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PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 399 (21) Section 162(d) of the Foreign Relatione Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. iJ87(e)) relating to contributions to and procedures of the United Nations. (22) Section 531(i) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2370 note) relating to El Salvador. (23) Section 724 of the International Security Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (22 U.S.C. 2384) relating to assistance to Nicaragua. (24) Section 201(f) of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1821(f)) relating to assistance allocation of United States fish stock surplus. (25) The second sentence of section 2207(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4171) relating to foreign language competence. (26) Section 209A(b)(2) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4309a) relating to United States responsibility for employees of the United Nations. (27) Section 117 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287(b) note) relating 22 USC 287b to policies pursued by other countries in the United Nations. ^°^- SEC. 140. VISAS. (a) SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN VISAS. — 8 USC 1351. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee or siircharge for processing machine readable nonimmigrant visas and machine readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. (2) Fees collected under the authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation, to recover the costs of providing consular services. Such fees shall remain available for obligation until expended. (3) For fiscal years 1994 and 1995, fees deposited under the authority of paragraph (2) may not exceed a total of $107,500,000. For subsequent fiscal years, fees may be collected under the authority of paragraph (1) only in such amounts as shall be prescribed in subsequent authorization Acts. (4) The provisions of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Revised Statutes 1726-28; 22 U.S.C. 4212 -14), concerning accounting for consular fees shall not apply to fees collected under this subsection. (5) No fee or surcharge authorized under paragraph (1) may be charged to a citizen of a country that is a signatory as of the date of enactment of this Act to the North American Free Trade Agreement, except that the Secretary of State may charge such fee or surcharge to a citizen of such a country if the Secretary determines that such country charges a visa application or issuance fee to citizens of the United States. (b) AUTOMATED VISA LOOKOUT SYSTEM.— Not later than 18 8 USC 1182 note. months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. (c) PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNITED 8 USC 1182 note. STATES. —