status authorized under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and any other application or petition for an immigration benefit. (6) Processing time The term processing time means the time from the filing of an immigration benefit application until the completed processing of that application. (7) Processing time goal The term processing time goal means the the goal for a processing time established by the Department as an appropriate processing time for an immigration benefit application form type. The Department cannot assign a processing time goal that is longer than a maximum processing timeframe set forth in section 202 of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000. . 4. Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account Section 204 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1573 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security