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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1104 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1104

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven

                                 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.

    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 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; Naturalization.--Section 1059 of such Act 
is further amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); 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.
    ``(e) Naturalization.--
        ``(1) In general.--An absence from the United States described 
    in paragraph (2) shall not be considered to break any period for 
    which continuous residence in the United States is required for 
    naturalization under title III of the Immigration and Nationality 
    Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
        ``(2) Absence described.--An absence described in this 
    paragraph is an absence from the United States due to a person's 
    employment by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces, 
    under contract with the Chief of Mission or United States Armed 
    Forces, or by a firm or corporation under contract with the Chief 
    of Mission or United States Armed Forces, if--
            ``(A) such employment involved working with the Chief of 
        Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator or 
        interpreter; and
            ``(B) the person spent at least a portion of the time 
        outside of the United States working directly with the Chief of 
        Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator or 
        interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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