In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 22, 2007. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1104) entitled ‘‘An Act to increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani 

translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the 

United States as special immigrants’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN 

2 ALIENS SERVING AS TRANSLATORS OR IN3 TERPRETERS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

4 (a) INCREASE IN NUMBERS ADMITTED.—Section 1059 

5 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘as a 

9 translator’’ and inserting ‘‘, or under Chief of 

10 Mission authority, as a translator or inter11 preter’’; 

12 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘the 

13 Chief of Mission or’’ after ‘‘recommendation 

14 from’’; and 
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1 (C) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘the 

2 Chief of Mission or’’ after ‘‘as determined by’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘section dur5 ing any fiscal year shall not exceed 50.’’ and insert6 ing the following: ‘‘section— 

7 ‘‘(A) during each of the fiscal years 2007 

8 and 2008, shall not exceed 500; and 

9 ‘‘(B) during any other fiscal year shall not 

10 exceed 50.’’. 

11 (b) ALIENS EXEMPT FROM EMPLOYMENT-BASED NU12 MERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 1059(c)(2) of such Act is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by amending the paragraph designation and 

15 heading to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(2) ALIENS EXEMPT FROM EMPLOYMENT-BASED

17 NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—’’; and 

18 (2) by inserting ‘‘and shall not be counted 

19 against the numerical limitations under sections 

20 201(d), 202(a), and 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and 

21 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 1152(a), and 

22 1153(b)(4))’’ before the period at the end. 

23 (c) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS; NATURALIZATION.—Sec24 tion 1059 of such Act is further amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

2 (f); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Notwithstanding 

6 paragraphs (2), (7) and (8) of section 245(c) of the Immi7 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)), the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of an 

9 alien to that of a lawful permanent resident under section 

10 245(a) of such Act if the alien— 

11 ‘‘(1) was paroled or admitted as a non12 immigrant into the United States; and 

13 ‘‘(2) is otherwise eligible for special immigrant 

14 status under this section and under the Immigration 

15 and Nationality Act. 

16 ‘‘(e) NATURALIZATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An absence from the United 

18 States described in paragraph (2) shall not be consid19 ered to break any period for which continuous resi20 dence in the United States is required for naturaliza21 tion under title III of the Immigration and Nation22 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(2) ABSENCE DESCRIBED.—An absence de24 scribed in this paragraph is an absence from the 

25 United States due to a person’s employment by the 
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1 Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces, 

2 under contract with the Chief of Mission or United 

3 States Armed Forces, or by a firm or corporation 

4 under contract with the Chief of Mission or United 

5 States Armed Forces, if— 

6 ‘‘(A) such employment involved working 

7 with the Chief of Mission or United States 

8 Armed Forces as a translator or interpreter; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the person spent at least a portion of 

10 the time outside of the United States working di11 rectly with the Chief of Mission or United States 

12 Armed Forces as a translator or interpreter in 

13 Iraq or Afghanistan.’’. 

Amend the title so as to read ‘‘An Act to increase 

the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special immigrants, and for other purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1104 

AMENDMENTS