[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3821 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3821

   To authorize certain athletes to be admitted temporarily into the 
United States to compete or perform in an athletic league, competition, 
                            or performance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
Leahy, and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize certain athletes to be admitted temporarily into the 
United States to compete or perform in an athletic league, competition, 
                            or performance.

    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 either the ``Creating Opportunities for 
Minor League Professionals, Entertainers, and Teams through Legal Entry 
Act of 2006'' or the ``COMPETE Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT ALIEN STATUS FOR CERTAIN ATHLETES.

    (a) In General.--Section 214(c)(4)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)(A)) is amended by striking clauses 
(i) and (ii) and inserting the following:
            ``(i)(I) performs as an athlete, individually or as part of 
        a group or team, at an internationally recognized level of 
        performance;
            ``(II) is a professional athlete, as defined in section 
        204(i)(2);
            ``(III) performs as an athlete, or as a coach, as part of a 
        team or franchise that is located in the United States and a 
        member of a foreign league or association of 15 or more amateur 
        sports teams, if--
                    ``(aa) the foreign league or association is the 
                highest level of amateur performance of that sport in 
                the relevant foreign country;
                    ``(bb) participation in such league or association 
                renders players ineligible, whether on a temporary or 
                permanent basis, to earn a scholarship in, or 
                participate in, that sport at a college or university 
                in the United States under the rules of the National 
                Collegiate Athletic Association; and
                    ``(cc) a significant number of the individuals who 
                play in such league or association are drafted by a 
                major sports league or a minor league affiliate of such 
                a sports league; or
            ``(IV) is a professional athlete or amateur athlete who 
        performs individually or as part of a group in a theatrical ice 
        skating production; and
            ``(ii) seeks to enter the United States temporarily and 
        solely for the purpose of performing--
                    ``(I) as such an athlete with respect to a specific 
                athletic competition; or
                    ``(II) in the case of an individual described in 
                clause (i)(IV), in a specific theatrical ice skating 
                production or tour.''.
    (b) Petitions for Multiple Aliens.--Section 214(c)(4) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(F) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit a petition 
under this subsection to seek classification of more than 1 alien as a 
nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(P)(i)(a).''.
    (c) Relationship to Other Provisions of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.--Section 214(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)), as amended by subsection (b), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(G) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit an athlete, or the employer 
of an athlete, to seek admission to the United States for such athlete 
under a provision of this Act other than section 101(a)(15)(P)(i).''.
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