Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2900

 119 STAT. 2882

Deadline.

Fees.

Repeal. 8 USC 1427 and note.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

07:21 Oct 30, 2006

PUBLIC LAW 109–149—DEC. 30, 2005

unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. SEC. 518. (a) Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g)(1) The continuous residency requirement under subsection (a) may be reduced to 3 years for an applicant for naturalization if— ‘‘(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an approved petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(E); ‘‘(B) the applicant has been approved for adjustment of status under section 245(a); and ‘‘(C) such reduction is necessary for the applicant to represent the United States at an international event. ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate an application for naturalization under this section not later than 30 days after the submission of such application if the applicant— ‘‘(A) requests such expedited adjudication in order to represent the United States at an international event; and ‘‘(B) demonstrates that such expedited adjudication is related to such representation. ‘‘(3) An applicant is ineligible for expedited adjudication under paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that such expedited adjudication poses a risk to national security. Such a determination by the Secretary shall not be subject to review. ‘‘(4)(A) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge and collect a $1,000 premium processing fee from each applicant described in this subsection to offset the additional costs incurred to expedite the processing of applications under this subsection. ‘‘(B) The fee collected under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited as offsetting collections in the Immigration Examinations Fee Account.’’. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is repealed on January 1, 2006. SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved. (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading. SEC. 520. The $3,170,927,000 made available under this Act under the heading Program Management under the heading Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall be reduced by $60,000,000: Provided, That none of the reduction shall be taken from research, demonstration, and evaluation activities or from State survey and certification activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts specified under such heading for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services System Revitalization Plan and for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System, such amounts may be reduced by the Secretary.

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