ARTS Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2510
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-02-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Art, artists, authorship

Department of Homeland Security

Foreign labor

Performing arts

User charges and fees

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Arts Require Timely Service Act of 2016 or the ARTS Act of 2016</strong></p> <p> This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjudicate O and P visa petitions (nonimmigrant visas for aliens with extraordinary ability or achievement, and artists and entertainers) within 14 days after receiving such petitions and related documents. </p> <p>The bill grants premium visa processing without charge to a petitioner that is a nonprofits arts organization if DHS does not meet the deadline for adjudicating a visa petition.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2510 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 8, 2016 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To encourage and facilitate international participation in the performing arts and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Arts Require Timely Service Act of 2016 or the ARTS Act of 2016 . 2. International participation in the performing arts Section 214(c)(6)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(6)(D) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting (i) before Any person ; (2) in the second sentence— (A) by striking Once and inserting Except as provided in clause (ii), once ; and (B) by striking Attorney General shall and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security shall ; (3) in the third sentence, by striking The Attorney General and inserting The Secretary ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (ii) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate each petition for an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts (as described in section 101(a)(15)(O)(i)), an alien accompanying such an alien (as described in section 101(a)(15)(O)(ii)), or an alien described in section 101(a)(15)(P) (other than an alien described in paragraph (4)(A) (relating to athletes)) not later than 14 days after— (I) the date on which the petitioner submits the petition with a written advisory opinion, letter of no objection, or request for a waiver; or (II) the date on which the 15-day period described in clause (i) has expired, if the petitioner has had an appropriate opportunity to supply rebuttal evidence. (iii) If a petition described in clause (ii) is not adjudicated by the end of the 14-day period described in clause (ii) and the petitioner is an arts organization described in paragraph (3), (5), or (6) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code for the taxable year preceding the calendar year in which the petition is submitted, or an individual or entity petitioning primarily on behalf of such an organization, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the petitioner with the premium processing services referred to in section 286(u), without a fee. .