Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act
Latest action · Apr 2, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 1, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjudicate a visa petition filed by an employer on behalf of an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts (O- and P- visas other than athletes) and an accompanying alien not later than 30 days after: (1) the date on which the petitioner submits the petition with a written advisory opinion, letter of no objection, or request for a waiver; or (2) the date on which the 15-day period to comment upon a petition has expired if the petitioner has had an opportunity, as appropriate, to supply rebuttal evidence.
States that if such petition is not adjudicated within the required time frame and the petitioner is a qualified nonprofit organization or an individual or entity petitioning on behalf of a qualified nonprofit organization the petitioner shall be provided premium-processing services without a fee.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2007 to Feb 7, 2008, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Mar 5, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Feb 7, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 1, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1857-1860)
- Apr 1, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1312.
- Apr 1, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 1, 2008Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Artists
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Athletes
- Department of Homeland Security
- Economics and Public Finance
- Entertainers
- Government Operations and Politics
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Nonprofit organizations
- Skilled labor
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Visas
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2008Engrossed in House
- Mar 6, 2008Reported in House
- Mar 5, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.