8 U.S.C. § 1571 : US Code - Section 1571: Purposes

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(a) Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to - 
(1) provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the
mechanisms it needs to eliminate the current backlog in the
processing of immigration benefit applications within 1 year
after October 17, 2000, and to maintain the elimination of the
backlog in future years; and
(2) provide for regular congressional oversight of the
performance of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in
eliminating the backlog and processing delays in immigration
benefits adjudications.
(b) Policy
It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an immigration
benefit application should be completed not later than 180 days
after the initial filing of the application, except that a petition
for a nonimmigrant visa under section 1184(c) of this title should
be processed not later than 30 days after the filing of the
petition.