[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2044 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2044

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to resolve inequities in 
      existing law by reducing the residency requirement for the 
naturalization of aliens with extraordinary ability so that such aliens 
        may represent the United States at international events.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2005

   Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to resolve inequities in 
      existing law by reducing the residency requirement for the 
naturalization of aliens with extraordinary ability so that such aliens 
        may represent the United States at international events.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS WITH EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1427), is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g)(1) The continuous residency requirement under subsection (a) 
may be reduced to 3 years for an applicant for naturalization if--
            ``(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an approved 
        petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(E);
            ``(B) the applicant has been approved for adjustment of 
        status under section 245(a); and
            ``(C) such reduction is necessary for the applicant to 
        represent the United States at an international event.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate an 
application for naturalization under this section not later than 30 
days after the submission of such application if the applicant--
            ``(A) requests such expedited adjudication in order to 
        represent the United States at an international event; and
            ``(B) demonstrates that such expedited adjudication is 
        related to such representation.
    ``(3) An applicant is ineligible for expedited adjudication under 
paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
such expedited adjudication poses a risk to national security. Such a 
determination by the Secretary shall not be subject to review.
    ``(4)(A) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge and collect a $1,000 
premium processing fee from each applicant described in this subsection 
to offset the additional costs incurred to expedite the processing of 
applications under this subsection.
    ``(B) The fee collected under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited 
as offsetting collections in the Immigration Examinations Fee 
Account.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
                this Act; and
                    (B) is repealed on January 14, 2006.
            (2) Implementation.--Beginning on the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall accept and 
        process applications for naturalization filed by aliens 
        described in section 316(g)(1) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427(g)(1)) in accordance with the 
        amendment made by subsection (a).
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