; (B) establish a trigger mechanism that automatically guarantees immediate support for a nonimmigrant visa applicants after a specified period, in accordance with subsection (c). (2) Minimum standards for nonimmigrant visa processing The trigger mechanism established under paragraph (1)(B) shall, at a minimum, guarantee support, in accordance with subsection (c), for a consulate at which, during the preceding 30-day period, not fewer than 20 percent of nonimmigrant visa applicants received an interview within 45 days of the date on which their application was received by such consulate. (3) Notice and comment exemption In issuing regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State is exempted from the requirements set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Authority To transfer Department of State appropriations to improve passport and visa services (1) In general For any fiscal year, the Secretary of State may transfer not more than $10,000,000 to the Consular and Border Security Programs account from unobligated amounts held in other Department of State accounts or any unobligated balance from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State if the Secretary submits a report to the appropriate committees of Congress providing details on the use of the funds. (2) Use of transferred funds Any amounts so transferred shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the protocols described in subsection (c) or improving passport or visa services. (3) Appropriate committees of Congress define In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate