Tuesday, October 2, 2007
HOUSE IMMIGRATION SUBCOMMITTEE PASSES O-1 TIME LIMIT BILL
HR 1312 would require O-1 petitions to be adjudicated in 30 days or less. The simple bill has passed the House Immigration Subcommittee by a vote of 7 to 5 and now moves on to the full Judiciary Committee. Here is the text:
Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act (Introduced in House)
HR 1312 IH
110th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 1312 To expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2007
Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL To expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act'.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ADJUDICATION OF EMPLOYER PETITIONS FOR ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTIC ABILITY.
Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking `Attorney General' each place it appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security'; and
(2) in paragraph (6)(D)--
(A) by striking `Any person' and inserting `(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), any person'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
`(ii) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate each petition for an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts (as described in section 101(a)(15)(O)(i)), an alien accompanying such an alien (as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 101(a)(15)(O)), or an alien described in section 101(a)(15)(P) not later than 30 days after--
`(I) the date on which the petitioner submits the petition with a written advisory opinion, letter of no objection, or request for a waiver; or
`(II) the date on which the 15-day period described in clause (i) has expired, if the petitioner has had an opportunity, as appropriate, to supply rebuttal evidence.
`(iii) If a petition described in clause (ii) is not adjudicated before the end of the 30-day period described in clause (ii) and the petitioner is a qualified nonprofit organization or an individual or entity petitioning primarily on behalf of a qualified nonprofit organization, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the petitioner with the premium-processing services referred to in section 286(u), without a fee.'.
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Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act (Introduced in House)
HR 1312 IH
March 5, 2007
Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
- This Act may be cited as the `Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act'.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ADJUDICATION OF EMPLOYER PETITIONS FOR ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTIC ABILITY.
- Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended--
- (1) by striking `Attorney General' each place it appears and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security'; and
- (2) in paragraph (6)(D)--
- (A) by striking `Any person' and inserting `(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), any person'; and
- (B) by adding at the end the following:
- `(ii) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate each petition for an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts (as described in section 101(a)(15)(O)(i)), an alien accompanying such an alien (as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 101(a)(15)(O)), or an alien described in section 101(a)(15)(P) not later than 30 days after--
- `(I) the date on which the petitioner submits the petition with a written advisory opinion, letter of no objection, or request for a waiver; or
- `(II) the date on which the 15-day period described in clause (i) has expired, if the petitioner has had an opportunity, as appropriate, to supply rebuttal evidence.
- `(iii) If a petition described in clause (ii) is not adjudicated before the end of the 30-day period described in clause (ii) and the petitioner is a qualified nonprofit organization or an individual or entity petitioning primarily on behalf of a qualified nonprofit organization, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the petitioner with the premium-processing services referred to in section 286(u), without a fee.'.
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 5:34 PM
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