119-hr1220

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1220 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1220

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of 
 State to increase the fee imposed on aliens filing an application 
 abroad for a visa authorizing admission to the United States as a 
 nonimmigrant described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) who are nationals of 
 certain countries, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 11, 2025

 Mrs. Wagner (for herself and Mr. Gill of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of 
 State to increase the fee imposed on aliens filing an application 
 abroad for a visa authorizing admission to the United States as a 
 nonimmigrant described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) who are nationals of 
 certain countries, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Fee Increases for Reckless 
Mismanagement Act of 2025'' or ``FIRM Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FEE INCREASE FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS.

    (a) In General.--The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

section 281 the following:

``

SEC. 281A. FEE INCREASE FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS.

 ``

    (a) Fee Increase.--The Secretary of State shall increase the fee 
imposed under 

section 281 on an alien filing an application abroad for 
a visa authorizing admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant 
described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) in accordance with subsection

    (b) for any alien who is a national of a country with respect to which the 
Secretary determines any of the following:
 ``

    (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security has reported to 
 the Secretary of State under 

section 243
            (d) that the government 
 of the country has denied or unreasonably delayed accepting an 
 alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that 
 country after the Secretary of Homeland Security asked whether 
 the government would accept the alien.
 ``

    (2) The Secretary of State has designated the country as 
 a state sponsor of international terrorism (as such term is 
 defined in 

section 214
            (c) (4)
        (F)
            (ii) ).
 ``

    (3) The country is listed as a tier 3 country in the most 
 recent Trafficking in Persons report of the Office to Monitor 
 and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State.
 ``

    (b) Amount of Increase.--The Secretary shall increase the fee 
described in subsection

    (a) as follows:
 ``

    (1) If the Secretary determines that the country meets 
 one of the criteria described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) of 
 subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall increase such fee by not 
 less than 50 percent.
 ``

    (2) If the Secretary determines that the country meets 
 two of the criteria described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) of 
 subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall increase such fee by not 
 less than 100 percent.
 ``

    (3) If the Secretary determines that the country meets 
 three of the criteria described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) of subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall increase such fee by not 
 less than 150 percent.
 ``
            (c) Periodic Review.--On the first day of each month, the 
Secretary shall review the determinations under subsection

    (a) , to 
determine whether any increase imposed should be reduced, or whether an 
increase should be imposed on nationals of any additional countries.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Immigration 
and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after the item related to 

section 281 the following:

``281A. Fee increase for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants.''.
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