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Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act

H.R. 3636 · 114th Congress · Jun 14, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow labor organizations and management organizations to receive the results of visa petitions about which such organizations have submitted advisory opinions.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act” or the “O–VISA Act”.

Sec. 2 Allowing certain organizations to receive the results of visa petitions

Section 214(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(3)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “Attorney General” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of Homeland Security”; and
(2)
in the first sentence of the matter following subparagraph (B)—
(A)
by striking “and (iv)” and inserting “(iv)”; and
(B)
by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, and (v) upon making the decision, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a copy of the decision to each organization with which the Secretary consulted under subparagraph (A) or (B).”.