‘‘(1) at the time of any decision of a consular 
officer under subsection (b), an alien, attorney of 
record, and any interested party defined in sub-
section (d) shall be given notice of the availability of 
the review process and the necessary steps to re-
quest such review; 
‘‘(2) a written record of the proceedings and de-
cision of the consular officer (in accordance with sec-
tions 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code) 
shall be available to the Board, and on payment of 
lawfully prescribed costs, shall be made available to 
the alien; 
‘‘(3) upon receipt of request for review under 
this section, the Board shall, within 30 days, notify 
the consular officer with respect to whose decision 
review is sought, and, upon receipt of such notice, 
such officer shall promptly (but in no event more 
than 30 days after such receipt) forward to the 
Board the record of proceeding as described in sub-
section (b); 
‘‘(4) the appellant shall be given notice, reason-
able under all the circumstances of the time and 
place at which the Board proceedings will be held; 
‘‘(5) the appellant may be represented (at no 
expense to the Government) by such counsel, author-
ized to practice in such proceedings, as the appellant 
shall choose; and 
‘‘(6) a request for review under this section 
must be made in writing to the Board within 60 
days after receipt of notice of the denial, revocation, 
or cancellation. 
‘‘(d) INTERESTED PARTIES.—The Board shall review 
each decision described in subsection (b) upon request of 
the alien or any of the following interested parties: 
‘‘(1) The petitioner or beneficiary of an immi-
grant visa petition approved under section 203(a), 
203(b)(1), 203(b)(4), 203(b)(5), or 203(c), or the 
petitioner of an immigrant visa petition approved 
under section 203(b)(2) or 203(b)(3). 
‘‘(2) The petitioner of a nonimmigrant visa pe-
tition. 
‘‘(3) The postsecondary educational institution 
approved for the attendance of nonimmigrant stu-
dents 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(F)(i) 
or 
101(a)(15)(M)(i) which has provided notice of the 
acceptance of the alien in its program. 
‘‘(4) A recognized international agency or orga-
nization approved as a program sponsor under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(J) which has provided notice of the 
acceptance of the alien in its program.
‘‘(5) A treaty investor or trader individual or 
organization in the United States that, under section 
101(a)(15)(E), has made an offer of employment to 
an alien to perform executive or supervisory manage-
ment functions. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—A review may not be requested 
under this section more than once in any 24-month period. 
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not be con-
strued to restrict any right to further administrative or 
judicial review established under any other provision of 
law. 
‘‘(g) FEES.—The Secretary of State shall charge, and 
collect, an appropriate fee associated with a request to the 
Board for a review. Such fee shall be sufficient to cover 
the cost of the administration of this section.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 222(f) (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that 
follows up to the period; and 
(B) by adding at the end: ‘‘An interested 
party under section 225(d) or court shall be 
permitted to inspect the record of proceeding as 
described in subsections (c)(2) and (c)(3) of 
section 225.’’.
(2) Section 104(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1104(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking the ‘‘except’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
cluding’’. 
(3) The table of contents is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 224 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 225. Board of Visa Appeals.’’.
SEC. 142. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS. 
(a) NONDISCRIMINATION
IN ISSUANCE
OF IMMI-
GRANT VISAS.—Section 202(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(1)) 
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘sexual 
orientation, disability,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘proc-
essed.’’ and inserting ‘‘processed, to the extent that 
such procedures do not discriminate based on race, 
sex, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, place 
of birth, or place of residence in violation of sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(b) NONDISCRIMINATION
IN ISSUANCE
OF NON-
IMMIGRANT VISAS.—Section 214 (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating the subsection (l) added by 
section 625(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–1820) as subsection 
(m); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) Except as specifically provided by law, no person 
shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated 
against in the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa because 
of the person’s race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, na-
tionality, place of birth, or place of residence.’’. 
TITLE II—FAIRNESS AND EQUITY 
IN CASES INVOLVING PRE-
VIOUS 
AND 
MINOR 
MIS-
CONDUCT 
Subtitle A—Increased Fairness and 
Equity 
Concerning 
Removal 
Proceedings 
SEC. 201. EQUITABLE DEFINITION OF ‘‘CRIME INVOLVING 
MORAL TURPITUDE’’. 
(a) CONVICTION
OF
CERTAIN
CRIMES.—Section 
212(a)(2)(A)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘of, or who admits having committed, or who 
admits committing acts which constitute the essential ele-
ments of—’’ and inserting ‘‘of—’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Section 212(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended—