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[S. 1104 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 94
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1104
[Report No. 110-158 ]
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 16, 2007
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
May 21, 2007
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and
interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special
immigrants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS SERVING
AS TRANSLATORS OR INTERPRETERS WITH FEDERAL
AGENCIES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Increase in Numbers Admitted.--Section 1059 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subsection (b)(1)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``as
a translator'' and inserting ``, or under Chief of
Mission authority, as a translator or
interpreter'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting
``the Chief of Mission or'' after ``recommendation
from''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) in subparagraph (D), by inserting
``the Chief of Mission or'' after ``as determined by'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``section
during any fiscal year shall not exceed 50.'' and inserting the
following: ``section--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) during each of the fiscal years
2007, 2008, and 2009, shall not exceed 500;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) during any other fiscal year shall
not exceed 50.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Aliens Exempt From Employment-Based Numerical
Limitations.--Section 1059(c)(2) of such Act is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by amending the paragraph heading to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Aliens exempt from employment-based
numerical limitations.--''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting ``and shall not be counted
against the numerical limitations under section 201(d), 202(a),
and 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1151(d), 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4))'' before the period at the
end.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Adjustment of Status.--Section 1059 of such Act is
further amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(e); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(d) Adjustment of Status.--Notwithstanding paragraphs
(2), (7) and (8) of section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust
the status of an alien to that of a lawful permanent resident under
section 245(a) of such Act if the alien--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) was paroled or admitted as a nonimmigrant
into the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) is otherwise eligible for special immigrant
status under this section and under the Immigration and
Nationality Act.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS SERVING AS
TRANSLATORS OR INTERPRETERS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) Increase in Numbers Admitted.--Section 1059 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``as a
translator'' and inserting ``, or under Chief of
Mission authority, as a translator or interpreter'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``the Chief
of Mission or'' after ``recommendation from''; and
(C) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``the Chief
of Mission or'' after ``as determined by''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``section during any
fiscal year shall not exceed 50.'' and inserting the following:
``section--
``(A) during each of the fiscal years 2007 and
2008, shall not exceed 500; and
``(B) during any other fiscal year shall not exceed
50.''.
(b) Aliens Exempt From Employment-Based Numerical Limitations.--
Section 1059(c)(2) of such Act is amended--
(1) by amending the paragraph designation and heading to
read as follows:
``(2) Aliens exempt from employment-based numerical
limitations.--''; and
(2) by inserting ``and shall not be counted against the
numerical limitations under sections 201(d), 202(a), and
203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1151(d), 1152(a), and 1153(b)(4))'' before the period at the
end.
(c) Adjustment of Status.--Section 1059 of such Act is further
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Adjustment of Status.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (7)
and (8) of section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1255(c)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the
status of an alien to that of a lawful permanent resident under section
245(a) of such Act if the alien--
``(1) was paroled or admitted as a nonimmigrant into the
United States; and
``(2) is otherwise eligible for special immigrant status
under this section and under the Immigration and Nationality
Act.''.
Union Calendar No. 94
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1104
[Report No. 110-158 ]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and
interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special
immigrants.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 21, 2007
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed