amends section 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)) by inserting of not less than $10 after an amount in subclause (II) and by adding a new subclause (III) charging not less than $13 per travel authorization.
What the document actually says
“not less than $13 per travel authorization.”
That sentence, in plain words
A new charge is added. It is at least $13. It applies to each travel authorization.
What this is about
Another part of the fee gets a floor of $10. Both are set in an older law. Only the change is recorded here.
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“by striking "October 31, 2028" and inserting "October 31, 2034"”
The section strikes October 31, 2028 and inserts October 31, 2034 in clause (iii), and adds a new clause (iv) raising the amount each fiscal year from 2026 by the rise in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the July before the change.
What the document actually says
“by striking "October 31, 2028" and inserting "October 31, 2034"”
That sentence, in plain words
One date is taken out of the fee rule. It was October 31, 2028. The new date is October 31, 2034.
What this is about
That gives the fee six more years. A new clause also adjusts it. It rises with a price index.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Each distinct thing the section does: set a floor under one part of the fee, add a new charge of at least $13, extend the authority to 2034, and add a yearly inflation rise.
The punctuation edits that make room for the new subclause.
The section works by amending section 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is not indexed here, so what the rest of that fee rule says cannot be checked against anything on this site.
