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; 7 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2007Markup Nov 7, 2007Reported Mar 6, 2008 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2007Markup Sep 25, 2007Reported Sep 25, 2007 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2008 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 1, 2008Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 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, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1857)
- Apr 1, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 6, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-540.
- Mar 6, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
- Nov 7, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 7, 2007Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Oct 24, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 25, 2007Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 25, 2007Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5 .
- Mar 30, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 5, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1857–H1860Text printed H1857 | Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, Howard L. Berman D-CA, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lamar Smith R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve King R-IA | Apr 1, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 22, 2008H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007</p>
- Feb 22, 2008H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 7, 2007
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act
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 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2008Referred in Senate
- 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
