State Department can use visa fees to speed up visa work.
H.R. 10106 — VISITOR Act · Filed by Dina Titus (D-NV) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets the State Department use visa fees to pay for faster visa work. It aims to see 80 percent of visa applicants within 3 weeks. The bill moves money from other State Department accounts to visa centers. It pays for more staff and operations at those centers.
Who it affects
People who apply for visas may wait less time. The State Department can move money between its own accounts.
One thing to notice
The bill moves money from other State Department work to visa centers. The 80 percent goal is a target, not a promise.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Aug 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Appropriations and House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- visa applicants — People who ask the government for permission to visit or work in the U.S.
- visa fees — Money that people pay when they ask for a visa.
- visa centers — Government offices where people go to get visas.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,982 characters) on Aug 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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