S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 4803: ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT
Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:59 pm
- (a) Regulations- Not later than 16 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, and other heads of other relevant Federal agencies and
department, shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments
made by this subtitle. Such regulations shall ensure that such
amendments are implemented in a manner that is consistent with the
protection of national security and promotion United States economic
growth, job creation, and competitiveness.
- (b) Modification of Dollar Amounts-
- (1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary may from time to time
prescribe regulations increasing or decreasing any dollar amount
specified in paragraph (6) of section 203(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by section X2, subparagraph (X) of
section 101(a)(15) of such Act, as added by section 4801, or subsection
(s) of section 214, as added by 4802.
- (2) AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT- Unless a dollar amount
referred to in paragraph (1) is adjusted by the Secretary under
paragraph (1), such dollar amounts shall automatically adjust on January
1, 2016 by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)
during fiscal year 2015, and on every fifth subsequent January 1 by the
percentage change in the CPI-U during the previous five fiscal years,
for any petition filed to classify an alien under this paragraph on or
after the date of each automatic adjustment.
- (c) Other Authority- The Secretary, in the Secretary's
unreviewable discretion, may deny or revoke the approval of a petition
seeking classification of an alien under this paragraph or any other
petition, application, or benefit based upon the previous or concurrent
filing or approval of a petition for classification of an alien under
this paragraph, if the Secretary determines, in the Secretary's sole and
unreviewable discretion, that the approval or continuation of such
petition, application, or benefit is contrary to the national interest
of the United States or for other good cause.
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