1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act . 2. Establishment of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (a) In general Section 451 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 271 ) is amended to read as follows: 451. Establishment of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (a) Establishment There is established within the Department an agency to be known as United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (b) Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services There shall be at the head of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services a Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (in this section referred to as the Director ). (c) Duties and qualifications The Director shall— (1) have a minimum of five years of management experience; (2) establish national immigration services policies and priorities; (3) meet regularly with the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (established in section 452) to correct serious problems identified by such Ombudsman; (4) advise the Secretary with respect to any policy or operation of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that may significantly affect another component or office of the Department; (5) carry out— (A) the adjudication of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions; (B) the adjudication of naturalization applications; (C) the adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; (D) adjudications performed at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services service centers; and (E) all other adjudications formerly performed pursuant to this section by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, or United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, as the case may be, on the day before the date of the enactment of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act