[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3636

      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow labor 
 organizations and management organizations to receive the results of 
 visa petitions about which such organizations have submitted advisory 
                   opinions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2015

Mrs. Mimi Walters of California (for herself and Mr. Nadler) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow labor 
 organizations and management organizations to receive the results of 
 visa petitions about which such organizations have submitted advisory 
                   opinions, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Oversee Visa Integrity with 
Stakeholder Advisories Act'' or the ``O-VISA Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF VISA 
              PETITIONS.

    Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
                Security''; and
                    (B) in the first sentence of the matter following 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``and (iv)'' and inserting 
                        ``(iv)''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting the following: ``, and (v) upon 
                        making the decision, the Secretary of Homeland 
                        Security shall provide a copy of the decision 
                        to the organizations consulted with under 
                        subparagraph (A) or (B).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) With respect to petitions under subparagraph (O)(i) 
        of such section with regard to motion picture and television 
        productions--
                    ``(i) the number of such petitions which have been 
                filed;
                    ``(ii) the number of petitions described in clause 
                (i) that include opinions or involve consultations that 
                recommend denial and, of such number, the number that 
                were approved; and
                    ``(iii) the number of petitions described in clause 
                (i) that include opinions or involve consultations that 
                recommend approval that were filed and, of such number, 
                the number that were approved.''.
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