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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1104 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2007

Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bond, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Coleman, 
   Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Smith, Mr. Levin, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
  Cornyn, and Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill; which was read 
           twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL

 
      To increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and 
   interpreters who may be admitted to the United States as special 
                              immigrants.

    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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