8 USC § 1353c - Immigration officials; service in foreign contiguous territory

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title: "8 USC § 1353c - Immigration officials; service in foreign contiguous territory"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1353c"
section_name: "Immigration officials; service in foreign contiguous territory"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION"
part_number: "IX"
part_name: "Miscellaneous"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1424; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 6, 68 Stat. 1227.)"
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# § 1353c. Immigration officials; service in foreign contiguous territory

section 209 of title 18

Nothing in  relative to augmenting salaries of Government officials from outside sources shall prevent receiving reimbursements for services of immigration officials incident to the inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous territory and such reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation, “Immigration and Naturalization Service—Salaries and Expenses.”

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1424; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 6, 68 Stat. 1227.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“” substituted in text for “” on authority of , , , which repealed section 1914 and supplanted it with section 209, and which provided that exemptions from section 1914 shall be deemed exemptions from section 209. For further details, see Exemptions note set out under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Section was not enacted as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.

Section constituted a part of section 1 of , , which rendered ,  (section 66 of former Title 5), inapplicable to immigration officials under the circumstances stated.

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , . Prior thereto, section was classified to .

### Amendments

1954—Act , amended section generally, substituting “” for reference to the proviso in the Act of  (), and substituting “Immigration and Naturalization Service—Salaries and Expenses” for “Expenses of regulating immigration”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under .