I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5933 
To provide for the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant business 
facilitation visitors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2006 
Mr. FEENEY (for himself and Mr. MEEKS of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for the admission to the United States of 
nonimmigrant business facilitation visitors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Business Travel Facili-
tation Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. BUSINESS FACILITATION VISITORS. 
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(s) BUSINESS FACILITATION VISITORS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section 
101(a)(15)(B), the term ‘visiting the United States 
temporarily for business’ includes visiting the United 
States temporarily as a business facilitation visitor, 
as defined in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF BUSINESS FACILITATION 
VISITOR.—For purposes of this subsection, a busi-
ness facilitation visitor is an alien who is visiting the 
United States temporarily to— 
‘‘(A) provide services pursuant to a quali-
fying services contract, as defined in paragraph 
(7); or 
‘‘(B)(i) provide management or technical 
training to; or 
‘‘(ii) receive management or technical 
training from personnel of a United States enti-
ty. 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No alien may be ad-
mitted or provided status as a business facilita-
tion visitor unless— 
‘‘(i) the alien is a national of a coun-
try that the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity has certified as having entered into ar-
rangements with the United States to com-
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bat fraud in the application for visas to the 
United States through the use of measures 
such as machine readable passports and bi-
ometric technology; and 
‘‘(ii) the consular officer to whom the 
alien applies for a visa under the provi-
sions of section 101(a)(15)(B) determines, 
based on evidence provided by the alien, 
that the conditions described in this para-
graph have been met. 
‘‘(B) CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRO-
VISION OF SERVICES.—In the case of the provi-
sion of services as described in paragraph 
(2)(A), the conditions described in this para-
graph are that— 
‘‘(i) all of the alien’s remuneration 
and expenses related to the provision of 
such services will be paid by the alien’s 
employer; and 
‘‘(ii) the alien is qualified to provide 
such services, as demonstrated by the 
alien’s possession of— 
‘‘(I) expert knowledge of the enti-
ty’s technology or operations on the 
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basis of technical training or experi-
ence; and 
‘‘(II) all licenses or other author-
izations required to provide the serv-
ices in the United States. 
‘‘(C) CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRO-
VISION OR RECEIPT OF MANAGEMENT OR TECH-
NICAL TRAINING.—In the case of the provision 
or receipt of management or technical training 
as described in paragraph (2)(B), the condi-
tions described in this paragraph are that— 
‘‘(i) the alien is an employee of a firm, 
corporation, or other legal entity that— 
‘‘(I) is affiliated through owner-
ship or control with the United States 
entity whose personnel will be pro-
viding or receiving the training; 
‘‘(II) has entered into a joint 
venture or similar agreement with the 
United States entity; or 
‘‘(III) has purchased, or is con-
sidering purchasing, goods or services 
from, or has sold goods or services to, 
the United States entity, and the 
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training is related to such purchase or 
sale; 
‘‘(ii) all of the alien’s remuneration 
and expenses related to the provision or re-
ceipt of such training will be paid by the 
alien’s employer; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of an alien seeking to 
provide management training, the alien 
has— 
‘‘(I) at least 5 years of experience 
directly related to management or 
management training; and 
‘‘(II) detailed knowledge of the 
business operations of the alien’s em-
ployer; and 
‘‘(iv) in the case of an alien seeking to 
receive management training, the alien 
holds, or will hold within 1 year of com-
pleting the training, a management level 
position within the alien’s employer. 
‘‘(4) PERIOD OF AUTHORIZED ADMISSION.— 
‘‘(A) BUSINESS
FACILITATION
VISITORS 
PROVIDING SERVICES.—The period of author-
ized admission for an alien admitted as a busi-
ness facilitation visitor providing professional 
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services as described in paragraph (2)(A) shall 
not exceed 1 year. However, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may grant such alien a sin-
gle extension of not more than 6 months if the 
Secretary determines, based on evidence pro-
vided by the alien, that— 
‘‘(i) there has been an unforeseen 
delay in completing the provision of serv-
ices described in the qualifying services 
contract; and 
‘‘(ii) replacing the alien with another 
provider of professional services would fur-
ther delay or otherwise inhibit fulfillment 
of the terms of the contract. 
‘‘(B) BUSINESS
FACILITATION
VISITORS 
PROVIDING
OR
RECEIVING
MANAGEMENT
OR 
TECHNICAL TRAINING.—The period of author-
ized admission for an alien admitted as a busi-
ness facilitation visitor providing or receiving 
management or technical training, as described 
in paragraph (2)(B), may not exceed 1 year. 
‘‘(5) 
NO
CHANGE
OF
STATUS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, an alien ad-
mitted as a business facilitation visitor shall not be 
eligible for a change of nonimmigrant status or for 
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