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                                                  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