S.Amdt. 1416
What it does: Adds SEC. 4416. REPORT ON PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR NONIMMIGRANTS AT UNITED STATES EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES at the end of subtitle D of title IV
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)What it changes
1 change to S. 744 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 4416. REPORT ON PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR NONIMMIGRANTS AT UNITED STATES EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES at the end of subtitle D of title IV
Adds a sectionIn S. 744 · Reported to Senate
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to benefits for items and services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Inserted: SEC. 4416. REPORT ON PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR NONIMMIGRANTS AT UNITED STATES EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES.
Inserted: (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the processing of visas for nonimmigrants at United States embassies and consulates that--
Inserted: (1) assesses the efforts of the Department of State to expand its capacity for processing of visas for nonimmigrants in the People's Republic of China and Brazil;
Inserted: (2) provides recommendations, if warranted, for improving the effectiveness of those efforts;
Inserted: (3) identifies the challenges to meeting staffing requirements with respect to the processing of visas for nonimmigrants at United States embassies and consulates, including staffing shortages and foreign language proficiency requirements;
Inserted: (4) discusses how those challenges affect the ability of the Department of State to carry out operations relating to the processing of visas for nonimmigrants;
Inserted: (5) describes what actions the Department of State has taken to address those challenges; and
Inserted: (6) provides recommendations, if warranted, for improving the efforts of the Department of State to meet staffing requirements at United States embassies and consulates.
Inserted: (b) Subsequent Report.--Not later than 2 years after submitting the report required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report assessing the progress made by the Department of State with respect to the matters included in the report required by subsection (a) since the submission of that report.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title IV, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1416. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4416. REPORT ON PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR NONIMMIGRANTS AT UNITED STATES EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES.
(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the processing of visas for nonimmigrants at United States embassies and consulates that--
(1) assesses the efforts of the Department of State to expand its capacity for processing of visas for nonimmigrants in the People's Republic of China and Brazil;
(2) provides recommendations, if warranted, for improving the effectiveness of those efforts;
(3) identifies the challenges to meeting staffing requirements with respect to the processing of visas for nonimmigrants at United States embassies and consulates, including staffing shortages and foreign language proficiency requirements;
(4) discusses how those challenges affect the ability of the Department of State to carry out operations relating to the processing of visas for nonimmigrants;
(5) describes what actions the Department of State has taken to address those challenges; and
(6) provides recommendations, if warranted, for improving the efforts of the Department of State to meet staffing requirements at United States embassies and consulates.
(b) Subsequent Report.--Not later than 2 years after submitting the report required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report assessing the progress made by the Department of State with respect to the matters included in the report required by subsection (a) since the submission of that report.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 19, 2013