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--S.1078--
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey,
and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel
O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey shall be held and considered to
have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of
the date of the enactment of this Act upon payment of the required visa
fees.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.
Upon the granting of permanent residence to Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey,
Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey, as provided in this
Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by the
appropriate number during the current fiscal year the total number of immigrant
visas available to natives of the country of the aliens' birth under section
203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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