,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjbd,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,ms4     
,salazar1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mrs4   
,gonzlez-,coln1 and ,ms4 ,norton7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary1 and in addition to the      
,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1 and   
,appropriations1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize amounts        
collected in certain visa fees to be    
made available to reduce visa wait      
times1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,visa ,improvement1 ,streamlined    
,investment1 and ,tourism ,optimization 
,reform ,act or the ,,visitor ,act4  #b4
 ,authority to use collected fees to    
reduce visa wait times  7a7 ,amendment  

to the ,passport ,act ,section #a7;b7 of
 the ,passport ,act of ,june #d1 #aibj  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;b771 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking such
 costs and inserting the costs of       
providing consular services2  7#b7 by   
striking paragraph 7#b72 and  7#c7 by   
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b74  7b7 ,authority ,to use 
collected fees for the purposes of      
reducing visa wait times  7#a7 ,in      
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the following passport
 and immigrant visa surcharges collected
 in any fiscal year are authorized to be
 made available for the costs of        
providing general consular services1    
including the consular protection of    
,united ,states citizens and their      
interests overseas3 7,a7 ,surcharges    
collected pursuant to the fourth        
paragraph under the heading ,diplomatic 
and ,consular ,programs in the          
,department of ,state and ,related      
,agency ,appropriations ,act1 #bjje     

7title ,,iv of division ,b of ,public   
,law #ajh-ddg2 #h ,u4,s4,c4 #agad74     
7,b7 ,fees deposited into the ,fraud    
,prevention and ,detection ,account and 
made available for the purposes         
described in section #bhf7v77#b77;,a7 of
 the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acef7v77#b77;,a774  7#b7 
,authority to transfer unobligated fee  
balances  7,a7 ,transfer of existing fee
 collection ,the unobligated balances of
 each amount available from fees listed 
in section #gjha7;h7 of the ,department 
of ,state1 ,foreign ,operations1 and    
,related ,programs ,appropriations ,act1
 #bjag 7division ,j of ,public ,law     
#aae-ca7 are authorized to be           
transferred to the ,consular and ,border
 ,security ,programs account and between
 accounts of the ,department of ,state  
under the heading ,administration of    
,foreign ,affairs for the purposes      
described in paragraph 7#a7 of this     
subsection4  7,b7 ,transfer of other    
amounts made available for              

administration of foreign affairs ,the  
unobligated balances of any amounts made
 available to the ,department of ,state 
under the heading ,administration of    
,foreign ,affairs by any ,act are       
authorized to be transferred to the     
,consular and ,border ,security         
,programs ,account if the ,secretary of 
,state determines and reports to the    
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate that to do so is necessary to   
sustain consular operations1 following  
consultation with such ,committees4     
7#c7 ,conforming amendment ,section #f  
of the ,department of ,state            
,authorities ,act of #bjjf 7#h ,u4,s4,c4
 #agad note7 is amended by inserting and
 the provision of other general consular
 services after in support of enhanced  
border security each place it appears4  
7c7 ,goal of reduced visa wait time ,the
 ,secretary of ,state is authorized to  
take such steps as may be necessary for 
the goal of ensuring that #hj percent of

 nonimmigrant visa applicants are       
interviewed within #c weeks of receipt  
and application1 recognizing that       
resource and security considerations and
 the need to ensure provision of        
consular services to ,united ,states    
citizens may dictate specific exceptions
 to this goal4