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IA 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2007 Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Disapproving the rule submitted to the Congress by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 6, 2007, relating to adjustment of the Immigration and Naturalization Benefit Application and Petition Fee Schedule.

Whereas U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has not adequately explained or justified the amounts and distributions of its recent fee increases; Whereas U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has produced no specific, detailed plan for its infrastructure modernization efforts; Whereas U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suffered from a lack of transparency and stability in its operations and policy development; Whereas U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has repeatedly wasted money and resources; and Whereas U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has consistently failed to reduce application processing backlogs and has demonstrated no adequate plan for doing so: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security to the Congress on June 6, 2007, relating to adjustment of the Immigration and Naturalization Benefit Application and Petition Fee Schedule (published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2007, at 72 Fed. Reg. 29851), and such rule shall have no force or effect.