[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 581

      For the relief of Elizabeth Miller Owen and Brian Ross Owen.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 15 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      For the relief of Elizabeth Miller Owen and Brian Ross Owen.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF PERIOD OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR ELIZABETH 
              MILLER OWEN.

    (a) Waiver.--Elizabeth Miller Owen shall be considered to have 
satisfied the requirements of section 316 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act relating to required periods of residence and physical 
presence within the United States and, notwithstanding section 310(d) 
of that Act, may be naturalized if she is otherwise eligible for 
naturalization under that Act.
    (b) Limitation of Waiver.--Subsection (a) shall apply only if 
Elizabeth Miller Owen files an application for naturalization within 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR BRIAN ROSS OWEN.

    (a) Granting of Status.--In the administration of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Brian Ross Owen 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 fee.
    (b) Reduction of Number of Available Visas.--Upon the granting of 
permanent residence to Brian Ross Owen as provided in this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by one 
number during the current fiscal year the total number of immigrant 
visas available to natives of the country of the alien's birth under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153).

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