[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1312 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1312

     To expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of 
                    extraordinary artistic ability.


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                    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

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                                 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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