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Establishment of a $3 Immigration User Fee for Certain Commercial Vessel Passengers Previously Exempt

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Official abstract

This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations in accordance with section 109 of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2002 (Title I of Public Law 107-77), signed November 28, 2001. This law authorizes the collection of a $3 fee for certain commercial vessel passengers previously exempt under section 286(e)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act). This proposed rule would amend the Service regulations to require certain commercial vessel operators and/or their ticketing agents to charge and collect a $3 user fee from every commercial vessel passenger whose journey originated in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, a territory or possession of the United States, or an adjacent island except those individuals exempted under section 286(e) of the Act or under 8 CFR part 286. This action is necessary to implement section 109 of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2002.

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