United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration services, $224,000,000, of which $50,000,000 is for processing applications for asylum or refugee status; of which $5,000,000 is for the processing of military naturalization applications; and of which $137,000,000 is for the basic pilot program (E-Verify Program), 123 STAT. 2165 as authorized by section 402 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States employers with maintaining a legal workforce: Provided, That of the amounts made available for the basic pilot program (E-Verify Program), $30,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to five vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences and places of employment: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated for processing applications for asylum or refugee status unless the Secretary of Homeland Security has published a final rule updating part 103 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, to discontinue the asylum/refugee surcharge: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated for development of the “REAL ID hub” until the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives receive a plan for expenditure for that program that describes the strategic context of the program, the specific goals and milestones set for the program, and the funds allocated for achieving each of these goals and milestones: Provided further, That none of the funds made available in this Act for grants for immigrant integration may be used to provide services to aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.