[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 59 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4454-S4455]
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                     IRAQI AND AFGHANI TRANSLATORS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1104.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1104) to increase the number of Iraqi and 
     Afghani translators and interpreters who may be admitted to 
     the United States as special immigrants.


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  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to this bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1104) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1104

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     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, 2008, and 2009, 
     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 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 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.
       (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.''.

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