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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3821 

To authorize certain athletes to be admitted temporarily into the United 

States to compete or perform in an athletic league, competition, or 

performance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2006 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. 

LEAHY, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize certain athletes to be admitted temporarily into 

the United States to compete or perform in an athletic 

league, competition, or performance. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as either the ‘‘Creating Oppor5 tunities for Minor League Professionals, Entertainers, and 

6 Teams through Legal Entry Act of 2006’’ or the ‘‘COM7 PETE Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT ALIEN STATUS FOR CERTAIN ATH2 LETES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 214(c)(4)(A) of the Immi4 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)(A)) is 

5 amended by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(i)(I) performs as an athlete, individually or as 

8 part of a group or team, at an internationally recog9 nized level of performance; 

10 ‘‘(II) is a professional athlete, as defined in sec11 tion 204(i)(2); 

12 ‘‘(III) performs as an athlete, or as a coach, as 

13 part of a team or franchise that is located in the 

14 United States and a member of a foreign league or 

15 association of 15 or more amateur sports teams, if— 

16 ‘‘(aa) the foreign league or association is 

17 the highest level of amateur performance of 

18 that sport in the relevant foreign country; 

19 ‘‘(bb) participation in such league or asso20 ciation renders players ineligible, whether on a 

21 temporary or permanent basis, to earn a schol22 arship in, or participate in, that sport at a col23 lege or university in the United States under 

24 the rules of the National Collegiate Athletic As25 sociation; and 


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1 ‘‘(cc) a significant number of the individ2 uals who play in such league or association are 

3 drafted by a major sports league or a minor 

4 league affiliate of such a sports league; or 

5 ‘‘(IV) is a professional athlete or amateur ath6 lete who performs individually or as part of a group 

7 in a theatrical ice skating production; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) seeks to enter the United States tempo9 rarily and solely for the purpose of performing— 

10 ‘‘(I) as such an athlete with respect to a 

11 specific athletic competition; or 

12 ‘‘(II) in the case of an individual described 

13 in clause (i)(IV), in a specific theatrical ice 

14 skating production or tour.’’. 

15 (b) PETITIONS FOR MULTIPLE ALIENS.—Section 

16 214(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

17 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(F) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall per20 mit a petition under this subsection to seek classification 

21 of more than 1 alien as a nonimmigrant under section 

22 101(a)(15)(P)(i)(a).’’. 

23 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE

24 IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Section 

25 214(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 


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1 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)), as amended by subsection (b), is fur2 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(G) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

4 title, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit an 

5 athlete, or the employer of an athlete, to seek admission 

6 to the United States for such athlete under a provision 

7 of this Act other than section 101(a)(15)(P)(i).’’. 

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