Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.

Pub. L. 117–103, div. F, title IV, § 403, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 334, provided that: “The terms and conditions of section 403 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) [8 U.S.C. 1377a] shall apply to this Act [div. F of Pub. L. 117–103, see Tables for classification].”

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act:

Pub. L. 116–260, div. F, title IV, § 403, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1467.