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(2) in subsection (n)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(n) All deposits’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided 
under subparagraph (B), all deposits’’; and 
(B) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) SUPPLEMENTAL
FEE
FOR
ADJUST-
MENT OF STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED IM-
MIGRANTS.—Any amounts deposited into the 
Immigration Examinations Fee Account that 
were collected under section 245(n)(3) shall re-
main available until expended by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security for backlog reduction and 
clearing security background check delays.’’; 
(3) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘(o) The At-
torney General’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) ANNUAL
FINANCIAL
REPORT
TO
CON-
GRESS.—The Attorney General’’; and 
(4) in subsection (p), by striking ‘‘(p) The pro-
visions set forth in subsections (m), (n), and (o) of 
this section’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions set forth 
in this subsection shall’’. 
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SEC. 512. STREAMLINING THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS 
FOR ESTABLISHED EMPLOYERS. 
Section 214(c) (8. U.S.C. 1184) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the STRIVE Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish a pre-certification procedure for 
employers who file multiple petitions described in this sub-
section or section 203(b). Such precertification procedure 
shall enable an employer to avoid repeatedly submitting 
documentation that is common to multiple petitions and 
establish through a single filing criteria relating to the em-
ployer and the offered employment opportunity.’’. 
SEC. 513. PROVIDING PREMIUM PROCESSING OF EMPLOY-
MENT-BASED VISA PETITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 286(u) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and collect 
a fee for premium processing of employment-based immi-
grant petitions. 
(b) APPEALS.—Pursuant to such section 286(u), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and collect 
a fee for premium processing of an administrative appeal 
of any decision on a permanent employment-based immi-
grant petition. 
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SEC. 514. ELIMINATING PROCEDURAL DELAYS IN LABOR 
CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 
(a) PREVAILING WAGE RATE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
TO
PROVIDE.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall provide prevailing wage deter-
minations to employers seeking a labor certification 
for aliens pursuant to part 656 of title 20, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). 
The Secretary of Labor may not delegate this func-
tion to any agency of a State. 
(2) SCHEDULE FOR DETERMINATION.—Except 
as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Labor 
shall provide a response to an employer’s request for 
a prevailing wage determination not later than 20 
calendar days after the date the Secretary of Labor 
receives such a request. If the Secretary of Labor 
fails to reply during such 20-day period, the wage 
proposed by the employer shall be the valid pre-
vailing wage rate. 
(3) USE OF SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall accept an alternative wage survey provided by 
the employer unless the Secretary of Labor deter-
mines that the wage component of the Occupational 
Employment Statistics Survey is more accurate for 
the occupation in the labor market area. 
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(b) PLACEMENT OF JOB ORDER.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall maintain a website with links to the official 
website of each workforce agency of a State, and such offi-
cial website shall contain instructions on the filing of a 
job order in order to satisfy the job order requirements 
of section 656.17(e)(1) of title 20, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (or any successor regulation). 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall establish a process by which employers seeking 
certification under section 212(a)(5) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)), as amended 
by section 508(b), may make technical corrections to ap-
plications in order to avoid requiring employers to conduct 
additional recruitment to correct an initial technical error. 
A technical error shall include any error that would not 
have a material effect on the validity of the employer’s 
recruitment of able, willing, and qualified United States 
workers. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.—Motions to recon-
sider, and administrative appeals of, a denial of a perma-
nent labor certification application, shall be decided by the 
Secretary of Labor not later than 60 days after the date 
of the filing of such motion or such appeal. 
(e) APPLICATIONS UNDER PREVIOUS SYSTEM.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
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