,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bh1 
#bjah,mr4 ,hatch 7for himself and ,mr4  
,leahy7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to encourage and facilitate          
international participation in the      
performing arts1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,arts ,require ,timely     
,service ,act of #bjah or the ,,arts    
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,international      
participation in the performing arts    
,section #bad7;c77#f77;,d7 of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahd7;c77#f77;,d77 is        
amended--  7#a7 in the first sentence1  
by inserting 7i7 before ,any person2    
7#b7 in the second sentence--  7,a7 by  
striking ,once and inserting ,except as 
provided in clause 7ii71 once2 and  7,b7
 by striking ,attorney ,general shall   
and inserting ,secretary of ,homeland   

,security shall2  7#c7 in the third     
sentence1 by striking ,the ,attorney    
,general and inserting ,the ,secretary2 
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7ii7 ,the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security shall adjudicate    
each petition for an alien with         
extraordinary ability in the arts 7as   
described in section                    
#aja7;a77#ae77,o77i771 an alien         
accompanying such an alien 7as described
 in section #aja7;a77#ae77,o77ii771 or  
an alien described in section           
#aja7;a77#ae77,p7 7other than an alien  
described in paragraph 7#d77;,a7        
7relating to athletes77 not later than  
#ad days after--  7,i7 the date on which
 the petitioner submits the petition    
with a written advisory opinion1 letter 
of no objection1 or request for a       
waiver2 or  7,,ii7 the date on which the
 #ae-;day period described in clause 7i7
 has expired1 if the petitioner has had 
an appropriate opportunity to supply    
rebuttal evidence4  7iii7 ,if a petition

 described in clause 7ii7 is not        
adjudicated by the end of the #ad-;day  
period described in clause 7ii7 and the 
petitioner is an arts organization      
described in paragraph 7#c71 7#e71 or   
7#f7 of section #eja7;c7 of the         
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and   
exempt from tax under section #eja7;a7  
of such ,code for the taxable year      
preceding the calendar year in which the
 petition is submitted1 or an individual
 or entity petitioning primarily on     
behalf of such an organization1 the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
provide the petitioner with the premium 
processing services referred to in      
section #bhf7u71 without a fee4  4