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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2044 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to resolve inequities in existing law by reducing the residency requirement for the naturalization 

of aliens with extraordinary ability so that such aliens may represent 

the United States at international events. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2005 

Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to resolve 

inequities in existing law by reducing the residency requirement for the naturalization of aliens with extraordinary ability so that such aliens may represent the 

United States at international events. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS WITH EXTRAOR4 DINARY ABILITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 316 of the Immigration 

6 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427), is amended by add7 ing at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(g)(1) The continuous residency requirement under 

2 subsection (a) may be reduced to 3 years for an applicant 

3 for naturalization if— 

4 ‘‘(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an ap5 proved petition for classification under section 

6 204(a)(1)(E); 

7 ‘‘(B) the applicant has been approved for ad8 justment of status under section 245(a); and 

9 ‘‘(C) such reduction is necessary for the appli10 cant to represent the United States at an inter11 national event. 

12 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adju13 dicate an application for naturalization under this section 

14 not later than 30 days after the submission of such appli15 cation if the applicant— 

16 ‘‘(A) requests such expedited adjudication in 

17 order to represent the United States at an inter18 national event; and 

19 ‘‘(B) demonstrates that such expedited adju20 dication is related to such representation. 

21 ‘‘(3) An applicant is ineligible for expedited adjudica22 tion under paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security determines that such expedited adjudication 

24 poses a risk to national security. Such a determination by 

25 the Secretary shall not be subject to review. 
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1 ‘‘(4)(A) In addition to any other fee authorized by 

2 law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge and 

3 collect a $1,000 premium processing fee from each appli4 cant described in this subsection to offset the additional 

5 costs incurred to expedite the processing of applications 

6 under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(B) The fee collected under subparagraph (A) shall 

8 be deposited as offsetting collections in the Immigration 

9 Examinations Fee Account.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by 

12 subsection (a)— 

13 (A) shall take effect on the date of enact14 ment of this Act; and 

15 (B) is repealed on January 14, 2006. 

16 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Beginning on the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

18 Security shall accept and process applications for 

19 naturalization filed by aliens described in section 

20 316(g)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

21 U.S.C. 1427(g)(1)) in accordance with the amend22 ment made by subsection (a). 

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