Amendment109th Congress
Amendment requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to reduce the immigration application processing backlog to 6 months within a period of 1 year; and authorizes innovative pilot initiatives to eliminate the backlog and prevent further backlog from recurring.
- Amendment Number
- 657
- Description
- Amendment requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to reduce the immigration application processing backlog to 6 months within a period of 1 year; and authorizes innovative pilot initiatives to eliminate the backlog and prevent further backlog from recurring.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 109-350 to require the U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to reduce the immigration application processing backlog to 6 months within a period of 1 year; to authorize the Director of USCIS to implement innovative pilot initiatives to eliminate the backlog and prevent further backlog from recurring and encourages initiatives such as increasing or transferring personnel to areas with the greatest backlog, streamlining regulations and paperwork filing processes, upgrading information technology, and increasing the number of immigration service centers.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Dec 16, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Velazquez amendment (A021) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 16:34:24
- Submitted Date
- Dec 16, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022